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The Rich Eisen Show
"donovan edwards" Discussed on The Rich Eisen Show
"I mean, that seems like it will be the fairest way to do it. And again, I think what's really tough about it is just like the win percentage thing would, if you just go strictly on one percentage, it rewards a team and you just said this, but it rewards a team and achieves. That loss head to head. You have to both teams trying to chase some town and that didn't have the opportunity to try and do it. I mean, I don't know how, I don't know how we do this. And when we went into Monday night, that's the thing. Like the bills controlled the one seed and the Bengals had a shot at it too. You know what I mean? Like the thing is the Bengals, if you have a three way tie, the Bengals people at those teams, because you would need to get the buffalo to get into the three way tie. Look, if the chiefs now all of a sudden. Yeah. Yeah, right, exactly. If the chiefs beat the Raiders, if the chiefs beat. If the chiefs beat the Raiders, the Bengals would never have been able to catch the chiefs anyway, despite having already beaten them. So that's one thing. It would just basically be the Buffalo Bills not having an opportunity to put their head to head tiebreak on the table by the end of the day and say, what's up with that? So maybe if the chiefs win, then the bills and the chiefs get played where in like, it would have to be outdoors, right? You're not putting that in a dome because those are two outdoor stadiums. I don't know. And the apples is a dome. I don't know. You got to go outdoors somewhere cold. Indianapolis is sort of like halfway, right? I don't know if you put it outside or not. Open the roof. That, right? You know, earth always tweets out whether the roof's open. I don't know. I mean, maybe there's really no answer. Hey, look, before I let you go, I'll give you an opportunity to combine the two things that you're great at, which is reporting on the NFL and trolling Michigan. So what's the deal with Harbaugh? What do you got for me on that? What do you got for me? Yeah. I think the important thing here is to sort of I think it's like look at the timeline here. And I think there was a period where Jim was in high demand from the NFL. When he first got to Michigan and he rebuffed interest back then and you know, I'm talking about like the period, maybe his first four years at Michigan, right? And then that interest leveled off. And I think by the time 2020 came along when he had to take the pay cut, like that option wasn't there for him. He looked, and he was like, hey, I went to the Chargers. Went to the jets trying to drum up NFL interest and it wasn't there. And then even last year, I think some of that interest was a little bit more outgoing than incoming. So I think there's some degree, Jim has felt his mortality as an NFL coach. Like we're early in this time at Michigan, it seemed automatic that that opportunity was going to be there no matter what. Whenever he wanted it. And I think now it's more, well, like I'm almost 60, is that chance going to be there again? And if I can generate interest now, am I sure that I'll be able to generate the same interest two or three years from now? And I think that that's a part of the equation here. And so whether or not he goes, I don't know. But I do think for the first time in a few years, the interest from the NFL is incoming rather than outgoing. And I think that that's a factor here. Indianapolis has a guy, there are assistant general manager Ed Dodds who would have been Harbaugh's general manager in Vegas last year if our ball had gotten the Vegas job. Obviously, Denver's got the connections through Stanford with Condoleezza Rice and Greg penner, both being Stanford alums, rice actually has a relationship with Harbaugh. So like there are a couple of natural landing spots there. I think you look at those rosters, Carolina two and you see some similarities and that there is some frontline talent on those rosters. And there's a need to get the quarterback position right, which is sort of what it was in San Francisco when he went there. And so you can see all of it. I will say this. And I mean this 100% like in a genuine way. Yes. He's got the Michigan program and a great great spot. And they've got a really good team coming back next year. So that's the part I can't predict. I think if this was like JJ McCarthy and Donovan Edwards and all those guys leaving, like I think that this would be, I gotta go. You know what I mean? I gotta take my shot now. I think one thing that probably makes it hard for him at this point is that he's got the program in a really good spot and he's got a really good team coming back next year. Well, the issue. That's what I really can't. That's what I don't know. I don't know how much weight that's going to have in this whole thing because I do believe my reporting over the last 7 or 8 years on him has always been he's got unfinished business in the NFL. So we'll see whether or not he has the offer and then how much the idea of the team he has coming back from at Michigan weighs on him when he's making the final call. Well, I mean, that is the ultimate thing is what you don't know is really what is in his heart or hearts and in his head, like, is he truly chasing that tilting at that windmill that is not winning a Super Bowl and what would it be less of a yearn for it if he didn't lose to his brother? Is there some sort of familial rivalry that's part of this thing? Or is it just the fact that his contract isn't in line with the rest of coaches who have taken teams to the back to back college football playoffs? And that this is all a leverage play. Which wouldn't surprise me either. What is it? What is it? And I certainly think I certainly do the money thing is not to be ruled out. I do know there are things when he was in the pros where compensation was a factor. You know what I mean? And so like is it possible that he does feel like, hey, put it this way. After if your employer forced you to take a pay cut, like, right? To stay on, you probably wouldn't be inclined to do them any favors from a financial standpoint going forward, right? I think that's just, that's just being a human being. And so I don't think you can rule that out either. I do think that there was a part of him last year where when the Vikings then came up, he was still angry that they made him take a pay cut. You know, because there's like a little bit of a embarrassed me. I feel into that. So I think that was actually like last year was a piece of the puzzle and like going on signing day and doing all of that. I think that was part of the puzzle for him, you know, was like you put me out there and maybe take a pay cut and maybe walk the plank and all that. So I think after what he went through there, it'd be hard to blame him for trying to leverage a better deal out of Michigan now. Before I let you go, I got about 60 seconds left. So real quick, we're going to get a decision on what's happening with this bill's Bengals game. Now that we're seeing a better prognosis for demar Hamlin when before Saturday, so we'll know all this going in and the seatings and everything.
