I was about to write off this D and much of my high hopes for the season after sitting through yesterday's game.
Until I came back last night and watched the game off DVR ... there were some bad breakdowns, but much of it looks correctable. There were also some good plays and good signs ... (let's see who comes out on the corner opposite DW next week ...).
They also made 5 red zone stops -- resulting in 4 field goals and one muffed. I give the IU coach a lot of credit for pointing out UM's D in the red zone as their downfall rather than a interception call that didn't go his way.
They're not going to be a great D by any stretch, but I think they can get to "OK".
And if the O is averaging 35 and the punting's good ... we'll be an awful hard team to beat.
what a great game preview Brian ... damn that blows away anything I've seen in the snoozepapers over the last 30 years or so.
(Too bad he doesn't have true "journalistic credentials" like that asshat Rosenberg and his enabler/apologist Anger. One can see that both excrement and abject stupidity roll downhill in the newspaper business.)
GO BLUE! CRUSH THE DOMERS!!!!!!!!!!
We sit in section 16, row 86 (south end zone, off the corner, about 2/3rd's way up).
Of 6 long-term season ticket holders sitting in our group (mostly 20 years plus alumni types), 5 agreed with my assessment at halftime that I could hear absolutely no difference in noise over previous years.
1 person disagreed and thought it was "much louder"
I'll point out that the 5 were men, the 1 was a woman ... without further comment on what impact gender might have on the issue.
I think there is a good chance that the new echo affect doesn't really reach the end zone seats ... but I personally have been going to these games since 1972 and sat in these seats since the mid 80's .... It sounded exactly the same to me in volume and tone.
best,
rob
... that horrible D from last year, but they were handed more combined turnovers and "3 and outs" than any team in the nation (ok, I made that stat up ... but it must be close to true)
IOW, even a moderate improvement in the offense should have a big positive impact on the defense.
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