October 14th, 2017 at 4:38 PM ^
JBB!!
October 14th, 2017 at 4:39 PM ^
Always can appreciate an optimist
October 14th, 2017 at 4:39 PM ^
Anyone wanna talk about the fact AJ Dillon had 272 yards and 4 TDs against Louisville today? Who did we push him out of the class for?
October 14th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
He would be buried in the depth chart here, possibly getting redshirted.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
And the only other time he's gone over 100 yards this year was against Central Michigan.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
I mentioned the same thing in the Coaching Snowflakes thread.
Higdon was great today, lowered his shoulder and was always falling forward and fighting for extra yards.
Dillon is a horse, would be nice to have him on the roster if we are going to run 80% of the time.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^
The coaches wanted him. He decommitted because of instant pt and location
October 14th, 2017 at 5:36 PM ^
a dead horse but coaches wanted him at LB not RB that s why he ended up at BC wanted to play RB only.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
Do you think Louisville has a good D?
October 14th, 2017 at 5:44 PM ^
24th rush defense in the country. Above OSU and Penn st. So they're not terrible. A lot better than Indiana.
October 14th, 2017 at 8:19 PM ^
on who they played.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:56 PM ^
He wasn't pushed out, he wanted a chance at RB and the coaches wanted him at LB. So he went to BC< who said he'd only be RB. Good for him on a great game!
October 14th, 2017 at 5:23 PM ^
I mentioned it also but remember we wouldn't guarantee hi. that he could play RB and we wanted him at LB. but yea 61 240 and moves better than Isaac he would help us. To me it sucks seei g guys we had go somewhere else and perform good if it is a position we could use him at. It was one game but the parts I seen he looked good.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:23 PM ^
I mentioned it also but remember we wouldn't guarantee hi. that he could play RB and we wanted him at LB. but yea 61 240 and moves better than Isaac he would help us. To me it sucks seei g guys we had go somewhere else and perform good if it is a position we could use him at. It was one game but the parts I seen he looked good.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:24 PM ^
I mentioned it also but remember we wouldn't guarantee hi. that he could play RB and we wanted him at LB. but yea 61 240 and moves better than Isaac he would help us. To me it sucks seei g guys we had go somewhere else and perform good if it is a position we could use him at. It was one game but the parts I seen he looked good.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:34 PM ^
dog distracted me and must have hit enter 3 times or something
October 14th, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^
Not cool.
October 15th, 2017 at 12:31 AM ^
+6
-9?
Nice.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
Is key
October 14th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
Indiana's front 7 is pretty good too.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
Definitely encouraging. IU isn't that bad of a run defense. Are we possibly seeing the beginning of Stanfordization?
October 14th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
They gave O'Korn a bunch of time on a number of snaps as well. He just didn't do shit with it.
I'm driving to Ann Arbor to see if I can loan Speight a few vertabrae.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:47 PM ^
I will give one more.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:53 PM ^
I would rather you lend Peters a commanding voice and lets see what he can do.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:03 PM ^
You really think all it is is his volume on the huddle?
October 14th, 2017 at 5:19 PM ^
He has not been the same since.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
The PA pass where he tried to hit Crawford downfield in double coverage saw Gentry breaking wiiiiide open to the left. Probably would've been a TD but OKorn had no clue. Dude is a bad QB or is so paralyzed out there that he can't even think about scanning the field
October 14th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
Still can't grind out first downs to ice games when a pretty solid defense knows what's coming, but they weren't a tire fire, which is progress.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:48 PM ^
Meh, very few teams can. If you can still grind out runs when the defense knows it's coming and selling out, why would you ever throw the ball?
October 14th, 2017 at 5:13 PM ^
I'm pretty sure Saban has asked himself that more than once in the last decade.
October 14th, 2017 at 7:10 PM ^
I don't know why we would throw the ball regardless. I'm actually rooting to see a triple option next week
October 14th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
Good thread. They played very well today compared to the first 5 weeks.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
We kicked ass in most of the gap blocking stuff today. Good to see two OL coaches (and Drev is the gap guy) paying off. Hopefully the calls for Drev's head die down. His OL is coming around and many of the misses in the air are on the QB not the play call. We have issues on offense but the OL isn't one of them and I don't think the playcalling is (usually) either.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:46 PM ^
We have issues on offense but the OL isn't one of them
Ooo freaky!
October 14th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
I think I heard the announcers say we had 40 rushing TDs last season, leading the nation. But everyone here called them mediocre. Now that we have a less than mediocre line you are giving them an appreciation thread? Great, the guys stepped up against Indiana. Ask Evans if they opened any holes for him.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:58 PM ^
Evans had a tough day but the other three backs (Higdon, Isaac and Walker) combined for 246 yards on 33 carries.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:12 PM ^
Had 84 yards on 2 carries. On one their safety went the wrong way, the other was all Higdon. I can play this game too. I saw OSU run all over IU in week 1, and their o-line has issues. I am happy the line played better today. I am more upset at the criticism last seasons line took and continues to take.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:29 PM ^
1. He was able to break those two big runs because of the OL
2. Even if you take those two runs out he has 116 yards on 23 carries (5ypc). Still a great game and our leading rusher.
I'm not sure what your agenda here is. Higdon ran well, the OL opened up many holes for him, and Isaac. We ran for over 6ypc as a team and nearly 300 yards. There's not much up for debate here.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:33 PM ^
Even if we take Higdon's two long touchdowns out, our four running backs gained 167 yards on 39 carries (4.3 YPC). That's still quite good for an average without the two best plays included. Especially coming on a day where we couldn't pass at all.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:25 PM ^
I feel bad for him. He's a hard working kid and a good player. I feel like every time he got the ball there were zero holes and lots of penetration. It's been like that all year.
Higdon is definately faster and gets through the hole quicker, but Evans generally has better vision and shiftyness. They both have good qualities, hopefully they can put it all together and keep the rushing ball going.
October 14th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
It was good to see Walker get a meaningful touch, he looked good too.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:13 PM ^
Maybe that's on Evans given how the other backs looked
October 14th, 2017 at 5:25 PM ^
We ran for over 270 yards and over 6 ypc against the 22nd S&P defense. Not sure what to tell you if that doesn't impress you.
October 14th, 2017 at 11:12 PM ^
And we did it without any passing threat, which makes it even more impressive.
October 14th, 2017 at 5:39 PM ^
Big ten, not the nation
October 14th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
Yes. When you put up 271 rushing yards against a team that knows you can't throw, you deserve appreciation. My kingdom for a quarterback.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:45 PM ^
I mentioned it after MSU that we'd go 120+ yards every game from here on out. And we exploded this game. To me this is stanfordization of Michigan, and we are seeing it. I truly believe Harbaugh saw a Luck 2.0 in peters and he is not meeting that in his eyes. Which means that he may be good (other coaches may start him) but Harbaugh is waiting on him to become that QB. Just a hunch and my non insider take.
October 14th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
Well you are a czar.