Michigan 21, Penn State 17 - Post Game Thread

[THE_WIZARD_]

UNL has a first round draft pick?

Are you drinking already?

[lineygoblue]

FROSTY!! was a first rounder, wasn't he?

:::runs:::

[THE_WIZARD_]

LAIR!!!

[AlabamAlum]

Speaking of, I heard someone on a sports talk show on XM JUST mention that Frost has had a grand total of 1 (one!) winning season in his entire career as a head coach (including this year, as well). I don’t know if it’s true or not, but that sounds less than optimal.

[THE_WIZARD_]

True. He was 6-6 his first year at UCF. Then 13-0. 15-27 since including 3 wins over FCS opponents.

Great return on $5mil per year.

[AlabamAlum]

They said he was 6-7 year one. Anyway. Ouch, but don’t let the numbers sway you. Stay the course.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Musta lost the bowl game. Maybe Adrian Martinez was the QB.

[THE_WIZARD_]

...oh...and STFU...

[Obi-Jon]

According to the Centre Daily Times (State College PA), DT Fred Hansard will be suspended for the first half of Saturday’s game against Michigan. He shoved the Maryland QB while out of bounds and the Big Ten called Franklin to ask what he was doing about it. Is Maryland that fragile it requires the BT intervention?

[Hannibal]

If they lose a few more starters on each side of the ball then we might have a shot.

[Obi-Jon]

From the Philly Inquirer, a piece on PSU's red zone defense. (Turn off your ad blocker to view)

https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/penn-state/penn-state-college-football-red-zone-defense-james-franklin-michigan-20211109.html

[Mike]

We just need to make our scoring plays over 20 yards. Problem solved.

[Jeff Buchanan]

M reportedly showed, for the first time, what could be described as counters to their inside power run game/Split Zone. There were two versions of it: (1) a pure stretch play to the field side with some of the best reach blocks seen to date, (2) a sort-of, well, this is going to look like that stretch play you just saw but, nope, Haskins is going to cut into the B gap that has either been vacated by pursing defenders expecting a stretch play or said defenders got reached.

What this highlights to me is that apparently it takes a lot of time to build in concepts like this and execute them correctly. We're in November and the late stages of the CFB season. I don't know if the expectation for Harbaugh's offense is that this stuff should show up a whole lot earlier in the season that it has. Maybe, maybe not. I can make a case for it takes a while and, moreover, it may be that given that, Harbaugh has focused on developing an offense that by late October and November, beating MSU, PSU and OSU.

Yes, the scoreboard told the story on MSU. M lost but did anyone think they played in a manner that demonstrated they were unprepared and didn't have some new stuff to display? On defense, I've seen the new scheme that McDonald implemented to keep McCully from throwing to Fryfogle - what has been described as purposely his only and first read - was that he was effectively double-covered and McCully doesn't have the skill set to deliver catchable 50/50 throws in double coverage. Expect to see this scheme against Jahan Dotson who supposedly will be Clifford's primary target. Clifford has that skill, supposedly. I haven't seen it which doesn't mean dick but still.

If M is able to run the ball effectively using some of the counters to their power game that just emerged v. IU and McNamara has a performance like he had v. MSU, I think M wins this one .......assuming randomness doesn't affect the outcome like it did v. MSU.

M 34 - PSU 23

[Hannibal]

The Michigan Marching Band played...

And Buchanan drank the Kool Aid...

And the nightmare lasted all day, all dayyy...

[Jeff Buchanan]

Pffft ......Debbie Downer.