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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Michigan Monday: Where’s Your Quarterback Guru Now?
Yeah, it’s Tuesday, I know.
I could give you all of the excuses that I have, but you’ve already heard them all before and none of them have expired.
And anyway, I’m not the one on trial here, Michigan is.
The Wolverines (5-1, 2-1) went on the road this past Saturday and defeated Indiana (3-3, 0-3) by a score of 27-20 in overtime. It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t expected to be. But Michigan went in and won the surest way possible — with defense and the running game.
All B1G road wins should be celebrated, so there is no shame in sneaking one out in Bloomington.
This was the second start of the season for quarterback John O’Korn and it wasn’t terrible, but it also wasn’t very good. O’Korn’s inconsistency will continue to be a concern.
The running game was bolstered by Karan Higdon, who has established himself as Michigan’s last known hope on offense.
Defensively, Michigan was Michigan. Statistically, they had their worst game of the season, but they still only allowed 20 points and 278 yards of total offense. When that’s your worst, you’re pretty damn good.
That defense will be tested in a big way this weekend at Penn State. Running back Saquon Barkley is dynamic with and without the ball, and quarterback Trace McSorley is mobile enough to pose the same problems that Brian Lewerke and Peyton Ramsey provided each of the past two weeks.
The Wolverines committed 18 penalties in this one, but only 16 were accepted. On one single play three flags were thrown and two of the penalties were declined. Even Michigan State thinks Michigan was too undisciplined in this game.
My main concern for Michigan this coming weekend, however, is that the Wolverines will be looking past Penn State with Rutgers looming the week after.
When Michigan Was On Offense
Michigan managed 329 yards of total offense against Indiana’s defense, which was a little over half of the 596 yards the Buckeyes managed against them to open the season.
The Wolverines rushed for 271 yards on 44 carries (6.2 ypc) and scored three times on the ground. It was the best rushing performance of the season for Michigan. It was the first time since the season opener against Florida that they managed to rush for over 200 yards. The 271 yards is a 10-game high, dating back to last season. It was the third time this season that the Hoosiers gave up at least 240 yards rushing in a game.
Michigan was led by Karan Higdon, who rushed for a career-high 200 yards on a career-high 25 carries, scoring a career-high three touchdowns. I’ve said in the past that Higdon is Michigan’s best chance at a running game, and he certainly showed it in this one. He had a couple of big runs, including a 59-yard touchdown right up the middle. He then scored the winning touchdown when he was stopped up the middle in overtime, but then kicked it outside and Indiana lost contain in a very big way.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2017/10/michigan-monday-running-joke/
Yeah, it’s Tuesday, I know.
I could give you all of the excuses that I have, but you’ve already heard them all before and none of them have expired.
And anyway, I’m not the one on trial here, Michigan is.
The Wolverines (5-1, 2-1) went on the road this past Saturday and defeated Indiana (3-3, 0-3) by a score of 27-20 in overtime. It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t expected to be. But Michigan went in and won the surest way possible — with defense and the running game.
All B1G road wins should be celebrated, so there is no shame in sneaking one out in Bloomington.
This was the second start of the season for quarterback John O’Korn and it wasn’t terrible, but it also wasn’t very good. O’Korn’s inconsistency will continue to be a concern.
The running game was bolstered by Karan Higdon, who has established himself as Michigan’s last known hope on offense.
Defensively, Michigan was Michigan. Statistically, they had their worst game of the season, but they still only allowed 20 points and 278 yards of total offense. When that’s your worst, you’re pretty damn good.
That defense will be tested in a big way this weekend at Penn State. Running back Saquon Barkley is dynamic with and without the ball, and quarterback Trace McSorley is mobile enough to pose the same problems that Brian Lewerke and Peyton Ramsey provided each of the past two weeks.
The Wolverines committed 18 penalties in this one, but only 16 were accepted. On one single play three flags were thrown and two of the penalties were declined. Even Michigan State thinks Michigan was too undisciplined in this game.
My main concern for Michigan this coming weekend, however, is that the Wolverines will be looking past Penn State with Rutgers looming the week after.
When Michigan Was On Offense
Michigan managed 329 yards of total offense against Indiana’s defense, which was a little over half of the 596 yards the Buckeyes managed against them to open the season.
The Wolverines rushed for 271 yards on 44 carries (6.2 ypc) and scored three times on the ground. It was the best rushing performance of the season for Michigan. It was the first time since the season opener against Florida that they managed to rush for over 200 yards. The 271 yards is a 10-game high, dating back to last season. It was the third time this season that the Hoosiers gave up at least 240 yards rushing in a game.
Michigan was led by Karan Higdon, who rushed for a career-high 200 yards on a career-high 25 carries, scoring a career-high three touchdowns. I’ve said in the past that Higdon is Michigan’s best chance at a running game, and he certainly showed it in this one. He had a couple of big runs, including a 59-yard touchdown right up the middle. He then scored the winning touchdown when he was stopped up the middle in overtime, but then kicked it outside and Indiana lost contain in a very big way.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2017/10/michigan-monday-running-joke/
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Ive seen the scUM fans on message boards backing down from the QB Guru crap. Now its "IF HARBAUGH HAD A GOOD QB" after all the claiming that he could turn water into wine.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Well DUH, this is his 3rd year at scUM, i.e. he's had 3 recruiting classes. If he doesn't have a "good QB" just whose fault do they think it is?
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buckeyesin07
Veni. Vidi. Vici.
Well DUH, this is his 3rd year at scUM, i.e. he's had 3 recruiting classes. If he doesn't have a "good QB" just whose fault do they think it is?
Hoke's. No kidding. Take a look at mgoblog and that's the rallying cry over there--that Hoke hamstrung the program. DFBIA.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Yeah, Hoke really left the "cubbard bare"; scUM had 11 players picked in the 2017 NFL draft.
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Well it's easy to trash Hoke now that all of his players that made them any good last year are gone.
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Yeah, if only Hairball had a good QB... you know.. like the two QBs he's recruited in successive classes (Peters and McCaffrey) who apparently aren't good enough prospects to have beaten out fuckin Wilton Speight and/or John O'Korn.
DFBIA
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buckeyesin07
Veni. Vidi. Vici.
Mainly because I knew I'd get a kick out of reading the post-MSU write-up again on mgoblog, here's the relevant portion (written by the lead writer over there):
http://mgoblog.com/content/oh-god-w...und-you-just-broke-it-and-it-wants-be-friends
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AJHawkfan
Wanna make $14 the hard way?
Amazing how they refuse to place any of this blame at the feet of Harbaugh. When RichRod was struggling in his third year, were they pointing fingers at Llllloyd and how bare he left the cupboard? No one was willing to blame RichRod for Hoke's failings in year three, were they?
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Mgoblog is Harbrau's Ministry of Excuses. Rainman could drop his khakis and start furiously masturbating midway through the first quarter and they'd say it was a motivational tool.
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