November 18th, 2017 at 4:14 PM ^
If we can replace Hurst (and Solomon is showing some flashes, seems like) adequately with enough growth from some of the young dudes to make up for the loss, the defense will be great to elite next year.
The question is if we have some tackles and can we pass block.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:14 PM ^
Pro tip: it's hard to take someone seriously who will only write Ohio State using a dollar sign.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:16 PM ^
Pro tip: ask me if I care.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:12 PM ^
Worst coached team in college football. Less than a minute in, down by 7 to PSU thanks to players out of position and poor tackling.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:14 PM ^
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November 18th, 2017 at 4:56 PM ^
Harbaugh did that his first year....Now he doesn't seem to care....NO creativity on the Offense the entire year....
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November 18th, 2017 at 4:36 PM ^
You'll be happy to learn we're comically young and there are lots of promising dudes to develop. DPJ is starting to show some things as a WR. Bredesen, Ruiz, and Onwenu are going to be very good. Peters looks good when given time. Black looked like a player before he got hurt. Solomon is now a solid contributor and pseudo starter on a really good defense. We have great players in place at both corners, MLB, and both DEs that are still young and getting better. Uche looks like he'll be a contributor somewhere. Safeties are the relative weak points defensively, but mostly fine.
Next year we need to be in the playoff conversation entering OSU week or things have gone wrong, but this was always going to be a transition year. If any of like three dozen small things happen differently, people aren't all that upset. Notably the OSU game last year, obviously.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:54 PM ^
I look for improvement in the OL but they will not be good enough to handle the ND or OSU DLINES. Realistically we'll be 9-3 but I expect us to beat sparty.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
At that point it's an indictment of the staff though for failing to recruit and develop an OL. This year they're still dealing with the massive holes caused by the 2012 and 2013 classes.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:31 PM ^
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November 18th, 2017 at 5:15 PM ^
He didn't have ANY tricks in the bag for this game. One snap of Evans as a wildcat QB that went for fewer yards than a typical QB scramble.
November 18th, 2017 at 5:22 PM ^
As I recall we had to take a timeout on that play because we ran out of play clock trying to get the offense set. And I think it was 3rd and 8 at that time deep in our own end with Wiscy stacking the box with about 9 defenders. That play was NEVER going to get positive yards.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:32 PM ^
November 18th, 2017 at 4:45 PM ^
Something is just really effed up with pass protection. Sick of unblocked rushers. Coaching change needed.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:48 PM ^
look a lot better than our OL? I hope it is just youth and one day we will have a traditional Michigan OL again. It's been since '06 that we have had a traditionally good Michigan OL.
November 18th, 2017 at 4:52 PM ^
November 18th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
You mean the team that is currently 68 spots below Michigan in rushing S&P?
November 18th, 2017 at 4:59 PM ^
is still playing! Unlike our QBs who get injured since our OL does not know how to pass block.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:29 PM ^
November 18th, 2017 at 4:58 PM ^
Why do other teams QB's look better than our's?
November 18th, 2017 at 6:37 PM ^
November 18th, 2017 at 5:13 PM ^
Has blown goats since Lloyd Carr left.
November 18th, 2017 at 5:15 PM ^
It kinda blew goats before that too. Five NFL draft picks and 3.3 ypc in 2000 or something, right?
November 18th, 2017 at 5:58 PM ^
November 18th, 2017 at 6:11 PM ^
3 years.. then 2018 was the year... now 2019?
Jesus people. How about "now"
November 18th, 2017 at 7:03 PM ^
Last year was the year. And we were really fucking good, but the general bloody mindedness of the universe kept us out of the playoff.
This year was going to be rough. If we had beat State like we should have, we'd be heading towards a slightly frustrating 10-3 with a bowl win.
November 19th, 2017 at 1:11 PM ^
November 18th, 2017 at 6:59 PM ^
Cole's not that great with pass protection. The problem is really the line calls. We don't know who to block with blitzes and stunts. That's a coaching thing but also a center/QB thing. Hopefully Ruiz is better at it than Kugler. We should have a mauling interior line. WRs should be a lot better. You can see DPJ figuring things out. Black looked feasible. TEs should develop. McKeon is inconsistent but good. The question is tackle and the line calls. Ideally Newsome comes back and is as good as he was. Who knows if that's possible.
But realistically, the defense should be better next year. We don't need an elite offense, we need one that can put together four or five drives and grind out games at the end. We are built pretty well for that, I think.
I would say our aim is to have an elite defense (top 3) and a good enough offense (say...40th) in 2018, which if we actually catch some damn breaks for once could get us to the playoff.
November 18th, 2017 at 5:59 PM ^
This place is such a shitshow of the weak after a loss
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November 18th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
AKA anytime we play a ranked team.
November 19th, 2017 at 6:03 AM ^
One of the most observant posts in this thread
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November 18th, 2017 at 6:13 PM ^
why does the o-line play like a bunch of 1 star high school freshmen? I mean the simplest stunt, twist, or swim move and the opposing dlinemen is immediately in the QB's face. Remember when Harbaugh's classroom on grass was being pitched as a huge outside of the box thing? Where are the results of that with simple god damn pass blocking.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:14 PM ^
Well Don Brown does need to play it smarter at times.
I have seen many times this year he is way too agressive in 3rd Down situations.
Play coverage, rush 3, and using your safeties as safeties.