CTK Day 8 - Scrimmage #2 Highlights
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:21 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:16 AM ^
That run by Smith was fantastic. Made my day
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:30 AM ^
Made my day too. But its 8:30 am and Ive been awake for 2 hours. *Sample size.
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:56 AM ^
That was a good use of "Sample size"
August 23rd, 2013 at 10:31 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:19 AM ^
Shane Morris dime-ing on people damn..Defense does look good. I like the interchangeable parts. Lots of different faces. Still high quality play. Wilson was in there with a nice PBU. Anyone know if T-Gordan was held out? Never saw him.. Also no Lewan either?
August 23rd, 2013 at 2:09 PM ^
I think T. Gordon might have been held out. It seems like guys who have locked down their spots (Lewan, Countess, Gallon, Fitz) are being held out to give other guys more reps.
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:17 AM ^
Idk how you keep De'Veon off the field*.
Stribling!
The defense looked inpenetrable.
Shane Morris made me less scared if had to come into the game for a series or two.
*sample size and all that jazz
August 23rd, 2013 at 11:10 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:18 AM ^
Small sample and all, but it seemed like Gardner and Shane were under pressure on 90% of those pass plays. Either our d-line engaged beast mode or our o-line has some work to do.
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:23 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 11:01 AM ^
Yes, I kept saying to myself "They must be saving the Offense's highlights for tomorrow's CTK. Right? . . . Right? There were some Offense highlights, weren't there??"
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:25 AM ^
Keep in mind that we are not only dealing with a sample size issue - but also with selection bias. This is different than if the few samples were chosen at random.
The interesting question is, did they choose to emphasize plays where the pocket broke down, or did the pocket break down on most plays?
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:19 AM ^
We haven't seen a lot of Shane yet but he looked fairly capable in this video. Obviously a very small sample size but that made me feel a little better.
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:20 AM ^
He has the arm atleast
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:22 AM ^
That and accuracy of his throws are really all you can judge because there's so much you don't know when you watch these videos. For example, what if the WR runs the wrong route? What if the 2nd or 3rd string OL misses a block? What if the freshman RB who will be redshirted doesn't pick up a blitz?
That said, I thought Shane had a great feel for the pocket.
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:18 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 10:28 AM ^
yeah i believe they do switch since the LT is usually the best in pass protection so you want them protecting the QBs blindside
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:20 AM ^
...Stribling became an All-B1G player, lol. Gotta love the overreaction to these. Great practice plays though.
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:28 AM ^
I didn't see that. I saw a lot of folks giving him an at-a-boy for a 3:26 of very well played football. I did not see even a hint of anyone calling for a starting spot for him. There were even people still asking about a red shirt. And since none of us have seen him play yet, i'd say that is about the "just right" amount of reaction. But maybe that's just me.
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:21 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:47 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:24 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:25 AM ^
Looks like Schofield playing LT in the early snaps. He and Kalis getting beat out there by Gordon is good news for the defense, not for the offense.
Obviously the 2's. Bosch too slow and misses the hole on his pull -actually gets in the way of Hill but it doesn't matter because Burzynski and Kalis blow up Ash and Godin and Green runs through.
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:31 AM ^
There's no way to know how representative this video is of all of the plays, but it looks like the defense is way ahead of the offense at this point, especially up front. QBs had almost no time to throw and other than Smith's one run, running lanes were few and far between.
Morris looks more impressive than I expected, given his plummeting in the rankings the past year. Arm strength was never in question, but his accuracy looks really good in this video too.
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:38 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:43 AM ^
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August 23rd, 2013 at 8:51 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:55 AM ^
None of us was as nervous as Hoke was!
Shane looks decent, but we are one boo boo away from season collapse.
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:58 AM ^
Ok, I'll jump on the hype train for Stribling. Guy was all over that video and made some excellent plays.
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:02 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:50 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:05 AM ^
Impossible to tell if d-line is good or o-line is bad until we play Notre Dame. Darboh injury may make the offense real ugly especially if we cant establish a consistent running game.
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:11 AM ^
The defense looked pretty fast and pretty solid, I thought. Recruiting bigger CBs is paying off and you can see it in Channing Stribling being back there, not allowing much of anything to happen in terms of big pass plays.
Someone else mentioned it, but I am having trouble seeing De'Veon Smith NOT on the field at some point this season. He already looks like he might be able to put up significant numbers back there. Shane Morris was impressive in these limited glimpses into the scrimmage - what they showed was someone with good footwork and someone capable of throwing some lasers and for quite some distance, I might add.
Hard to get much from these, but there are some bright spots here. These highlights make it difficult to wait the remaining 8 days though.
August 23rd, 2013 at 11:05 AM ^
The only think I can think of is that Smith doesn't offer a whole lot that Fitz doesn't, where as Green would be a better option (maybe) in short yardage situations with his size. Smith may well be the 2nd best back we have but with the 1st best guy being similar, it might make sense to RS him and give him an extra year, especially since it doesn't look like class of 2014 will include a RB.
*sample size yada yada
August 23rd, 2013 at 11:07 AM ^
Here's what I get from these, small sample size, yada, yada, . . . it will suck to be Tommy Rees.
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:12 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:14 AM ^
Number 8 was everywhere in coverage. Not sure if qb`s were picking on him or not, but he handled it really well. Will Stribling red shirt.
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:26 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:23 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:30 AM ^
Fort Schembechler man. Gotta wait until ND for Borges to pull that one out... best trans-continental ever though...
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:24 AM ^
nickel?
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:25 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
Jack Wrangler catch as well.
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:25 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:25 AM ^
Hayes is going to have a significant role on the team this year. He'll get a lot of the zone carries (he fits that zone blocking scheme best) and in a lot of pass situations. I bet he gets more touches this year than V. Smith did last year.
Morris has a live arm, but I also love the selective editing of these. No one is really worried about DG, so it's alright to show plays of his that aren't that good or make the defense look good. But Morris only really gets his good throws in there, so on and so forth.
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:52 AM ^
August 23rd, 2013 at 9:57 AM ^
Seems to indicate he's getting reps for a reason. Just because the selection of a few plays from probably close to 200 doesn't show many great things, doesn't mean he isn't the #2 back right now. He appears to be getting the most reps and he appears to be playing in situations where other backs aren't, again, a lot of pass situations and when Michigan is zone blocking from a single back set. There's a reason he's in there almost exclusively with Gardner and in the 1 v 1 situations. Limited selection of clips doesn't make up for the rest of the scrimmage and the rest of the practices.