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The offense needs a LOT of work, but a win is a win. And this defense could prove to be elite. Two straight shutouts is almost impossible to pull off. Don't care who you are or how much talent you have on the sidelines. That's hard to do.
Got a big, big challenge next week in Northwestern. Happy that it's at home.
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Felt like this for a while
Ended up feeling like this.
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October 3rd, 2015 at 10:43 PM ^
folks will sleep on Durkin the way they did on Narduzzi and we can keep him for quite a few years. However, it is hard to imagine folks not looking at him right away, if UM runs off a much better than anticipated record this season.
October 3rd, 2015 at 3:36 PM ^
Brady who?
October 3rd, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
Tom Brady is the only Brady I am familiar with
October 3rd, 2015 at 3:40 PM ^
The next two games will reveal just how good.
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2014: Maryland, Rutgers, Northwestern
2013: Akron, Uconn
Rich Rod had many but Toledo comes to mind at first.
October 3rd, 2015 at 9:38 PM ^
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October 3rd, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^
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October 3rd, 2015 at 5:46 PM ^
Let it go.
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October 3rd, 2015 at 10:32 PM ^
Best-performing grad transfer, yes. Most valuable, no.
October 3rd, 2015 at 5:51 PM ^
Maybe I'm optimistic or saw a different game, but actually this was a huge step forward. Why?
1. They won a decisive road game.
2. They did so despite not playing great.
3. They did not let the other team hang around.
4. They got in front, stayed in front and squeezed the life out of the other team.
The good teams win they are playing badly. They also crush the weak teams. They play up when faced with great opposition but don't play down with a weak opponent.
So Harbaugh and his team are right on schedule.
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October 3rd, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^
Not BYU good. But good enough. The only real head scratching play to me was the onsides kick. Poorly set up and not good timing. But it didn't end up costing us.
October 3rd, 2015 at 6:00 PM ^
While it didn't get the ball back, it did keep the ball out of Likely's hands. Our D was simply not allowing anything, and it felt like the only way Maryland was going to score was on ST.
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Tough 1st half to watch but ended as it should. Best coaching staff I can remember given the short season thus far, short of Bo. Adjustsments get made with this staff, and plays get mad that make a difference. Ultimately results are defined by wins, regardless of how ugly. First half was very ugly and painful, but nice to see a coach get fired up, and one who is disturbed by bad play and pulls players who need to learn a lesson. We have tremendous talent at all assistant coaching positions which is a tribute to Harbaugh who put it together. Special teams success has been remarkable given our failures over past decade. Harbaugh's success will lead to attrition, and DJ and Drevno will have plenty of enticing offers and be first to go if our success continues. Hopefully our head coach spauns multiple future head coaches, and continues to recruit the best new talent to UM.
October 3rd, 2015 at 4:45 PM ^
very poorly conceived to me. Only a handful of plays were well designed and excuted all day. Way too many passes that were shorter than they needed to be, thrown to guys who were covered, falling down or both. Some of that is just Rudock being a non-very-good passer, but we have good athletes with experience as pass-catchers. Is it really that hard to design plays to get them open against a mediocre defense?
October 3rd, 2015 at 5:55 PM ^
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catching the ball and doing it in stride than I did. Our YPA was really poor (5.6), against a defense that gave up 8 YPA the week before.
October 3rd, 2015 at 7:44 PM ^
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October 3rd, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^
our plays were not well designed to get receivers open with room to run.
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Yes. Pass rush is probably the strongest part of Maryland's team after their kickoff/punt return teams.
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The 2 point conversion looked like what the Pats did in their opener for a TD.
The sweep was sweet - the handoff was really smooth, Chesson didn't seem to hesitate or pause. Great blocking as well.
October 3rd, 2015 at 8:30 PM ^
Durkin and Mattison were flawless again.
Special teams solid.
Offensive coaching & Harbaugh great just some execution issues
Grade: A
October 3rd, 2015 at 8:31 PM ^
I didn't like the Offensive game plan -- smoke screens against Will Likely? Terrible Idea, that is equivalent to running them against Peppers. But then later we faked it and went over the top. I liked that wrinkle, just wish we would have hit it.
I love John Baxter. Perhaps the single greatest improvement this year is special teams. Likely got nothing in the return game. Can you imagine what would have happened on that 59 yard punt to Likely under Hoke? Easy TD. I love having a Special Teams coach.
October 3rd, 2015 at 8:32 PM ^
we are underestimating how much better Harbaugh's staff is than maybe every other staff. The player development and strategy has been so impressive for some of the positions that I was highly skeptical of coming into the year.
October 3rd, 2015 at 8:35 PM ^
Note: I was in a wedding (idiots) so I had to miss a lot of the game.
October 3rd, 2015 at 9:07 PM ^
any sort of NCAA or B1G violation occured by having John Harbaugh on the sidelines today. No way he was coaching the Michigan team in any way, shape, or form. And nothing wrong with them having conversation between each other as the game progresses, whether it concerns the game itself or not.
If John Harbaugh spotted some tendancy or other and pointed it out to Jim, how is that any different than what I do during games at The Big House? I'm constantly yelling suggestions to the Michigan coaching staff and have been doing so for years. And, IMO, I'm nearly always right.
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