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UFR GLOSSARY is here. FORMATION NOTES: Bone! Michigan's front is what I call "Split" which is not to be confused with "Split!" where the NT is on the other side of the center, or "Splits" where both DEs are well wide of the DTs. MSU also had some super-wide Walt Bell Memorial splits. If you see "Bell" in the nomenclature it means the WRs are all beyond the numbers. It signifies a team has given up all hope of offense and has hired or is ready to hire Walt Bell. SUBSTITUTION NOTES: The usual rotation with an increase in backup cornerbacks and McBurrows in the "competitive" portion of the game, with Amorion Walker in for a good third of the game and plenty of DJ Waller. German Green was only on for the last two plays/drives. Jimmy Rolder returned from injury and was the fourth LB. Keon Sabb was limited to just 7 snaps as Rod Moore played most of the game; Zeke Berry returned for late snaps. [After THE JUMP: Having their number isn't the same as having their signs.]
We are officially on our bye week, which means that I get to create my goofy threads...that some people love and others hate (whatever, don't click, it's not like there is a crazy amount of activity this week). You have $1M in "NIL Money"...who are you bringing back in 2024? • Donovan Edwards: $750,000 • Rod Moore: $750,000 • Jaylen Harrell: $500,000 • Braiden McGregor: $500,000 • Jack Tuttle: $375,000 • Josiah Stewart: $375,000 • Karsen Barnhart: $250,000 • Cam Goode: $125,000
10/21/2023 – Michigan 49, Michigan State 0 – 8-0, 5-0 Big Ten Somewhere in this country there is a person making approximately minimum wage who is tasked with finding benign videos to put on scoreboards across the country. It is a hideously dull job and he or she spends most of their time at work staring blankly at a screen, half focused. When something useful shows up, it's bookmarked and put in a bin. This person is not watching question #28 in a 40-question quiz that takes 16 minutes to get through. After the second question is "what are crayons made of" they put it in the Michigan State bin on the off chance it convinces Spartans to draw with the things instead of eating them*. Then they spend 15 minutes playing solitaire. Some weeks or months later, a jaunty Hitler shows up on the Spartan Stadium scoreboard next to an ad for Meijer. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh pic.twitter.com/DvNk6A3vn5 — Alexander Haenke (@aphaenke) October 21, 2023 That person did not have a bad day on Saturday. That person got fired, shrugged, and had an edible. That person's boss had a bad day. And that person's boss, and that person's boss, and so forth and so on up the chain until we reach the Michigan State administrator who chewed out a person at Company X after being chewed out himself. Having to type up "hitler apology.doc" while the team is losing 42-0 to its most despised rival is an actual sports info director nightmare — Jason Kirk (jasonkirk.fyi on bluesky) (@JasonKirk_fyi) October 22, 2023 These people have living wages and car payments. Our quiz selector has… edibles. You can only lose something if you felt like you had something. The person at the bottom of the totem pole with a life of dull-eyed drudgery stretching out for eons in front of them feels nothing. This is the bright side for Michigan State fans. ------------------------------------------------ On the other side of the equation, Michigan dominated a rivalry game to an extent not seen since the 1950s. Every box was checked: abject humiliation, fancy QB stats, taking over the opponent's stadium in the first quarter, revenge for all the various offenses perpetrated. In the aftermath, Michigan sang a very silly song at piercing volume… Michigan postgame chants after stomping MSU pic.twitter.com/KNWXpOqXMe — Ryan Zuke (@ryanzuke) October 22, 2023 …and Mike Sainristil took 12 seconds at the end of his NBC interview—12 seconds NBC did not want to give him—to say "real quick, hey, c'mere, c'mere—real quick." At this point the interviewer interjects with "Mikey, thanks so much" because she has been directed from on high to get this back to the studio. Mike Sainristil says no, you will not do this, and then he grabs Ja'Den McBurrows and says "the adversity he went through, what happened last year in that tunnel, to come out and have game like he did tonight—an interception, three-four tackles—Ja'Den McBurrows! Stay tuned!" As he is doing this, JJ McCarthy is putting the imaginary crown on McBurrows, like he does everyone who scores a touchdown, or blocks for a touchdown, or happens to be in the area when a touchdown happens. It feels like he is overjoyed that he can put a crown on someone on defense for once. Here it is: Michigan does not forgive or forget. But the way they get revenge is to go about their business. Michigan didn't endanger anyone's health or safety outside the rule book Saturday, as the Michigan