At a minimum the substitution issue should have been 100% fixed during halftime.
Time and again we do not see any halftime adjustments by UM while their opponent makes adjustments and UM is caught in 2nd half thinking that since they do not adjust during the half, certainly their opponent does not have the ability to adjust.
The in-game adjustments need to happen. I swear that last Walker TD looked exactly like a prior TD. I have not seen tape breakdowns, but it seems UM attempted to crowd the line and got caught in some trap blocking and once through the LOS, there were no LBs to lean it up and Walker is too good in the open field for even great Safeties to have a good chance. Yes, I am sure he has been tackled by Safeties before, but no one should claim that is a simple task for a Safety. The dude is a Heisman candidate for a reason, you need to stop him within 3 yards of the LOS, IMO.
That said, if you look at replays of his first TD, after he runs into the pile he bounces left. I swear I count 3 uncalled holding penalties at that point, 2 right where he went into the pile as one UM defender is being tackled by the OL and a 2nd up above him looks to be held, and then Hutch seems to be getting held on the edge (granted he seems out of position there as well, getting caught downfield as Walker goes around him... he should have been more upfield and parallel to where Walker was so that when he tries to bounce left, Hutch is in position to prevent that).
The other TDs I have not looked at as closely, but my impression Real Time was MSU was running some very well executed trap plays. That first TD though, those types of runs are notorious for OL and others holding when the player changes direction or is bottled up but manages to escape. I would say it is far more common for holding to be recognized and flagged on those types of runs.
None of that changes the end result, just expressing my opinion based on what cameras showed and history of holding on similar runs. It is only really holding when the refs actually throw the flag... well, uses they pick up that flag and claim there was no penalty. Yeah, that NEVER happens, am I right???
Time and again we do not see any halftime adjustments by UM while their opponent makes adjustments and UM is caught in 2nd half thinking that since they do not adjust during the half, certainly their opponent does not have the ability to adjust.
The in-game adjustments need to happen. I swear that last Walker TD looked exactly like a prior TD. I have not seen tape breakdowns, but it seems UM attempted to crowd the line and got caught in some trap blocking and once through the LOS, there were no LBs to lean it up and Walker is too good in the open field for even great Safeties to have a good chance. Yes, I am sure he has been tackled by Safeties before, but no one should claim that is a simple task for a Safety. The dude is a Heisman candidate for a reason, you need to stop him within 3 yards of the LOS, IMO.
That said, if you look at replays of his first TD, after he runs into the pile he bounces left. I swear I count 3 uncalled holding penalties at that point, 2 right where he went into the pile as one UM defender is being tackled by the OL and a 2nd up above him looks to be held, and then Hutch seems to be getting held on the edge (granted he seems out of position there as well, getting caught downfield as Walker goes around him... he should have been more upfield and parallel to where Walker was so that when he tries to bounce left, Hutch is in position to prevent that).
The other TDs I have not looked at as closely, but my impression Real Time was MSU was running some very well executed trap plays. That first TD though, those types of runs are notorious for OL and others holding when the player changes direction or is bottled up but manages to escape. I would say it is far more common for holding to be recognized and flagged on those types of runs.
None of that changes the end result, just expressing my opinion based on what cameras showed and history of holding on similar runs. It is only really holding when the refs actually throw the flag... well, uses they pick up that flag and claim there was no penalty. Yeah, that NEVER happens, am I right???
