Shaw Rage

Submitted by Route66 on

Although Wendy's is awesome(#7 with no tomato and a mountain dew), I figured I would take up some board space and talk about some Michigan Football and how impressed I was with the way Shaw ran last week and how that bodes well for us in the future. 

If I was more savvy with the interwebs I would link the play, but when Shaw took that swing pass for about 20yds and was horse collard down against UConn it reminded me of Minor Rage.  I think that Shaw gleaned a lot from Brandon and it looks like he might be emulating Minor's style of running going forward.  He still likes to dance a little(which I think is his original style), but he showed signs of straight murder against UConn.....and I love to see that. 

I hope to see a great performance from Shaw today.  He will be the player of the game IMO because of all the hype over Denard.

That being said I love me some V Smith.  That guy is shifty and fun to watch.  They both are going to have to rack up some yards for us to get a W.  GO BLUE!

MGoBoard
Football
Michael Shaw
Brandon Minor
V Smith

MGoJoe

September 11th, 2010 at 12:12 PM ^

He tends to jump around parallel to the line of scrimmage looking for a hole. It makes me nervous because he often gets tackled at the line of scrimmage. Minor didn't jump around as much, he would just plow forward and carry a few defenders on his way upfield.

Joined: 10/02/2008

MGoPoints: 353

ND Sux

September 11th, 2010 at 12:32 PM ^

Shaw was given the ball in some poor situations last week, and he did well just to get back to the LOS or net a small gain.  The only play I'd criticize would be the one where he went backwards.  I'm sure this was covered by the coaches.  I give him a B+ for UConn. 

Smith is solid and fun to watch too.  Great to see a 'stable' of backs again at UM, and I love that we have speedsters and bruisers.  Looking forward to seeing Fitz when he's ready.

Joined: 10/01/2009

MGoPoints: 15650

sum1valiant

September 11th, 2010 at 1:35 PM ^

I like V Smith simply because he seems to be the least likely to post a negative play.  He gets up field, is balanced enough to make people miss in the open field, and isn't afraid to put a shoulder into someone.  I think he's our clear cut #1 if he hadn't lost so much time with the knee.

Joined: 09/01/2009

MGoPoints: 13025

ihatestate

September 11th, 2010 at 1:47 PM ^

I've always like Shaw as well. I don't think he rages close to minor, but he is definitely a solid back. Vincent Smith is also fun to watch, but mainly because of how small he is and btw the #7 at Wendy's is pretty delicious.

Joined: 09/19/2009

MGoPoints: 18