Rewatch Snowflakes
I'll start: the OL was uneven, but some of the issues are things that I think they will fix. But the biggest blocking problem that Michigan had was Jake Butt, who got blown out several times. They're not going to be able to run behind him.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:02 PM ^
Or those who are talented at video editing could post their links to their videos on here as well. I would like to rewatch on you tube
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September 4th, 2016 at 4:15 PM ^
I had 3 pop up on the home screen on YouTube without even doing a search - some even broken down by quarter. Attack finding a replay with an enthusiasm unknown to fankind. I.e. Don't be so fricking lazy.
September 4th, 2016 at 5:18 PM ^
Speaking of that, there's a full game post on the board right now. There's also someone who posts torrents usually on Monday or Tuesday, if I am not mistaken, to pick up the stragglers, of which there are always a few typically, or for those who watch the game 3-4 times at least, because this MGoBlog and we have those people too.
Never a problem finding full games.....going back quite a ways, in fact.
September 4th, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
Also a tip for YouTube: you can filter results for stuff uploaded in the past day, week, etc. and also for long videos (>20 minutes) if you're looking for a full game.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:02 PM ^
Why do you assume that Butt won't improve?
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September 4th, 2016 at 4:06 PM ^
Blocking wise, I think he is who he is at this point. These weren't slight miscues; he was destroyed a couple of times. I would be delighted to be wrong, but it seems unrealistic to think that there's a renaissance coming that hasn't already taken place in two Harbaugh off seasons.
September 4th, 2016 at 5:30 PM ^
People have bad games, I don't recall it being that big of an issue last year. It's probably safer to assume he'll be decent, not great like he was last year instead of this game being the new normal for him.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:09 PM ^
Pasta and squats and that butt will be...oh, right. We're talking Jake...
September 4th, 2016 at 4:03 PM ^
Isn't that the point of the UFRs
September 4th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^
Yes. Who wants to wait that long?
September 4th, 2016 at 9:00 PM ^
Fair enough, carry on
September 4th, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
It's funny this thread exists as I literally just rewatched. I agree with OP, oline, honestly, did not look great when the level of competition is taken into account. Not a ton of push.
Speight looked better the longer he went although o'korns drive was impressive. You could see as the game went on Wilton making his reads and progressions quicker and not taking that extra half second to make sure like he did on first two drives post-INT. Okorn looks like he has more zip but obviously Harbaugh questions his decision making in practice and I. Harbaugh I trust.
MCDOOM and Evans is just an injection of speed into the offense that we've been missing for a while. From a schematic point, MCDOOM is fascinating and I can't wait to see what Harbaugh does to play off other teams jumping on the assumption that those fly sweeps are coming.
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September 4th, 2016 at 5:27 PM ^
MCDOOM and Evans were fun to watch and so unexpected. I remember watching Jalen Marshall two years ago tear everyone up and ask myself......why can't we get one of those? Really cool to see a lot of really good athletes on this team.
September 4th, 2016 at 5:58 PM ^
Evans probably had more pub in fall camp then anyone. He might have exceeded expectations but I think he was one of the players most people wanted to check out to see if the hype was real.
September 4th, 2016 at 6:29 PM ^
The hype so rarely comes to fruition that it was still unexpected for me to see Evans look so good. I expected him to not look lost but not anything like what he ended up showing.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
i just rewatched it moments ago. agree with Butts blocking adding to that McDoom is a long way from a blocker also. however, I don't think the starting oline outside of Cole, is that far in front of the back ups. the true and redshirt freshman oline played pretty well. this offense will be deadly in two years without question
September 4th, 2016 at 4:05 PM ^
Butt got blown out?!
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September 4th, 2016 at 4:29 PM ^
Zing
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September 4th, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^
I'm here all week.
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September 4th, 2016 at 4:57 PM ^
Funny, I haven't had Chipotle this week...
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September 4th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
Colon blow laxative.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:07 PM ^
I think the biggest issue was the fact that we gave up 3 points. The second biggest was the lack of a td on the first and last offensive drives. I also thought the defense should have scored more than 14 points. I guess you can get away that against Hawaii.
September 4th, 2016 at 5:52 PM ^
The defense only scored 12.
September 4th, 2016 at 6:25 PM ^
it's even worse than you think
Just rewatched, it wasn't even the defense that scored, it was just two individual players playing defense.
Rest of Defense = 0 points
September 4th, 2016 at 4:12 PM ^
I agree about Jake Butt getting blown out on some run blocking. Saw a little of that with Bunting too. On defense, the only mild concern I saw (other than a couple receivers being a little too open on a couple of plays) was a couple run plays where they lost containment on the edge. But I'm sure that gets improved with just a little more coaching.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^
Relax, SKJr! Bask in the afterglow of a crushing win and prep for UT/ND. We have all week to break this thing down
September 4th, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^
Creative workaround to the restrictive one snowflakes thread policy.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:19 PM ^
I'm interested in seeing how Wormley grades out in the UFR. I didn't hear his name a lot but he was getting good penetration.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:19 PM ^
Didn't re-watch but on first watch it looked like they were rotating on the oline early in the game (first half).
