What is this formation?
Maybe I have not been that observant up until now, But I don't think I have ever seen a backfield formation like the offense is employing here. So anyone want to play "Name that formation"? Winner will get..... I don't know. My love... all of my love.
November 8th, 2015 at 3:49 AM ^
The "Harbaugh"
November 8th, 2015 at 3:52 AM ^
I never thought the day would come when I said that I love an eJACKulator.... My mother would be proud.
November 8th, 2015 at 11:16 AM ^
The "Intent to Deceive"?
November 8th, 2015 at 3:54 AM ^
Looks like Pistol offset I
November 8th, 2015 at 3:59 AM ^
Except with Peppers lined up behind Houma instead of Rudock. Whatever it was... It was brilliant.
November 8th, 2015 at 7:34 AM ^
that said, did we go right on that play?
November 8th, 2015 at 9:26 AM ^
That was the double play action, throw to Houma down the right sideline, where the entire Rutgers defence bit on the Peppers fake to the left.
November 8th, 2015 at 4:02 AM ^
The deceive
November 8th, 2015 at 4:08 AM ^
The closest thing I could find so far was shotgun doubles flex wing. It does appear that I have been living under a rock, or at the very least have only been watching Michigan football for the past few years.
November 8th, 2015 at 4:30 AM ^
Jimmy, tell me you are going to have a tight end that puts his hand in that ground on every snap. Tell me that you are going to have a fullback that lines directly behind the quarterback, and a halfback in the I-formation.
Yes, coach, we will have that. And sometimes I'll have them both on the field at the same time with the quarterback in shotgun with an offset I-formation to the strong side, but the halfback will be my starting nickleback who is just a wow player. And it would be cool if the tight end was named Butt.
November 8th, 2015 at 7:11 AM ^
But when I'm at my pc, I'm going to +1 the shit out this ^^^^^
November 8th, 2015 at 4:46 AM ^
on PS2 Madden 05 play book editor lol. I call it "because offset-I can"
November 8th, 2015 at 5:31 AM ^
Chillll, Winston.
November 8th, 2015 at 8:57 AM ^
I logged in because I wanted to make sure you knew this reference didn't go unnoticed.
November 8th, 2015 at 5:39 AM ^
Shotgun with intent to decieve
November 8th, 2015 at 6:26 AM ^
Another vote for pistol offset/strong I but isn't the split end usually on the weak side of that formation?
November 8th, 2015 at 6:26 AM ^
Unfortunately, I'm stuck listening to the streaming feed of many UM games (and Jim Brandstatter is getting worse by the week, if possible). Dan Dierdorf commented during yesterday's game on the bewildering number of formation variations that the Wolverines use. He's amazed that we don't get many illegal procedure penalties. Kudos to the offensive coaching staff for game prep.
November 8th, 2015 at 8:17 AM ^
That might not be negative enough actually
November 8th, 2015 at 12:49 PM ^
It's too bad they can't bring back Beckmann as part of a three man booth. Brandy just doesn't cut it as a PBP man.
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November 8th, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^
He wasn't good as analyst, either. His wheelhouse is studio host.
I wish they had chosen Matt Shepard, but his shtick is a little much for football.
November 8th, 2015 at 7:12 AM ^
What is the deal with Green? Is he in the dog house too? Suddenly we have no healthy RBs.
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November 8th, 2015 at 8:45 AM ^
Green is healthy and is not in the doghouse. He played yesterday. He's just not that good. Johnson and Smith are clearly better and a healthy Higdon is also above him on the depth chart. Not to mention Mr. Peppers.
November 8th, 2015 at 9:08 AM ^
that he'll never be close to his recruit ranking. It would be much faster to list the things he's good at than bad at but his biggest issues are vision and balance/toughness. I've never seen such a large guy go down so easily. You touch him and he falls down. When you're not very fast you have to run very hard and he doesn't. I'm sure he's a good dude but he's not a very good HB. That's now very clear. Add him to the huge list of potential transfers despite personally hearing nothing alluding to it.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
shouldn't speculate on transfers
November 8th, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
I admitted D.Green is not very good long ago - but it's not, like, "0fficial" or anything,,, just kind of, like, my opinion man.
November 8th, 2015 at 9:36 AM ^
What about Higdon? Is he healthy? I don't think we've seen him since the 4th quarter against MSU.
November 8th, 2015 at 3:29 PM ^
I sincerely doubt it because we saw Green, Shallman, and Taylor-Douglas while Higdon did not play. This despite the fact that Green and Higdon are the only players from the above list that are on the depth chart.
November 8th, 2015 at 7:17 AM ^
A lot of teams use us most notably Kansas state
November 8th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
before HARBAUGH.
Not happening from now on.
November 8th, 2015 at 7:25 AM ^
"And then Bo asked him, Jimmy Jimmy, do you have a fullback?" Yes, coach. We have a fullback. "Jimmy, Jimmy do you have a tight end?" Yes, coach we have a tight end.
*They both give a sly smirk*
November 8th, 2015 at 8:02 AM ^
That formation is called The Snap of Justice. It is designed to rain hellfire, bloody damnation, and 6 points down upon our foes.
November 8th, 2015 at 8:13 AM ^
Victory formation
November 8th, 2015 at 8:16 AM ^
The real beauty here is the unbalanced front.
November 8th, 2015 at 8:18 AM ^
I liked what we did on O. Lots of movement. Heck, it was so good we got a deception penalty.
November 8th, 2015 at 8:34 AM ^
the interesting part of this particular formation is that the TE is not an eligible receiver but the LT is.
I don't know if that was purposeful but could that be something they will pull out later? A screen pass to Cole?
November 8th, 2015 at 8:49 AM ^
I don't remember him reporting as an eligible receiver. Did I miss that?
November 8th, 2015 at 9:09 AM ^
No not in ncaa. He can't be wearing 50-79 jersey in ncaa.
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November 8th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^
So we only have 4 eligible receivers then? the TE is covered up, making him ineligible right?
Seems that you would have the two wideouts switch who is on the line if that were the case.
November 8th, 2015 at 9:10 AM ^
Patriots pull out formations like this frequently. May be not this one. Didn't they have a controversial TD a couple of years back where they passed to LT?
November 8th, 2015 at 9:01 AM ^
Offset pistol I
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November 8th, 2015 at 9:16 AM ^
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Dueling_pistols.JPG
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November 8th, 2015 at 9:53 AM ^
and Houma is the walrus
November 8th, 2015 at 9:59 AM ^
I'm an assistant football coach at a small school in Arizona (8 man football) and, bizarrely enough, we have this exact formation in our playbook. We call it "Domino".
November 8th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^
Since there are some experts in this thread...I've had a burning question that I need to just let go, I know.
If Rudock takes that 4th down snap against MSU, waits, and throws the ball all the way down the field, it's intentional grounding.
But they don't get to keep the penalty, right? They have to decline to get the ball, right? Accept the penalty and it's 4th down again, right?
November 8th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
but I think the loss of down consideration in that penalty forces the change of possession
November 8th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
Intentional grounding includes loss of a down. Sparty would have gotten 1 untimed play
November 8th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
Can't end the game on a meaningful penalty. That's always an easy way of putting it.
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November 8th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
Props to Mr. Rudock for his best collegiate game, but all due respect, if you want someone to throw the ball "all the way down the field" you might wanna use a different QB
November 8th, 2015 at 10:13 AM ^
Couldn't he just roll outside the tackle box and avoid the intentional grounding?
November 8th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^
but Rutgers now refers to it as the "More Than We Can Handle" formation.