The Paul Finebaum Show
"donovan edwards" Discussed on The Paul Finebaum Show
"Hey, welcome back, an amazing couple of days of football continue, a rose bowl going on as we speak. We're exactly a week away from sitting out in Los Angeles, getting you ready for the national championship where our next guest resides. Bruce Feldman joining us from the athletic and of course Fox Bruce thanks for the time. Let's just talk about it. There's so many things to talk about. Well, I don't want to forget about Saturday with you. I know how closely you follow all these teams. Just your thoughts on what happened Saturday first with a Michigan TCU game. It was kind of an amazing atmosphere because you had what started out in Michigan hits this 54 yard run right out of the gate with Donovan Edwards, but he gets run down at the end and then they don't score. And it seemed to really epitomize what TCU has been all year where people doubt them and they find a way. They're just a really, really resilient team. I mean, their defense got two picks, 6s. There was a questionable call on the touchdown that got overturned and then they hung on in the red zone. I think Michigan's first three times inside the 5, the only managed three points of kind of mind boggling. And credit to sunny dikes in that team, I also think it was a case where a Michigan couldn't get out of their own way at times. They got too cute in the red zone and the team that this is something I wrote about for the athletic on Saturday night. The team that was the Big Ten best run defense gave up over 260 yards on the ground, and by the way, a lot of that, a 150 of it came to the backup running back at QC because they're starting running back. Got hurt midway through the game. So it was a really interesting deal. To see this team, and again, what also was kind of amazing, take a step back from this. Sunday nights had told me that at one point there was only like 5 guys in that program who had ever been in a ball game before. Much less a playoff game. So it's just like really to see them just kind of March through all that and be the underdog and respond. That is pretty incredible. And right now, Bruce, I know where you work. It's being reported that Jim Harbaugh is at least going to perhaps get an offer from the Denver Broncos, maybe other schools. What do you know? And what do you think he'll end up doing? Yeah, from what I was told by a source close to Harbaugh was, and this is coming earlier today. Was this blunt, which is, I think, if Jim Harbaugh gets a deal, it gets an offer. It's going to be a done deal. And that's from a source close to our ball. Now, I think a lot of Michigan fans are not happy about that and go, didn't we hear this last year? We'll keep in mind. Last year, when we reported this, Jim Harbaugh chased the Minnesota Vikings job so much so that he interviewed with them on signing day in person. You know, who's leaving their college program to go meet with an NFL team on sunny day, or what happened was he didn't get an offer. And so he came back, they hired Kevin O'Connell and Jim Harbaugh and Michigan had an amazing season. And they shocked a lot of people, I think, by not only winning the Big Ten back to back years, but they whooped there are tribal in Columbus and I think the question is, has his stock risen back up in some people's eyes in the NFL because remember, this isn't a case of like this urban Meyer or this was Matt rule. This was an extremely successful coach in the NFL. He took over a program with the San Francisco forty-niners. It hadn't had a winning season in 8 years and in year one he got them to the NFC title game and then year two we got him in the Super Bowl. So as an NFL head coach, his credentials are much better than almost any college guy, you can think of whether it's certainly urban was on the far end of the bottom of it. But rattle off list even the next statement nobody other than Pete Carroll and Jimmy Johnson from college. Is that anywhere near the success? I had at that level. And Bruce, you know, on your story, you talked about he would take it, perhaps. It just seems like he could easily put this to bed. You know that and everyone knows that. What do you think is going on on his side right now? I think if he is really considering, if you look at the language used last year, he thought that was the time to make a run at it. You know, the question I think you'd have to wonder if you're looking at if you're a Michigan player or if you're anybody who's inside that program is how much better look, this was the best team they had band of losing to a team that I think nobody expected to be in the playoff, much less get to the title game and so is it okay you feel like we're really close and we're going to make a run at this next year. The quarterbacks back, there's a lot of pieces that are expected to come back. The leader of the defense is back. I don't know. Like I said, I'm going with what one of the better sources I have in that program basically said, I think if he gets an offer, he's gone. So we'll see how this goes. I mean, this isn't a case of to me. This is not a case of Jim Harbaugh's agent trying to stir this up. That's not where this came from. And I realized I'm jumping ahead, but these things move quickly, as you know, and assuming he does leave what likely would happen next at Michigan. My hunch is