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FIRST OFF: DUNNO. Give or take Matt Hibner, who stopped playing in order to maintain a redshirt and transfer somewhere next year, Michigan is the last P5 team without someone in the transfer portal. This obviously isn't going to last, but I mention it because that fact combined with the peak COVID-shirt year means just about anyone could come back, or leave, for 2024. Michigan only definitively loses six contributors: Cornelius Johnson, Cam Goode, Mike Barrett, Mike Sainristil, Josh Wallace, and James Turner. I'm going to wave a wand and assert that the following players will not be back next year because their eligibility has expired or they head to the draft: QB: Jack TuttleRB: Blake Corum, Donovan EdwardsWR: Cornelius Johnson, Roman WilsonTE:OL: LaDarius Henderson, Trevor Keegan, Zak Zinter DE: Jaylen HarrellDT: Kris Jenkins, Cam GoodeLB: Mike BarrettCB: Mike Sainristil, Josh WallaceS: Rod Moore The following players are in the maybe category: QB: JJ McCarthyRB:WR:TE: AJ B ....
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 ....
UFR GLOSSARY is here. Also apologies for the 2009-level quality on some of these recordings my copy of the game was in low-res for a chunk of the 2nd quarter. FORMATION NOTES: Mostly basic stuff we've been charting since Loeffler was a Michigan assistant. Michigan broke out an odd formation from its nickel with the WDE (Moore, at the bottom) playing inside the RT. I called it Nickel Tite. A few notation reminders: parentheticals mean the player is covered. I'm still using hyphens for motion so if you see "H-SB" that means the slot receiver (H) motioned to a splitback (SB) position. "Offset" means the RB is at least a yard behind the QB, not to be confused with "Offset I" which is an I-formation with the FB offset BGSU used both. "Ace" is another notation that means something different if it's first (QB under center with a single back) as in "Ace TTE" or later in the descriptions (TEs to either side of the formation) as in ....
UFR Glossary: Familiarize yourself with all the jargon here. Substitution Notes: There were many subs (it was crazy) so we need to bullet this game. Your starters were McGregor, Jenkins, Graham, and Harrell; Colson and Barrett; Paige, Sabb, Sainristil, Harris and Wallace. Paige left as soon as the outcome was little in doubt. Hausmann rotated at both LB spots. Second team DL was Moore, Goode, Grant, and Stewart. TJ Guy got in first as a 5-2 edge but the Harrell/McGregor/Moore/Stewart got the majority of snaps. At DT, the pattern I'm getting is Grant is a nose, but Benny and Goode can be either. At LB, Jaydon Hood played much of the 2nd half, while Micah Pollard was in for the last two drives only. At safety, Q-Jo replaced Paige, and Sabb was in for Moore. Berry came in at the Paige spot but moved to the Moore spot when they played Brandyn Hillman. Backup corners were Jyaire Hill and DJ Waller. Backup nickel was McBurrows. Final drive participants not already mentioned were DTs Tre ....
9/2/2023– Michigan 30, East Carolina 3 – 1-0 Well, here we go. The best kind of thing to take from a game against a solid G5 program that's just turned over the vast majority of their personnel is one that is opponent-invariant, and the most opponent-invariant thing in football is quarterbacks dropping dimes. This space has long maintained that if the offensive executes perfectly, they just get to win. Via that lens the most important development from the opener is the prevalence of "nice try, I win" plays. ECU had some moments of excellent coverage that just did not matter. McCarthy started out hot, casually dropping in an NFL-level 15-yard out to the field on Michigan's first drive that featured passes: In addition to the Here Look At My Arm Talent plays he also moved opponents with the power of his mind. Folks have already pointed out the little pump fake on the third Wilson touchdown but this one is probably even better. Wilson isn't open until McCarthy ....