fact is this team took its big leap last year and this year because Mike Hart made the running game formidable again. Look at 2020 and before. Runners are impatient, not looking for openings, etc. The last 2 years they wait for blocks, the hit the holes, heck I've seen them grab a blocker by the back of the jersey and use him as a ramming rod to get open. Never saw that before Hart got here. He's been the biggest difference in the offense
Michigan does player development better than any other school. They can now play with anyone, OSU, Bama, anyone. J.J. McCarthy is the real deal, and you have to have a great QB. Watch.
didn't notice it first watch. but the play at about the 18:25 mark in the 3rd quarter when Johnson drilled Clifford going out of bounds. Johnson tried to stand over clifford, but a U of M coach pulled him out immediately. causeing a 4th down. if that coach didnt do that and we took a 15 yard penalty, setting up PS down by 7 with a first down. that was a game changer. great coaching
17:34 that play call for the 2pt is flawless. Its pretty much indefensible. Would love to see them use it at the perfect time this season for a goaline TD
Rewatching this and it just reminds me of how unbelievably annoying it was that Michigan was trailing in this game midway through the 3rd quarter. Michigan was DOMINATING everywhere but the scoreboard. To that point they had 5 possessions, drove the ball down the field for scores on 4 of them, but 3 of the drives were stopped inside the 10 for FG and only 1 went for a TD. On the 5th possession they drove to the fringe of FG range but had a pass deflect off a helmet for a wacky improbable pick 6.
The Penn State scoring was basically from 3 plays: 1) Clifford with a flukey QB keeper for 50+ yards, the very flukey pick 6, and a 50 yard reception that admittedly was a dime from Clifford. But outside of those 3 plays (2 offensive), Penn State couldn't do almost anything all game. Michigan was shutting them down on defense and moving the ball at will on offense but was somehow trailing. Luckily Michigan just kept dominating both sides of the ball and eventually the score reflected it. 😊