that there's the offensive coordinator slash offensive line coach Sharon Moore. He's the guy who's led them to back to back Joe more award is the best offensive line in the country. I know he's really well respected inside the program. He did have some people reach out to him about potential FBS power 5 head coaching opportunities. It didn't get far at all on that part. I think he would be a very attractive candidate for them inside. Beyond that, you look at some of the names that we think probably Michigan would normally consider, certainly Matt rule. He took the Nebraska job. Luke fickle, he took the Wisconsin job. I don't know, you could look at Willie Fritz just how to just one 12 games for tulane and beat USC. I imagine his name would be hot right now. But I think there'll be a lot of support inside the program from my understanding for sure on board to get that job. One final Big Ten question and it's been out there now for a couple of days.
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"donovan edwards" Discussed on Bet The Board
"Thing that we can parse out with the data we have is how TCU throws the ball and I think that's probably the best way to negate Michigan's pressures is using this quick pass offense, which we've seen TCU implement for much of this season. If you look at max duggan, he gets the ball out faster and on time, you know, most of the time he drops back, tons of zero and one step drops in an RPO based pass offense nearly 50% of max duggan's throws are great at as quick. And Michigan hasn't shown an ability to get pressure against those types of drops relative to the rest of the country. Michigan is actually outside the top 75 in pressure rate. Again, zero, one step in RPO passes. And I think the one thing that Brad kind of referenced coming into the year was we weren't sure what Michigan would be on defense with all the turnover. I believe it was 8 starters, right? It would have been three first round picks, if not for an injury, a defensive coordinator. If you look, they've been a little dinged through the air and back to back games, Michigan. When TCU goes to take their shots downfield, they do a pretty good job being efficient there. And the looks Michigan gives defensively lend itself to more shots downfield and Michigan's actually outside the top 15 completion rate on Don field throws. That's something to monitor. There's also a game within the game here. It's 5 star corner will Johnson versus Quinton Johnson. If you look at will Johnson, he's kind of started to see his snap share increase a 133 snaps between Ohio State and Purdue. It's because those two teams, at least Purdue has one NFL wide receiver in Ohio State has a few. So they had to get that talent out on the field and will Johnson did a pretty good job of containing Marvin Harrison junior and then against Purdue, allowed 22 yards on 8 targets. So he's got to have the ability here to kind of compete with Quentin Johnson and make Quentin at least work a little bit. But I'll be honest, this is the first time in a long time. My numbers didn't scream like fade TCU and to your to your point Todd at the top. You can see why any shop that opened ten or provided the ability to get to ten on a cheap buy immediately got wiped out. All right, let's go to the other side of the ball then where we know TCU likes to play kind of a three three 5 rarely seen the Big Ten that they refer to as the spill and kill defensive mentality. I mean, Jim Knowles utilize some similar principles. Obviously not apples to apples. We saw Michigan slice and dice them. As that game wore on, but it was interesting to hear Matt Weiss's comments who works with Sharon Moore on the Michigan side. Basically saying TCU's defenses evolved to stop the air raid offenses of the big 12 at three safeties and a lot more three man rush and a bunch of stuff that we don't ever really see. Brad, when you're talking about defensive schematics and having this much time to prepare, I know Michigan is obviously in a better spot offensively with some of the balance that they're able to offer up with JJ McCarthy and the unique skill set he brings compared to cade McNamara. But do you have an optimistic approach on Michigan and their ability to just overwhelm TCU from a physicality standpoint? Or do you think they're going to have to provide a little bit more balanced attack than the casual fan would be led to believe? I'm pretty optimistic. At least at their ability to have some success through the ground and why wouldn't you? I mean, the back to back Joe Moore award winner offensive as the best offensive line in the country. A little bit conflicted. Obviously a lot of people are going to say, oh, well Blake quorums out. I mean, that's a big time loss from Michigan. I agree to a certain extent. I'm on the belief that Donovan Edwards actually has more upside than Blake quorum. I think he's a better overall talent. He's more explosive. Catch the ball on the backfield, although with the cast and the injury to his hand, I mean, that might leave a little bit to be desired there. The problem I see with Michigan just constantly pounding and pounding away at TCU as the game continues to go on is the fact that they don't have the one two punch of quorum and Edwards. And to me, at least from the film that I watched, I mean the number three guy stokes is a guy that was where