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COMEDY SHOW TONIGHT

Randy and Jason Sklar are joining us because TONIGHT they have a show at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, and TONIGHT ONLY we are joining them for an MGoBlog afterparty with pizza and drinks and an Q&A. Tickets are here and doors open at 6:45 PM. If you can't make it this evening, they have space left at tomorrow night's two shows, but no MGoBlog afterparty for those.

The Sponsors

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THE VIDEO:

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FORMATION NOTES: UConn was a charting-friendly basic 4-3 two deep the whole game, give or take some line slides or exotic passing down items.

They would occasionally slide into an over or under front.

Note that I'm punting on something other than "pistol" for Michigan's version of it, which is just a shotgun snap with a back directly behind the QB. Several years ago pistol meant the QB was closer to the LOS than he is in shotgun. No longer, at least for Michigan.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Aside from the late game blender, nothing out of the ordinary. JJ/Cade/Warren/Bowman your tentative QB depth chart. Stokes clearly #3 at RB with Isaiah Gash getting a lot of late run as a short yardage back. Max Bredeson probably your TE 4 behind All/Schoonmaker/Honigford. OL the same, with El-Hadi getting a lot of run after Keegan left on drive two.

Things discussed:

• Bubbles: That’s how UConn is playing.
• JJ is looking guys off to create his space, and seeing the game from an advanced perspective. Knows what he’s got out there and is playing greedy.
• UConn was playing tough on the edges, Michigan beat it with Oluwatimi, with screens, and by adding tight ends to hid which side they’re running at.
• OL issues? A few targeting things where it’s just one guy and fixable. Maybe a little worried about Trente Jones’s pass protection.
• Defense: Waiting for a real opponent, but going to throw some weird looks at Tagovailoa. Really like Jenkins, seeing progression already from McGregor. Love that they have a dime again.
• Break: Keshaun Harris!
• Maryland? Got a good offense, returning everyone including some injured WRs who’ve been rusty so far. Defense is BAD. Due respect to SMU but their ILBs are not playable. Rakim Jarrett is the best WR they’ll see before Ohio State.
• MSU in trouble? They’re too good at getting more than they deserve. Secondary needed speed, got a guy named Speed.
• Run through the Big Ten. Minnesota? They’ve got an offensive identity (they MANBALL with everybody’s Chuck Filiagas) and a defense—do you need any more to win the Big Ten West? Wisconsin doesn’t have the OL of Wisconsins of old. Penn State? Auburn is terrible but PSU is a Top-20 team.

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