OSU Snowflakes - The Offense
November 24th, 2018 at 4:55 PM ^
And I thought we were better than them in the trenches before this game. Apparently not.
November 24th, 2018 at 6:30 PM ^
Hahahahahahahahajahahahahahahahahahahahaha
November 24th, 2018 at 4:41 PM ^
This game comes down to QB play every year. Hats off to Haskins. Dude earned a lot of money today. Will be glad to see him go. That said, he had zero pressure all day. On the flip side, Shea was ok, but not great. Also had pressure in his face all day. The first sack up the middle was an omen. So their 1st round nfl qb got to stand in the pocket all day and our 3rd round nfl qb was constantly looking at pressure and then throwing low etc. We all knew the OL was improved but still a C+ unit, and today it showed. Gotta keep getting better on the oline or elite teams will be tough to beat.
November 24th, 2018 at 10:27 PM ^
Haskins is likely returning for another season.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:41 PM ^
You guys just aren't playing 4D chess. We were like 1 more PITBULL concert worth of body shots before this was going to open up.....
November 24th, 2018 at 4:44 PM ^
I became a fan during the Bad Times. I watched Devin Gardner make it a close game when we had no business keeping it a close game. I went into this cautiously optimistic because anything can happen in Columbus. But I am really at a loss for today. Both sides of the ball. Was Shea sore early on? Why did we keep trying to run it up the middle the first half? Why didn't he try to throw it more early on? I'm not an expert by any means but I just keep scratching my head during the first half. And cursing. And drinking.
November 25th, 2018 at 4:15 AM ^
The endless runs up the middle we’re mind boggling. It was clear that play was never going to work yet we ran it about 39 fucking times for a total of 5 yards. Just stupidly onsessetwirh that idiotic play as we are nearly every game. You need more diversity of plays to take advantage of their inability to cover our receivers. This was the shitiest play calling of the year.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:44 PM ^
Higdon or Evans up the middle was never a thing. But, hey, let's keep trying it.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:45 PM ^
Steuber and Runyan got destroyed.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:49 PM ^
Most of the issue was from the interior - we got totally stomped at the DL position. Runyan and Steuber were the least of the problems.
We were beat in the trenches both on OL and DL. Did not see that coming.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:46 PM ^
Offense is lacking explosiveness. Using running backs to grind the opposition down over 4 quarters is well and good, but when you have a pair of 5* receivers in the barn and you have no plan for including them, well...
November 24th, 2018 at 4:49 PM ^
Too predictable as always in big games. Nothing creative in terms of scheme/game plan to throw off a very mediocre defense.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:49 PM ^
Pep and Harbaugh too waaaaaaayyy too long to figure out that we can move the ball through the air. No, let’s run inside every time it’s first and ten or 2nd and 9 because next time it’s gotta work! So stupid it’s hard to understand what these guys are thinking.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:54 PM ^
at halftime,I was thinking that Michigan should have gone full on air raid and maybe...maybe...came back to the run at a later time
November 24th, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
This was no coaching issue. We were butt-stomped by way better athletes across every position - our DL was easily handled, our LBs were beat, our WRs were embarassed ... Haskins is an NFL caliber QB that used all those weapons and torched our defense.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:09 PM ^
Then why were many other teams totally dominating the OSU defense throughout this season?
We don't run the type of offensive scheme that could make them look bad and that falls on the head coach.
You might be right about Haskins and the OSU WRs, but other teams were still able to make it a shootout because OSU's poor defense.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:55 PM ^
Ran the ball 8 of 10 times on 1st and 10 to start the game. By halftime it was 11 of 18 thanks to the drive before the fumbled kickoff. No wonder the LBs were filling gaps hard and to the right ones.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
Harbaugh needs to change his philosophy when it comes to his offense. You can’t keep running the ball on 1st and 2nd down up the middle against a stacked box. Then try to throw on 3rd and long. Don Brown needs to be able to teach a zone defense when his press coverage isn’t working.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:07 PM ^
OSU's offense was killer today. That was the difference. Folks ... OSU scored 62 points against the statistically #1 defense in the nation. I am impressed by Haskins and that effort. But I also am embarrassed by UM's effort ... from the eye test, you have to conclude we just don't have the athletes to compete with OSU. Need to recruit way better.
November 24th, 2018 at 4:59 PM ^
Should have been good enough? I guess? Scored 39 points. Should be good enough to win? Right? I guess? I don't know, man.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:00 PM ^
Is it too late to hire a quality COLLEGE offensive coordinator? Probably??
November 24th, 2018 at 5:01 PM ^
Michigan's offensive line sucks and Pep Hamilton should be fired into the sun.
It's down to recruiting, which is another part of the game Michigan is losing to Ohio State.
Harbaugh is 0-4.
He just lost to Ohio State with his senior team by 23 points. It was never even a game.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:19 PM ^
Off season needs ... recalibrate expectations as we need a miracle to beat OSU with the recruiting difference showed on the field today. Our DBs were totally embarassed by OSU's WRs. Out DL was stalemated by OSU's OL. Our LBs were routinely beat to the edge and in coverage. My eyes said ... "wow, we just don't match up athletically". Kind of embarassing to admit that.
November 24th, 2018 at 10:49 PM ^
Yet it was OSU's younger players doing a lot of the damage. WTF?