you saw the downgrade there at that position. I don't think Edwards is a guy that can tote The Rock 30, 35 times here and really take advantage of the possibility of a Michigan just leaning on TCU in that second half and using their offensive line. So I see some success possibly early. But the question I have is the durability of Edwards. I mean, this is the time where they're going to have to probably lean on him to carry it more than any time in his entire Michigan career and that would be a question mark for me. You mentioned Edwards Brad and some of just the counting stats blow you away when you look at how prolific he's been recently a 185 plus Russian yards in each of the last two games had three rushing touchdowns of 60 plus is 7 and a half yards per carry this season leads the FBS at a minimum of a hundred rushes and is 750 rushing yards in his past 6 games. More than doubles the 317 that he'd accumulated through his first 15 on campus in Ann Arbor. Payne Brad talked a little bit about the ground game Michigan has their top two receivers Cornelius Johnson and Ronnie bell available. They're depth may get tested there. AJ Henning and Charlie Anthony and Emory and walker all worked off to the side in Tuesday's practice. But when you look at Michigan and some of the advanced metrics, where do you find an avenue for them to have success against the TCU defense that showed great and flashes, I highlight the Texas game as kind of their seminal moment. But at the same time, you mentioned Kansas a little bit earlier, was vulnerable to teams that showed a little bit more thinking outside the box and got their athletes in space. Yeah, I mean, listen, this isn't splitting the atom here, I think the thing that's very surface level is honestly what's going to mean the most because that's what Michigan wants to do is run the ball. They're one of the most run heavy offenses in college football, 60% run rate from a neutral game state. Donovan Edwards to Brad's point that the cast is still on. It shrunk in size substantially if you've gotten a glimpse of Michigan's practices leading up to this game. On the season TCUs outside the top 15 both schedule adjusted rushing success rate in EPA per Russia allowed and just by nature to your point, TCU plays with the lighter box in their three three 5 scheme and they kind of refuse to stack the box. So it likely leads to even more positive run looks for Michigan and if you're Michigan, what's the reason to change? Like you're here in your tenth and rushing success right now. You have a month to prepare. And maybe TCU throws a little bit of a curveball, puts more bodies in the box. If you look at the frog's defense, there's certainly trending better since that moment in time you mentioned putting the confidence building defensive effort against Texas together. And then you look at Michigan like they haven't faced a defense that plays with a three three 5 and maybe that creates a little shock or surprise early. And I know that's really a concern of Joe Gillespie if you've listened to him and his presser this week.
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"donovan edwards" Discussed on AP News
" AP sports and Mike Reeves, the United States fell short in their World Cup knockout round match. Here's correspondent Denny cap. A pair of first half goals were enough to see the Netherlands advanced to the World Cup quarter finals with a three one win over the United States. Memphis the pie opened the scoring in the tenth minutes, slotting home a cutback from the right wing for his 43rd international goal. The second most in Dutch history, daily blend added insurance and first half stoppage time bearing across to give the Dutch a two goal cushion. The USA made things interesting in the 76th minute when Haji writes scored after an American corner, but Denzel dumfries ended the American comeback hopes when he added an 81st minute goal to his two earlier assists to seal the win. College football playoff number one ranked Georgia beats LSU 50 to 30 in the SEC championship game behind a season high four touchdown passes by stetson Bennett. When an SEC championship, I mean, there's only one of those, I mean, it's a banner, right? I mean, it's the same thing as national championship. Just a little bit smaller scale. So yeah, it was important for us. Number two ranked Michigan was a 43 22 winner over Purdue in the Big Ten championship game as Donovan Edwards rushed for a 185 yards and a touchdown. They're great TCU suffered their first loss of the season, bob Stevens has the story. Time's admirably booted a 31 yard field going overtime. Number 13 Kansas state edge third ranked TCU 31 28 in the big 12 championship game. So TCU winds up 12 and one. TCU coast sunny night says his team belongs in the college football playoffs. We went through the big 12 12 and we've been able to figure out ways to win games like this all year and you know today we weren't able to do it. And so I think we're certainly deserving. Deion Sanders is taking over his head coach at Colorado, the deal was announced by CU athletic director Rick George Sanders has been at Jackson state since 2020, where he led the tigers to consecutive southwestern athletic conference titles in hockey, the bruins beat the avalanche 5 to one to win their 14th consecutive home game to start the season. I'm Mike Reeves AP sports.
