Just adding that this was great- I am a little older so have already gone through the painful losses of the furry companions and this did hit home. I am not quite as sensitive to media personalities being irritating (outside of Gary Danielson, who does super know ball, but I can't take it) so wanted to add that Rece Davis on Sportscenter after the game with Scott Van Pelt was hugely complimentary to Michigan and quite good.
I was surprised to see Cade seem like he wilted under pressure because this was something he didn't do last year. I know he didn't show his best these first two games and agree JJ needs to start. I hope Cade can relax as he will at some point be essential to this year's team. He made history and I hope that with pressure off he can keep growing and contributing.
I would say that Utah just wasn't up to it on the road last year, but that 5-7 was in a much tougher conference than Michigan played in. Utah just hasn't played anyone this year, so we'll see. Offensively Utah has got to be better this year than last year, while defensively I would say they will be uneven. I think it is a much more interesting matchup than the crap part of the schedule last year, and most of the schedule this year.
Rice-Eccles definitely feels louder than at least pre-embiggened Big House.
Utah will be faster and more physical- but it is the physicality that comes from faster people hitting each other. They can implode and not get stuff done on offense, and they can be out-physicalled if you are bigger and stronger if not faster. Last year Utah played what Sagarin considered basically a top 5 or 10 difficult schedule, and had essentially no luck go their way so they looked way worse on paper. It is not a deep squad so injuries can really cause them problems. They have really suffered from lack of a killer QB lately, and even when the offense is anemic, they are used to playing like underdogs, so everything they do against better opposition is to try to give their skill guys space and counter being overwhelmed by a superior defensive line with fast, quick, short stuff and then deep balls. But they need a QB that can reliably be accurate on those types of things.
Whittinghams top coordinators in 2008 were Gary Andersen and Andy Ludwig (both now at Wisconsin). These were top guys. Defensively, they've been decent since them, but offense has been disappointing. They will be extremely motivated due to falling short in so many games last year.
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Just adding that this was great- I am a little older so have already gone through the painful losses of the furry companions and this did hit home. I am not quite as sensitive to media personalities being irritating (outside of Gary Danielson, who does super know ball, but I can't take it) so wanted to add that Rece Davis on Sportscenter after the game with Scott Van Pelt was hugely complimentary to Michigan and quite good.
I was surprised to see Cade seem like he wilted under pressure because this was something he didn't do last year. I know he didn't show his best these first two games and agree JJ needs to start. I hope Cade can relax as he will at some point be essential to this year's team. He made history and I hope that with pressure off he can keep growing and contributing.
"I Know its Over"- no, Moz, you'll kill him!
I would say that Utah just wasn't up to it on the road last year, but that 5-7 was in a much tougher conference than Michigan played in. Utah just hasn't played anyone this year, so we'll see. Offensively Utah has got to be better this year than last year, while defensively I would say they will be uneven. I think it is a much more interesting matchup than the crap part of the schedule last year, and most of the schedule this year.
Our Dying Brains-Grandaddy is sountracking my feelings today.
Rice-Eccles definitely feels louder than at least pre-embiggened Big House.
Utah will be faster and more physical- but it is the physicality that comes from faster people hitting each other. They can implode and not get stuff done on offense, and they can be out-physicalled if you are bigger and stronger if not faster. Last year Utah played what Sagarin considered basically a top 5 or 10 difficult schedule, and had essentially no luck go their way so they looked way worse on paper. It is not a deep squad so injuries can really cause them problems. They have really suffered from lack of a killer QB lately, and even when the offense is anemic, they are used to playing like underdogs, so everything they do against better opposition is to try to give their skill guys space and counter being overwhelmed by a superior defensive line with fast, quick, short stuff and then deep balls. But they need a QB that can reliably be accurate on those types of things.
Whittinghams top coordinators in 2008 were Gary Andersen and Andy Ludwig (both now at Wisconsin). These were top guys. Defensively, they've been decent since them, but offense has been disappointing. They will be extremely motivated due to falling short in so many games last year.