State athletic department ludicrously suggested they might. They treated Michigan State just like any other opponent… mostly. It was in the back of their heads, the way a one-sided assault on two innocent players had been both-sided by the media, the way an as-yet unsubstantiated report has caused the college football media's various MSU/OSU partisans and Medill graduates to wishcast absurd punishments on the nation's most dominant team. McBurrows responded by coming after the beatdown had commenced and simply continuing it. Michigan put German Green, Gemon's twin brother, on the field for the last snap and he came up with a TFL. There's no need for revenge. The fact that this is Michigan's team and that is Michigan State's team is revenge enough. [Barron] *[Quiz questions that get filed in the Michigan bin include "What was Erwin Rommel's fatal mistake during the Siege of Tobruk?" and "What is your most passionately held opinion you have absolutely no evidence to support?"] AWARDS Known Friends and Trusted Agents Of The Week [Barron] you're the man now, dog #1 JJ McCarthy. A confession: I do try to switch it up in the Known Friends and Trusted Agents to prevent the monotony of the same guy being at the top constantly. This is not really possible this year. Your new Heisman favorite was 21/27 for 287 yards and four TDs in 40 minutes of gametime. Agog. #2(T) AJ Barner and Colston Loveland. Harbaugh probably thought the rapture was going on as Michigan beat MSU 49-0 and his top two tight ends combined for 178 receiving yards and three touchdowns—and it would have been four but for a Donovan Edwards flinch at the end of the half. Barner mostly shed whatever reputation he might have had as a blocking tight end with a bevy of downfield catches, some contested and others difficult. Barner continues to turn in improbable YAC events. Loveland, meanwhile, is pure death whenever he gets a LB assignment. Five points each; they deserve it. #3 Ja'Den McBurrows. Had an interception and a TFL; had a couple more good tackles in space; dominated a slant route and only failed to get a PBU on it because the ball was wide. Given the dispersion of defensive snaps—he tied for fourth in tackles!—this is only kinda sorta about last year. Dude looked like a worthy replacement for Sainristil. As the man himself said, stay tuned. Honorable mention: Mike Sainristil had an admittedly free pick six and, more importantly for this section, demanded that NBC not cut away until he could shout out McBurrows. Junior Colson was everywhere; Derrick Moore had a thunderous sack and only missed a second by a bare margin. Kris Jenkins and Mason Graham were entirely unblockable. KFaTAotW Standings. (points: #1: 8, #2: 5, #3: 3, HMs one each. Ties result in somewhat arbitrary assignments.) 43: JJ McCarthy (#1 ECU, #1 UNLV, #2 Rutgers, HM Nebraska, #2 Minn, #1 IU, #1 MSU)23: Kris Jenkins (HM ECU, T2 UNLV, #1 BGSU, HM Rutgers, #1 Neb, HM MSU)15: Mason Graham (HM ECU, T2 UNLV, #1 Minn, HM IU, HM MSU)13: Mike Sainristil (T3 ECU, HM BGSU, #1 Rutgers, HM IU, HM MSU)10: Blake Corum (HM ECU, HM UNLV, #2 BGSU, HM Rutgers, HM Neb, HM IU), AJ Barner (HM BGSU, HM Neb, HM Minn, T3 IU, T2 MSU)9: Roman Wilson (T2 ECU, HM UNLV, HM BGSU, #3 Nebraska)8: Mike Barrett (HM UNLV, T3 Rutgers, #2 IU), Colston Loveland (HM Rutgers, T3 IU, T2 MSU)7: Braiden McGregor(T3 UNLV, #2 Nebraska), Cornelius Johnson (T2 ECU, HM UNLV, HM BGSU, HM Minn)6: Kenneth Grant (T3 ECU, T2 UNLV), Junior Colson (#3 BGSU, T3 Rutgers, HM MSU)4: Ernest Hausmann (T3 ECU, T3 Rutgers), Max Bredeson (HM Rutgers, HM Neb, T3 IU), Derrick Moore (T3 UNLV, HM Neb, HM MSU)3: Will Johnson(#3 Minn), Jaylen Harrell (HM UNLV, HM BGSU, HM IU)2: Josh Wallace (T3 ECU)1: Tommy Doman (HM ECU), Donovan Edwards (HM ECU), Tyler Morris (HM UNLV), Semaj Morgan (HM Rutgers),Quinten Johnson (HM Rutgers), Kalel Mullings (HM Minn), The Offensive Line (HM Minn), Keon Sabb (HM Minn), Josiah Stewart (HM Minn), Ben Hall (HM IU) Who's Got It Better Than Us(?) Of The Week JJ McCarthy gets set up with a third and thirteen on Michigan's first drive, gets late pressure, moves out of the pocket, and calmly nails AJ Barner to convert. In itself, not incredible. As an emblem of JJ McCarthy in this game, ah yup. Honorable mention: uh… everything else. MAR
UFR GLOSSARY is here. FORMATION NOTES: For personnel counting purposes I treated Jaylin Lucas as WR unless he was the lone back and called him the A-back for labeling purposes. Once again parentheticals are covered receivers, e.g. Gun 2RB Twins (Y). This also got orbit motion from Lucas but the motion tags were making the tables look awful so "A-orbit" is in the description. I called this formation "Empty 4x1 Flex." I called Michigan's front "Nk Eagle." Also Michigan is playing a safety at Durkin depth for some reason. I put an asterisk next to the "1" in the "Hi" field when that happened. [After THE JUMP: Diagnosis of a Blowout 7: The Annoying Snags.]
