Letting Maryland carve up the backup DBs into the red zone and THEN bringing back in the starters is quite a strategy.

Andrew Marsh could go down as one of the all-time great Michigan wide receivers.

Reports are he’s headed to LSU. If true, how do his players look at him the same way? They’re headed to the playoffs with a coach that wants to be somewhere else.
I know that’s naive & idealistic of me, but what a screw job for Ole Miss players/students/fans.

in Oxford Mississippi, of all places. I hope he stays. I wasn’t a fan until I heard he got himself right physically and mentally.

Based on recent articles/videos, he says he’s as happy and healthy as he’s ever been. Strong family bond, he quit drinking, has a good job, school support, quality team, and a fanbase that’s elated with his success this year.

It’d be foolish to leave for another team, especially an SEC team, imo.

I have no idea why the video quality is so poor on my posts. Yucky.

“WINNING IS A SKILL” as they say on the @SolidVerbal.

Say what you want about the game, the QB, the special teams, the coach, the whatever. They pulled this win out of a flaming 4th quarter dumpster.

They’re the youngest team in the league
They’re injured
They’re 8-2

Enjoy it, fergodsake

Go Blue

Zvada kicks the ball out of the stadium.

Michigan wins. Never a doubt lol

This catch tho

3rd & 10 on a do-or-die drive.

Andrew Marsh is HIM.

It says a lot that a QB can throw 2 bad interceptions AND a horrible exchange resulting in a fumble, then come back and throw this beauty on the most critical drive

Over and over, The defense was put in a bad spot yesterday.

5 turnovers by the offense/special teams.

And yet, here’s Northwestern’s drives following each turnover:
FG
FG
TD
Punt
Punt

13 points off FIVE turnovers is a win by the D.
Here’s the final and most crucial 3rd down stop.

I’m certain Bryce wanted to pull this and run around the edge, but he puts the ball up way too high and Kuzdzal can’t get his top arm over it.

3rd turnover in the last 3 possessions. What a nightmare 4th quarter.

Sudden Change for the defense, again.

3rd down for Northwestern after the interception.

Freshman Jordan Young is beat but he stays with the play & makes a tremendous PBU, forcing a punt. Hell of a play for a guy with limited experience.

This is the same Play Action from the 3rd quarter where the safety came flying up for run support and Bryce threw it past his ear to McCulley.

This was a pre-snap read and Bryce determined he was throwing it to McCulley before the snap. That’s just inexperience.

NW runs a Tackle-End Twist.
Good job by Guarnera coming off the tackle to pick up the twisting end.
And again, Marshall’s initial track causes the LB to totally vacate his position, leaving a huge cutback lane.
Unfortunately, Marshall gets hurt and leaves the game. But he’s ok.

A worse view

For 3 quarters, we saw some of the best of Bryce Underwood.

Now in the 4th quarter, we’ll see some of the freshman Bryce. He never saw the defender who picks it off and returns it to the 10, where they’ll punch it in on the next play.
22-21 Northwestern.

You may have heard me say “Linebackers, don’t give Tight Ends free release up the middle of the field”. Disrupt the route, man.

/sigh

Northwestern drives down and scores. 21-16 Michigan

Marshall scores his 2nd TD.
21-9 at the end of the 3rd quarter.

We’re feeling pretty good at this point, eh?
🫩

Good job by Tonielli duping this corner into thinking he was gonna block him. The Corner has no choice but to interfere. 1st & goal

Another one.

It doesn’t get much better than this.
The safety come flying up on run support, and WHOOOP, Bryce flings it right past his ear.
This is the best of Bryce.

Tough to stop the RPO when you carry it out this well. And then rip a bullet to your receiver.

A second ‘sudden change’ for the defense, and once again they hold NW to a FG.
Great coverage in the secondary leaves Stone with nobody to throw it to and he has to chuck it out of bounds.

I have no idea wtf this field judge is seeing. She comes in from the sideline, looks at the top layer of a mass of humanity, and emphatically signals Northwestern ball. She can’t see who has it, but she is unwavering.

Meanwhile Semaj comes out of the pile with the ball. 🐴 💩

A better view of gloriousness

Remember how I said that Pitch Reverse at the end of the 1st half was a poorly timed play call?

Well this is the absolute perfectly timed call. NW didn’t honor the QB keep on the edge and Bryce walks into the end zone.

14-6 Michigan

Man I love a well blocked run play.
This is split zone - the line is zone blocking to the right, Bredeson and Marsh come back across the formation to kick an end/seal a backer on the left.
Blake Frazier with a ⭐️ block.
NW ran another run blitz & got caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

A better view.

Alright Troy Bowles, I see you, dog.

3rd & long
NW throws a screen.
Bowles is patient, reads the play, and beats the OL to make the stick and force a punt.

Good linebackering.

Sudden change for the defense.

NW had 1st & Goal from the 4 and the defense rose to the occasion.
3rd down
Benny bates the ball with his armpit lol. Even if the ball wasn’t batted, there’s no way Stone fits this into his intended receiver.