2010 TSUN News offseason (football)

[NFBuck]

Well then God love those 5 star kids who are getting cars and money and houses from other schools....but decide to go to Michigan anyways. Amazing how they can have that kind of integrity....yet still jerk off on other people's porches.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Not according to tom beaver. He flat out says "everybody cheats, except m*ch*g*n". I'm not kidding, he really says that.

Ten bucks says you cheated making that post.

 

[DaytonBuck]

Does anyone else worry that somehow they end up getting Pete Carroll when Dick washes out?

 

[NFBuck]

Ten bucks says you cheated making that post.

50.1 % chance you are correct.

 

[TRON 2.0]

Does anyone else worry that somehow they end up getting Pete Carroll when Dick washes out?

Not a chance in Hell.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Does anyone else worry that somehow they end up getting Pete Carroll when Dick washes out?

Jim Hairball would be my concern, not Carroll.

 

[Bill Lucas]

Oh, the arrogance. More knowledge from the boys at UMGoBlue.com.

Braxton Miller is still a possibility but very slim, more slim then Jones in my opinion because Miller wants to be his own man and not sit behind Devin Gardner.

They sure think a lot of Gardner. Miller won't go to UM because he'll only have to sit behind Gardner? Oh, the hilarity.

 

[jwinslow]

Turf vandals 'kind of hacked it out' on block 'M' at Michigan Stadium - AnnArbor.com

University of Michigan officials believe vandals used a large utility knife to carve out a 6-foot by 8-inch chunk of the Michigan Stadium block "M." (Photo courtesy of the University of Michigan)

Damage to the block “M” at the 50-yard line of Michigan Stadium in a weekend vandalism incident likely was done with a large utility knife and caused $1,500 to $2,000 in damage, the stadium's facility manager said Wednesday morning.
A 6-foot by 8-inch chunk of FieldTurf was carved out of the block "M" in a similar fashion someone would cut carpet, Chris Ehman said.
"It was like they just kind of hacked it out," Ehman said.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Campus police need to be looking for kinesiology majors who's last name starts with "L".

 

[3074326]

It appears that somebody renovated the playing surface at AA.

Block 'M' at Michigan Stadium vandalized

Troy Smith simply retrieving what is his. He owns that M.

 

[MaxBuck]

Given Michigan's plans to replace the field with all-yellow FieldTurf next year, I'm not sure what the major issue is. The Maize Rage is back!

 

[Beaver]

It sure was smart of Tiny Tom to run off coachBT, these kinds of posts sure wouldn't be an asset to GBW

GBMW: Go Blue Michigan Wolverine: Mailbag question: What did you think of the 3-3-5 breakdown on another blog?

Yes, we saw the article on MGoBlog and in our opinion the description is of a very basic base 3-3.

The author does a nice job of describing one version of the 3-3. There are many different versions and packages nested within the scheme. The versions we are familiar with use different terminology and a different numbering system.

...

From the video we have seen, and from what we know of how Coach Rod ran defenses at West Virginia, and from how Michigan ran the 3-3 in 2008, the Michigan version is different than the example on MGoBlog.

We expect to see Michigan using more five-man blitz packages and Michigan running more 1/4's and deep coverage's than strictly playing 3 deep.

Base Alignment and gap responsibilities:

NT: Plays a 0 technique head up on the offensive center, he has double A gap responsibility.

DE's: At West Virginia the terminology is as follows: the lineman to the bandit side is a defensive end and another defensive lineman/tackle is put to the spur side.

DT: Defensive tackles play a 5 technique, that is, an outside shade on the offensive tackles. They have C gap responsibility.

MLBer: Stacks Behind nose tackle and has A gaps and pursuit.

...cont'd

Here are some of our past GBMW articles on the defense and the 3-3-5:

2/24/2010 -- Coach's Corner: Different Defense's -- The base alignment rules and personnel -- 3-3-5 Odd Stack

3/19/2010 -- Michigan Football Tidbits: Practice 2 Report

3/22/2010 -- Mailbag question: Defensive questions

3/25/2010 -- Mailbag question: The 3-3-5 defense

3/26/2010 -- Michigan Football Tidbits: Defensive Depth Chart

3/28/2010 -- Mailbag question: Coach Robinson and the 3-3-5

3/31/2010 -- Mailbag question: Difference between the 3-3-5 defense and what UM used last year?

 

[Beaver]

BTW, the 3-3-5 blog they're referencing is here:

3-3-5 Fundamentals

 

[Jaxbuck]

I just can't get past the feeling that RR saying we are using the 3-3-5 is like hearing one of your drinking buddies say "hold my beer". Something fucking hilarious is about to happen that you'll be making fun of his dumb ass over for years to come.

 

[LightningRod]

Top U-M recruit Demar Dorsey signs with Kansas school as 'back-up plan'

Demar Dorsey, one of Michigan's top football recruits in its incoming class, has signed a letter of intent at Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College.
Dorsey signed with Fort Scott as a back-up school should he have trouble qualifying academically at Michigan. This is not uncommon for high school seniors who have not qualified at the universities they hope to attend.
Fort Scott coach Jeff Sims explained Dorsey's situation on the U-M fan Web site mgoblog.com:

"He's working very hard to be a Wolverine, but he has to be ready just in case, to recover if he doesn't get in," Sims is quoted as saying on mgoblog.com. "If he comes here, we'd love to develop him, and get him to his goals. We are his back-up plan. He may never end up at our school. If he can't get qualified, then he needs to know that he has a back-up plan, and that's us."
Dorsey is a 6-foot-1, 175-pound defensive back from Boyd Anderson High in Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.
Sam Webb of Scout.com and GoBlueWolverine.com, and a regular contributor to detnews.com, offered this analysis of Dorsey following National Signing Day in February:
Dorsey will get an opportunity to get on the field right away in Ann Arbor and he will do so at corner. The Sunshine State star became the capper to Michigan's class, much to the surprise of the recruiting world.
Michigan was able to take advantage of the weakening of (Dorsey's Florida) commitment, thanks in large part to the presence of Denard Robinson (also from Florida).
Like Robinson, Dorsey possesses blazing speed (a self-reported 10.3 100-meter dash time) and is a walking big play. The primary difference is Dorsey does the majority of his damage on the defensive side of the ball. However, heading into his senior season the primary knock on his game by some scouts was that he was still extremely raw as a defensive back.
"(Dorsey) is as athletic as any player in the country with his combination of great size, frame, speed, and first-step quickness," said Scout.com director of scouting Scott Kennedy. "He's further ahead athletically than as a player. He can get caught turning the wrong way, has trouble getting off blocks, and is sloppy in his tackling form. But with the ball in his hands on returns and letting his instincts as an athlete take over, he shows that he's special. The definition of an upside recruit."
By the time Dorsey ventured down to the Under Armour All American Game in Orlando in early January, he had already taken big steps toward living up to that potential.
"He lays the wood and he talks a big game to back it up," said Scout.com South regional manager Chad Simmons. "Dorsey lights opponents up, he shows great closing speed, he shows instincts in the secondary, and good ball skills."
In other words, Demar Dorsey is quite likely the best athlete in Michigan's 2010 class.

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