Michigan 30, Fresno State 10

[Cody_Russell]

Moore having a brain fart when it comes to not going for a 2 point conversion is laughable too. Like come on man, please have common sense when it comes to game management. 22-10, you go for 2.

Mullings is a beast. He has better vision than Edwards and displays incredible power. Though next week is a big game… therefore, I’m counting on Edwards to look like Eric Dickerson next week for that exact reason. Gus Johnson will be ready for the call.

OLine certainly needs improvement. Hopefully it’s about inexperienced guys needing to receive playing time and growing.

QB… underwhelmed, but I don’t think Warren did anything egregiously wrong. Very much a game manager type so far.

Greatest concern is WR. Nobody stepped up and that allowed Fresno State to focus on stacking the box and stopping the run. Playing around the line of scrimmage as you saw Edwards stuffed on a swing pass.

[lineygoblue]

And justice was served well with Will Johnson's pick six. Fresno's drive benefitted from 45 yards in M penalties. They didn't deserve to be in scoring position. The first interception was correctly ruled as incomplete.

The "roughing the passer" call was probably the weakest I've seen in decades. And the UC call against Michigan was a complete farce. The UC was actually committed by a Fresno player. I hope the guy who threw the flag on that one gets burned in their post game evaluations.

[THE_WIZARD_]

fuckin' refs

[lineygoblue]

Did you see the game, Wiz?

I'd be interested to know your opinion on the "roughing the passer" call, and the ensuing UC.

[THE_WIZARD_]

I did not see the game...I wasn't going to buy a Peacock subscription to watch a bunch of cheaters. Took the wife to see Reagan tonite...caught the end of the ND-A&M game.

fuckin' refs

[lineygoblue]

I thought the officials had a good game until late in the 4th. Very few flags thrown, and those that were thrown were good calls.

The "roughing" was horse manure.

In every clinic I attended where penalty administration was discussed, it was emphasized that to throw a UC flag, you M.U.S.T. see the whole incident. If you didn't see the whole thing, you pocket the flag and issue warnings. The Fresno player started the whole thing. They blew it.

At least Will Johnson got justice with the pick six.. Fresno got no points from the drive, and rightly so.

[THE_WIZARD_]

fuckin' refs

[lineygoblue]

Yeah. Sometimes we're our own worst critics.

Because we know the way it should be.

[Cody_Russell]

What scares me is thinking how this offense might not be able to surpass 2021. Handicapped at QB with a game manager. Skills players are maybe on par. Downgrade at OLine when compared to 2021. Therefore, M would have trouble running into an elite defense (Georgia, Ohio State, ND).

Might want to think about rolling with Orji or Davis and accepting the ups and downs. Otherwise, the ceiling with this team is capped. Maybe I’m overreacting. It’s early in the season. Upsetting Texas would change everything. 😇

The "roughing the passer" call was probably the weakest I've seen in decades. And the UC call against Michigan was a complete farce. The UC was actually committed by a Fresno player. I hope the guy who threw the flag on that one gets burned in their post game evaluations.

It’s up there with the phantom Higdon holding call from a few years ago…

Also, the 2005 Alamo Bowl vs Nebraska when a crap ref crew made tons of hideous and phantom calls/ non-calls. Worst officiated game that I can remember when it comes to Michigan.

Some would say 2016 M vs OSU too…

[klondike]

I'd like to see them give Orji a try at full time work and let him run a Deneard R. type offense but probably won't happen because of how UM protects their qb. J.J. was a great runner but you rarely saw it last year because of how UM was afraid of him getting hurt.

[THE_WIZARD_]

What scares me is thinking how this offense might not be able to surpass 2021. Handicapped at QB with a game manager. Skills players are maybe on par. Downgrade at OLine when compared to 2021. Therefore, M would have trouble running into an elite defense (Georgia, Ohio State, ND).

Might want to think about rolling with Orji or Davis and accepting the ups and downs. Otherwise, the ceiling with this team is capped. Maybe I’m overreacting. It’s early in the season. Upsetting Texas would change everything. 😇



It’s up there with the phantom Higdon holding call from a few years ago…

Also, the 2005 Alamo Bowl vs Nebraska when a crap ref crew made tons of hideous and phantom calls/ non-calls. Worst officiated game that I can remember when it comes to Michigan.

Some would say 2016 M vs OSU too…

The boogeyman is always out to get M.

fuckin' refs

fuckin' NCAA

[Jeff Buchanan]

PFF grades:

Of note:

Lowest offensive grades:

WR Peyton O'Leary: 46.5 grade

TE Max Bredeson: 53.1 grade

TE Marlin Klein: 53.9 grade

C Greg Crippen: 55.2 grade

WR CJ Charleston 56.7 grade

Not exactly sure what this says about the C play but ........

Dom Giudice played 49 snaps compared to 13 by Greg Crippen at center. Crippen's low PFF grades suggest he's not a greate choice to hold that absolutely key position for Moore's and Campbell's run-centric offense philosophy.

https://www.si.com/college/michigan/football/pff-grades-high-low-michigan-football-grades-snap-count-totals-to-know-after-after-week-1-win-fresno-state

[lineygoblue]

As far as the game, I can't really be sure what to expect offensively, since we have no idea who will be at QB. It could be quite exciting if its Orji, and he's as good as billed. Or it could look very similar to last season if Warren (mostly a passer) if he's the guy.

Defensively, I think the looks will be pretty much the same as last season. But since we don't have Coach Stallions, we won't have the advantage of knowing what Fresno is running, so they may actually score a couple points on us.

Night game, first game, probably a few glitches here and there, but probably not enough to give Fresno a win.

With not much to go on, I'll say M wins 34-10. They sometimes tend to be a bit sloppy in openers.

My predicting just got a bit better...

[THE_WIZARD_]

shaddup

[Jeff Buchanan]

Make sure you read Brian's piece at Mgo, "Iowa with Upside." He had some good takes on the game that echoed stuff we posted post-game in this thread.

I'll summarize:

The 2021 Washington game with Cade McNamara at QB featured calls for his head and "JJ NOW." He got better as the season went on and, in 2021 was, infact, pretty good.

What should we expect when you've taken the entire OL and replaced every starter from last year.

No one is going to complain with Mullings RB#1 and Edwards as a multipurpose back sometimes lining up as a WR as RB#2. Edwards is not the kind of back when the defense is +1 in the box when he gets the ball that is going to bull his way through tackles.

On the run game: the difference between second and seven and second and four is going to be vast with this offense. It's OK if Edwards is a hybrid back and Mullings is Corum v.2

Welcome Dominic Zavada (the offense is going to need you).

Chalked up to coaching jitters ......Moore goes for EP = 1 with the score 22 - 10. Bad math, Sherrone.

The new clock rules suggest that an offense is likely to get only 5 meaningful drives. If M's can be brutally efficient, this favors the Moorebaugh approach to football.

The short of it: The defense is going to be elite and will keep M in the game until the offense gets up to speed.

https://mgoblog.com/content/iowa-upside#read-more