Alright, try and get this up a little earlier and get some more content this week...
First, I'll look back at some boxes/thoughts from yesterday...
UNLV @ Ohio State
Ohio State came out passing and passing and more passing. There was one point in 2nd quarter I looked and they had 5 rushing plays. That was something else. Overall they only had 40-190 on ground and played three QB's. The young kids looked good from what I was told, as you would expect from them. UNLV scored enough to easily get the cover though.
Rutgers @ Nebraska
What an awful game. Tanner Lee barely broke 100 yards and gave Rutgers 10 points as well. There was exactly 500 yards offense combined. That is pretty gross.
UCF @ Maryland
I am not surprised Maryland lost at all. I expected a battle. They got bulldozed though on the scoreboard. They only had 197 total yards (compared to 428 for UCF). The running stats were 250-42. I cannot figure out how the time of poss was nearly even in this game.
Ga Southern @ Indiana
IU rolled by 35 points. The stats were not horrible for GSU though other than 3 fumbles and a lot of penalties. The Hoosiers only had 2 drives of any length for TD's here. The rest were a bomb, fumble return, punt return and short fields.
Michigan @ Purdue
Michigan defense dominated again and is back to #1 nationally. The yards in 2h were 249-1...yes Purdue had 1 yard. I figured Purdue for some points on trickeration and funky formations and they did that early but once again Don Brown solved an offense pretty quickly. Now, on the other side...that will merit a post of its own at another time. I am just glad that they finally used their TE's and the middle of the field. Stubborn is as stubborn does.
Brohm after the game..
Brohm said he believes his team learned their lesson.
"I think we learned that we need to keep our mouth shut and just work hard and play football," he said after the game. "It's good to feel confident and feel good about yourself and I don't want to taper it too much but I think we were feeling a little too confident."
Notre Dame @ Michigan State
As has been said throughout the summer..MSU will struggle against real passing teams. They finally faced a team with an ability to forward pass this week. Also, Lewerke will make spectacular plays and give away points as well with turnovers. This game summed up them to a tee. They played very well on offense at times but this was a mismatch from the beginning.
Now, some will look at this boxscore and think 'wtf'...
Notre Dame did what they had to do early in the game and got key stops when they had to as well. Once the game was all but over late 3rd at 35-10 Michigan State piled on 234 yards of offense to 73 from the Irish. Before that drive stretch, Notre Dame led in yardage 282-262...
This is what we call 'Defeat with Dignity' up in East Lansing. The last two drives were for 153 yards from Sparty as they tried their hardest to get to 26 points and make the score look respectable. Down 38-10, they scored and went for 2 points in an exactly 4 score game. This is their new mantra. They might lose but they are not going to get throttled at home. They would have gone for 2 as well of they scored on that last drive before time ran out.
Okay, all that is fine but Dantoni had his young star QB out there nearly getting killed a few times that last drive. He already broke his leg last year and has a reckless style with his great running ability. I guess it was all worth it to punch in a few scores late.
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This week...
Nebraska at Illinois in an 8pm showdown...
Northwestern at Wisconsin 11am local start...
Maryland travels to Minnesota...
Indiana travels to Happy Valley...remember last years wild 4th qtr....
Iowa heads to Michigan State off the backbreaker. Michigan St Super Bowl is next week.
Ohio St heads east to play Ohio St East in a night game in Jersey...
Michigan has a bye week.
Purdue also with a bye week.
First, I'll look back at some boxes/thoughts from yesterday...
UNLV @ Ohio State
Ohio State came out passing and passing and more passing. There was one point in 2nd quarter I looked and they had 5 rushing plays. That was something else. Overall they only had 40-190 on ground and played three QB's. The young kids looked good from what I was told, as you would expect from them. UNLV scored enough to easily get the cover though.
Rutgers @ Nebraska
What an awful game. Tanner Lee barely broke 100 yards and gave Rutgers 10 points as well. There was exactly 500 yards offense combined. That is pretty gross.
UCF @ Maryland
I am not surprised Maryland lost at all. I expected a battle. They got bulldozed though on the scoreboard. They only had 197 total yards (compared to 428 for UCF). The running stats were 250-42. I cannot figure out how the time of poss was nearly even in this game.
Ga Southern @ Indiana
IU rolled by 35 points. The stats were not horrible for GSU though other than 3 fumbles and a lot of penalties. The Hoosiers only had 2 drives of any length for TD's here. The rest were a bomb, fumble return, punt return and short fields.
Michigan @ Purdue
Michigan defense dominated again and is back to #1 nationally. The yards in 2h were 249-1...yes Purdue had 1 yard. I figured Purdue for some points on trickeration and funky formations and they did that early but once again Don Brown solved an offense pretty quickly. Now, on the other side...that will merit a post of its own at another time. I am just glad that they finally used their TE's and the middle of the field. Stubborn is as stubborn does.
Brohm after the game..
Brohm said he believes his team learned their lesson.
"I think we learned that we need to keep our mouth shut and just work hard and play football," he said after the game. "It's good to feel confident and feel good about yourself and I don't want to taper it too much but I think we were feeling a little too confident."
Notre Dame @ Michigan State
As has been said throughout the summer..MSU will struggle against real passing teams. They finally faced a team with an ability to forward pass this week. Also, Lewerke will make spectacular plays and give away points as well with turnovers. This game summed up them to a tee. They played very well on offense at times but this was a mismatch from the beginning.
Now, some will look at this boxscore and think 'wtf'...
Notre Dame did what they had to do early in the game and got key stops when they had to as well. Once the game was all but over late 3rd at 35-10 Michigan State piled on 234 yards of offense to 73 from the Irish. Before that drive stretch, Notre Dame led in yardage 282-262...
This is what we call 'Defeat with Dignity' up in East Lansing. The last two drives were for 153 yards from Sparty as they tried their hardest to get to 26 points and make the score look respectable. Down 38-10, they scored and went for 2 points in an exactly 4 score game. This is their new mantra. They might lose but they are not going to get throttled at home. They would have gone for 2 as well of they scored on that last drive before time ran out.
Okay, all that is fine but Dantoni had his young star QB out there nearly getting killed a few times that last drive. He already broke his leg last year and has a reckless style with his great running ability. I guess it was all worth it to punch in a few scores late.
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This week...
Nebraska at Illinois in an 8pm showdown...
Northwestern at Wisconsin 11am local start...
Maryland travels to Minnesota...
Indiana travels to Happy Valley...remember last years wild 4th qtr....
Iowa heads to Michigan State off the backbreaker. Michigan St Super Bowl is next week.
Ohio St heads east to play Ohio St East in a night game in Jersey...
Michigan has a bye week.
Purdue also with a bye week.
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