October 5th, 2013 at 7:17 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 7:23 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 7:08 PM ^
1st Downs |
Minn 16 |
MICH 17 |
3rd down efficiency
|
8-15 | 10-13 |
4th down efficiency
|
1-1 | 0-0 |
Total Yards | 281 | 348 |
Passing | 145 | 235 |
Comp-Att
|
14-21 | 13-17 |
Yards per pass
|
6.9 | 13.8 |
Rushing | 136 | 113 |
Rushing Attempts
|
41 | 35 |
Yards per rush
|
3.3 | 3.2 |
Penalties | 6-35 | 2-10 |
Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
Fumbles lost
|
1 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown
|
1 | 0 |
Possession | 33:48 | 26:12 |
October 5th, 2013 at 7:10 PM ^
we HAVE to win the TO battle in most games, b/c we're just not good enough rushing the ball.
DG was actually pretty effecient and the WRs bailed him out a few times, but if he limits the TOs the rest of the year, we've got a shot at the division.
October 5th, 2013 at 11:13 PM ^
October 6th, 2013 at 11:56 AM ^
Excuse me??? No better than decent defense! We're 27th in the effing nation on points against per game. And that has been with a metric shit-ton of turnovers leading directly to points. Now, even without those we aren't what I'd call elite (a la MSU), but come on. It's a far cry better than decent.
October 5th, 2013 at 7:10 PM ^
These are some encouraging numbers, I would think:
Michigan | |
1st Downs | 17 |
3rd down efficiency
|
76.92% |
4th down efficiency
|
0-0 |
Total Yards | 348 |
Passing | 235 |
Comp-Att
|
13-17 |
Yards Per Attempt
|
13.8 |
Rushing | 113 |
Rushing Attempts
|
35 |
Yards per rush
|
3.2 |
Completion % | 76.47% |
Avg. Yards Per Play | 6.69 |
Yards Per Completion | 18.08 |
Also, not in this table but VERY nice - zero turnovers. A controlled game plan which worked incredibly well, I would say.
October 5th, 2013 at 7:25 PM ^
There's too much bitching about the playcalling. We saw a touchdown drive go 6 RB handoffs, 0 passes. It was a bit watered down on offense, but done so on purpose. And it worked...ZERO turnovers, which cannot be emphasized enough, to along with 35 points.
It was a bit of a "palate-cleansing" game, so to speak, offensively.
October 5th, 2013 at 8:51 PM ^
Agreed. The overall play calling was OK. Just wish Al would call more play-action passes on first down.
October 5th, 2013 at 7:15 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 7:16 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 7:19 PM ^
doesn't paint a pretty picture, but I think run blocking was better than those numbers would indicate when your factor in the goalline plays, sacks, and the fact that they were running into a stacked Minny box at times. Still needs work, but there was difference in push for the most part. Definatly the best running lanes RB's have seen so far this year.
October 5th, 2013 at 7:22 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 7:24 PM ^
It was probably about 4.2 until we were running into the stacked lines at the end. So not ideal, but tolerable. Though it'd be nice if we could just ground out drives to close games.
October 5th, 2013 at 7:25 PM ^
I have seen. The predictable playcalling in the 2nd half didn't help the rushing numbers.
UM still has a ways to go in terms of of the OL, but they improved today and that's all as a fan I can ask for.
October 5th, 2013 at 7:26 PM ^
The blocking and run game need improvement BUT aren't as bad as they look. The biggest flaw on this offense so long as the turnovers are limited is the absence of quick pass plays, screens, or anything deep that doesn't involve a slow-developing playaction set-up. Opposing defenses don't need to account for these things, and so are free to stack the box with extra defenders. Until we can force teams out of that approach, our run blocking will look worse than it is, and our pass blocking is going to lose numbers games sometimes. I know Borges hates those quick throws, but IMO it's an essential part of a balanced offense. Just because you throw the occasional slant or quick out doesn't make you a finesse spread team. It's OK, Al. We can do it.
October 5th, 2013 at 8:55 PM ^
Good point. Last time I checked it was still OK for pro style offenses to throw quick screens and slants. I'd also like to see some dive plays and not have every running play be so slowly developing.
October 5th, 2013 at 11:33 PM ^
Dude, we scored TDs on 5 of 8 offensive possessions.
How many TDs did you realistically expect us to score?
October 6th, 2013 at 10:47 AM ^
Minnesota's defense is not my concern. I'd like to beat MSU and Ohio this year.
