Mailbag question: Ugly football
If I were to tell you that the Michigan defense would only give up 20 points would you think Michigan would lose?
I never thought the bad MSU defense could control and hold Michigan 's offense to 20 points and also very little yardage, especially in the first half. What did Michigan have 60-70 yards and the ball 8 minutes in the first half?
That was some ugly football and a lot of poor play calling from the offensive staff along with not trying to change anything up.
Greg M.
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Thanks for the question.
We agree, if someone told us Michigan State would score only 20 points we would of thought Michigan had an almost certain win. We were surprised how Michigan State was able to shut down the Michigan offense and if it was not for the Michigan defense the game could have been over at halftime.
A key to the Michigan State defensive success was that the Spartans sold out to stop the run and were successful. Michigan continued to try and run and essentially failed, with an average of 1.0 yards per carry on a total of 28 yards rushing. This became a significant and maybe ever the deciding factor of the game.
Concerning the play calling, this is Michigan 's offense, plain and simple. It relies on the quarterback making the right calls, reading the defense, and making the right reads from the read option when running the ball.
It is not fancy or innovative, like many want to think. It is simple and basic and relies on superior execution and playing super fast. That is the problem when a defense can stop the spread, there is nothing else to try or go too, no real Plan B. A team is stuck with what it brought and cannot really implement anything different (see above, no Plan B).
Our opinion about the offense has not changed. When this offense gets into a rhythm it is a thing of beauty, when it is out of sync and struggling, you will cuss at it. Like we have said in the past, take a lot of liquid “medication” since you might need it this year.
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Written by CoachBt and ErocWolverine
1 comment:
Why is this offense different than any other type of offense that has no "plan B."
Please explain: what exactly can a pro-style offense go to when it is sputtering? You're making a distinction without a difference when you say the UM offense sputters because it has no plan B and then fail to provide an example of an offense with a plan B?
Or is your idea of a plan B something like running dives out of the I-formation -- because Michigan does that quite a bit.
I just think you're reaching here. It makes no sense.
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