That something for the Michigan Football team, came out on Saturday for the entire world to see. Michigan's kryptonite has been playing road games against any type of teams. Good Defense and a running game is supposed to "travel", Michigan is yet to find that winning combination on the road. It doesn't even have to be competitive teams, we all remember the Hoke and RR years where we struggled to beat teams like UConn. We started to see it in the Michigan State game, whether we wanted to believe it or not. The other thing that had us worried is that Wilton would have a terrible game in him. I didn't know if it was going to be the weather, the location or the opponent that would make him struggle but we all worried a performance like that was coming.
Iowa is not a good football team and Michigan made them look like world beaters on Saturday night. Iowa on offense was one dimensional in running the football. The QB's only job was to hand off the football, he wasn't going to throw the ball. This is exactly what the Michigan's defense wants and they could barely stop it. As alarming as that sounds, that wasn't the story of the game.
Michigan lost this game on offense.
- The Iowa defense has two good players and Michigan couldn't seem to block either one of them all game.
- Wilton had his worst game of his career, he looked like the guy that came into the Minnesota game for the first few series. Darboh was living behind the Iowa defensive backfield all night and Wilton couldn't get him the ball. Some of his other throws were just ducks. I don't know if it was the location, night game or the colder conditions, but that wasn't the same guy we have seen.
- Kyle Kalis was getting pushed around by Johnson all night. For Kalis to let him free on the safety is just ridiculous. Those two points change momentum and ended up being the difference in the game. (there is some talk that was actually Hill's blown assignment)
- Even though Smith ran hard, I thought he continued to miss holes.
- Chesson had 3 balls that I thought he should have caught
- The offensive line had the worst performance of the year, they couldn't run or pass block.
- Michigan needed points with about 4 minutes to play and Wilton throws into double coverage and behind Darboh and it gets picked. That can't happen.
- Hill's fumble on the second half kick off was another game changing moment.
- Michigan was one first down away from winning this game and the offense couldn't get that done. Stribling's interception ended up being a curse because the offense couldn't get more then a couple of yards.
- Harbaugh seems to have an Iowa City curse, he gets hit by a mail truck in kindergarten, loses 10-12 as a QB and now 14-13 as a coach.
- Side note: That Big Ten officiating crew is terrible. Is it possible for them to stop doing Michigan games?
The Michigan defense did not play great, but they played well enough to win this game. The offense gave up points to Iowa and basically couldn't move the ball at all.
The other thing this game showed me, is this team is not ready to beat Ohio State in Columbus. I can't believe we have gone from talking about the CFP to maybe having two losses this year in the regular season. What a terrible night.
from The BIG HOUSE Blog http://mbighouse.blogspot.com/2016/11/our-dirty-little-secret.html
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