Fleming was the can’t miss WR recruit. I think he was a #1 or 2 overall recruit in the country. Accurate. Give Michigan coaching staff a lot of Credit here. They could see on passing downs that the Ohio State linebackers were dropping quite way back. That’s great for preventing big plays down field, but Michigan took advantage by hitting Colston Loveland underneath quite a few times
Other than that the linebackers played extremely well on the run with one exception.
I have watched several versions of film study of the game and on the Blake Corum touchdown right after Minter got hurt, Chambers decided to abandon his assignment and gamble, and he followed the motion back and filled the wrong gap on the left side of the defense. ( which was already filled by Eichenberg) Corum went waltzing through the A gap untouched Leaving him one on one with a safety. Good luck on that lol
VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhzeUYHsmdw Overall, the linebackers played a good game against the run, except for that one play. But Michigan made no such mistakes, which is why Henderson never got completely loose. They are well coached, veteran team that made very few mistakes. As I said, you just tip your hat. I have been watching Michigan and Ohio State film study throughout this season and that’s why I have been saying Michigan is the best team. They simply don’t make big mistakes very often.
But Eichenberg in particular is an excellent linebacker and that’s why he was voted by both the coaches and the media as the Big Ten linebacker of the year.
if you watch the film of mCCarthy’s beautiful, threaded pass to Roman Wilson for the touchdown, you will notice something. First off, Ohio State got great pressure on mCCarthy and he got drilled just as he let go of the ball. His pass was beautiful and perfectly threaded. But Malik Hartford- a true freshman player ( he is going to be a good one, as he passed several more experienced players on the depth chart) was in for one play the entire game. It was that play.
Knowles had OSU in the perfect defense for that play. Man coverage with a “ robber” safety- his only job is to stay deep, face the quarterback, and react to wherever the ball was going. As a robber, you are taught to never turn your back on the quarterback, until or unless the ball is already in the air. But as Wilson and Denzel Burke were going by him ( Burke was right in Wilson’s pocket)
tthe freshman Hartford panicked And turned his back to the quarterback. Just as he did, that ball went right over his shoulder pad, and into Wilson’s hands. If he had just stayed
there and not moved or not turned his back, the ball would’ve hit him right in the chest for an easy interception.
Again, one team panicked on that play and made a mistake which went against their training, and the other team executed. Have to give credit.
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