10/14/2023 – Michigan 52, Indiana 7 – 7-0, 4-0 Big Ten Another week, another slight update to the bolded line you see immediately above. Increment the date, barely adjust the score,—this time I got to leave Michigan's entirely alone and subtract three points from Opponent's line—increment the wins but not the losses. I am aware that this bit of the column has been fairly boring this year, but I can't wax rhapsodic about Yet Another Game Against Opponent. It is not possible. I already used the "lol cut and paste" column conceit this year... in week two. The only deviation from the overall narrative of the season was the placement of Michigan's two unsuccessful drives and Opponent's two successful ones. All of those came right at the start, so there was a momentary flicker of… not exactly doubt. Something more than annoyance. Peevishness. Yes, folks, I was peeved. Then barely more than a quarter later it was 35-7 and I was invested in two things: Michigan continuing their season-long third quarter shutout streak and being up by enough that Jack Tuttle got to play in the third quarter. Check and check. Michigan has still not been in a football game this season. This has been a positive development for our collective blood pressure and results in a lot of fancy graphs where Michigan is at one end and Iowa is at the other: Iowa is going to make the Big Ten championship game because of course they are. Michigan, meanwhile, has two giant hurdles to clear before they can say the same, and two more games against deeply overmatched opponents before the first of those hurdles shows up on the schedule. It's natural for a team, and a fanbase, to sleepwalk through a rainy Saturday. At this point, though… I'd like to be a little nervous. College football is not supposed to be an exploration of the Washington Generals' alternate uniforms. -------------------------- At least this week is Michigan State week. Even when Michigan State is abjectly horrible the history of this game brings enough intrigue to separate it from the Indianas and Rutgerseseses of the world. And MSU is abjectly horrible. They're coming off a double Sparty No loss against Rutgers that caused Graham Couch to post a video titled "Michigan State football's epic collapse at Rutgers continues the season from hell" that is, hilariously, on the Detroit Free Press channel. Former beat writer Matt Charboneau ended up in a Twitter fight with MSU fans who thought his Katin Houser take was bad… Imagine watching your team do this today and your move is to find a post … from April … and act superior. Hilarious. Keep the faith there, big fella https://t.co/ECegJZpNkG — Matt Charboneau (@mattcharboneau) October 14, 2023 …after Houser threw for 4.6 yards an attempt. His main asset relative to Noah Kim is that when he tried to turn the ball over, Rutgers politely declined. It is likely that Michigan stuffs Michigan State in a trash can this weekend, but 52-7 hits different when it's Michigan State a year after eight guys got suspended for jumping Gemon Green and Ja'Den McBurrows after a noncompetitive loss. It's not going to be 52-7 because MSU will pull out all the stops as they chase the one thing that could somewhat redeem this karma-laden season, but what's MSU's best-case scenario here? It doesn't have the word "dignity" in it. That will provide some grim satisfaction, and then one more tune up before Armageddon November. AWARDS Known Friends and Trusted Agents Of The Week [Fuller] you're the man now, dog #1 JJ McCarthy. Sometimes the sheer lack of attempts for McCarthy keeps him out of this slot, and you could argue that a guy throwing the ball 17 times probably shouldn't be up here. But when you complete 14 of them for 222 yards, okay. McCarthy also had 50 yards rushing. He did take a sack or two that was on him, but offset that with multiple escapes that set Michigan up for big plays. #2 Michael Barrett. A blitzing tour de force from Barrett, who had a sack, strip, and fumble recovery on one thunderous blitz; on a second he forced the QB into the waiting arms of Jaylen Harrell; a third forced a rollout and throwaway even though he drew a blocker. Barrett was able to attack half a man and push through anyway. Michigan has been holding their water with Barrett all year—just 18 pass rush snaps per