Formation Notes: Northwestern kept their safeties down all day so the “Hi” metric is doing more work than normal. I started giving safeties +0.5 in the box if they got within 8 yards within a second after the snap, and +1 in the box if they got closer than that.
Michigan had a formation where the slot receiver and tight end switched spots. When they did this I denoted it with “Flip” then the position headers, so this is Gun YH Flip.
Substitution Notes: Filiaga (RG) and Barnhart (LG) went all day for injured Keegan and Zinter. Just one snap for McCarthy until Michigan had a comfortable lead in the second half. Roman Wilson returned but his snaps were mostly soaked up by the debut of Andrel Anthony as a rotation guy, so by snap count the current order is Johnson, Baldwin, Sainristil, Henning, Anthony, Wilson. Hibner came in before Seltzer when they decided they were up enough to save the mileage on All, and Edwards got a drive until he fumbled it.
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Formation Notes: Double Eagle.
This was called 245 Split and if I added a letter that’s the gap with a down LB. 245 Split A.
And they also ran a 404 Tite front with a pinched DE, which I called 4-3 Tite.
Continuing with my convention of naming their 11 personnel formations by the position of the H (slot) receiver ”Gun Wk” for in the slot weakside, etc. when he lines up inside I’ll call out the gap. So this is Gun Str B (H receiver is in the B gap of the TE’s side).
Substitution Notes: A lot of movement at guard. Filiaga got the start at LG and rotated with Keegan until Zinter left at the end of the 1st Q. Zinter came back at the end of the 2nd Q when Filiaga went out (after stepping on McNamara), and it was Barnhart & Zinter until halftime, then Keegan and Barnhart until Keegan went out, then Barnhart and Filiaga, then Filiaga got re-hurt late and it was Barnhart and Atteberry.
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Things discussed:
Nebraska: They’re a good team. Great defensive line. Was this the gutsiest win by Michigan under Harbaugh? Have to give credit to Nebraska for shooting themselves in the foot.
Cade Talk: Sam asks when we go with McCarthy, Seth is on Team McNamara because he’s got a high floor, and maybe that’s what you need when you have a good defense and good players around you. Brian says McCarthy should be the redzone guy.
Offense: Playing better to their strengths. Tight ends had a great day vs not Wisconsin LBs, running backs won the game, Cade wasn’t that great but he was steady. TE leak.
Note user Dragonchild’s diary about how Michigan is using less split zone and associated plays. They’re a good power team. Cade is a good 5-wide guy. They can run both out of the same personnel.
Defense: Worried about the cornerbacks. Gray and Turner had BAAAAD pass interferences and that’s not going to work vs Ohio State.
Michigan State? Quarterback play and two good receivers
Formation Notes: Double Eagle.
This was called 245 Split and if I added a letter that’s the gap with a down LB. 245 Split A.
And they also ran a 404 Tite front with a pinched DE, which I called 4-3 Tite.
Continuing with my convention of naming their 11 personnel formations by the position of the H (slot) receiver ”Gun Wk” for in the slot weakside, etc. when he lines up inside I’ll call out the gap. So this is Gun Str B (H receiver is in the B gap of the TE’s side).
Substitution Notes: A lot of movement at guard. Filiaga got the start at LG and rotated with Keegan until Zinter left at the end of the 1st Q. Zinter came back at the end of the 2nd Q when Filiaga went out (after stepping on McNamara), and it was Barnhart & Zinter until halftime, then Keegan and Barnhart until Keegan went out, then Barnhart and Filiaga, then Filiaga got re-hurt late and it was Barnhart and Atteberry.
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