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TEAMS LEFT BEHIND IN THE PASSING REVOLUTION

The season continues along a record-breaking arc in terms of some key passing statistics, most notably passing yards per game (238.61 at present) and completion percentage (61.5). But that doesn’t mean everyone can throw it and catch it with increased competence. If you look at the bottom of the FBS passing stats, there are some notable Power 5 teams languishing. Among them:

Iowa (33). Record: 1–2. Pass efficiency rating: 100.88. National ranking: 117th out of 123, and fifth-lowest among teams that have played more than one game. The Hawkeyes came into the season slinging it, which seems like a bad idea in retrospect. Their 90 passing attempts in the first two games were the most in consecutive games for the program since 2014, and the result was just a single touchdown and three interceptions. Kirk Ferentz got back to FerentzBall last week in trampling Michigan State, throwing it 29 times and running it 41. Spencer Petras is a first-year starter replacing a guy who threw nearly 1,200 career passes, so some learning curve was expected. The next four opponents all have mediocre-to-bad defenses, so this is an opportunity to sharpen up that part of the Iowa offense.

Nebraska. Record: 0–2. Pass efficiency rating: 104.24. National ranking: 115th out of 123, and seventh-lowest among teams that have played more than one game. Only one FBS team that has played more than one game has failed to throw a touchdown pass. Take a bow, Cornhuskers. They’ve thrown the ball 65 times, and not once has a quarterback completed it to someone wearing the same-colored jersey in the end zone. Adrian Martinez is regressing statistically as a passer, leading Scott Frost to give more opportunities to backup Luke McCaffrey—most notably with the game on the line against Northwestern on Saturday. We’ll see how long Frost stays committed to a two-QB rotation—perhaps until one of them throws a TD pass.

PSU's defensive problems will be cured on Saturday.  

Welp. Scratch off OSU Maryland.

Penn State better be clean

looking forward to a Husker home game

Ouch, Aiden Hutchinson had a fracture in his leg. Tough loss for Michigan

He was having a subpar season before the injury, really thought he was about to take the next jump and go to the next level and develop into a high NFL draft pick. Wasn't happening and then he broke his leg. Feel bad for the kid. On the bright side- he'll more than likely be back in 2021 and the new coach will have a really nice DE to work with.

I too like TTUN in this match up. *ich weakness under Don Brown has been when his CB's Safeties, get beat in a one-on-one situations. Got an accurate QB? Got athletic WR's? Got an O-line/TE/RB that can pick up where the blitz is coming from? you can crack TTUN's defense with that combination.

Just because Wisconsin hasn't played, I don't know if their QB can put the ball into a space that gives his wide receivers better than %50 chance to make those grabs. If the badgers can hit receivers in space then I think they will win.

The CB's suck this year- honestly I think they are the worst I've ever seen at Michigan. Michigan had really good CB play from 2016-2019. Jourdan Lewis was such a stud. David Long was really, really good. Channing Stribling was so underrated. Ambry Thomas was very good. LaVert Hill was kind of up and down-but for the most part very good. They have NO one on this roster at CB remotely near the level of any of those players.

Don Brown's defenses were continually exposed from 2016-2019 when he would put his LB's and Safeties in man to man coverage, and when OL/TE/RB's could pick-up his blitzes. That's just stupid scheming on his part. When you ask your LB's and Safeties to play man coverage 99.9% of the time instead of dropping them into zones- welp- you are ASKING for trouble. Newslfash: 99.9% of LB'ers and Safeties suck at man to man. That's why zone coverages exist. I will never forget the play Saquon Barkley busted on that go route vs Mike McCray. Barkley is one of the most explosive, electric RB's to come down the pike in a decade plus. Don Brown actually thought it was a great idea to put a guy that's 6'4, 240 pounds and probably runs a 4.9 on his best day in Mike McCray- in single man to man coverage with Saquon fricken Barkley. PSU lined Barkley up in the slot and he ran a go route and absolutely clowned Mike McCray for a long touchdown reception. It was hysterical watching this big clumsy inside LB'er trying to play man coverage on Barkley and get absolutely torched. This is a coaching failure of epic proportions. That isn't even on McCray- that is on Brown for being an idiot with a stupid scheme.

This defense suffers because Brown is a stupid asshole who keeps playing that man across the board zero coverage scheme- AND his CB's suck ass now. He doesn't have CB's like he did in years prior. That's how you get a defense this terrible.

if the Badger's QB throws like he did vs Illinois, Michigan is in big trouble

What, like it's hard? 


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