PFF. Might be time for him to get nosier. #3(T) AJ Barner, Max Bredeson, and Colston Loveland. Barner and Bredeson continue to plow opponents; Barner also turned in a nice back-shoulder catch. Loveland isn't as forceful of a blocker but led Michigan with 80 receiving yards, including an important conversion on Michigan's third drive and a long improv touchdown. Two points each. Honorable mention: Blake Corum continues to do Blake Corum things in relatively slim at-bats. Ben Hall led Michigan in rushing and set expectations for next year real high. Jaylen Harrell had a clean-up sack and a strip sack that set up a Mason Graham recovery and club-forward turnover buffs photo. Mike Sainristil deflected a pass that ended up being an interception and had great coverage on a couple other incidents. KFaTAotW Standings. (points: #1: 8, #2: 5, #3: 3, HMs one each. Ties result in somewhat arbitrary assignments.) 35: JJ McCarthy (#1 ECU, #1 UNLV, #2 Rutgers, HM Nebraska, #2 Minn, #1 IU)22: Kris Jenkins (HM ECU, T2 UNLV, #1 BGSU, HM Rutgers, #1 Neb)14: Mason Graham (HM ECU, T2 UNLV, #1 Minn, HM IU)12: Mike Sainristil (T3 ECU, HM BGSU, #1 Rutgers, HM IU)10: Blake Corum (HM ECU, HM UNLV, #2 BGSU, HM Rutgers, HM Neb, HM IU)9: Roman Wilson (T2 ECU, HM UNLV, HM BGSU, #3 Nebraska)8: Mike Barrett (HM UNLV, T3 Rutgers, #2 IU)7: Braiden McGregor(T3 UNLV, #2 Nebraska), Cornelius Johnson (T2 ECU, HM UNLV, HM BGSU, HM Minn)6: Kenneth Grant (T3 ECU, T2 UNLV),5: Junior Colson (#3 BGSU, T3 Rutgers), AJ Barner (HM BGSU, HM Neb, HM Minn, T3 IU)4: Ernest Hausmann (T3 ECU, T3 Rutgers), Max Bredeson (HM Rutgers, HM Neb, T3 IU)3: Will Johnson(#3 Minn), Colston Loveland (HM Rutgers, T3 IU), Derrick Moore (T3 UNLV, HM Neb), Jaylen Harrell (HM UNLV, HM BGSU, HM IU)2: Josh Wallace (T3 ECU)1: Tommy Doman (HM ECU), Donovan Edwards (HM ECU), Tyler Morris (HM UNLV), Semaj Morgan (HM Rutgers),Quinten Johnson (HM Rutgers), Kalel Mullings (HM Minn), The Offensive Line (HM Minn), Keon Sabb (HM Minn), Josiah Stewart (HM Minn), Ben Hall (HM IU) Who's Got It Better Than Us(?) Of The Week Tyler Morris fields a punt over his shoulder after a weird bounce, dodges the two gunners, and rips off 30 yards to set Michigan up for a late first-half TD that allows Michigan to dominate the "middle eight." Honorable mention: JJ-Edwards flip, Barrett sack-strip-recover, JJ-Loveland improv TD, Graham one-hand fumble recovery. MARCUS HALL EPIC DOUBLE BIRD OF THE WEEK. Keon Sabb bites on a trick play, allowing Indiana to go up 7-0 near the end of the first quarter and asking momentary Questions. Honorable mention: Colston Loveland drops a ball on Michigan's first play from scrimmage, which helps create a three-and-out. [After THE JUMP: more metrics]
Last season Michigan had a number of football games where the first half was unsettling or unsatisfying, with a tenuous halftime lead understating the gap between the two squads. Michigan would eventually pull away in the second half, but it didn't always make for the best viewing experience. Their trip to Bloomington last season against that woeful Indiana squad was one such game, with the contest tied 10-10 at halftime before Michigan outscored the Hoosiers 21-0 in the second half. Today's game in some ways felt like a familiar script, a sluggish opening against an overmatched opponent. Except in this season of Michigan Football, the sluggish periods are shorter, the halftime leads are larger, and the eventual margins of victory are even larger. The Wolverines took a 21-7 lead into halftime against Indiana after a poor 1st quarter and pummeled the Hoosiers in the second half to win 52-7. Michigan's defense started first and did well on that opening series, forcing a quick three-and-out, generating pressure and forcing a bad pass on 3rd down. After a bad punt, the Wolverine offense took the field with excellent field position but seemed uncomfortable against Tom Allen's array of blitzes, a 6v5 RPS loss in pass protection on 3rd down sacking McCarthy to end the drive after three short plays. Indiana took the ball and stitched together what would be their most cohesive drive of the half down-to-down, traveling 60 yards over 12 plays deep into Michigan territory. QB Tayven Jackson showed poise and accuracy on his short throws, while the Indiana offensive line was able to