August 25th, 2011 at 6:26 PM ^
Didn't SDSU use a lot of shotgun last year?
August 25th, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^
it varied a bit game to game. But take for example their bowl game, they ran it a lot and I believe on every play of their first possession.
August 25th, 2011 at 6:37 PM ^
They ran 29% out of the gun against Navy (almost all on the first drive, though) and from what little I've seen of their season last year it seemed like the most "progressive", or whatever you want to call it, game. It would be interesting to see what they did against TCU because Borges was throwing a lot at them as well.
August 25th, 2011 at 8:04 PM ^
Watched the SDSU - Utah game live (still don't know how they lost that game) and they ran a lot of gun, especially in the first half. They kind of clammed up at the end and started loyd-balling it though some bad D and bad luck also contributed to the loss.
August 26th, 2011 at 1:50 AM ^
Coaching
August 25th, 2011 at 6:26 PM ^
Good news, but old news at this point.
August 25th, 2011 at 6:29 PM ^
yes, he's said it before, but he just said it, like half an hour ago.
August 25th, 2011 at 6:30 PM ^
I feel like Borges saying this is at least a bi-weekly occurrence.
August 25th, 2011 at 9:16 PM ^
this needs more love
August 25th, 2011 at 6:45 PM ^
and I hear they are building Rome with it.
August 25th, 2011 at 6:47 PM ^
Borges is not an idiot...anybody who watched SDSU at all last year knows that the shotgun will be a significant part of this offense.
August 25th, 2011 at 7:24 PM ^
Precisely. He would be an idiot to not adapt.
August 25th, 2011 at 7:31 PM ^
We're not used to coaches adapting to their players.
August 25th, 2011 at 7:40 PM ^
Can you just stop please?
August 25th, 2011 at 7:57 PM ^
I see what you did there.
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<br>I am past the whole pro/anti RR debate so I have no problem laughing about pt criticizing mistakes the old coach made ( sort of like making fun of Lloyd punting on 4th and short in enemy territory).
August 25th, 2011 at 8:27 PM ^
The coach to whom you refer would have loved to have a QB to "adapt to" his first year here, and would have loved to have a roster loaded with upperclassmen, as this one is. It's a much different situation than the one he walked into.
August 26th, 2011 at 8:15 AM ^
So funny that some actually think that if he had Mallet staying, along with Boren & a few others he would have "adapted". I dont think he'd know how. I think you'd have seen Mallet lining up 7yds deep and Boren trying to get down to 290 and zone blocking.
Sorry, nothing I've ever seen could lead me to believe that RR has the capacity to "adapt" his offensive or his defensive schemes to personel at hand. One trick pony. Oops, make that 2 tricks, one of them being commentary.
August 25th, 2011 at 7:07 PM ^
He has said this quite a few times. Hoke has said it too.
August 25th, 2011 at 7:25 PM ^
Hahah when I read your thread title at first I thought Borges called out Brian and told him he can move off the ledge becuase they will be using a lot of shotgun. Would have been hillarious, unfortunately I read it wrong.
August 25th, 2011 at 8:35 PM ^
as I recall last year with Lindley and TB Hillman.
I think it's a good decision by Borges, but at the same time I liked the previous discussion about the speed option out of the I-formation Nebraska-style with Eric Crouch). Don't tell me Denard Robinson is slower than Eric Crouch. The big difference though is that Michigan's OL is probably not as beefy and talented as Nebraska's was during those years. I still can't understand why Nebraska fired Solich.
August 25th, 2011 at 8:51 PM ^
Not sure if anyone's posted this yet but Rivals' Chris Balas has a good piece with Mattison:
http://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1256369
Nothing groundbreaking but decently informative.
August 25th, 2011 at 9:47 PM ^
Dave Brandon has just announced that "Standing Ledge Only" tickets are still available for ND, SD St, Neb & Ohio.
August 25th, 2011 at 11:31 PM ^
i'd buy those!
August 26th, 2011 at 8:07 AM ^
How , when, and where do I go about buying a pair?
August 26th, 2011 at 3:57 PM ^
Yes, it's a Joke
However, deposits are non-refundable.
August 26th, 2011 at 4:01 PM ^
Pitching the ball on the Speed Option-I will be holding my breath every time. Both as the ball is in flight and as I watch my Heisman QB get blown up.