Michigan vs. Nebraska - Game Summary - October 9, 2021 - ESPN (https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401282778)will Nebraska be able to run the ball on Michigan and will Nebraska's OL be able to handle Michigan's front? Aidan Hutchinson is unblockable and demands a double team. Nebraska's starting LT is a true frosh. That's not a good match-up for a true frosh. Tough ask for a true frosh to have to deal with a fully-realized senior Aidan Hutchinson playing out of his mind. David Ojabo is the young edge rusher opposite Hutchinson who has been feasting the last two weeks in a row. I think we'll see more and more big things from Ojabo as the season goes along. Dax Hill and his 4.30 heat-seeking missile speed is a problem coming on blitzes in every different direction- he's been a hard guy to get a read on for OL's as Michigan's new DC Mike McDonald sends him on blitzes on exotic looks. Michigan's MIKE LB Josh Ross has been very good blitzer as well this season.
The spread is only 3.5. I think Nebbie pulls one out here.
will Nebraska be able to run the ball on Michigan and will Nebraska's OL be able to handle Michigan's front?no and no
Martinez is the type of QB, very talented dual-threat, that has given Michigan fits over the decades. I believe Donovan McNabb was the first to school Michigan in dual threat pain 1998. The obvious key to the game from Michigan's perspective to limit the amount of damage Martinez dishes out.You would like to think that Macdonald would know a thing or two about defending mobile QB's after practicing against Lamar Jackson every day.
Co-Defensive Player of the Weekthis is incorrect. Ojabo did the same thing week before in the 4th QTR vs Rutgers.
Added the first forced fumble of his career on a strip sack in the fourth quarter.
Michigan needs two QBs ready to play given recent history. The last time Michigan played in Lincoln in 2012 Michigan QB Denard Robinson was injured and had to come out of the game. His backup, who I no longer remember, was not ready. Devin Gardner stayed at WR. Still frustrated about that situation.Russell Bellomy. IIRC he threw more interceptions than completions
Russell Bellomy. IIRC he threw more interceptions than completionsYeah, he was terrible. But he probably never should've been at Michigan in the first place. He was only there because Hoke screwed the QB recruiting up so bad. Michigan has went on a run of some astonishingly terrible QB's post 2007.
Defensive end Aidan Hutchinson anchors a Michigan defense that is allowing just 12.8 points per game, which is third in the Big Ten Conference and sixth in the nation. Hutchinson, a 6-foot-6, 265-pounder, leads the Wolverines with six tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks.Take away the 3 late 4th QTR garbage time TD's scored in blowouts vs the 2nd and 3rd stringers and Michigan's 1st string D unit is actually giving up just 8.6 PPG.
Russell Bellomy. IIRC he threw more interceptions than completionsThank you. This year if Michigan’s back up QB has to enter a corn shit storm like Bellomy I’m much more confident he’ll be able to move the offense.
Nebraska fellas, is this true?this is true, but the left side needed a change. The O-line play has been awful this season, especially the left side.
"Nebraska's is switching up their starting Offensive Line on Saturday. Here is their plan:
LT - Teddy Prochazka - 0 starts
LG - Nouredin Nouili - 1 start
C - Cam Jurgens - 25 starts
RG - Matt Sichterman - 6 starts
RT - Turner Corcoran - 6 starts"
Have the Nebraska coaches watched Aidan Hutchinson? This guy is making his first start vs a guy that's looking like a top 5 NFL Draft pick in 2022. That's a tough ask of any dude, let alone one with zero starts.
this is true, but the left side needed a change. The O-line play has been awful this season, especially the left side.I wonder if they found a formula that worked from a playcalling standpoint against Northwestern, and this is the better run blocking line?
Obviously, this lineup seemed to work last saturday vs woeful Northwestern - 400 yards rushing
it won't be so easy vs Michigan
could be ugly
I keep thinking of how Nebraska played Oklahoma and how Michigan played in the second half against Rutgers. Somewhat similar offensive styles by Rutgers and Nebraska. And Martinez is a much better QB than Rutgers. So there is that to be concerned about.Oklahoma is not all that. I watch Spencer Rattler play, and he's just not on the same level as Baker, Kyler, or even Jalen Hurts. Not even in the same stratosphere. Wonder how the kid was rated so highly. Believe he was an OMGERRRG FIVE STARZZZZ and the #1 QB his class.
Michigan needs to both pressure and contain Martinez. There's a good chance you'll shoot yourself in the rear by flushing him out of the pocket.
I wonder if they found a formula that worked from a playcalling standpoint against Northwestern, and this is the better run blocking line?Hard to learn anything from a beatdown of Northwestern. Northwestern is truly awful this year.
