Why is this coming out in May? Because I need the grades for HTTV. Why isn't Brian doing it? Because it's May. Where's the B1GCG? Brian already charted it, will write it up soon. FORMATION NOTES: TCU runs out a 3-3-5 base personnel with a couple of hybrids, and moves them around for different looks. Often one of the hybrids is a 3rd safety, but one (or both) can also become 3-4 OLBs. It's most obvious against this covered formation: This also lent itself to something like Mint fronts, usually having the hybrids follow Michigan's TEs and walking down another safety to get 8 in the box from a deceptively light pre-snap look. I just called this 335 Over: And when Michigan showed a spread formation the same personnel became a Tite front. TCU calls #13 Dee Winters an "OLB" but I used "SAM" whenever referring to him. SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Normal. Schoonmaker went out for the game after his long catch and Loveland-Honigford-Hibner were the TEs except
UFR Glossary: Here. Substitution Notes: Lots of snaps to go around this week. Benny got more run in the DT rotation than normal. No Morris at DE meant a lot more snaps for D.Moore, Okie, and McGregor Upshaw only got a handful on the edge in addition to his role as Racecar DT. Rolder also got in for about a third, mostly at the expense of Barrett, with Mullings not playing until late. Turner and Johnson got the bulk of CB with Green rotating with WJ and plus a few when Turner cramped. Moten got the start at FS but then got authoritatively benched, with Quinten Johnson seeing the field before Moten did in the 2nd half. Formation Notes: Nothing that weird. I noticed too late that Purdue lining up the RB behind the tackles was a pass tell so it's not in the formation charting, but here's what that looked like. Also for the sake of brevity and everyone's screens I shortened "Aidan O'Connell" to "AOC" in the charting. If you can't contextually tel
Schedule note: Sorry this is getting up late. It, uh, ran long. Well, Brian went and Joel Klatt'ed me again. I was going to use this space this week to talk about how the threat of a McCarthy keep opened up the two big runs for Corum and Edwards, and then Brian went ahead and Neck Sharpied in his game column. That piece (with his embed replaced by my gfycat clip): It changes things. I mentioned that JJ McCarthy's legs were an important factor in Michigan's ground game in the Indiana UFR, even and maybe even especially when he didn't have the ball. That's going to come up again in this week's edition because hoo boy the threat of McCarthy keeping the ball was a major factor on both of Michigan's long touchdown runs. The Corum one is obvious; just watch the cornerback to the bottom of the screen: Brian then asserted the threat of McCarthy keeping created the block that sprung Edwards the drive prior. Since it's bound to come up a lot more, and has