Yesterday's defense

When they played as well as they did, they deserve mention.  There was good D-line play, pass breakups, linebackers in position.  Just a lot to be happy about from a defensive standpoint.

So is that a requirement now for what thread topics are started?

Well of course they did. Am i the only person on the board that remembers that last year's offense set school records for futility and the D was ranked 2nd nationally? We have to be patient with our offense given the absolute dearth of talent the coaching staff was given to work with. And our Defense should be good given how amazingly well they performed last year. All Mattison had to do was not fuck up the great foundation built by Robinson and we'd be fine.

We can't expect Borges to be a miracle worker for God's sake.

Yeah, I completely agree. Those plays Borges draws up where Denard throws the ball then the receiver drops it are terrible. If I were Michigan's OC (I'm qualified because I'm on an internet message board and I watched most of the game) I'd call plays where the receiver catches the ball.

and assumed we were looking at a 7 win season in transition.

But then the B1G started sucking, and everyone looked beatable, so my expectations went up to a 2 loss season. now I am back to the reality of a 4 or 5 loss season with the continuation of the buckeye draught in our face - even with them wounded with a freshman QB.

Scheme transitions suck.

I would expect us to be exactly where we are, and maybe a game better.

I thought our loss would come to Notre Dame and we would beat MSU and Iowa.

After beating Notre Dame, it's infuriating that we could have beat MSU and didn't and should have beat Iowa and didn't do that either.

We are honestly wasting one of the all-time defensive turnarounds because our coordinator won't put our offense in it's greatest position to succeed.

but what do you think about making a switch in corners

1.  They did not in fact have a time out at the end.

2. The plays they called SCHEMATICALLY worked.  Unfortunately other things happened preventing the TD.  One play WAS a touchdown but was ruled an incompletion.  One play bounced off Vincent Smith's chest.  Finally on the last play roy roundtree had bad PI preventing him from catching a pass that was dead on.  The play calling at the end was pretty solid IMO.

they were saving the run (i'm guessing a roll out) for the necessary 2-point conversion to tie the game. Too many people seem to be forgetting that they needed to get into the endzone twice in five plays or less.

It's the big ten season when we've been inconsistent and turned the ball over, and this season has followed suit. To be fair, the same players are making some of the same mistakes on offense. It appears to me that theyre improving though. Despite lacking Tate's touchdowns, our offense was a lot closer to winning this game than last year.

According to the NCAA's website, we're average .2 less points per game than we did last year.  The offense hasn't regressed as much as people seem to think.  Granted it would have taken a step forward with RR, but people need to realize that every coaching change leads to problems like this.

The offense may not be quite as good as last year, but don't make it sound like it is the tire-fire that last years defense was.  

Joe Pa's team has done that to everyone they've faced on defense.

really makes me hope the staff can get a highly regarded running back in this recruiting class.

I have to disagree. He's a terrific player. Remember, he's learning a new offense.

I think the coaches really don't know quite what to do with him and with their offensive players at times.