Nebraska Snowflakes - The Offense
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:10 PM ^
I listened on the radio and I'm pretty sure I heard "the offense is lined up in pistol" at least once
September 22nd, 2018 at 6:14 PM ^
Yes, M did run some pistol.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:42 PM ^
Love the QB, RB, and WR depth
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:43 PM ^
Peters was limping everywhere. I don’t know why he was in and if you’re gonna put him in, why roll him out where he has to generate power on his bad right leg? That throw was short and he was clearly not 100% when rolling out?
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:45 PM ^
Throw wasn’t short, it was late. He’s 4th string, but probably a nice young man.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:51 PM ^
It was both. It was late so he could try to get more drive on the throw and he couldn’t get the drive so it was short. Peters pre South Carolina game looked better than Dylan has this year and he had 1. A much worse line with a much worse o line coach 2. WRs running horrible routes 3. Horrible play calling 4. No run game. Dylan has the opposite of all of those this year.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:10 PM ^
I like Peters. But last year except for maybe a few of his best moments, he did not look as good as McCaffrey has looked so far.
Limited sample size... but I see more consistency, awareness, mobility, accuracy, and grasp of the offense from McCaffrey than I was seeing out of Peters last year. And of course.. a higher ceiling.
And Peters was our best QB last year, McCaffrey is 2nd string this year.
Things looking up!
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^
I don't think the offense was all that coherent last year, which hurt a guy like Peters. And the offensive line was much worse, the receivers were much worse, etc. McCaffrey is likely the future at QB, but I think it's unfair to compare the two years and how the QBs played in them.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
Peters wasn't ready to run the offense last year and that impacted the playcalling. So, at least some of the incoherence in the O that he was running had to do with him not taking the role serious enough during the off-season.
I don't think you'll have to worry about McCaffrey be ill prepared to run the O. His pedigree screams leadership and preparation.
September 22nd, 2018 at 6:03 PM ^
True, Peters had more disadvantages around him on offense last year. But nonetheless, it seems to me that Dylan is bringing more upside as QB in the ways I mentioned above than Peters.
This is just my couch warming opinion of course. Time will tell, barring injury.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
If Milton was 3rd string he would have played today over Peters. He can play in 4 and still redshirt, I'm not sure that there's 4 more games that the 3rd string qb will be playing in. Remember Peters has only played one bad game when healthy.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:44 PM ^
Dylan is fast.
Probably most complete effort since Northwestern two years ago.
I didn’t see this coming but that means little bc I’m a pessimist w M football. Wow!
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:44 PM ^
Best 2 game stretch for the OL in a while.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:45 PM ^
Lining Ben Mason up in the RB spot and letting him hammer forward for 3-7 yards is just wonderful. I feel like he was legitimately upset he didn't have someone to smash on one of his TDs.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:09 PM ^
It takes a tough young man that is under 250 lbs that is going to consistently want to meet Mason head on after Ben already has a 5 yard start. Just not good for the skeleton and the soul!!!
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:45 PM ^
So is Peters playing for Western or Central next year?
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^
Evans, did he play today?
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:50 PM ^
Don't think so. Probably wasn't 100%. One of the announcers said it was his eye(?)
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:06 PM ^
Thigh -- so I'd imagine the hamstring from SMU
September 22nd, 2018 at 11:06 PM ^
Higdon defines "downhill running", really liked him today
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^
Would've scored even more points if the refs didn't feel bad for Nebraska and ignore obvious pass interference. Pass protection looked promising for a second straight week.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:47 PM ^
Either the line is better or we've figured out ways to scheme around our weaknesses. Or Nebraska is terrible.
Whatever. Today feels good. So nice to have some QB and RB depth.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:47 PM ^
OL set the tone early and even the 2nd string looked solid. Warinner is rounding them into form.
McCaffrey, Bell, Turner, Samuels, Collins - lots of young talent starting to show up.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:48 PM ^
Hidgon is good confirmed
Offensive line...not terrible confirmed
QB situation is good. That was a weak as hell holding call, DMac has some wheels! I thought we did a good job of taking open throws for the most part. Easy to see why DMac passed Peters now. Wonder if Peters will transfer after the season
Ronnie Bell will be a good one. So will Turner
Glad they are using some variety on the jet sweep package instead of being so predictable
Can't wait to see what we can do if the tackle situation gradually improves
September 22nd, 2018 at 9:20 PM ^
Turner will be the starter next year, unless his blocking holds him back. But his upside is higher than Samuels and Wilson.
