Here is a painful but honest to look at issue...

[Reality Man]

how is UM on the road against better teams? Beat a sub .500 MSU team. Barely squeaked by Minny and IU last year.

Here is the point. DON"T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.

This team/staff still has issues beating/closing against quality teams on the road. Remember Utah? Has UM beaten a plus .500 team on the road (not neutral site)? Was PSU over .500 last year?


It's still a problem.



RM

 

[Jake_from_state_farm]

Descent offensive play calling on the first drive, pretty good plays on the last drive of the second half. All the play calls on the drives in between was a friggen joke! The second half was horrible so not gonna talk about it. I don't care who the qb is or what their injury is, this is 3 weeks in a row with garbage play calling

 

[detroitjohn]

how is UM on the road against better teams? Beat a sub .500 MSU team. Barely squeaked by Minny and IU last year.

Here is the point. DON"T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.

This team/staff still has issues beating/closing against quality teams on the road. Remember Utah? Has UM beaten a plus .500 team on the road (not neutral site)? Was PSU over .500 last year?


It's still a problem.



RM

That's a fair point, UM has really not corrected that Hoke-era problem. I'm also very concerned about how conservative this staff gets on offense in close games (see WI, IA, and OSU). Where'd the creative play calling go the last 20 minutes?

 

[Jake_from_state_farm]

We will find out next year how well that crap works when you don't have a defense to back it up

 

[Reality Man]

Yep. Once people get passed the officials screwing over UM which is somewhat fair (PI). That is fair the refs did have a slight impact on the game. Once people past the turnovers...people see a common problem that is rearing it's ugly head on the road.

Dropped passes right? Iowa and Darboh. Game won and UM is in the playoffs. Questionable calling. I thought even the 3rd down call in OT (1st score) was questionable. I thinks it really is a combination of coaching and playmakers. Samuel made one hell of a play.

I do believe Harbaugh is most comfortable playing a physical brawling type of game and wants to overwhelm his opponent late but doesn't have the horses and he needs better talent at the rb position and on the OL to impose his will and he is resorting to what he wants to do rather than what he should do right now.

If you can run and control the los at the end of games then by all means but that isn't happening yet. UM won those games at Minny/IU last year because of Ruddock and Speight passing the ball.

Team isn't constructed yet the way Harbaugh wants and he should have recognized that late in todays game and even at Iowa.


RM

 

[ecrosswhite]

The only problem I see is the OL. It's good those seniors are leaving. They have been weak and inconsistent for years.
Give me a dominate OL and everything you are all complaining about disappears.

 

[JP2Blue]

Godin and Gedeon were liabilities for much of the 2nd half of the season. Godin so bad, I honestly don't see how he was on the field at all. Gedeon just limited against speed backs but better than Bolden or Morgan.

 

[detroitjohn]

Godin and Gedeon were liabilities for much of the 2nd half of the season. Godin so bad, I honestly don't see how he was on the field at all. Gedeon just limited against speed backs but better than Bolden or Morgan.

Gedeon definitely had issues in coverage, but overall, man I have nothing to complain about what he and McCray brought to this game. They were dogged tired by the end.

 

[Reality Man]

I agree. Gedeon may not be an all American but he was sure and the heck better than Bolden. Better than Morgan. If those 3 are my choices .

Not complaining about Gedeon but would like a David Harris like player into the program. McCray was outstanding.

How about Ian Gold and Dhani Jones?



RM