November 24th, 2018 at 5:05 PM ^
Shea is a good QB but he doesn't have good arm strength. He consistently under throws receivers on deep routes and on short routes receivers always gotta go low. His accuracy is all over the place. Im still waiting on a Harbaugh recruit to be developed
November 24th, 2018 at 5:09 PM ^
Not sure what all the complaining about the offense is. They put up 39 points! I don't care if you like the style or not, they put up 39 points. That should be enough to win every game. The offense wasn't the problem today. The defense was!
November 24th, 2018 at 11:18 PM ^
Please stop with this 39 points garbage. Yes, the defense was worse. But this archaic high school offense is a problem against elite teams. Great, we put some points on the board when we were getting blown out (and when we were gifted the ball at about the 8 yard line off a muffed kick return). Who cares?
November 24th, 2018 at 5:13 PM ^
Harbs is breaking out some new wrinkles this week, right?
Oh, the same inside zone?
Never mind
November 24th, 2018 at 5:17 PM ^
Gentry couldn’t catch a cold. Pathetic all around.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:18 PM ^
Ahhhhahahahahaahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahah
GO BUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
November 24th, 2018 at 6:42 PM ^
your parents must be real proud of you. Don’t you have to finish flipping those burgers?
November 24th, 2018 at 5:20 PM ^
Gentry had zero catches and three enormous drops, one of which would have been a TD. The OLine did not give Patterson a chance, as he was always running for his life.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:27 PM ^
Appreciate all that Brian does but this theory that we leave plays in the bag for OSU and other big games is absolute nonsense.
It's clear that Jim does not want a real passing game and thinks he can win against elite talent mashing his running back into a wall of 4 and 5 stars.
Furthermore, why is Jake McCurry - a walk on wide receiver - getting meaningful snaps in this game at our deepest position full of 4 and 5 star talent?
November 24th, 2018 at 6:29 PM ^
That drives me nuts too. You'd think after four seasons of this with Harbaugh he'd figure it out, but nope. Every year its back to the "well they are clearly saving stuff" routine.
If it looks like a bland offense, plays like a bland offense...its a bland offense and not an offense that's saving all the cool stuff.
November 24th, 2018 at 6:51 PM ^
I saw players out there getting meaningful snaps who I hadn't seen play since earlier this year....major head scratcher. Why all of a sudden now?
November 24th, 2018 at 5:28 PM ^
Its crazy to me that we didn’t show any of the wrinkles we showed through the season. What happened to the DPJ pass, the fake screen to DPJ, or even the super basic read option. For our biggest game of the year we went into more of a turtle offense than against Rutgers.
I think this off season we need to transition to an innovative spread. Our offense makes everything harder and is going to really hold us back from being an elite team.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:28 PM ^
Peters throws a nice pass that almost scores. We then put a rattled Patterson back in, then Milton in.
Why didn't Peters stay in???????????????
November 24th, 2018 at 6:35 PM ^
The Milton pick was 100% on Harbaugh. I’m a Harpologist, but what the fuck was he thinking with that?
You can’t beat teams like OSU fucking around like that.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:37 PM ^
Hopefully Harbaugh will do what Saban did and finally come to the realization that his offensive scheme was holding his team back. Saban has completely changed his offensive approach over the last few years and the results speak for themselves.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:40 PM ^
Gentry’s stone hands cost us 18 points. Not securing a ball in the end zone results in field goal. Drops ball over the middle that results in blocked punt TD. Not catching easy throw up the seam results in interception on next play.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:40 PM ^
Need to gut the offensive staff. Should have completed the job last offseason. They need to hire an actual OC with a modern scheme. We can't keep running an 80's scheme and expect to compete - especially against teams with pro football players who aren't there to play school
November 25th, 2018 at 4:30 AM ^
I seriously doubt the problem is the staff, or that changing them will make much difference. I think the essence of the game plans come from Harbaugh, and what needs to evolve is Harbaugh's philosophy. He is too conservative, simplistic against better teams, especially on the road.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:41 PM ^
Gentry was just bad, which was disappointing.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:48 PM ^
He’s been bad in a number of critical spots this season. Remember when people thought he was NFL ready? He’s a minus blocker and at best a decent pass catcher.
I’m sure he did his best, but not good enough.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:44 PM ^
What happened to my negative points.? I haven't logged in for some time. 1. Fuck David Brandon and M fanbase for getting rid of richrod although apparently he is a sex offender and incapable of defense. Ahem, and..2. I predicted, correctly, that every top level college team needs a running qb. Hmm but now I see you actually have to run the running qb if you have one! And... Osu s not running qb can also run! Dammit. And take your nfl offense back to nfl and bend over so your own brother can xxxx you in your xxxxxxx. Don brown for head coach!
November 24th, 2018 at 5:50 PM ^
Don Brown should walk back to Michigan. The offense looked like shit, but the defense played like shit.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:46 PM ^
Body blows
November 24th, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
We blew the wrong part of their body.
Feel free to use that, TWIS.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:47 PM ^
predictable playing calling = predictable results.
TEs forgot how to catch
OL looked as bad, or worse, than ND game. Hope there are two OTs in the herd
With the talented WRs why no hurry-up (air raid) offense in the plan?
However, the offense was at a major disadvantage due to Defense.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:49 PM ^
Offense was actually fine, save for executing a little better hear and there. But I don't get a few things, maybe Brian's UFR in June of 2028 will clear things up