Martinez has been known to make mistakes and throw picks. You pressure any QB often and they're going to make mistakes. Key to this game for Michigan is to overwhelm that inexperienced Nebraska OL. Hutchinson needs to come to play and so does Ojabo.hopefully Hutch and Ojabo have taken the week off from practice cause they KNOW this will be a field day for NFL scouts
| #9 Michigan Wolverines (2-0, 5-0) at Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-2, 3-3) |
| 7:30 - Lincoln, NE - ABC |
| Considering Nebraska is in their 11th season as a Big Ten member, a portion of which spent in the same division as Michigan, it's sort of surprising that this is their second meeting since 2013, and the first time in 9 years that they've played in Lincoln. The teams have split their first four meetings as conference foes, but the only one that was a close game was in 2013, a 17-13 Husker win in Ann Arbor. In the last meeting, Nebraska tried to pull the upset with an injured, freshman Taylor Martinez. Didn't go so well. This year didn't start so well, but the defense is playing better, and the running game may have figured some things out last week with an attack that looked a lot more like the one Scott Frost was in as a player in Lincoln than the one he had been coaching. There is perhaps just a teensy difference between the Northwestern defense and the Wolverines' defense though. Small sample size to be sure, but in conference games, Michigan is allowing 3.2 ypc, and 119.5 rushing ypg; both 4th best in the conference, and are the lone Big Ten team yet to surrender a rushing touchdown. Northwestern is allowing 8.4 ypc, nearly 4 ypc worse than any other conference team; 376 rushing ypg, more than double anyone else; and have allowed 11 rushing touchdowns. I think it's safe to say that Nebraska won't get away with running the ball 50+ times again. The Husker passing attack is largely dependent on getting big plays out of Samori Toure, who is in the top 10 nationally in yards per catch. Last week only boosted those stats, as he caught just 2 balls; but one for 38 yards, and the other for 70. Adrian Martinez is not going to dink and dunk his way down the field with accurate passing. To hit those big plays, he needs protection. His line struggled to provide that against a good Michigan State pass rush. I don't know how they have a shot against Aidan Hutchinson, who has been the best best defensive player in the conference thus far. The environment in Lincoln should be fantastic, but the Huskers need to avoid giving Michigan's offense short fields off turnovers and three and outs. Something Wisconsin couldn't do last weekend. As good as the Michigan run game was in non-conference play, since Big Ten play has started, it's been pretty bad; 11th in the conference in ypc. Make them go 70+ yards consistently against the Blackshirts, and you've got a shot. |
| MICHIGAN 27, NEBRASKA 21 |
Cade McNamara career totals:I see your point but I would have a different perspective.
10 games, 8 starts:
115 completions, 190 attempts, 60.5% completion, 1,411 Pass Yards, 7.4 Y/A, 10 TD's vs. 1 INT.
Pretty fn pedestrian. Only thing that sticks out is- he doesn't turn the ball over. Nice TD to INT ratio. But that's it. Completion % is mediocre af. Yards per attempt is terrible. Total yards is embarrassing.
I see your point but I would have a different perspective.Michigan running game isn't going to be as dominant as it should be if defenses don't respect the pass at all. Rutgers was able to shut down the Michigan run in the 2nd half simply because they sold out to stop the run and put 9 men in the box and dared Michigan to beat them with the pass.
I think he is just what the doctor ordered because Michigan has a solid running game, a very solid offensive line, a very solid defense and very solid special-teams.
they are not going to beat themselves and they’re not going to give anything easy. That’s a winning formula 95% of the time
Michigan running game isn't going to be as dominant as it should be if defenses don't respect the pass at all. Rutgers was able to shut down the Michigan run in the 2nd half simply because they sold out to stop the run and put 9 men in the box and dared Michigan to beat them with the pass.The bolded part makes me chuckle because it's so much a state of mind as compared to actually describing anything on a field. Like, unless you're on the goal line, the offense has to basically invite nine men into the box, and even a Harbs offense never does.
The only redeeming thing about McNamara isn't he doesn't turn it over. That isn't enough to compete with Ohio State. To actually beat Ohio State- they are going to have to move the ball through the air and put up points. McNamara is not capable of doing that.
That bye appears to be coming at the right time to heal up for M.How bad are the other WRs banged up? Also i was a big Scott Frost fan and i know hindsight is 20/20 but going for the early field goal and letting martinez chuck it deep more than few times instead of grinding it out .Lost the last 3 games by 10 pts,it's like martinez wasn't coached to hang onto the ball late in a close game.Very easily could have split with the Michigan teamsFrost post game said he's have rather had the 3 points on the first drive instead of going on 4th and getting stuffed, but thought at that point in the game (very early) he needed to be aggressive and score TDs. also admitted was too conservative with the offense in the first half trying to establish the run. Hindsight
Martinez as a running QB has been coached to hang onto the ball since the 8th grade. It's on Adrian, not the coach. It's on the coach for playing him.Has Martinez ever been benched at Nebraska for his turnovers?
much talk regarding the officiating in this game from the media and both sides. Neither head coach seemed happy at all.
any thoughts from y'all?
There were a few questionable calls and non-calls that I remember happening but not the details. Of the ones I remember was the Husker linebacker being called for "disconcerting signals" or something like that at one point. The LB was clapping to dick with Michigan QB's clapping and trying to get the OL to move early. This should/could have been called a couple other times IMO. On the fateful fumble late in the game Martinez was still making forward progress when he was stripped of the ball. I know a lot of Nebraska fans have been bitching about that one...that the refs should have blown the whistle to end the play.When it happened live, I thought they should have blown the play dead. One of the replays with a camera angle from the other side of the field shows the ball is out much sooner than I thought from the original camera angle. It seems he was still making forward progress when it was stripped.
There were a few questionable calls and non-calls that I remember happening but not the details. Of the ones I remember was the Husker linebacker being called for "disconcerting signals" or something like that at one point. The LB was clapping to dick with Michigan QB's clapping and trying to get the OL to move early. This should/could have been called a couple other times IMO. On the fateful fumble late in the game Martinez was still making forward progress when he was stripped of the ball. I know a lot of Nebraska fans have been bitching about that one...that the refs should have blown the whistle to end the play.after watching the game in 60 minutes........
Nebraska had 5 players in the backfield on the pass play that resulted in their first TD in the 3rd at 12:50. They had already been called once for it in the game.yes, I noticed this as well
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you were eating a sammich over the sink and missed the kickass light show???Bud Light,Miller Lite,Natty Light?