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Fumble numbers. We had the Mathlete run the numbers on Michigan's fumble rate and ahyup this is an absurd outlier. Here's a graph of fumbles lost on run plays during his D-1 college career (ie, Stanford and Michigan):
Over the years in his database the average teams fumble on 2.2% of plays and lose those 1.1% of the time; Harbaugh has been at 1.8% and 0.9%; this year it's 4.5% and 2.2%. So: Harbaugh teams generally fumble a little less than average and while that's probably just luck it is also luck, of the very bad and hair-pulling variety, that Michigan's losing fumbles at double the rate of an average team out of nowhere.
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![](<p><a href="https://mgoblog.com/sites/default/files/image%20%281%29.png"><img align="right" alt="image (1)" border="0" data-entity-type="" data-entity-uuid="" height="304" src="https://mgoblog.com/sites/default/files/image%20%281%29_thumb.png" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" title="image (1)" width="304" /></a><strong>Sponsor Note.</strong> Annoyed by the fact that approximately 10% of UV links go to the Athletic? Well, tough nuts, buddy, they've got Brendan Quinn, Nick Baumgardner, and Bruce Feldman so that's how life is these days.</p> <p>The good news is that the Athletic has hired damn near everyone so you can get coverage of all your teams in one place. Speaking as a beleaguered USMNT fan, they are best-in-class there as well.</p> <p>Also good news: they're <a href="https://theathletic.com/checkout/?plan_id=45&pc=MGoBlog&source=promo" target="_blank">running a 40% off special</a> if you use <a href="https://theathletic.com/checkout/?plan_id=45&pc=MGoBlog&source=promo" target="_blank">our link right here</a>. No ads, no pop-ups, no clickbait. Even we can only say two of those three things.</p> <p><strong>Fumble numbers.</strong> We had the Mathlete run the numbers on Michigan's fumble rate and ahyup this is an absurd outlier. Here's a graph of fumbles lost on run plays during his D-1 college career (ie, Stanford and Michigan):</p> <p><a href="https://mgoblog.com/sites/default/files/image_1114.png"><img alt="image" border="0" data-entity-type="" data-entity-uuid="" height="293" src="https://mgoblog.com/sites/default/files/image_thumb_1088.png" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block; background-image: none;" title="image" width="484" /></a></p> <p>Over the years in his database the average teams fumble on 2.2% of plays and lose those 1.1% of the time; Harbaugh has been at 1.8% and 0.9%; this year it's 4.5% and 2.2%. So: Harbaugh teams generally fumble a little less than average and while that's probably just luck it is also luck, of the very bad and ha){kind=link}
10/12/2019 – Michigan 42, Illinois 25 – 5-1, 3-1 Big Ten
It is said that when you have two quarterbacks, you don't really have any. I wonder if that might change in the near future. Survey the landscape: modern shotgun offenses virtually require the quarterback to be a viable run threat. The prospect of losing your starting quarterback, as Illinois did last week, looms.
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