How did okorn pull off that game against Purdue?
October 15th, 2017 at 8:09 AM ^
It was a revenge game for him. Now if we can just get all of the remaining teams we play to hire a coach O'Korn still holds a grudge against, we will be golden.
October 15th, 2017 at 8:11 AM ^
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October 15th, 2017 at 8:19 AM ^
have the chance to scheme for JOK, my nonexpert impression is JOK played "free and with a determination " in that game, making some good scrambles and throws on the run. He was playing against Purdue and his former Coach who had benched him. Maybe the pressure of him being the M starter has him playing tighter since, but it's still limited experience so far .Sparty was a big game for his first start. The fumbles in the first half and weather in the second haf limited his opportunites and performance. I still think his confidence could come back. He overthrew DPJ by 3 inches on the bomb yesterday. Had that been completed it might have been a completely different game for him. Imho, JOK needs a few things to go his way to gain some confidence. Sports is like that more often than people sometimes think.
October 15th, 2017 at 10:25 AM ^
October 15th, 2017 at 8:24 AM ^
staff; he REALLY wanted in this game to show him what he could do. Secondly, he got lucky; some of those throws were though very, VERY, small windows. Had they been a little off with regards to time or direction that game could have turned out quite differently.
October 15th, 2017 at 9:11 AM ^
October 15th, 2017 at 10:30 AM ^
agreed at least one of those passes against Purdue was threaded in between 3 defenders, when someone was wide open in the flat.
October 15th, 2017 at 8:33 AM ^
He threw to the tight ends on crossing routes over and over.
They've been wide open all season. Speight used to overthrow them, and OKorn just doesn't even see them except for Purdue.
October 15th, 2017 at 8:47 AM ^
October 15th, 2017 at 8:37 AM ^
like Purdue's D may have been at 100% intensity a bit too much and couldn't keep it up. They also had 2 of their better, more aggressive guys ejected. I didn't think O'Korn was setting the world on fire either. It was his best performance in a Michigan jersey but it wasn't like he looked like a draft pick either.
October 15th, 2017 at 8:38 AM ^
Coming in off of the bench is a hell of a lot different than starting. You really don't have much time to think about it. You just have to go out there and play. I was worried about what 2 weeks to think about being the starter would do to O'Korn. I guess the worry was justified.
October 15th, 2017 at 8:41 AM ^
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October 15th, 2017 at 9:07 AM ^
how did usa hockey beat the ruskies?
how did rocky go the distance with creed?
how come the crane technique cannot be defended against according to miyagi?
these, and john o'korn's purdue performance, are the mysteries of our time.
October 15th, 2017 at 9:09 AM ^
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October 15th, 2017 at 9:31 AM ^
Super motivated by going against his former coach that benched him. That, and having no pressure or expectation of playing. It was win/win for him. It's all mental. He has the physical skills.
October 15th, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^
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October 15th, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^
Makes sense as well.
October 15th, 2017 at 4:50 PM ^
October 15th, 2017 at 12:09 PM ^
He was seeing the field a lot better. Mentally he seemed in the right place.
Right now he's always complaining about his line, or a late hit, or whatever...shut the fuck up and be a quarterback. I mean that. Be more like Rudock.
You can be emotional, you can be passionate. You can't let all of these other things impact your play. Otherwise, don't play.
He's got the physical tools, but I feel like everything has perfect for him. Suck it up and lead your team. Focus and make the right play.
And see the field!!! He's missed an alarm number of WIDE OPEN reads trying to push the ball down field. Against Purdue he was hitting the TEs on those crossing routes...MSU and IU, he's looking past them and forcing it to WRs down field.
The one time he DID make the right read...he overthrows DPJ who is wide open.
October 15th, 2017 at 12:40 PM ^
October 15th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^