Spring "Game" Thread / B1G Elite 1997 Michigan Team Thread
Guh, this is the most boring thing ever. Get to the actual scrimmage type stuff already.
Is the plan to have a scrimmage at the end or do we not know?
scrimmage "later " they said . i bet its coming up in just a few minutes
Pipkins' butt looks funny....
Really looking forward to the "game" portion of this. Ha ha
Since when do they just do normal practice drills for the Spring Game? I know the scrimmage part is happening later, but this is pretty boring.
I think its been this way for a few years. They haven't had the depth for an actual game in years.
But they've scrimmaged usually the whole time. This one had individual position groups praticing for awhile.
Noooooooo - App State!
Fuck this - I've been working since 0630 this morning on some BS for work. I'm going to buy beer. Go Blue.
Speight hands off the ball very well, with much confidence :)
I was surprised to hear that Lewis seems to be running with the 1's. I thought for sure Taylor would be back in his same role and even that Stribs looked better than Lewis last year. It will be interesting to see how our DBs play out this year between Taylor, Lewis, Stribs, Peppers, Thomas, and Clark. I am a little disapointed how small D. Thomas still looks. For such a high level recruit he does not look the part of a BCS safety yet.
Fleet is obviously short, but dude looks stacked! He may be the best put together guy on the field. He makes a lot of guys around him look skinny.
Funchess and Gallon were top tandem WR's ever in U-M history? Sheesh - that's crazy
Well Gallon was the single highest WR is UM history correct? That's a pretty good headstart to the highest duo record.
Why the hell are they cutting away from actual plays to get interview? What the hell. Just missed another snap.
This broadcast has been pointless so far. Is MGoBlue.com running the cameras?
wud love a stream that actually works .....
You haven't missed much, if anything thus far.
Yeah. I have no idea what's going on.
Good crowd though. I wonder if they know what's going on.
I wish we were playing in the Final Four tonight.
I like cheese. Especially swiss. I can take or leave cheddar.
The second comment in this thread is a link that works.
http://www.stream2watch.me/live-tv/big-ten-network-live-stream
Mattison just said Ryan hasn't played linebacker since high school(?)
I really hope they re-mix the coverage for the 8pm broadcast. Whoever is directing the program is doing a terrible job. Why would you switch away just before a snap to show someone standing on the sidelines?
Don't know if you caught the Northwestern "spring game" earlier at 11 am, but the coverage was very similar. Lots of cutaways to interviews and very few actual snaps were shown. Lots of drills. Hopefully they'll show more when it comes to the actual scrimmage.
This is seriously the worst sports program I've ever watched. Completely disorganized, cutting away from actual material for commercials and interview while showing the walk-though positional drills. Are they actually going to scrimmage? Are the coaches/AD/BTN actively trying to piss off the fans?
I feel like I snuck in under the fence and am watching something I was not supposed to see.
Jesus! Don't show the freaking coach yelling! Show the actual play! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
Caught Mone crushing Kugler back 10 yards on a drill, fwiw.
This is painful.
On that drill with only half the o-line vs 2 d-line players and one LB...the o-lineman are getting pushed back on ever snap...yikes. There is no hole for the RB between the center/guard/tackle.
Well that's the thing with the zone blocking they're doing. I mean, I don't think OL getting pushed into the backfield is good, but with zone blocking, backside cuts open up often. If the DL wants to go one way, then you can let him, ride him that way and seal him. I'm not sure what they're looking for specifically in that drill though, so maybe they don't want them cutting backside everytime. Tough to say if it would work consistantly without the backside blocking. Either way, your OL getting plowed into the backfield usually always disrupts the running game. But it may not be quite as disasterous as it would in a man-gap type scheme or a zone stretch.
that our guys just need more practice with the zone scheme? Most of them have only just started working with it, right? At least the way Coach Nuss wants it done.
They said scrimmage is next. Lets hope they just show the plays.
Speight just looks like a Michigan quarterback.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
He looks pretty similar to me.