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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: Temp430 on November 06, 2017, 10:04:44 AM
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Michigan travels to College Park, MD for a 3:30 PM kickoff on BTN. Hopefully Harbaugh will give redshirt freshman QB Brandon Peters a chance to air the ball out and pass a little more because a credible pass threat is going to be needed the last two games of the season. I haven't seen a line on the game but would guess it will be Michigan by a couple touchdowns.
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Yeah, I think the Wolverines will prevail by wearing down the Terps over the course of the game.
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Much like the past two games, Michigan should be able to run at will and shut down their offense. I definitely want to see some 10+ yard throws if the weather is decent and the OLine can hold up.
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Much like the past two games, Michigan should be able to run at will and shut down their offense. I definitely want to see some 10+ yard throws if the weather is decent and the OLine can hold up.
this is my biggest worry with this game as well. They need to get Brandon Peters ready to play Wisconsin and Ohio State. They haven't been able to really do that. Probably won't do it in this game either. The offensive play-calling has been so awful and the pass blocking has been so bad when they do dial up pass plays down the field.
The offense is just a complete mess. Has been all year. Chris Evans had a really nice showing, but he's still not a real RB to me. He's a guy that should be given the ball in many different ways and should bounce back between RB and slot receiver. Just get him the ball in space and let him do what he does best and that's make people miss. Karran Higdon is by far the best pure between the tackles runner out of the RB trio- but he's also by far the worst pass protector. He's missed more pass pro assignments and half-assed and whiffed so many blocks it has to make Harbaugh's head spin. Can Michigan get a Mike Hart or Zeke Elliot level blocking RB? Just once. Forget running the ball, two of the best pass blocking college backs I've ever seen right there.
For the life of me I can't understand why a WR can't emerge out of DPJ, McDoom, or Crawford. Those are probably 3 of the 5 fastest/most athletic guys on their entire team. And all 3 of them are still athlete and not refined receiver. That kind of hints to me like maybe there is a coaching problem at the position. You get one of them to emerge this offense goes to another level. Every offense needs a deep threat with speed to burn that can take a top off a defense and terrify a defense- but that is something that a boring ass stoneage 1980's offense like this needs more than just about anything. Can't get the running room for the backs when the defense loads up the box. The most frustrating thing about seeing the passing game not being able to connect down the field is that guys like DPJ, McDoom, and Crawford have the physical talent. All three of them can run. You can put their top end speed up their with any receiver in the conference. None of them are developing.
As far as the OL goes, it's a work in progress. I did notice the 6-4, 316 pound true frosh Cesar Ruiz playing really well at RG in replace of the injured Mike Onwenu. He was absolutely devastating as a run blocker. Also made the mental error of not picking up a looping DT in pass protection and leaving the guy unblocked and Peters took a kill shot. Ruiz got pulled for a series after that but went back in. I'd love to see Ruiz playing next to Onwenu. That could be a devastating run blocking combination some day. Tackle is going to be a huge ? in 2018, but Bredeson at LG, Ruiz at C, and Onwenu at RG could be as devastating a run blocking trio in the middle as Michigan has seen in a long time.
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This one will come down to...
Michigan wins.
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Has Maryland got a prayer, in this match up?
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Has Maryland got a prayer, in this match up?
LOL!
NO! We haven't had a shot since week 3.
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So long as there is a kickoff and a funny "ball" involved, every team has a shot.
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Not if it's a group of ten year olds, going up against the New England Patriots.
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Anyone here predict the Iowa/OSU outcome?
I could do a few quotes giving the correct scores, but not the correct teams associated with said scores.
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Heck, I've seen an FCS squad knock a Big Ten team out of the Top 5.
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Someone obviously didn't get the memo on the zebras conspiracy since Randy was fired.
His brother was a ref. Tight band of brothers there.
Rutgers player pulls on the jersey of Moore in the endzone on a 4th down, and nothing.
I didn't complain. We should have done better I guess throughout the game, and Rutgers fans will argue that our TE jumped first on a play that went our way, but even Durkin said he's tired of submitting calls.
It's been a continuous joke since Randy was fired.
