Got it. You clearly have not been watching this year.
Speeding up the offense is not an adjustment, it is a strategy. When the defensive front is stronger than your people it is sometimes a way to neutralize them by speeding up and tiring them out, not allowing them to sub. That was good coaching.
Was the onside kick offside the worst call of the day though? The first half Michigan interception where the defender's toe came down first inbounds and his heel either hit the line or was over it appeared to be an obvious incorrect call. Yet, they reviewed it and said it was correct. Interception.
First half horizontal passing game is a direct result of offensive line being pushed like little kids seven yards back and in Brosmer's face before he can look at the field.
It was definitely was the worst in the 2nd half. That one you're referring to in the first half was shit too. The announcers even said it doesn't matter if your toes land inbounds. If your heal is out of bounds, YOU'RE OUT of bounds. Should have been incomplete.
Well, that bad call also led to a Michigan score.
The only thing it could be is 2 went down with an injury and they were worried about our corners getting beat, but their quarterback wasn’t good enough for us to even worry about that. If it wasn’t that, I got nothing.
I'd rather take the chance of getting beat deep than letting them use up a lot of clock and get into field goal range. I'm not even saying go cover 0 but it was weird to see them with 2 safeties 10+ yards from the line of scrimmage most plays. Make them beat you with the passing game.
Guessing the first half one was more a function of not having a definitive camera view to overturn the call on the field. The offsides call was terrible and never should have been made.
You 1000% play cover0 when the opposing teams qb is orji and especially when it’s wet. That said we missed some tackles in the hole on that drive that would’ve ended it prior so it should not have mattered. But yeah said it live it was beyond dumb playing 2 high in that scenario. He hits one and you tip your cap. But I’d take our dbs vs their mediocre WRs all day
I agree! Like many have said, it gives us the chance to wear out the opponent defense line and help our below average OL. It maximizes Brosmer's high QB IQ.
Correct and credit to that unit for executing that situation to perfection. Bummer that we weren't able to get the TD there but getting some points going into the half was important.
Hard to believe there was not a definitive camera view of a simple sideline play. Replay showed the toe down in bounds but the heel at least being on the line and probably over it.
All correct, which necessitates a review of the three already-used TOs by Fleck. Were all three used well?
You could see from the foot impression that the back quarter of his foot was OB.
I am sure they called them when they felt they needed them. You can second guess stuff like this all day but it is a wasted exercise.
So by that logic if it was crystal clear then the replay official is cheating for Michigan.
You’re missing the conspiracy aspect of that call.
That's what I saw with the replay the was from the field view. Was pretty obvious to me when he lifted his foot. I don't know if they were looking at that, would/could even use that (foot impression) to make the call. It was pretty obvious to me though.
You are right, I clearly haven’t been watching PJ make the second half adjustments. Just crank up the offense and play this tempo from start to finish. We saw a couple flashes in the UNC and Rhode Island games. What happened in the Iowa game? Same old.
We've seen this a million times, defense does a decent job all game long only to crap out when we need them the most.