Fools Maize

I started to think that last weekend's win wasn't so good after Minnesota lost to Maryland on Friday night.   That theory was cemented with a horrific performance against an MSU team that played perfect this afternoon.

Michigan got beat in every aspect of the game and didn't do anything well.  

Cheers:

• Michigan didn't turn the ball over 
• Made a field goal 
• Defense did an OK job against the run 

Jeers:

• Michigan's CB's are way worse then we thought.   If Michigan can't prefect a zone this team isn't going to stop anyone in the passing game. 
• No pressure all day,  MSU's QB had all day and picked apart the Wolverines secondary 
• The Michigan coaches got out coached all over the field 
• Michigan didn't throw the ball down field , it was all dink and dunks 
• No running game 
• I wanted to jump through the TV screen when Haskins threw that pass.  Those 4 points where the difference in the game.  First of all, if you run that, you run it on 2nd down, everyone knows he is going to throw on 3rd down.   You also don't run that when your down on the scoreboard, you run that when your up.  I can't tell you how much I hated that call.   
• The Big Ten officials are just terrible man,  no video review on catches and ticky tack PI calls.  For awhile it looked like they were never going to call a penalty against MSU. 
• The Michigan WR's and TE's struggled catching the ball all day 
• The offensive line didn't protect in the passing game or open holes in the running game 
• What the hell is with Michigan's punting?  That was a huge difference in field position
• I'm struggling to understand Michigan's LB situation, I thought there was a ton of depth.  
• If you watch enough film on Don Brown's defense you know how to beat the blitzing LB each time. 
• It looked like Michigan ran the same 5 plays on offense all day 
• Penalties were keeping MSU offense on the field
• Too many negative plays on offense, each one was drive killers 

Where do I start with this melt down?  This team was not prepared to play today and looked like the team that faced App. State.   Michigan should win this game even if Sparty played prefect, which for the most part they did.   I was stunned Michigan could not get to Lombardi, he had everything he wanted when he wanted.   BTW:  I'm not sure Ronnie Bell caught that pass on the goal line, but Michigan speed up and ran a play.  

This Michigan team is not good, Minnesota is awful, and the Wolverines lost to bad team that played well.   This is so 2020 where Nico and Ambry are preparing the draft.  

What a disaster and a complete 180 from last weekend.   Enjoy Halloween and OSU running over Penn State tonight.    

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