Sugar Bowl Open Thread - 2nd Half
January 3rd, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
That was my initial reaction to Glanda catching that pass.
The second reaction was jumping off my chair.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 PM ^
Who the heck is Glanda? Has he even caught a pass this whole season?
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:03 PM ^
He's an OL on the kicking team... so I'm guessing no on that question.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:05 PM ^
I think he is the long snapper, so you are almost certainly right.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
He's from Las Vegas
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:05 PM ^
correction, he's the long snapper. and it's a definite no
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:12 PM ^
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:27 PM ^
He was in the Halloween video. People asked about him then.
January 3rd, 2012 at 9:56 PM ^
it is better to be lucky than good. I must agree.
January 3rd, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
I didn't really mean for you to create all of the threads (prematurally still IMO).
The Orange bowl starts in less than 23 hours. You better make that open thread.
And hell.... might as well get a jump on the BCS Championship.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:03 PM ^
I do not recognize a BCS National Championship for the 2002, 2004, or 2011 NCAA college football seasons.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
I am not touching "The Rematch" on the 9th. Still want to kick the bowl selection folks for this.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 PM ^
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:03 PM ^
I would create my own thread that only I can post in and just melt down in that, but I doubt the mods would let me
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:16 PM ^
I would read that! Nothing like a good conversation with yourself.
January 3rd, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
We have no right to be winning, with that you take it anyway you can get it.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 PM ^
This half is ours ... Go blue !!!
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:01 PM ^
Even Des is sating to pass it all over our D.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:05 PM ^
have been horrendous.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:02 PM ^
I still don't know how we're winning.
Fine by me though.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:04 PM ^
Glanda for Heisman!
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:04 PM ^
time to start playi calling a little bit more aggressively. How many times are we gonna run against an 8 man front when their safeties are 5 yards off the los.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:06 PM ^
ok with running it. you are right... they are playing tight. fuck all the fakes, let Fitz run up the middle.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:07 PM ^
It'll be the last thing they expect -- an I-formation iso up the middle into a 10-man box!
/ It'll be different this time
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:05 PM ^
Adjustments:
Logan Thomas is 8/11 for 117 yards. Yo, Mattison, I know you like stopping the run and aren't much of a stats guy and all, but if this game was a boat, that thar's your leak.
Hagerup is averaging 25 yards per punt. Might as well throw Hail Marys on 4th down; Denard's passes go farther.
Borges -- VT spotted you some breaks. Stop being cute, stop overthinking and go with what works. And assess Molk's injury.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:29 PM ^
Disagree about the pass game. We losened up the run defense a little in te first half and Wilson ripped off a few nice runs.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:06 PM ^
That might have been our worst half of football all season. I like our chances.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:06 PM ^
Ive been dranking, but I still havent been able to comprehend the Hemingway TD or the fake Field goal. What is going on.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:12 PM ^
I think Denard realized it was 3rd down and said screw it launched it downfield. Hell with it its a first down or arm punt.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:06 PM ^
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:09 PM ^
That sir would be considered an unfair advantage since we got the ball to start the game. Sorry that is the Jim beam talking.
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January 3rd, 2012 at 10:07 PM ^
Let's hope the d can put together a full half. I am amazed with how poorly the d played that we only gave up 6 points.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:09 PM ^
To give them credit, they have played well in the red zone!
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
Doesn't excuse the d on 3rd downs
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:12 PM ^
Well, the D made a lot of good individual plays - really, they had more good plays than bad. It's just that the bad plays always happened on 3rd and long. Not in the redzone, though.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:08 PM ^
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:09 PM ^
The coaches have made great second half adjustments all season. No reason to think it won't happen here. This first VT possession after the half is key. Get a stop and this game does a 180 if it hasn't done so already.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
and don't. But I think I was. That end of the first half was mind numbing.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:12 PM ^
I heard you the first time. Geeesh
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:11 PM ^
why is borges running all this new crap? what happened to the basic read run offense with fitz and drob.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:13 PM ^
That's Borges' bad habit. He goes away from what works, thinking it's the last thing the opponent expects. Except even if they're flat-footed, an offense is kind of easy to stop if all the talent is used as just decoys.
Anyway, UM's a running offense so VT loaded up on that; I can understand that part. But here's where a (play that shall not be named) would do wonders to loosed up VT's run D, and it'd certainly be "cute" in that they haven't run it all year. . .
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:19 PM ^
I really don't think he's called a bad game. There have been plays that would have worked if executed (like that seam to Hemingway that probably would've been a TD, or the throwback screen to Smith) but we whiffed a block, or threw a bad pass, or snapped it poorly. We've just got to settle down.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:19 PM ^
Yea, that pass to Hemingway on third down on their third possession was tipped but would have gone for a huge gain.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 PM ^
What I mean by "cute" is that Borges sees Xs and Os first, talent second, and humans. . . not so much.
On paper, his plays work. But with an injured center, a rattled QB and the emotional strain of some early mistakes, he's calling plays that are mentally very tough for seasoned veterans to execute, let alone underclassmen playing in a bowl game. If Denard's rattled, you think the rest of the team can consistently execute 11-man football against an aggressively blitzing, talented VT D?
I was screaming for a timeout because as long as Michigan was off its game and Borges was going to keep calling touch plays ANYWAY, he really needed to take a moment to calm them down (and give the D a breather). This team is good enough to play against VT. But not when they're rattled. That half could've been a LOT worse.
And it turns out we ended the half with a timeout to spare. Yeesh.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:17 PM ^
that is new to this game. VT crashes the DE and the safety on the zone read so we are running up the middle.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:35 PM ^
The other part of the scouting report for VT was that they bring safeties, linebackers, everyone up and like to bring them on blitzes. Where Borges has failed is he has no hot reads/audibles for Denard when it comes. Everytime, receivers are running 15 yds downfield, so Denard has no where to go.
January 3rd, 2012 at 11:19 PM ^
i went nostalgic when you typed "Fitz"