get decent push on the ground. They converted two 3rd downs and eventually found themselves at 1st & 10 from the 14, but that's when the drive began to unravel. Indiana was stuffed on 2nd & 6, committed a false start, and then Jackson made a disastrous mistake, a terrible throw that was either sailed on the underneath receiver or woefully underthrown for the deeper receiver. Either way, Mike Sainristil tipped it up in the air and Rod Moore picked it off, returning it out to the Michigan 41. [Bryan Fuller] The Wolverine defense had held Indiana out of the end zone, but the tide hadn't yet turned because the Michigan offense was still out of sorts. Their second drive was another three-and-out, a promising first down run washed away by a 2nd down play that saw McCarthy sack himself and a 3rd down play where McCarthy hurried a throw for a well covered Roman Wilson that fell incomplete. Michigan punted it back to the Hoosiers and this time Indiana's offense would pay the drive off, with new QB Brendan Sorsby in the game. IU converted two third downs, one coming after a whiffed sack attempt by Mike Sainristil and one coming on a QB sneak, before the trickery came out of the garage: back-pass to WR Donaven McCulley and then the Wildcat QB turned WR uncorked a bomb down Jaylin Lucas for a TD, left wide open after Michigan S Keon Sabb got fooled by the trickery. Michigan's third drive of the game saw them finally awaken and begin a streak of eight consecutive drives that would end in points, only to be snapped by the meaningless final drive of the game (which expired because the 4th quarter clock hit 0:00). McCarthy converted an early 3rd & 10 to Colston Loveland, a dicey throw that turned out to be the one that finally got Michigan's offense out of the mud. Blake Corum gained 12 on the next play and Loveland got 13 on a catch on the play after that. Michigan was in to IU territory and Blake Corum would finish it off, running 15 yards after the catch to get Michigan to the 5 and paying it off with two runs into end zone. 7-7. The Michigan offense was awake, but the defense wasn't totally yet. A weak personal foul on the TD assessed to ex-Hoosier AJ Barner and enforced on the kickoff would give Indiana good field position and the Hoosiers crossed midfield for their third straight drive. However, on 3rd & 2, Sorsby made a dreadful throw right to Michigan NT Kenneth Grant, who had dropped into zone coverage. Grant did not catch the ball and then Tom Allen curiously chose to punt the football, a cowardly decision in a game that his team was such an underdog in. Michigan's defense was off the hook from having to get a 4th & short stop. [Bryan Fuller] The punt decision backed the home team up to their own 13 but that was no issue for the Michigan offense that was now in a groove. Donovan Edwards touched the ball on each of the first four plays from scrimmage before McCarthy connected with Tyler Morris on a deep ball, one enabled by Indiana jumping offside and giving Michigan a free play. JJ was finding his stride after three early sacks, persevering through a flea flicker that Indiana wasn't fooled by, still hooking up with Morris for a solid gain, followed by a beautiful back-shoulder throw to Barner to gain 18. Michigan now had 1st & goal and after three plays fell short, they found themselves in 4th & Goal from the 2. Jim Harbaugh kept his offense on the field and the players rewarded him, as McCarthy found an uncovered Roman Wilson in the end zone for the TD. 14-7. There was 3:24 left on the clock at the time of that TD, enough time for Michigan's defense to get a quick stop and still return the ball to the offense with time to score again. That's exactly what they'd do, with an assist from the Indiana offense. It seemed as if the Hoosiers had a big play down the field when McCulley toasted Michigan corner Keshaun Harris for a 37 yard catch, but the play came back because of a hands to the face penalty on Old Friend Zach Carpenter, getting his paws on the noggin of DT Cam Goode. Not just did that nullify a big gain, but it set a normally bad Indiana offense well behind schedule. The next play was 2nd & 22 and unsurprisingly, Indiana was unable to recover from that hole. Indiana punted to Michigan with 1:40 remaining, a strange punt that hopped in front of Tyler Morris, who fielded it awkwardly but then proceeded to return it 27 yards into Indiana territory. Michigan's offense was given a short field, which would become even shorter after an unnecessary roughness penalty on Indiana's Marcus Burris Jr. on the first play from scrimmage. Michigan was inside the IU 30 just like that and they'd make it inside the 10 when McCarthy uncorked a Patrick Mahomes-like underhand flip to Edwards at the 10, who scampered down to the 2. Two plays later Corum rumbled in for a TD and Michigan would take a 21-7 lead to halftime. [Click the JUMP for more recap]
