RU played better vs Mish the last 3 years compared to today.
But, GS def has the program headed in an upward direction
Football GAMEDAY THREAD: Rutgers vs. No. 2 Michigan
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But, GS def has the program headed in an upward direction
Ehh.. if you’re talking about the COVID year, I wouldn’t put too much stock in that result.
Considering how corrupt the refs were I am going to count this game as a win. RU now 4-0 for 2023!
So much better that Harbaugh had to use a "trick play" to get his team moving against us.
He's the one that said Rutgers always does trick plays against us.
If ya cant see this is a better team than last year...
Okay point taken.
The INT for TD when we were nearly in FG range was a 10-14 point swing though which is the difference in the score.
Two things I takeaway from today’s game, Michigan will not be a # 2 for too long & Rutgers will continue to ruin my weekends even though I’m now officially retired .
So tired of refs giving Ohio State and Michigan every advantage. They don't need it. We weren't going to win this one but, damn, just so tired of the unbalanced whistles.
I am absolutely never positive about Rutgers football. Maybe because I can’t stand the coach. But this team is much improved and the score is not indicative of how the game was played. Easily could’ve been a 24-13 final.
Watch the film. You can see exactly how they played us and why we did not do that.
I didn't feel like we were outmatched at all. Both lines held up fairly well, WR was open but QB has to gain experience and accuracy and get them the ball and the QB is getting there. I think they need to put more skilled players on the field at one time for a different look. Where is Rochelle, the EO kid and the FL running back? Cant the catch a swing pass to open it up? The coaches are too tight .. they need to release the reins on the qb a bit. I did notice some questionable playcalling at times. I think you could do a lot with this team if they were able to somehow open things up and not play so scared. Good coached scheme to get receivers open. Every team does not have great WR but good coaches get them open anyway! I like the staff, just would like to see a few new wrinkles to add to our up-the-middle bootleg plays. I think the QB is a year away!
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This. We missed our opportunities.
2 missed sacks, a dropped INT, a missed opportunity on the pick 6 (if GW holds longer it opens perfectly), a missed FG, another 4th down where the under route was wide open.
Against gummed up A gaps and man coverage, I’d run Snag over and over until they got out of it.
They consistently brought pressure off of the edge from depth. So you want to roll to heat or away? Are you optioning on the line to decide which way we are rolling or sprinting? What if they jam up the TE or H to the heat side (like they did).
We need an offense that can move the football & score. We need to be able to throw downfield and make big plays.
We do not have that. I dont really care for 15 play drives. Our offensive philosophy has been horrendous for 10 yrs. It just seems like all our routes are HS'ish. The play calling is HS'ish. I want to see a high powered college offense
Mich is not 24 pts better than us. GS needs to stop calling fair catches on every single punt & kickoff. Some of your best playmakers come from that group. Who is going to come here if that is your intention 100% of the time. We need playmakers on O and you are handcuffing your playmakers. JMO
With all that said I do not see us winning under 6 games
We have not run one naked bootleg all year. If the play is sliding right there will be space left. Hes got the speed, power & wiggle to make aplay
RU is an improved team, that's my biggest takeaway. We just need to continue recruiting better and better talent.
And we missed an easy FG in OT to win.
We need to find a reliable FG Kicker next season.
We passed up on two FG attempts (one was the pick-6) and missed another.
Now that I’ll conceived 4th down pass to the end zone — yeah, I expected more than that underwhelming design.
So if they are in press man zero or press man free bringing serious heat, this MIGHT get open if the RB can get the flat. We have not shown a huge ability to beat that especially in pressure situations. I am not saying it is a bad play, but I do not know if we are going to get that off vs what UM was doing today.Snag is just a 3-step, quick game concept. No roll required:
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Michigan looked like the #2 in the country today.
I’m just saying that I did not like the screen call against that particular look because the CBs have been cheating up all game long. That was asking to be picked, IMO since you have squatting pass defenders.
That’s why when you have cheating corners in man, you need to run them off and pass to an RB vs an LB which is a much better match up in space.
Can you write me a note to DraftKing?
The lines weren’t embarrassed or anything, but—in the context of my post—it’s clear you wouldn’t call a run up the gut there with the expectation our line was going to bully their d-line forward for a first. Maybe you could come up with some eye candy to get the defense going the wrong way or something…but that’s my point: it had to be something kind of tricky given their personnel is better and we have some skill limitations
Again, 4th down and short calls (as well as 2pt conversions) should be plays that are practiced to death, so your QB doesn't "throw it too early".
It is so hard to keep buying season tickets & being so emotionally invested when we are constantly two years away from being two years away.
You may be right but I don’t think they have really bean tested yet & may not be tested until they play Penn St & Ohio State to finish the season .