SMU - Woof! Bark! What do you want to see?

[thewolverines24]

Since we can't woof and bark in the prediction thread, here's a spot you can. Also, I'm posting this more for what do you want to see out of this game?

The board knows I want to see Mayfield and Hudson get more PT. Obviously. Other than that, I want to see the staff let Shea sling it. Spread out the offense and let him and the WRs/TEs get some rhythm and timing together. Put more on film for other teams. It doesn't matter. It just gives them more to review and scheme against. Plus, we need all the work in the passing game we can get. We will need it in conference play when teams are stacking the box.

Lastly, THROW THE BALL TO CHRIS EVANS FOR THE LOVE OF WHATEVER DEITY YOU BELIEVE IN!

 

[biggunsbob]

I ageee with everything you said . Espically getting those two kids more playing time. Pretty sure we will try to establish the run like Jim wants . I watched some of the SMU verses TCU game and they looked really small. We should be able to push them up front.

I just do not understand why we don’t throw underneath to Evans.

 

[thewolverines24]

I ageee with everything you said . Espically getting those two kids more playing time. Pretty sure we will try to establish the run like Jim wants . I watched some of the SMU verses TCU game and they looked really small. We should be able to push them up front.

I just do not understand why we don?t throw underneath to Evans.

Establishing the run is fine. I just don't want to see us run, run, run, and run some more like against WMU. We've proved that we can run the ball on chumps. This is a good week to work on rhythm in the passing game. Let the WRs actually get some good game experience.

 

[biggunsbob]

Establishing the run is fine. I just don't want to see us run, run, run, and run some more like against WMU. We've proved that we can run the ball on chumps. This is a good week to work on rhythm in the passing game. Let the WRs actually get some good game experience.

I do not disagree. Be nice to see a few long td passes and some rhythm in the passing game.
Hopefully both an get a chance to play. Hopefully I can get t tv signal at the campground .

Dang wife wants to go camping :/

 

[thewolverines24]

I do not disagree. Be nice to see a few long td passes and some rhythm in the passing game.
Hopefully both an get a chance to play. Hopefully I can get t tv signal at the campground .

Dang wife wants to go camping :/

Just throw this in your backpack.

 

[Michchamp]

Establishing the run is fine. I just don't want to see us run, run, run, and run some more like against WMU. We've proved that we can run the ball on chumps. This is a good week to work on rhythm in the passing game. Let the WRs actually get some good game experience.

I sort of know what you're saying. And I saw a clip of Patterson's 44 yd TD pass to Nico Collins... Collins had his man beat by 5 yards, but had to stop and come back to catch it. That's a bad throw! that would've been picked off or broken up by a Big Ten defense. gotta work on that...

On the other hand, I think with this team, and it was the same thing last year, for whatever reason the run has to open up the pass.

Maybe it's coaching. Maybe youth? Maybe both? But that aspect of our game is just not good enough to consistently move the ball against a defense that's prepared for it. We saw it last year, all season long, and it seemed to be the case against ND as well.

And so Why force something that isn't working? we have a great defense... the time to win games is now, not some future time. struggling to beat SMU because you keep killing drives when you decide you need to call a couple passes for practice is an actually bad result; it kills confidence and rhythm, and keeps us from realizing what our strengths are. It's not going to make them better. it didn't last season.

In the end, that's all that should matter. If we have to be a 60/40 run/pass team, to maximize our wins, so be it. embrace it.

 

[Michchamp]

I do not disagree. Be nice to see a few long td passes and some rhythm in the passing game.
Hopefully both an get a chance to play. Hopefully I can get t tv signal at the campground .

Dang wife wants to go camping :/

Take a radio!

Old school.

Like those days when we'd listen to the game on WJR because mom made us go to a cider mill instead of watching Desmond Howard's Heisman-winning exploits on a fall Saturday.

 

[Michchamp]

bark!

 

[thewolverines24]

I sort of know what you're saying. And I saw a clip of Patterson's 44 yd TD pass to Nico Collins... Collins had his man beat by 5 yards, but had to stop and come back to catch it. That's a bad throw! that would've been picked off or broken up by a Big Ten defense. gotta work on that...

On the other hand, I think with this team, and it was the same thing last year, for whatever reason the run has to open up the pass.

Maybe it's coaching. Maybe youth? Maybe both? But that aspect of our game is just not good enough to consistently move the ball against a defense that's prepared for it. We saw it last year, all season long, and it seemed to be the case against ND as well.

And so Why force something that isn't working? we have a great defense... the time to win games is now, not some future time. struggling to beat SMU because you keep killing drives when you decide you need to call a couple passes for practice is an actually bad result; it kills confidence and rhythm, and keeps us from realizing what our strengths are. It's not going to make them better. it didn't last season.

In the end, that's all that should matter. If we have to be a 60/40 run/pass team, to maximize our wins, so be it. embrace it.

The problem is, we won't be able to establish the run to set up the pass against good defenses. OSU, MSU, Wisky, and PSU are going to stack the box against us. We are going to need the pass to open up the run in those games.

This is a good opportunity to do that against a lesser opponent. If it goes off the rails, then go back to the run.

Our run game was atrocious against good defenses last year because no one cared about the threat of the pass.

MSU - 2.6 YPC
PSU - 2.5 YPC
Wisky - 1.6 YPC
OSU - 2.8 YPC
S. Carolina - 2.2 YPC

Our run game even sucked against Purdue's D last year because they couldn't care less about our pass game. We averaged 3.2 YPC against them.

We averaged 1.8 YPC against NDSucks because they knew we wouldn't spread them out and they could stack the box.

 

[TheVictors]

Who wears short shorts ..?!

 

[Michchamp]

Craig James (that's him right?) looks like the prototypical 1980's Southern Fratboy

 

[TheVictors]

Craig James (that's him right?) looks like the prototypical 1980's Southern Fratboy

straight out of Dazed and Confused ..

 

[thewolverines24]

I had the displeasure of getting to wear shorts like that in junior high basketball. The pair I got were way shorter than the compression shorts I wore underneath. I think some of the speedos on the swim team were the same length.

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

When I wore those in junior high they made me feel sexy.