How Good Is Your Bad?

Det News - David Guarlnick

There is saying in golf, "it's not how good your good shots are, it's how good your bad shots are".


Michigan's bad yesterday was pretty bad but good enough to beat the Bearcats.  This game looked more like the first game of the year then the second.    It seemed every time Michigan did something good, they combined it with a mental error.  

Cheers:

• Ty Isaac has clearly become the #1 RB with 133 yards on the ground.
• DPJ had a nice 44 yard gain on the ground
• The Michigan defense scored two TDs (3 in 2 games!)
• Grant Perry is becoming Michigan's #1 WR

Jeers:

• I'm pretty sure the Michigan offensive line had two solo tackles on Michigan RB's
• Wilton has no rhythm on offense and missing 5 yard crossing routes
• The offensive line struggled to run and pass block
• So we can't punt now? 
• The defense even struggled at times to stop the Bearcats big plays
• 7 penalties for 68 yards
• Wheatly has one catch on the year and Bunting has 0
• Bad mistakes at bad times for example:

-Punt hits Michigan defender when it looks like its about to be a blowout.
-Hill gets an interference call to set up the Bearcats first TD.
-Isaac breaks a long run to be called back for a WR holding call.
-Wilton fumbles in the red zone to stop a TD drive.
-Wilton and Crawford miss on a sweep handoff and turn the ball over.
-Bad call on Grant Perry's scoop catch.
-Wilton making multiple over throws or missed passes to end drives.
-Gary had a questionable call on a late hit to the QB
-The Bearcats missed some open throws or had game changing drops.


All of these things happened at the wrong time and all but the bad call on Perry's catch was mental mistakes by the Wolverines.   If you don't watch this game you might have thought the Wolverines had an easy time with the Bearcats, which just isn't true.   The Wolverines played some ugly football on Saturday which kept Cincinnati in the game for 3+ quarters.   The coaches have plenty of work on and maybe some decisions on who takes snaps for the Wolverines under center.   Wilton is struggling with his accuracy, hand offs and to my eye leadership on offense.    I wish we had more data on O'Korn or Peters in real game action.


Side Note:  Love a night where both ND and OSU lose! 



from The BIG HOUSE Blog http://mbighouse.blogspot.com/2017/09/how-good-is-your-bad.html