October 5th, 2013 at 7:28 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 7:34 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 7:42 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 7:46 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 7:55 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 8:05 PM ^
I thought this thread was bad, but the defense thread is even worse. There's some legitimately good discussion and comments, but waaaaaay too many posters seem to have watched a funeral instead of a football game.
Running game looks markedly improved. Boringball means your numbers will probably look a bit ugly in the box score.
Gardner looks calmer, if not totally accurate. The throws to Funchess were okay, but Gallon made some nice adjustments. Also, he seems to be coming away from Gallon lock-in syndrome.
Speaking of Funchess, he murdered today. More of him, please.
The game was over in like 3 hours flat. On ESPN2. ALL the run plays and huddles!
October 5th, 2013 at 7:56 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 8:05 PM ^
Eh, of the throws they kept reshowing, the throw to Gallon on the post was inaccurate, the cross field throw to Chesson was fine, a ball that gave only him a chance to catch it, and the throw to Funchess was a dead on back shoulder throw. Funchess made it look difficult by slipping in his cut, but the ball was right where it should be.
October 5th, 2013 at 8:49 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^
He was definitely off on some of his throws, but the receivers still made the catches. Even if three of those weren't caught, he only goes down to 10 of 17. This is good for 58.8%, which while not quite where he was against CMU and Notre Dame is still not bad.
October 5th, 2013 at 8:38 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 8:24 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 8:10 PM ^
that they moved Taylor Lewan around. The stacked looks that they came out with and the effort put in to run the ball behind your best man... great step forward.
October 5th, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^
I take away a quarterback that hasn't lost his nerve! He gained a little bit of confidense in the 1st half and made some nice decisions in the 2nd. Taking the sack was a milestone moment.
DG played a pretty nice game.
PSU is in trouble next week!
October 5th, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
Pros:
- Run blocking was better - not great but better.
- No turnovers - yay!
- Funchess is a man among boys on the outside
- More Green was good - Fitz was really solid today
- One botched snap - one - not bad with a new C in the game
Cons:
- Spotty blocking in the 2nd half - Bryant got beat really bad once that I remember
- Devin was a "inaccurate" in case you didn't know
I overall I thought it was a solid performance by the offense after the last two games. I liked Borges playcalling with the exception of one series the late 3rd/early 4th.
October 6th, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 8:44 PM ^
Fun chess belongs as a WR. Glad to see him out there. Best 11 on the field means Funchess split wide and AJ Williams blocking. I also liked Lewan lined up all over as long as it doesn't telegraph plays.
October 5th, 2013 at 10:06 PM ^
Wow, all I hear in this thread is bitch bitch bitch bitch. Wouldn't be Michigan football with our fans bitching about a 42-13 blowout.
I for one was impressed by our offensive line. For once we had a semblence of a running game. Garnder had time to make his reads. Sure Gallon had a down game, but Funchess picked up the slack.
October 5th, 2013 at 11:35 PM ^
8 Posessions - 5 TD's. Fantastic.
13 of 17 passes were at least catchable. 14, really. That one was over Dileo's head, but he had two hands on it. Your WR's need to make plays. QB's are rearely going to be dead on for every throw.
When we weren't running into a stacked box, we got penetration and holes to run through.
Remove the sack, the bad snap fumble and the rushes from the 4th quarter clock kill drive starting at 7 minutes, and suddenly we rushed for 4.6 YPC. I'll take it up down left and right.
October 6th, 2013 at 12:22 AM ^
The three times Minnesota "stopped" us were Gardner failing to beat a guy in space for one yard on 3rd and short, the blatant PI call the refs missed (after a few first downs to flip the field), and Gardner overthrowing a wide open Dileo on 3rd and 5.
The pace of the game was weird, but there really wasn't anything to complain about. The creative stuff also worked out quite nicely (moving Funchess outside and lining Lewan up all over the field to spark the run game).
October 5th, 2013 at 10:11 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 11:22 PM ^
October 6th, 2013 at 12:16 AM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 11:40 PM ^
October 5th, 2013 at 11:50 PM ^
If it was a 55-3 win, they'd all say, "Well, Minny sucks hard, so that doesn't prove anything." Iowa's play against MSU today shows that they're a damn good (for Iowa) team, and Minny was 4-1 with some solid wins. This was an EXCELLENT 29 point win.
