If we were to make a change, whose offensive system in college football would you like to see us emulate?
January 3rd, 2019 at 12:20 PM ^
Lloyd Carr’s offense when we were behind.
In the beginning of games under Carr we spent a ton of time trying to establish the run.
But once we were down and opened things up, our passing attack was quite good. I am thinking about 2004 MSU, the big comeback against Minnesota, even the 2004 and 2006 season Rose Bowls.
January 3rd, 2019 at 1:34 PM ^
The 1999 season Orange Bowl.
Michigan was beating its head against the wall trying to run the ball in the first half, to little avail. We were down 14 twice.
But then in the second half, Brady-to-Terrell went off. Alabama did not have that kind of capability with Zow, and Michigan won.
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:26 PM ^
Another good example. Carr’s offense was money when we opened it up which was generally when we were behind. His final game against Meyer is another good example although that was just sort of a shootout.
I think that is partly why Carr never lost an OT game. We were generally the better team and only in OT because we played too conservative.
I think Carr was 5-0 or something in OT.
January 3rd, 2019 at 12:34 PM ^
If this is purely about enjoyment? Army. There’s nothing better than the triple option.
January 3rd, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
anything Mike Leach wants to do with an offense.
January 3rd, 2019 at 2:05 PM ^
You must have missed the Apple Cup this year. Leach is great, but once the weather goes to crap his offense is very limited.
January 3rd, 2019 at 2:35 PM ^
Also, the Apple Cup every year Leach has played Petersen.
January 3rd, 2019 at 12:39 PM ^
Just need to stop running up the gut on 2nd and 9
Throw more slants,bubble screens .Need to actuallt get the ball in the players hands quicker and more often
Plus,what happened to the Jet Sweep? We were getting 50 yards rushing a game from this.Did losing one player (Eddie McDoom) cause us to just stop doing this? We need to run this once a quarter
January 3rd, 2019 at 1:12 PM ^
I just want an offense that scores more points that Ohio State does - in the Game, to be clear.
January 3rd, 2019 at 1:12 PM ^
I favor something like Dan Mullen runs. It seems to spread teams out but still have an element of power that could be useful during poor weather games that are likely in the north.
January 3rd, 2019 at 1:42 PM ^
Yeah, my hat is off to him. FL deserved that win.
That looked like an offense that we could run fairly easily, with our existing personnel. There was nobody in it that stood out that we could not easily replicate. Maybe Scarlett. Certainly not Franks.
January 3rd, 2019 at 4:53 PM ^
Right. I would be lying if I said I watched a lot of UF this year outside of the bowl. But, I always enjoyed his teams at MSU. They had a physical offense but also an adaptable one. Had a functional TE, a power back, a QB that could run and also easy ways to get "free" yardage outside. It seems like a "spread" that you could blend a lot of JH concepts in.
January 3rd, 2019 at 2:20 PM ^
Great article that seems appropriate to put here
https://sports.yahoo.com/combination-high-school-offenses-7-7-changed-football-forever-141941178.html
January 3rd, 2019 at 3:42 PM ^
This one was really good too, in the same article:
Click on [Continue Story] at the end to read the meat of the article.
These two articles make us look even more cave man-ish than before.
January 3rd, 2019 at 2:34 PM ^
Easy. Purdue.
Spread, utilizes both speed and power, successful with both pocket and mobile QBs, enough trickery to be fun and unpredictable. And with Purdue level talent, has two straight bowl seasons, wins over Arizona, BC, and Iowa, and blowouts over Mizzou and OSU.
January 3rd, 2019 at 3:11 PM ^
One they can run efficiently and effectively.
January 3rd, 2019 at 3:52 PM ^
A lot of good responses in this thread. I'd also add an offense that attacks the weakness of the opponent's defense. In the first couple of years, especially the first, it seemed like Harbaugh had a little different offensive game plan depending on the opponent. With a few exceptions, the last couple of years it seems like the offensive game plan is the same every week. It's almost like they don't scout the opponent's defense to see what their weakness is and how best to attack the weak areas.
January 3rd, 2019 at 3:53 PM ^
The one that Georgia Tech ran to beat Cumberland 222-0.
January 3rd, 2019 at 3:55 PM ^
Hey, it was the Cumberland offense's fault for not keeping up ;)
January 3rd, 2019 at 5:23 PM ^
Washington state or Georgia southern
January 3rd, 2019 at 5:55 PM ^
One that gets first down after first down, breaks your back by converting long third downs, and scores points.
January 3rd, 2019 at 6:16 PM ^
Still cannot figure out why Michigan does run more slants...used to all the time with Terrell, Edwards, manningham, even dating further back with Woodson and carter...it works. OSU ran a lot of slants for 10 yard passes that turned into big gains. Florida did the same. First down throws and hope the wr can break free for YAC.
also...where did all the rb screen passes with convoys go? This breaks down defenses that blitz a lot and opens up deep threats.
January 3rd, 2019 at 9:40 PM ^
Oklahoma, of course. Thing is we most certainly have the players to emulate Oklahoma's offense but we don't have the offensive minds on staff to make it happen. And that is the frustrating part for most. Shea and Dylan would likely excel in that type of offense. Jury is out on Milton, but he would probably be fine in it.
January 4th, 2019 at 9:00 AM ^
The offense LLoyd Carr put on the field against Urban Meyer when we beat Florida in his last game.
January 4th, 2019 at 5:52 PM ^
Two words: UP TEMPO
January 4th, 2019 at 10:07 PM ^
We do not yet have the O-line we need to be dominant or even competitive against the top teams, regardless of the scheme. I'm not making excuses, but that deficiency was created when Rich Rod was hired, and dug decade-deep hole. Neither Harbaugh nor anybody else can dig out of that hole in 4 years.