There are...
...days until Chris Perry (RB 2000-2003) sees Michigan establish the run to fool opponents and create Speed In Space on passing plays in 2019.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Perry_(American_football)
Go Blue!
August 8th, 2019 at 12:39 AM ^
Two #23 tributes from WH. Always the best....
Enjoy!
August 8th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^
Jamie Morris and the glory days of O Line dominance. Feeling like this is the year we start to restore order on the line. Jamie was such a hard runner but man you could count on our guys up front to completely wear down the defensive front in the second half.
GO BLUE!!
I can taste it
August 8th, 2019 at 10:10 AM ^
Clean your mustache - that taste might be the casserole from last night. Happens to me all the time.
I was hoping you'd pick Chris Perry for this day. The guy could catch with the best of them and word is Charbonnet has good hands too.
I had the pleasure of talking to Chris at Picture Day in August of 2000. What an engaging and articulate young man!
Loved to watch him run, a great Michigan Man!!!!
GO BLUE
What a fun group of running backs in that era, from Biakabatuka to Perry to Anthony Thomas to Mike Hart. Who else am I missing?
Rob Lytle, Harlan Huckleby, Russell Davis, Chuck Heater from my era. (Old guy)
August 8th, 2019 at 10:58 AM ^
Don't forget little Gordy Bell, "The Wurling Durvish". He could run around inside a phone booth and never touch the sides.
August 8th, 2019 at 11:41 AM ^
Kelly Baraka? :-D
August 8th, 2019 at 12:23 PM ^
Perry was after Thomas.
My bad. I was mixing some of them up. Chris Howard was the other one.
it's almost in the air........
August 8th, 2019 at 10:46 AM ^
It's a night game??
But haven't we learned over this past decade that "establishing the run game" is no more or less important than "establishing the pass game"?
Gotta admit, when Gattis mentioned the other day we were "establishing the run game first", I groaned. That's old Big Ten walrus mentality. I'd rather he say "establishing a scheme tailored to exploiting the weakness of our opponent" instead.
I think that comes during the season though. This is fall camp - season preparation, not necessarily matchup preparation.
August 8th, 2019 at 10:13 AM ^
Couldn't disagree more... see Dick Rod years, we broke all the wrong records. Furthermore, the defense was on the field more than the offense, and eventually would get shredded by opponents.
We haven't had a dominant running game in a long time; whereby we wear teams done and beat them physically on the line. Denard was an outlier, and his sub-par passing is what made him less of a threat.
Establish the run game, bring the defense up closer to LOS then drop the "Speed in Space".
Tired of the new age BS of passing on every down, because as soon as you come up against a proficient defense, those teams get throttled. Problem with your perspective is that you haven't seen a good run game in a long time...because we haven't had one! (A-Train, Touchdown Timmy, Hart)
Good run game = Consistency, time management, beat teams in conditioning, less of a chance for a pick six and the ball going the other way.
August 8th, 2019 at 10:57 AM ^
Wow, guess we're just on polar opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to game planning then. To each his own.
I'd rather an unpredictable offense that threatens any action on any play. "Establishing the Run" implies a focus on one aspect of the game unnecessarily. If the defense is poised to stop the run, why slam your head into a brick wall? Sure, you could out-talent the competition, but unless you are confident you can do so, why not pop some deep balls right out of the gate?
If I'm a coach and I see your philosophy above, I'm going to stack the box early in the game and then know that you're trying to "bring my defense up closer to the LOS" for some Speed in Space later. You've just given me information that only hurts your game plan. Don't do that. Don't insist on "Establishing the Run". See what works in each individual game and make the opponent fear for their lives on every play.
August 8th, 2019 at 10:19 AM ^
Did anyone see Steven Threet's post on twitter? I'm paraphrasing here, but he said something tells me when we get to 10 days it won't be Steven Threet days until Michigan Football with a picture of Tom Brady below it. I mean what he said was a given, just thought it was funny that he poked fun at himself.
August 8th, 2019 at 10:35 AM ^
August 8th, 2019 at 12:20 PM ^
I have begun updating my "End Of OT Season" warning shtick actually.
We're nearly there, folks. If you've got an off-the-wall topic, get it out there soon.
He was a beast in that 2003 Ohio St. game
August 11th, 2019 at 7:45 AM ^
then 22
August 11th, 2019 at 7:45 AM ^
then my birthday