Georgia just needed OT to beat Tennessee! Georgia is #6 and Tennessee sucks worse than Minny by far.
October 6th, 2013 at 11:57 AM ^
was the same one that hung 43 on SJSU & didn't play VS Iowa. You may already know that but I think it should be mentioned because if he had played VS the Hawkeyes, I suspect the game would have at least been much more competitive.
October 6th, 2013 at 12:25 AM ^
Likes...
- Opposition seems to be zeroing in on Gallon after reviewing tape of prior games. Like that Funchess is opening up a second target that opposition needs to defend. Think Butt will be the secret weapon at that point.
- No turnovers
- OL seemed to pass protect reasonably well. After watching Ohio run thru Northwestern's OL rushing 3 time and time again gives me some hope we are better than that.
Would like see improved...
- Green seems to lack ferocity in his runs. I realize he's a big body but would like to get the appearance that he's fighting harder. Perhaps its just another year in the weight room to get rocked up so he feels like he can run thru more defenders.
- Chesson had one catch at his belt after jumping up for it. Would like to see him catch it "rebound style" with arms extended to use his height advantage over the defenders. Maybe a couple of pickup games at CCRB 8-)
October 6th, 2013 at 1:24 AM ^
I think it can be safely said that Devin Gardner will be around next year. He shows potential and isn't half as bad as the announcers said all through the third quarter, but he is going to need another year of experience at QB before he has a high enough profile to get a fair look in an NFL camp.
Can Devin Gardner become the first football player to graduate with a PhD during the same school year in which he is eligible?
October 6th, 2013 at 8:25 AM ^
The UFRs will be really interesting for this game. Until then, I went by the play-by-play data to chart Michigan's production on 1st down, and their production on 3rd down.
1st down because I keep hearing how important it is to get production on 1st down so the QB isn't digging out of a hole; 3rd down because moving the chains is the key to this game.
Michigan 1st Down Situations
First Half
- Run, Toussaint, 4 yards
- Run, Green, 14 yards
- Run, Toussaint, 5 yards
- Run, Toussaint, 0 yards
- Pass, Funchess, 13 yards
- Run, Green, 0 yards
- Pass, Funchess, Incomplete
- Pass, Funchess, 18 yards
- Run, Gardner, 5 yards
Second Half
- Run, Toussaint, 14 yards
- Run, Toussaint, 5 yards
- Run, Green, 9 yards
- Run, Touissaint, -1 yards
- Run, Green, 2 yards and TD
- Run, Touissaint, 2 yards
- Pass, Gallon, 30
- Run, Green, 1 yard
- Run, Toussaint, 12 yards and TD
- Run, Touissaint, 4 yards
- Run, Green, -1 yards
- Run, Green, -1 yards
- Run, Touissaint, 2
Michigan 3rd Down Situations
First Half
- 3rd and 1, Run, Toussaint for 4, 1st down
- 3rd and 1, Run, Gardner for 0, 4th down
- 3rd and 1, Run, Gardner for 2, 1st down
- 3rd and 3, Pass, Gallon for 9, 1st down
- 3rd and 8, Pass, Funchess incomplete, 4th down
- 3rd and 14, Pass, Funchess for 24, TD
Second Half
- 3rd and 11, Pass, Funchess for 21, 1st down
- 3rd and 7, :Pass, Dileo for 12, 1st down
- 3rd and 5, Run, Gardner for 13, 1st down
- 3rd and 5, Pass, Dileo incomplete, 4th down
- 3rd and 11, Pass, Funchess for 22, 1st down
- 3rd and 12, Pass, Funchess for 46, 1st down
- 3rd and Goal, Run, Gardner for 2 and TD
Again, the UFR will provide far greater detail and context.
1st Down -- A bit of feast-or-famine going on ... still, only 3 for negative yards.
3rd Down -- 10 for 13 is a nice rate. Seeing Gardner for some but not most is a good sign. Funchess' name pops up with a lot of double-digit gains. :-)
Edit - in browsing around other box scores I see Oregon held Colorado to 0 for 15 on 3rd downs. Ouch.
October 6th, 2013 at 9:15 AM ^
+6.022e10^23
I thought we were pretty darn successful on offense. Gardner was a half yard short on the QB draw in the 1st half too.
I think a 1st down stat should be developed- something like 1st down "conversion" %: the % of 1st &10 plays that get 4+ yards.
October 6th, 2013 at 9:10 AM ^