Rawls if he can hang onto it, I'd guesss
madvillian
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| Date | Title | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 32 weeks 22 hours ago | NW's defense just isn't good enough here |
They have it pretty well defensed pre snap, but it's well blocked (by a good offensive line) and their LBs and secondary are too slow to diagnose the play. The will backer for them did a poor job IMO. If the guard pulls he should flow over the top playside; he took himself out of the play too early. But that's the sort of thing good scheming in college takes advantage of. That's not Teo on the edge but some random 2 star most of the time -- they aren't going to make the play. Nice breakdown, thanks. Great block by Smith to give Denard an easy cut back. |
| 1 year 37 weeks ago | Lots of depth, hopefully an Alpha will emerge |
I'm curious to see if Shaw can be used effectively as a pass catcher and if Smith is as springy as we saw at times last year. This looks like a solid group with plenty of depth. I'm hopeing that one guy can really step up and be an elite back, but I don't think it's likely. Smith could have been that guy but like Brian said the consensus on ACLs is year 2 is when the burst comes back. That said, perhaps the young ligaments of Mr. Smith are laughing in the face of conventional wisdom, as well as him having an abunance of youthful "caution to wind" wrt to the mental barrier of coming back from a major injury. With an experienced and solid OL unit and this group of backs there is plenty of reason for optimism that some ninja like knives will be produced. With this defense they're going to need it. |
| 2 years 33 weeks ago | IMO, most important bit was Mike Wiliams is fully healthy. |
Great news all around though. On a side note, I am having a horrible time getting through this work week, how is it only Wednesday...bring on Saturday! |
| 2 years 34 weeks ago | come on |
If you're a student at UM and you see another student on the football team walking by it's completely appropriate to ask him how his arm is. That's the charm of college athletics. I'm sure 99% of the team wants it that way, and so do the students. |
| 2 years 34 weeks ago | Yea true, quick google search confirms it |
Well throw my theory out the window then! |
| 2 years 34 weeks ago | Some thoughs on RS for the Secondary guys |
It's interesting that Turner and Vlad not only aren't seeing any time in the secondary, but also that they haven't seen anytime on special teams either. RS juniors and seniors are a key component of most elite level teams. Carr's maddening decisions to burn redshirts carelessly might be being taken to the opposite extreme by RR. IMO that's the side to error on. Like RR said, he'll have to decide if those guys can contribute enough to make burn the RS, because he's got seniors he needs to be accountable to. On the other hand, if playing those guys can't result in any more wins, then they sure as hell better be redshirted. Cissoko was apparently seen moping around the bench area after his benching. Well, I can't really blame him. Some are taking this to suggest an attitude problem. I'm taking it to suggest that he sucks, he knows it and so do the coaches. No reason to think he has serious mental problems at this point. This team needs to get Mike Williams healthy ASAP. Kovacs is terrible slow, and although he may be a good tackler and have good instincts you can only hide 4.8 speed from a secondary guy for so long before it burns you. And we saw that. As for JT, he did ok, certainly no worse than Cissoko. He too should not be playing but it is what it is. My roomate and I both agreed that this defense is comprised of two or three NFL players and 8 or 9 guys that might not be starting any other good to average D1 defense. Guys like Kovacs, Floyd, Cissoko, Roh, Ezeh, Mouton, and Van Bergen just are either too young or too bad to count on for much. I still think 9 wins is possible. It seems wierd, but this week's game with state might be the difference between struggling to get to 7 wins and winning 9 easily. |
| 2 years 34 weeks ago | or stuff you can find on google |
http://medgadget.com/archives/2006/07/the_only_bone_s.html Seriously, it sounds like he's getting ultrasound. I somehow doubt he has access to things anyone with good health insurance doesn't. |
| 2 years 34 weeks ago | Probably some sort of ultrasound |
Send some ultrasound waves into the bone and it causes tiny distributions that stimulate the healing process. That is my understanding anyway. Sounds like Molk is well on the way to recovery. Hopefully he can be back by the Illinois game. |
| 2 years 34 weeks ago | Rosenberg, shouldn't he be taking today off? |
Must have written this one before sundown last night. |
| 2 years 34 weeks ago | football and the Internet were invented for hand wringing |
1.) a week between games gives lots of time to talk; 2.) Internet makes talking among peers easy. Sorry, it's only going to get worse man. |
