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The score stood at 17-17 with 5:35 to go in the third quarter of what was described by some as the biggest edition of the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry of all time. After controlling the game early on, Michigan's eleven point lead had vanished to nothing. Momentum was tilting towards the Buckeyes and they'd just strung together a 12 play drive that saw Ohio State try to steal Michigan's identity. They ran it eight straight plays to finish the drive, smashing Michigan's face over and over and paving the Wolverines down the field and into the end zone for the game-tying touchdown. The game was hanging in the balance, as Michigan's offense badly needed an answer to re-assert control of the game. They did that over the course of seven plays spanning 75 yards, despite the fact that the Wolverines lost star guard Zak Zinter along the way. JJ McCarthy used his tight ends and his own legs to move down the field, then Corum juked 5 sophomore Sonny Styles out of his shoes
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UFR GLOSSARY is here. FORMATION NOTES: Maryland mostly stayed in 11 personnel even when they went to twins formations like the below. I called this defensive front from Michigan "Nk Over!" with the exclamation mark denoting extra wide splits between the DL. Also for those of you who weren't around when I was doing the FFFFs, "TaTa Time" is a Maryland-specific play where Taulia Tagovailoa abandons the pocket and runs around 15 to 40 yards behind the line of scrimmage with various slow linemen in pursuit. Results of TaTa Time vary. SUBSTITUTION NOTES: The big thing was Sainristil playing cornerback I had him for 14 snaps at CB and PFF had him for 10, which I take for a difference of assignment (corner/nickel) vs. alignment (outside/slot), and Ja'den McBurrows coming in for a dozen snaps at nickel. Mike Barrett went out for a quarter and Hausmann got in as much as he did, with Rolder getting half a dozen snaps near the goal line. Jenkins/Graham/Grant and the