Bell can really play. Boy our wrs are set going forward.
Steuber looks much better than third string. In fact, he looked good enough to be starting at T.
Hawkins is a heck of an athlete. He will be starting with Dax next year.
We MUST get Benhart and Keegan. This is the last thing to return to Michigan football as we knew it.
September 22nd, 2018 at 11:28 PM ^
Evans is definitely the starter next year? Unless there are some surprises by Jim/ Pep, there will be plenty of situations where they want someone other than Evans. I can see Turner getting 30-40% of quality time snaps next year.
WRs are definitely set. I hate that Black is injured again, but hopefully it works for the best and Michigan is able to reload a WR1 year over year who has already shown flashes of being WR1.
Metellus will very likely be around next year. I definitely think Dax will see the field, but at safety he will eat into more of Hawkins minutes than Hawkins'. Don Brown likes to get some of his best guys minutes at viper, there could definitely be some different looks next year especially if Hudson can leave early.
The OL looked okay today, and OL always take time to develop. There are 4 returning guys out there, and the second-third string freshman look fine. It's always better to have more bullets in the chamber, but I would be very surprised by serious (bottom of the big 10 style) oline problems 2+ years from now regardless of every guy developing perfectly.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:50 PM ^
Scored 49 points with no Black or Evans.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:22 PM ^
Just a quibble--the offense shouldn't be credited for the safety. That's all.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:23 PM ^
Can it be credited with the missed PAT?
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:50 PM ^
They scored 7 TDS.
September 22nd, 2018 at 8:57 PM ^
Speaking of Black any words on how close he is on returning? Umbig11?
September 23rd, 2018 at 12:25 AM ^
Not very close at all. Maybe November.
September 23rd, 2018 at 10:59 AM ^
Did he ever have surgery?
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:52 PM ^
Very interested to see the UFR, to my untrained eye thought the OLine played pretty damn good. Few instances on third and short and the coaches didn’t hesitate to run to the left. Higdon had some good running lanes, and he capitalized. Patterson had time to throw. Gonna rewatch and pay more attention to the line play. Great game
Go Blue
September 22nd, 2018 at 9:21 PM ^
I saw some bad plays by Bredeson, Ruiz,and Mayfield, and Onwenu can't pull.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:52 PM ^
It is fun to play Nebraska.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
Not when Brady Hoke is your coach.
Nebraska picking up 15 TFL against us in 2013 was no bueno.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:14 PM ^
Hoke did beat them 45-17.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:54 PM ^
More like Denard beat them.
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:55 PM ^
I think we clearly see why McCaffery is ahead of Peters
September 22nd, 2018 at 3:58 PM ^
Pretty flawless. Seemed obvious to me why McCaffery is #2. Also, I didn’t realize he could move like that.
Favorite line of the day was when Brando said Patterson was the first dual threat for Michigan since Henne. Nice.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:12 PM ^
Yeah I rolled my eyes there. Henne probably ran his 100 meter in 13 flat. That's probably giving him more than he deserves.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:23 PM ^
I must've missed that...Where was he for Denard and Devin??
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:50 PM ^
RE: Brando. I was impressed with our new safety, that Martellus guy. Drumfour looked good too.
He also said people were picking us to do well this year because the schedule set up nice for us, when the exact opposite is true. I guess if leave out the fact that PSU is ranked in the top 10 (which Fox did,) our schedule doesn’t look too bad.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:00 PM ^
OL is looking better. I know Nebraska isn’t a world beater on defense but they’re no slouch either. The OL got some pretty good push today even when the backups were in. Cautiously optimistic. Got two more games before the level of competition really heats up for them.
Shea did what he needed to today. Managed the game an didn’t make mistakes, but eventually he will be called upon to do more. But I think he’s more than up to the challenge. He threw some beautiful passes today that were on the money. Would’ve had an extra TD pass or two but Nebraska’s secondary played fairly well and made some great pass breakups.
No complaints today.
September 22nd, 2018 at 10:15 PM ^
Aw. Don’t sell Nebraska short Judge. They’re a tremendous slouch!
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
that McCaffrey 80 yard TD run made me coom
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:23 PM ^
Anyone have a clip of that play? I missed it unfortunately.
September 22nd, 2018 at 4:42 PM ^
only video I can find sorry bud
https://twitter.com/BP_Quis/status/1043570755810865153?s=19