OT: Michigan - Indiana 2013 Highlight Reel.........
Highlghts! Gonna Take you awhile
Mainly posting because of the tiny relevance that this was a Mattison defense someone else posted on and i completely forgot this Big Ten masochist shredding of defenses lol.
While watching though, I was kinda impressed by our play creativity - I must have had selective memories lol - way better than I remembered.
Sorry for any anxiety or stress these clips bring to your weekend. LOL!
August 16th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
This game was the weekend we brought our first born home. And my father in law is an IU fan. I don't think my wife will ever stop giving the two of us shit over making it a point to watch this game. In my defense 1 week olds bascially just sleep and nurse.
August 16th, 2019 at 2:49 PM ^
You don’t need a defense. You did the right thing.
August 16th, 2019 at 1:56 PM ^
Wise move watching parkinggod's highlights since you won't have to be subjected to how awful the defense played in that one.
I was at that game, all layered up for the freezing temperature. Yes, the offense was nice that day but when the defense gives up 80 yard drives in 3 and 4 plays, it pretty much sucks the joy out of everything else going on.
Indiana brought their marching band to that game and good GOD, their announcer sounded annoying as hell. Carl Grapentine he is NOT.
August 16th, 2019 at 4:38 PM ^
All the band announcers I've heard sound like shit next to Carl. He's the best.
August 16th, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^
re play call creativity - thats part of the madness in that borges could dial up some explosive plays, they just had no consistency to the scheme, no real identity, etc. i still feel bad for gardner with those coaching staffs and OLs
August 16th, 2019 at 2:23 PM ^
Gardner with 500 yards passing (580 total offense). Later that year, he couldn’t even get to 100 against Iowa. Then had 440 a week later against Ohio State.
Insane.
August 16th, 2019 at 7:24 PM ^
It's a shame Gardner's performance vs OSU will largely go unremembered. If he wins that game, that performance is mentioned in the same breath is Biakabutuka's 313
August 16th, 2019 at 2:25 PM ^
2013 was a Jekyll & Hyde year on offense. 1 game following this one we had quite possibly one of the worst offensive showings ever vs MSU.
Borges dialed up gems vs ND, Indiana, and OSU where we looked creative, fast, and efficient. Then in the same season he called the 27 for 27 game, the MSU debacle, and the dud at Kinnick.
August 16th, 2019 at 3:18 PM ^
The gameplans worked when we could manage (note: not necessarily win) the LOS.
As I said then, the primary issue for the offensive woes was the OL. Borges wasn't a great OC, but he was an above average one (good play designer, I'd argue above average initial game planner, below average in-game adjuster, and then issues of building a playbook) that within his abilities couldn't mitigate an awful OL. Michigan got dominated at the LOS vs MSU and Iowa (and to an extent PSU except they struggled to account for DG's legs)
August 16th, 2019 at 4:03 PM ^
One thing that Borges did well in the OSU game was completely abandon the inside running game. Fitz had 3 carries and Smith had a couple nice runs. We used the screen game as a run alternative. DG was our only option. Turns out having Gallon Funchess and Butt was enough to open the defense out.
August 16th, 2019 at 2:42 PM ^
Al Borges either had great gameplans or just fucking terrible ones...no in between. In contrast to Pep Hamilton who I don't think had a good gameplan once.
This game made me want to puke, however, due to how terrible the defense was.
August 16th, 2019 at 4:38 PM ^
Pep’s Game plane against OSU in 2017 was his best. Put the team in a position to win.
August 16th, 2019 at 2:57 PM ^
The only entertaining thing in this game was the close-in shot of the young woman and friends who looked, ugh, confused.
August 16th, 2019 at 2:58 PM ^
I think Gallon set the single game Michigan receiving yardage record in this one, no?
One of the related videos was a nice reminder that we trailed UConn by 7 points in the 4th quarter that season... *sigh*
August 16th, 2019 at 11:48 PM ^
Forget UConn, we trailed Akron in the 4th quarter that season. At home. AKRON.
August 17th, 2019 at 9:55 AM ^
It's sad that we had wins from the RichRod and Hoke years that we look back on with horror almost as much as if they were losses.
Remember struggling to beat UMass in 2010? Or the 67-65 win over Illinois? M00N? Yeah, I wish I didn't remember them either.
August 16th, 2019 at 3:11 PM ^
Aaah, the good old days.
Or not.
August 16th, 2019 at 3:50 PM ^
I was at this game-- I remember getting a text from a friend (a miracle in and of itself) asking if either team was fielding a defense.... short answer was NO.
August 16th, 2019 at 4:15 PM ^
Michigan ran multiple 2 man routes that game with Gallon and Funchess on the same side of the field. Both went to Gallon for 40+ yards. They literally had 2 receiving options: Gallon or Funchess. That's it.
Also RE: Mattison.
Loved the guy for his willingness to come back to Michigan to help save the program. His defenses were fine, but jesus christ I was so sick of watching the CBs stand at 7 yards with outside leverage and immediate back pedals. Could get slanted to death.
August 16th, 2019 at 4:37 PM ^
I know this is not a fashion fiesta, but oh my those pants are garish.
August 16th, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
I watch these "middle ages" Michigan teams and realize how much I still loved them even when we never lived up to some of the potential we had. Those defenses were rough but poor damn Devin Gardner. That kid had heart and I wish he would've been able to play here on a different team. Loved his ability that was often underutilized.
August 16th, 2019 at 6:14 PM ^
Team CHAOS at it's best! (...& worst)
And I had thought that the 2010 Denard game in Bloomington was crazy!
August 16th, 2019 at 9:06 PM ^
Man.
I think osu really messed up firing Schiano. The guy was a legit defensive coordinator. I know they had a rough year last year, but that seemed like more the exception in an otherwise damn impressive run as a defensive coach.
Mattison was fine. Immediately brought Michigan to respectability after the rich rod years. But his tenure had one impressive year: 2011. Every year after that any offense with a pulse blew up our defense.
I will always love what he did for our D lines, but it’s hard to ignore last years regression, and he won’t even be used as a D line coach at osu. Just a head scratcher
August 16th, 2019 at 11:15 PM ^
This game is part of the reason why I think Al Borges was not a bad OC and that he was basically a convenient fall guy in Hoke's chairs-on-the-Titanic staff reshuffle during the 2014 offseason. Under Nussmeier, we would have lost this game by three touchdowns.