OT: Oregon Play Signs

Certainly seems different than Michigan's right now.  A few things I noticed:

1. Oregon's tempo seems faster than UM's.  Not sure if it is, but, it sure seems that way.
2. Seems like Oregon fakes the ball to the RB on just about every play.  Reminds me of Illinois and Juice Williams.
3. Oregon has a truly dynamic RB.

I don't think that Oregon necessarily has a better offense, but, that RB fake hand off thing has to be honored on just about every play.  I like it.

The real exciting thing is that I think that UM is going to look just like Oregon in 2012.  Great offense.  Decent defense.  Capable kicker and special teams.  A factor in the Big 10 and possibly beyond.

Belly Series (sorta): meet spread option.

more experience on offense all around.

It is coming.

I love them. They appeal to my freakish, uncontrollable immaturity

Here are some signs the MIchigan coaching staff can hold up:

1) Yes we know the defense is bad we are working on it

2) If you can kick field goals call (734) KIK-4-MICH

3) If you can read this you don't go to MSU

4) We're going to get +3 RPS for this next one...

5) Will work for 5-star DB recruit

I used to be a hater of Oregon because they represented the antithesis of Michigan - constantly changing uniforms, what I thought was a "gimmick" offense, and no sense of fundamental tradition.

After they came to the Big House in 2007, I couldn't help but just admit my hatred was admiration.  As Dennis Dixon tore apart our senior-laden team and they ran circles around our slow "Big Ten" linebackers, I realized that we were living in a Big Ten time capsule.  Former LB coach Jay Hopson topped it off when he referred to the spread as "Communist Football."  It was then that I realized the game had passed our school; I wanted our offense to be like Oregon's.

That's why I was so excited for the Rodriguez hire, and I have been encouraged with the signs I have seen on offense.  If we can get our offense up to the tempo that Oregon has its, I would love to see a slowass Wisconsin, MSU, or Iowa LB try to keep up.

I still hate Oregon.

I hated Mike the Molester (No he never touched me) he was a douche when he was their coach.  I hate the fans out here the have this sense of entitlement without ever doing anything.  One thing I have to remind Duck Fans all the time is Michigan has more national titles than Oregon has 2000 yard passers.  They have 7 guys do it for 10 times and we all know we have 11 championships.

PS Chip is not as bad

Can you imagine the media backlash if Rodreguez held up some of those signs? "Dennis Rodman was on the sign board. Blerg Blerg. Family values. Blerg Blerg."

I found those signs hilarious. If we had one i'd assume itd go something like:

1. Donald duck
2. Road runner or Denard heisman pose
3. Untied Shoes
4. Prohibited sign over Freep
5. Lloyd Brady
6. Dominoes pizza
7. Moar Practice
8. GERG with his beautiful hair
9. Mustache logo
10. MGoBlog homepage screenshot

Ok, so maybe most of these are memes. What would you think the team would have though?

in our offense is puzzling. I wonder if this is a case of the student surpassing the teacher.

We do have stuff like what Oregon has deep in our playbook. We don't use because the coaches doesn't think young players are ready for that yet. Ever here coaches say they have about 60% of the offense down? This is what they mean. Oregon on the other hand can run a very high tempo & open the playbook up, because they have the offense down.

I hear you that Oregon seems a lot faster - that was ridiculous what they did to UCLA.  The tempo and explosiveness if better than M.  I couldn't help but wonder why they seem another level from M.  Kelly hasn't been there any longer than RichRod.

I haven't had a chance to look at their depth chart yet to see how experienced Oregon is, but man they looked good.  

I don't think anyone can sit here and say that they don't envy Oregon at least a little bit for their on-field success over the past few years.  And I think we all would love to have a running back like LaMichael James.  Even when Denard Robinson was shredding defenses earlier in the year, you could tell that Oregon's offense was operating at a higher level - they just didn't have one guy accounting for 80% of their yardage.

I love what Oregon does and it is had to imagine them losing any games in that league.  Look out for USC in 8 days in LA.  They played lights out against Cal and that very talented but young defense looked like it is coming together.  They can win matchups on the line and maybe slow them down enough.

On offense they can push around Oregon up front and play keep away. The Ohio State formula from the Rose Bowl last year.

In other words, Oregon by 2 or 3 touchdowns.

I'd find those signs a lot less annoying if they didn't have an ESPN personality in the upper left of all of them.  The last thing that all of those egotistical self-serving dickheads need is more worship from idiotic fanboys.

I like how everyone is riding the Chip Kelly bandwagon right now.   I'll go back and do a search to see where you were all at last September when they put up like 100yds of offense and got dismantled by Boise St and Chip Kelly was a national joke that was being compared to a prison warden for all of Oregon's troubles on and off the field.   Amazingly he was given time and now he's a genius once again.  Could we allow our team to actually have an upperclassmen at QB on the roster before we decide what we need to change on offense. 

We could use this:

Lou Holth isth a penith.

Not sure why this hasn't already been posted in the thread, but for those who haven't seen the play cards:

(Even the Ref is like, "What the...?  That sign says 'TREE'!")

I don't think this is just a super slick way to make sure players know the call- it's genius marketing too.  All the chatter/buzz about Oregon that's generated will be another notch in their brand belt of recruit-attraction/uniqueness.  Not only that, the people/things they picture will certainly draw even more attention...Caddyshack, Scott Van Pelt, Lee Corso, etc.  It's acknowledging the hype machine while also giving it extra momentum.  It's a win, win, win in my book.

Two more years until we're the envy of the spread team world.  Next year we get an awesome offense full of Jrs and Srs and a competent defense.  The year after we get a kick ass defense to go with an overpowering offense.

I'm giddy with excitement and I get to enjoy watching the current Michigan team until then.

The greatest weapon they have for recruiting is their cheerleaders. Woo!

It's not just an inside joke.  They believe that OSU deciphered their signals before the Rose Bowl and came up with this as a way to prevent that from happening again. 

I love it. I don't want us to adopt this though....

I would, however,  like us to create something creative and unique to us  though to get the plays out there faster.