PFF Compares Mich and OSU Position Groups
An excellent article over at Pro Football Focus today where they compare Michigan and Ohio State by position group. Michigan gets the edge in offensive skill talent, defensive line, linebackers, and the secondary, while Ohio State takes it at quarterback and offensive line.
My favorite stat from the whole thing: Ben Gedeon is their second ranked linebacker against the run in the entire country.
October 18th, 2016 at 11:49 AM ^
I am getting more excited for The Game every day.
October 18th, 2016 at 3:40 PM ^
get the guys ready for the 4th quarter, I am getting excited, too. I don't get the feeling that we will fall apart like in years past.
October 18th, 2016 at 4:36 PM ^
October 18th, 2016 at 11:49 AM ^
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October 18th, 2016 at 11:53 AM ^
Which is just about as good as your gameday analysis.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:10 PM ^
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October 18th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
Yeah! That analyst is horrible at providing GM analysis.
October 18th, 2016 at 11:55 AM ^
6 Saturdays is too long to wait.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
it means we get to watch 5 more delightful beatdowns.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:36 PM ^
I'm especially looking forward to the one to be inflicted on October 29.
October 18th, 2016 at 10:55 PM ^
I was there last year.
All I could say then was, "Fuck."
All I've got to say now is "Fuck em."
October 18th, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
What a difference two years make, we have the edge in offensive skill players over Ohio State (based off of these stats at least)... who would've guessed that. Love it
October 18th, 2016 at 12:02 PM ^
October 18th, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
I think we'll manage
October 18th, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^
always going to be good man. As long as Meyer is there, they are always going to be good. But as long as Harbaugh is here, we are always going to be good too. 10 Year War - Part 2.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^
Pretty much this. I'm not worried anymore about this game. I'm excited about it.
Remember that last year is likely going to be the worst team that Harbaugh will ever have at Michigan combined with Ohio State having one of the best college football teams in recent memory. Yes, we got blown out. No, I don't expect that result moving forward.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
I didn't think a football article could give a person an erection, and yet here we are.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
Are you sure it's not the meds?
October 18th, 2016 at 12:14 PM ^
pics?
October 18th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^
You are a strange, little koala
October 18th, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^
I get football boners all the time. Normally, it's because I play quarterback, and my wife plays center and snaps me the ball. She is naked while snapping, of course. And the ball is covered in lubes and oils and scented candles...
October 18th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
Pretty sure my wife will say no emphatically, but I am absolutely going to work on making this happen. The old center-sneak will get tackled immediately.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
My wife is Colombian. When I say "football," she thinks James Rodriguez and just agrees to everything after that... :-D
October 18th, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
Was not jealous until just now.
October 18th, 2016 at 1:18 PM ^
James Rodriguez fetish?
October 18th, 2016 at 1:49 PM ^
woah, you have some sex?
October 18th, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^
None of your business, Buckeye pervert
October 18th, 2016 at 2:29 PM ^
October 18th, 2016 at 2:36 PM ^
Yes, but only for the eyes of my Michigan brethren. I don't even want to imagine what you and your cousin-wife might do behind closed double-wide-trailer doors with this information! :-D
October 18th, 2016 at 2:54 PM ^
October 18th, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
Ben Gedeon is their second ranked linebacker against the run in the entire country?
He might be the third best linebacker against the run in Michigan's starting lineup...
October 18th, 2016 at 12:41 PM ^
I still have a hard time considering Jabrill a linebacker, so he remains a hybrid spacebacker in my mind. That leaves two traditional linebackers: Gedeon and McCray. McCray has been good as well, but I have no doubt that Gedeon has been the better linebacker through 6 games.
And the stats back that up: 5 more solo tackles, 14 more assisted tackles, 3 more tackles for loss, and an extra 1/2 a sack.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:25 PM ^
If my math is correct, we lead in 4 categories, them in 2. Therefore, we should double their score, 40-20.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:38 PM ^
This checks out.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:41 PM ^
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October 18th, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
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October 18th, 2016 at 1:16 PM ^
Base-6 math is for Albanians...
October 18th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
I agree with the analysis on each of the position groups and which team has the edge.
Interestingly, they give Michigan the edge on all areas of the Defense: DL, Linebackers and Secondary. This should bode well in a game like this.
We just have to stop Barrett - and I believe we will!!! Go Blue!!!
October 18th, 2016 at 12:31 PM ^
Given that our defensive coordinator will actually prepare for the game this year, I have no doubt we will be able to stop Barrett en route to a CFP birth.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^
a crabcake during game week should be shot on sight.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:40 PM ^
He is going nowhere. However, I concur: no crabcakes, boilermakers, lucky charms, or any other nonsense for the Dude that week.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:38 PM ^
When I have watched him this year, he threw some real head-scratchers. I am hopeful we can pick him off.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
OSU has McMillan, yet somehow our LBs as a group are better than theirs?! Just, WOW! I never would have predicted that at the start of the season.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:50 PM ^
October 18th, 2016 at 12:54 PM ^
Don Brown mentioned before the year that McCray continues to be "steady Eddie", which is a great moniker for him. Gedeon is really the guy I'm most impressed with. 2nd best run-stopping LB in the nation? Yes please. That hit he put on the WR on that jet sweep during the Rutgers game got me outta my seat.
October 18th, 2016 at 3:38 PM ^
got trucked against Wiscy. Watching the game trashed at a bar caveats apply.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:33 PM ^
Fully aroused.
October 18th, 2016 at 12:36 PM ^
Seeing how the OL and Speight look coming out of the bye and how our defense handles Indiana is going to determine how I feel going into the game. If we are still having trouble with edge rushers, which Illinois has, its going to be an issue to get anything going offensively against osu and we still haven't seen how we will hold up against a team going 3-4 wide with Clark out. But both of those things can have positive answers and we have over a month to get them.
October 18th, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^
October 18th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
Barrett hasn't been very good under pressure, which is our greatest strength.
His advantage as a passer is on deep throws, which requires time in the pocket and separation on our DBs, which ... good luck on both of those. PFF has OSU only 8th in the Big Ten on pass blocking efficiency, with their tackles allowing pressures.
I'm worried about the mobile quarterback, but sleep soundly knowing Don Brown is up all night thinking about nothing else. Also nice that they rate Ben Gedeon second in the country against the run.