Penn State Snowflakes: The Offense
October 21st, 2017 at 11:56 PM ^
I mostly agree, but young teams function on emotion and making it 21-20 keeps that feeling up. Instead it was 28-13 quickly after and we were dead.
October 21st, 2017 at 11:16 PM ^
That dumbass call of play action on 4th and 11 is all you need to know about where we're at. The thing about the college game is, the teams that are agressive usually do the best. Outside of Alabama, for the most part, teams have to be willing to go down the field a lot and get the ball into playmakers' hands as much as possible. This isn't the NFL. You're not going to run twice and then pass on 3rd down and long and be successful. A lot of pass interference happens down the field with young guys covering in the secondary. Or better yet, broken coverage. This all seems obvious.
October 21st, 2017 at 11:18 PM ^
October 21st, 2017 at 11:19 PM ^
QB Performance
John O'Korn improved. He looked ok. However, there were still moments where you could recognize him, mostly when he couldn't see the rush coming and was sacked. No interceptions though. Definately our starting QB, anyone banking this year for Peters development is wasteful IMO.
RB Performance
They also looked simply ok. Karan Higdon was facing a better defense than Indiana, and that is why he was unfortunately limited. However, he seemed to be limited more than I expected, which is disappointing. I don't see an answer for starting RB right now. Chris Evans, Karan Higdon, and Ty Isaac all work for certain scenarios they specialize in.
WR Performance
This was upsetting, there were too many times when JOK gave them a great pass and they dropped it! Some key plays were made though, but the drops hindered their importance.
Offensive Line Performance
They looked improved coming out of the Indiana game, and this showed in the first half tonight. Then all of a sudden, the offensive line we got used to prior to last week came back. This was incredibly annoying! I just eagerly wait for a good offensive line to happen for ONCE. Is that much to ask?
October 21st, 2017 at 11:32 PM ^
Welp,
After 6 years+...I've been sent to Bolivia. I started a "FIRE Pep Hamilton" thread and quite honestly, I have NO second thoughts about it. I truly hope he's fired.
This is a place where I've come to share my thoughts and opinions about Michigan Football and I feel strongly about that one. The first time ever, not fire Hoke, not fire Beilein, not fire Red. But Pep Hamilton HAS to go (Hoke had to go, but I wasn't going to be the one to say it).
It's okay, I knew my time was coming. I'd slowed down the number of posts and felt like it was only a matter of time.
SO...someone take up the depth charts. I've updated one here and if you go to the end...I even snuck in some '18-'19 previews for next season.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/17-18-depth-chart-version-7-game-weeklive-roster-edition
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/17-18-depth-chart-version-8-improvement-week-edition
As for me? It's all good. I appreciate almost every single poster on this board. You all provided me with the best insight, some great laughs, and just a sense of community. I say this often...many of us grow up and we're the only ones in our "circle" who TRULY know the ins and outs of Michigan football. We're surrounded by people who tell us "you see Michigan just got a 5-star kid out of New Jersey?!" ...a week late.
So we come here to follow that 5-star kid's recruiting process, to share thoughts and ideas, to learn about the team we love. Even just to conversate and be "around" people who love Michigan athletics the way we love Michigan athletics. And for that, I'm grateful. I don't want to go overboard and use "family," but many of you felt like an extended family.
I won't mention anyone by name because there are too many to name. But especially you all in those open threads...that's why I made my living (weird phrase, but it felt right). That's where I spent that majority of my time. Thank you.
I watch college football from ESPN Gameday at 9am (EST) until 2-3am in the morning. EVERY weekend. I start those open threads and enjoy every bit of conversation. If you've been part of that, thank you.
ANYWAY. I hope this things gets better...we deserve it. We're loyal, passionate fans, we support a team with the resources, tradition, history to be ELITE. I've got hope that one day we'll get there. Maybe that day, I'll create a new account...and start all over.
Until then, you all enjoy. It's been fun. I'll miss the conversation, the insight, the arguments, the trolling, the UFRs, the DEPTH CHARTS, everything. I thank you all for making this the BEST Michigan fan site out there. GO BLUE!!!
October 21st, 2017 at 11:51 PM ^
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October 22nd, 2017 at 12:50 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 12:53 AM ^
I hear the weather is warm down there this time of year. You know, there are one way plane tickets back to the States almost on a daily basis. Shit, I think Spirit Airlines does that route. But you need a Spirit Air compliant luggage or you'll have to pay like $50 for a normal duffle sized bag.
October 22nd, 2017 at 8:46 AM ^
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October 22nd, 2017 at 5:27 PM ^
of college football after watching Michigan win the 12:00 noon game. Hope so see you soon, Mr Yost.
October 31st, 2017 at 5:03 PM ^
I rarely post. I really don't have time and don't have the desire. I enjoy lurking on the threads and content that is created on the main page. However, I did multiple searches looking for Mr. Yost after reading on some thread that he had been sent to Bolivia. This isn't right. There isn't a person who isn't employed by mgoblog that provides more to this site. I don't understand how a user who provides so much insightful, thoughtful, informative content for years could be banished this way. Is this really what mgoblog has come to?
I don't do hastags, but I'll make an exception... #freeMr.Yost
October 21st, 2017 at 11:37 PM ^
I need to give a shout out to John O'Korn. He made a couple mistakes but the guy came to play. It felt like he was handcuffed by poor play calling, receivers not getting open, poor OL pass protection and receivers dropping catchable balls. JOK has taken a lot of abuse on this board but this loss was not on him. Not even close. Don Brown got RPS'd like a mutha and we paid dearly for it. Our D had no answer for the quick strikes from PSU. We had no answers for Barkley or McSorley. It sucks losing to D bag Franklin. A saving grace is that our defense is young and if there was ever a game where we had no margin for error on D, it was this one.
More on the offense, we are sorely lacking electricity at any position. The offense looks stagnant and old timey. When are we going to start designing more clever plays? Fuck, we have play makers. We have speed and strength. I don't care how young they are. When are we going to have an OL that can pass protect against a good defense? Seven sacks tonight? Sickening.
October 22nd, 2017 at 12:14 AM ^
October 21st, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^
Our offense is so depended on play action. Though we use play action so much to the point where it seems we don't know when to NOT use it, because it's actually detrimental in some situations.
Even the play action last season against OSU... was a questionable play call.
October 21st, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^
But his ceiling is pretty average. And whether you played, coached, or just watched football, THE PLAYCALLING IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO MICHIGAN FOOTBALL!! Penn state has a good defense. And when the throw away the first two series with abysmal calls, it sets up for a long night. The offense showed some life. psu definitely wanted it more. They were just better than us. Simple as that. I absolutely know we will crush them next year in Ann Arbor. This team will be better next year.
GO BLUE!!
October 21st, 2017 at 11:34 PM ^
JOK played really well tonight--his OL gave him and his RBs little chance to move the ball consistently.
(By the way, all of you whining about play-action in obvious pass situations, that was almost certainly not to fool the defense but the only calls we had installed that gave us the pass protection we wanted. Fat lot of good it did, but the coaches I'm sure knew they weren't fooling anyone.)
If you had told me before the game that O'Korn would play like that I would've been very excited about our chances.
But the OL got schooled, even by PSU's backups when we were driving to make it look not so terrible. And Don Brown (yes even Don Brown) got schooled tonight. (Hey, everyone has their day.)
October 22nd, 2017 at 12:16 AM ^
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October 21st, 2017 at 11:38 PM ^
October 21st, 2017 at 11:50 PM ^
Time to start prepping for next year and get the guys who are your future some meaningful snaps.
October 22nd, 2017 at 12:07 AM ^
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