November 30th, 2016 at 6:25 PM ^
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November 30th, 2016 at 10:33 PM ^
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November 30th, 2016 at 6:33 PM ^
Our line is better than this space gives it credit for. Perhaps not to the degree the awards show, but it's an out and out good line. Very good in pass pro.
Now onto recruiting and weaponizing giant human beings.
November 30th, 2016 at 6:35 PM ^
Pass protection was mostly fine, run blocking was a major issue. Especially in the fourth quarter of games. Imagine Big Mike Onwenu and Isaiah Wilson both starting on the line next season. So much beef.
November 30th, 2016 at 6:55 PM ^
November 30th, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^
but Speight definitely didn't show up when it counts in the big games (IOWA/OSU). Count me as a happy camper in him addressing one of the biggest ? at the beginning of the season, but he really tanked when we really needed him (Sure we can spread some blames to OL and receivers but...)
Hopefully he can use this year as a launching pad toward next year's first team B10 Q by being a clutch, MBar handling player for us.
November 30th, 2016 at 6:42 PM ^
I don't think that any of Mcsorely, Barrett, or Speight showed up in big games. Speight was pretty good besides the turnovers last saturday.
November 30th, 2016 at 6:50 PM ^
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November 30th, 2016 at 8:18 PM ^
November 30th, 2016 at 9:49 PM ^
I'm guessing he missed that 4th qtr bomb to Darboh that closed out Wisconsin, too...
The Iowa game was a clunker all around - nobody had a good game, including the coaches. I'm still WTF'ing over that game! The offensive gameplan was a hot mess of vomit thickened with donkey poo.
Speight came to play against both MSU and OSU. Not much he can do, though, when Harbaugh takes the ball out of his hands in the 4th... Come to think of it, only Don Brown came to play for 60 minutes in every game. If he isn't Asst COY, nobody should be.
November 30th, 2016 at 10:33 PM ^
I don't know if it's fair to say "Harbaugh took the ball out of his hands." We called a slant to Darboh that happened to be a little behind him and dropped.
November 30th, 2016 at 10:55 PM ^
He made a couple HUGE clutch plays in the two toughest games of the year vs. Wis and @ OSU. I feel like he was as clutch as anyone in the B1G this season, if not moreso.
Then again, QB play was far less than stellar throughout the conference this year. You went from Cook to O'Connor (LOL), Sudfeld to Lagow (not horrific but still a downgrade from a drafted QB), and many other QB's not playing up to lofty expectations (Beathard, Armstrong, Barrett)
November 30th, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^
Some of the comments have questioned our having so many offensive linemen get honors. We did finish 2nd in the Big 10 in yards per carry at 5.0. Only OSU was better at 5.5. It makes sense we had a lot of 2nd teamers. We also had the third fewest sacks given up behind Nebraska and Minnesota. We were 2nd in first downs per game. All of that stuff reflects a good offensive line. Elite? No. But certainly worthy of multiple honorees to the All-Big 10 teams.
November 30th, 2016 at 6:56 PM ^
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November 30th, 2016 at 7:06 PM ^
The craziest stat from that link: the leader in "Total Offense" for the Big 10 was David Blough. That guy is a more talented magician than David Blaine to pull that off.
EDIT: I take that back, Michael Jocz leading the Big 10 in punt return average is the craziest. Why don't they have a minimum number of returns required? Crazy.
EDIT 2: More interesting stats: MSU had 3 of the top 15 guys in tackles per game (meaning they were on defense an awful lot) and Michigan had 3 of the top 7 guys in TFLs per game (and 5 of the top 20.) Don Brown. It's like he's playing a different game than everybody else.
November 30th, 2016 at 7:51 PM ^
November 30th, 2016 at 7:35 PM ^
November 30th, 2016 at 7:53 PM ^
Sadly, he was the best QB in the conference. QB play was awful conference-wide this year for whatever reason.
November 30th, 2016 at 8:41 PM ^
I'd take both Speight and Mcsorely over Barrett.
November 30th, 2016 at 10:47 PM ^
I actually think Barrett regressed this year. He had a phenomenal freshman season, followed by a pretty good sophomore campaign, but looked mediocre this year for someone who was touted by the media as a Heisman candidate at one point.
November 30th, 2016 at 7:44 PM ^
November 30th, 2016 at 7:44 PM ^
That is about right. Speight may have been #1 or certainly #2 QB if he had finished a bit stronger.
November 30th, 2016 at 8:11 PM ^
Well, congrats to Mags, who, if one studies the weekly game reviews on this blogsite, was consistently underrated or more often just ignored. Looking forward to his continued success at the next level.
November 30th, 2016 at 8:38 PM ^
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November 30th, 2016 at 9:43 PM ^
You earned every bit of this recognition. Go Blue !