UFR GLOSSARY is here. FORMATION NOTES: Minnesota was mostly an under-center or shotgun 3-wide with a WR jetting across. Their 4th down formation was Unbalanced; the guy at the bottom of the line is a TE/eligible receiver. And Michigan used a weird formation on 3rd & 7 with 3 DEs on the field and Harrell and a LB stacked behind the nose that I called 3-1 stack. They also split a DE wide on their 5-2s odd formations that I called 5-2 split—the nose is still over the center. SUBSTITUTION NOTES: There were 40 snaps before Tuttle Time in this one. Graham led the DTs in snaps, playing DT or nose depending on whom he was with. Grant got 14, Jenkins 25, Goode 14, and Benny 16. The DEs were the same except Cameron Brandt got in a bunch after the four starters, signifying he's moved ahead of Kechaun Bennett, who played on the last drive. LB was Colson until Tuttle Time and a split of Hausmann and Barrett. Keon Sabb cycled in with the safeties and got a few snaps in a 3-safety look with Paige at slot. McBurrows returned as the backup nickel. Wallace came off the field for the 5-2 sets and Sainristil shifted outside. Amorion Walker and DJ Waller were the deep backup time CBs, with a few snaps from Keshaun Harris before that, but none of the other CBs played. [After THE JUMP: Stretch practice.]
Is this where we come to talk about the slants? Usually we take care of some housekeeping first. UFR GLOSSARY is here. FORMATION NOTES: Nebraska used a lot of them with varied personnel. This fullback (#16, Janiran Bonner) is more of a 6'2"/220 running back so I counted him as a back, but he also lined up at TE and WR. Michigan responded to him with their 5-2 personnel. There was also a 3-3-5 look from Michigan I called a 30 stack. SUBSTITUTION NOTES: The starters were done after 20-something snaps in this one, with Grant limited to just 17. Harrell and Colson were regulars while the starters were in—both Harrell and Stewart were on the field for obvious passing downs. Michigan was also playing around with different secondary configurations like +Sabb (Sainristil at CB, Moore at Nk), and +CB (Wallace at Nk). Other than that it was the usual rotations before backup time, which they used to rep Wallace and Moore in the slots with one-high looks. Amorion Walker returned and got a few snaps at CB. Now the slants? I haven't posted the charting yet. You're going to make me scroll through all that gibberish? You could just scroll down to the Neck Sharpies. Or Brian's game column for that matter. Gibberish, then slants. And a jump. [After THE JUMP: Gibberish, slants, more gibberish.]
UFR GLOSSARY is here. Note: "Amoeba" means they drop a DE. FORMATION NOTES: I did my best but the BTN camera work is the worst, and Michigan was doing a lot of pre-snap shifting off-screen so the secondary looks are not going to be accurate. Michigan had a safety high and one teasing the box which isn't new but I'm going to start labeling 1.5. The front is a 5-1 with one of their ILBs on the edge, which they used a lot, occasionally shifting to something else right before the snap. SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Much tighter rotation. Grant started for Graham, same rotation on the DL otherwise. Hausmann got a third of the snaps at WLB and a series at MLB. Will Johnson went most of the way; Wallace moved to nickel late and Harris came in, with DJ Waller getting a few reps at the very end. Rod Moore and Quinten Johnson actually split snaps evenly; Moore returned for the drive after The Disaster, and got the 3rd quarter. Q-Jo got the 2nd and 4th quarters. We'll discuss this below. [After THE JUMP: Gonna run Cov3 until morale improves.]
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