UMBig11 Week 1 Practice Notes
UMBig11 posted some notes from fall camp going into week 2. I won't post them and take away hits from TTB but here's the link.
http://touch-the-banner.com/forum/topic/some-football-notes-heading-in-to-week-2/
"Learn on the fly"? He's been working with Harbaugh since the beginning of 2015: 31 months. I'm not saying the light still can't go on for him, but the odds are decreasing, not increasing.
Nine games: That will, as I mentioned, have us on the outside of the playoffs looking in and sitting home on December 2.
It won't matter how good Speight is, or Peters could be, if the O-line doesn't get better.
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Barrett and Hurts have other talents that Speight does not.
You don't have to like it, but if you go back and watch the last four games of the season you'll be reminded of what happens when a QB who isn't a consistent threat to run also isn't a threat to throw down the field. We were losing to Indiana at halftime...
We'll check back in December. I hope Speight gets it together and/or I'm wrong.
Bro - John O'Korn started against Indiana.
@BiA2
Yep. Just watched that game yesterday. Same issue: No deep threat. Indiana D crept closer and closer to the line. Ten in the box. We were losing at halftime. To Indiana. We took the lead in the 3rd and no one scored in the 4th. It was ugly.
That was O'Korn in the Indiana game.
So... are you blaming the QB because you blamed Speight but O'Korn played but now it seems like you're blaming the Wideouts, which have all made their way to the NFL, so they're not returning. Are you blaming the entire passing game?
You do realize OSU fans talk about Barrett exactly the way do about Speight, and Alabama fans the same about Hurts?
as he was injured against Iowa and didn't play at all against IU.
O'Korn took every snap in the IU game (and was pretty bad).
Michigan Passing| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/16 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 22.8 | |
| TEAM | 7/16 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | -- |
O'Korn did have a nice run late in the game though:
O'Korn's best play was a 30-yard run, escaping a collapsed pocket on third down to set up Smith's shifty, 34-yard run on the next snap that put the Wolverines up 13-10 with 4:02 left in the third. Smith's 39-yard run later in the quarter made it 20-10.
I think that if you as a fan are going to explain away Michigan's 3 game losing streak with Speight as QB1 as a result of injury, then you also have to explain away O'Korn's poor performance as a product of the weather, right?
And if you're going to blow the "no excuses" horn with Speight, you also have to do the same with O'Korn, no?
Speight has a high floor and a low ceiling. We can always win 8-9 games with him but I don't see us winning 11+. He can't generate enough big plays to loosen the defense. I really want Peters to get a shot at unseating him.
August 6th, 2017 at 12:42 PM ^
The list of "problem areas" grows ever more finite.
August 6th, 2017 at 12:48 PM ^
For a content starved board on a Sunday afternoon, I don't think tl;dr applies.
bumper sticker.
In says: "Just one bumper sticker because TL;DR"
I'm serious. I was hoping you would just say their names instead of me having to search for it on mgoblue.com. But I guess i'm too lazy, and you are a jerkoff.
You are missing their first names ass.
That was funny!
(On a more serious note though, not trying to be a douche, but it's Kugler and not Kuglar.)
You're a jerkoff because he scored 13 TD's last year. /s
that was very helpful.
But who's the FB that has gotten hype for run blocking? He may have moved from LB?
So this is as helpful as you get, huh?
Also, raise your game. This is mgoblog. I'd bet 95% of the readers here know the names of our two "starting" fullbacks.
Exactly. We dont have to be such dicks. My wife reads this board and this is exactly the type of question she would ask. Fortunately Ive warned her about assholes here and she just asks me.
C'mon! The guy scored 13 TD's last year!
Hank is a cool nickname.
August 6th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
when there's no legit deep ball threat. If Speight learns to just arm punt, then maybe we can get lucky a couple of times as our giant wr's braylon us out of some trouble spots.
DPJ may see time just for his ability to take the top off the defense. If he can show the ability to blow by people, defenses will have to play off him or leave a safety back and Speight may feel more comfortable throwing to a WR very open instead of being careful with a WR who is only a step or 2 ahead.
You are the Penn State offensive coordinator.