September 4th, 2016 at 4:26 PM ^
they rotated guards early on
September 4th, 2016 at 4:19 PM ^
Just watched the game again. I was a bit disappointed in the defense when Hawaii went uptempo. They got gashed once they went 4-5 wide. Stribling got burned a few times. Nothing major, but hopefully they can clean some of that up next week.
Obviously there was much more positive than negative.
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September 4th, 2016 at 4:23 PM ^
That last drive of the half was basically all throws at Stribling. I don't think every D call was press man, but he was in the picture every time. I wonder if there was a play or two there where he was confused about a coverage, from his body language.
September 4th, 2016 at 7:05 PM ^
They had no time to adjust to that. You can bet they talked about it at halftime
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September 4th, 2016 at 4:50 PM ^
Wait - are you the same guy I suggested photoshop Ahmir out of this pic and add a corn cob pipe?
Or did you see that and jump on it?
Either way - thanks!
September 4th, 2016 at 6:21 PM ^
Football is a numbers game. When you go empty and send five guys out on a pattern, the blocking and rushing patterns change, don't they? How many teams Michigan will face are planning to commit five guys blocking against Michigan's front without any help with five guys out on a pattern? Not even OSU does that.
I mean making this about a beauty contest instead of winning and losing is pretty ridiculous. It's like saying we were OK, but not perfect. Why can't we be perfect? Because the other team has guys who have talent, can play and are willing competitors. Things went well because the guys played well, not perfect.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:20 PM ^
I'm rewatching now...
My takeaways are Patrick and Cunningham are still painfully bad at their jobs. Michigan is very good. Hawaii is not very good.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:24 PM ^
It's not like they were an hour into the game before they noticed that Jourdan Lewis wasn't playing. That would be bad.....oh wait.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:44 PM ^
Right? And then they automatically assumed a discipline issue?!
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September 4th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
plus they spent the entire second half talking about hawaii's qb situation instead of even taking notice of any freshman. barely took notice of any DL or anything like that. very obvious that they researched out just a couple of players and then talked them into the ground.
September 4th, 2016 at 7:03 PM ^
Plus I remember them saying Newsome was a TE last season, lol
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September 4th, 2016 at 5:37 PM ^
I was thinking Ed Cunningham is terrible early in the 1st Qtr and then he makes this fully uninformed comment - what a dick comment to make. That really pissed me off. Especially after all the great things we hear all year about JD's character.
September 4th, 2016 at 6:26 PM ^
I literally put it on mute once Evans scored diving to the pylon and they spend the entire review looking at his wrist and never once mentioned where the ball was when his write hit the ground. Who gives a shit if his hand is out of bounds if the ball is across the end line....dumbass.
Cunningham also speculated a questionable catch without seeing a reply twice in the first half and neither of them were even close to being incomplete.
Patrick calls Speight "Wilson" before he ever throws a pass in the game.
The Lewis speculation was terrible. I had NO idea Mone got hurt, but I knew Harbaugh's thoughts on Chris Evans because they said it 4 times in 4 carries.
They were bad in the Citrus Bowl...this was even worse.
...Why can't they not find anyone who can talk good for the games?
September 4th, 2016 at 5:04 PM ^
Did anyone else catch them saying that they remembered Bret Musbergers call of Charles Woodsons punt return? Ah, i think that was Keith Jackson you guys. The greatest college football voice ever. Ed Cunningham is a long, long ways from that.
September 4th, 2016 at 5:39 PM ^
Yes there was that and then there was him criticizing Speight for getting the slant to Chesson out too late when it was clear that Speight took the snap and got that ball out as fast as he possibly could. Then there was Grant Newsome, who "played TE last year". Cunningham was terrible.
September 5th, 2016 at 1:05 AM ^
I also thought it was pretty crappy to tell viewers to change the channel because there was a more interesting game going on.
September 4th, 2016 at 4:22 PM ^
Did anyone ever think that we would be running behind Butt?
September 4th, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^
Right!?
As to the OP's point, how about we let Jake Butt do what he's so great at and run behind someone else?
That's what I'd do
September 4th, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^
Fine with me, but the coaches were using him in run blocking early, and I assume they know what they're doing. One problem is that a missed block on the backside can still blow up a play.
September 4th, 2016 at 8:47 PM ^
because run blocking sets up the TD he had!
September 4th, 2016 at 5:01 PM ^
he still has to block even on non running plays. a few passes could have been better gains but he couldn't hold his blocks. i don't think it's a huge deal but still a problem