Conspiracy? Maybe not, but too many coincidences.
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Heck, I've seen an FCS squad knock a Big Ten team out of the Top 5.
Hah. A current top-5 team just added said (former) FCS squad to its schedule for 2020. I hope history does not repeat.
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There may be a different QB start for Maryland Saturday.
Brand was recruited by Air Force to obviously run the option.
He's from Detroit.
He came in for the injured, less mobile Max, and went 8/12, converting 3rd and 4th downs that Max struggled with, and hasn't run the full offense.
He's the same height as Piggy, and is a confident little guy.
That said, Don will fluster him, and I see no difference in outcome.
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D.J. Durkin had a rough go of it last year against his former boss, falling in Ann Arbor 59-3. I'm obviously not expecting a repeat of that, but it's tough to see a path to victory for Maryland. Granted the full year yo-yo for the banged up Terps continues, as a week after they salvaged some bowl hopes with an upset win over Indiana, they turned around and fell to Rutgers. You'd like to see Michigan open it up a bit, after relying almost exclusively on the run game during Peters' first game and a half as the quarterback. Michigan can probably win with that formula again, but you'd have to think that over the final two weeks they need to be much more diverse. There's probably no secondary better to get some confidence against than Maryland and their 261.2 ypg allowed, to go with conference worst 7.3 ypa and 13 passing touchdowns allowed. Maryland may have figured something out under center with Ryan Brand, the dual threat Air Force transfer who played his high school ball in Detroit, but didn't get a sniff from the Wolverines. He was 8-12 passing against Rutgers, and didn't get a chance to show what he can do with his legs. He might be a more natural fit for an offense that was designed for either Tyrrell Pigrome or Kasim Hill to be under center. This offense simply never looked comfortable without them, even when Bortenschlager played well. This should be a good test for the Michigan defense, which last time they played an offense with a pulse, was getting dissected by Trace McSorley and Saquan Barkley. The Terps offense isn't great, 12th in the Big Ten in total offense, but Michigan has otherwise only faced the 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th and 14th ranked offenses in the conference. And what Maryland has, that those other struggling offenses don't is pretty good weapons at all skill positions. Ty Johnson and D.J. Moore are far better than anything Purdue, Rutgers or Minnesota will throw at you. The key to stopping Michigan is to get them behind the sticks, where they've struggled badly all year on 3rd down, but Maryland doesn't have the front to do that. If Michigan can stay ahead of the chains, it should be another grind out victory. It will be interesting to see how Harbaugh balances the sure thing, with knowing he needs to prepare to do more the next two weeks.
MICHIGAN 33, MARYLAND 20
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CB LaVert Hill missed the 2nd half. Harbaugh said in the post game presser its a concussion.
Rashan Gary, Karran Higdon, and David Long all limped off the field as well. Harbaugh said in the post game presser it's a "wait and see" on those 3. Uh oh. Noticed that starting RG Mike Onwenu was out for the 2nd week in a row.
Not good news at all if they are missing those guys for Wisconsin next week.
Speaking of Hill, he's been playing really well all year. PFF graphic on him below. Really think he's a star in the making. He's pretty similar to Jourdan Lewis, and he's an inch taller and a little bit faster. As a true Soph he's ahead of where Lewis was as a true Soph. Remains to be seen if he keeps making those strides Lewis made every year. Lewis just got so much better and better every single year.
https://mobile.twitter.com/PFF_College/status/929541770282758144/photo/1
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Didn't know about the injuries until after the game but had a good time in College Park.
I was expecting more from the offense in the second half, but obviously it wasn't necessary. Peters wasn't great, but he didn't do anything stupid. Obviously, the defense did its part, and special teams got a punt block, too.
I might be going to Madison next weekend....
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Didn't know about the injuries until after the game but had a good time in College Park.
I was expecting more from the offense in the second half, but obviously it wasn't necessary. Peters wasn't great, but he didn't do anything stupid. Obviously, the defense did its part, and special teams got a punt block, too.
I might be going to Madison next weekend....
Oh, that's good.
I posted to the basketball thread wishing you had a good atmosphere.