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"AP sports and Mike Reeves, the United States fell short in their World Cup knockout round match. Here's correspondent Denny cap. A pair of first half goals were enough to see the Netherlands advanced to the World Cup quarter finals with a three one win over the United States. Memphis the pie opened the scoring in the tenth minutes, slotting home a cutback from the right wing for his 43rd international goal. The second most in Dutch history, daily blend added insurance and first half stoppage time bearing across to give the Dutch a two goal cushion. The USA made things interesting in the 76th minute when Haji writes scored after an American corner, but Denzel dumfries ended the American comeback hopes when he added an 81st minute goal to his two earlier assists to seal the win. College football playoff number one ranked Georgia beats LSU 50 to 30 in the SEC championship game behind a season high four touchdown passes by stetson Bennett. When an SEC championship, I mean, there's only one of those, I mean, it's a banner, right? I mean, it's the same thing as national championship. Just a little bit smaller scale. So yeah, it was important for us. Number two ranked Michigan was a 43 22 winner over Purdue in the Big Ten championship game as Donovan Edwards rushed for a 185 yards and a touchdown. They're great TCU suffered their first loss of the season, bob Stevens has the story. Time's admirably booted a 31 yard field going overtime. Number 13 Kansas state edge third ranked TCU 31 28 in the big 12 championship game. So TCU winds up 12 and one. TCU coast sunny night says his team belongs in the college football playoffs. We went through the big 12 12 and we've been able to figure out ways to win games like this all year and you know today we weren't able to do it. And so I think we're certainly deserving. Deion Sanders is taking over his head coach at Colorado, the deal was announced by CU athletic director Rick George Sanders has been at Jackson state since 2020, where he led the tigers to consecutive southwestern athletic conference titles in hockey, the bruins beat the avalanche 5 to one to win their 14th consecutive home game to start the season. I'm Mike Reeves AP sports.
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No. 2 Michigan defeats Purdue in the Big Ten Championship | The Number One College Football Show
"But 13 in all wolverines outscored Purdue 29 to 9 in the second half for a 43 22 win in the Big Ten championship game. Michigan quarterback JJ McCarthy passed for three touchdowns and says a national championship is in reach. I love our chances, you know? Last year, it was kind of the bright lights, everything was new. Big Ten championship college football playoff, but going into the off season, it gave us so much momentum. Donovan Edwards rushed for a 185 yards and defensive back will Johnson had a pair of interceptions for the wolverines.
Bet The Board
"donovan edwards" Discussed on Bet The Board
"But let's keep us moving. Another tremendous matchup where east meets west and its Michigan for the second straight year. A massive favorite this time taking on Purdue, Michigan, a 17 point chalk here. Total on the game 51 and a half Michigan will make their second appearance in the conference championship. They obviously beat Iowa down last year 42 to three. They do own 43 Big Ten titles the most all time, 17 outright title. Second, only behind Ohio State at 24, but they have not won the conference championship outright back to back since 1991 92. Purdue will make their maiden voyage to the Big Ten Conference championship. Their most recent title is a program came back in 2000. The only outright total came back in 1929 and Purdue receives the dubious distinction of becoming the second unranked team to play in the Big Ten championship, joining only 2012 Wisconsin. And Wisconsin only got there because of postseason bans to Ohio State and Penn State. I give you all of that Brad to open this up with Michigan's power rating from where they are now versus where they started this season and how surprised were you with that dominating effort, especially in the second half, going into Columbus and taking Ohio State's lunch. First, when I hear east meets west, I immediately think of rocky four and the question here is Purdue Apollo rocky. I tend to think they're more on the Apollo side here. As far as Michigan goes, yeah, I mean, I was stunned by the second half to say the least. Typically in some of the biggest games of the year, you don't see going into the game what you expected to see. And then for a majority of the first half, even though there was some surprising play calls on the defensive side for Ohio for Ohio State, I still felt good with a preflop position on Ohio State against Michigan even at halftime. And then the entirely the flip gets flipped. The script gets flipped in the second half. I don't know how you don't upgrade Michigan least a couple points. I mean, to do that without Blake quorum, and a majority of the couple point upgrade is we hadn't seen Michigan really test the waters in the vertical passing game. Obviously, they got mission accomplished in that regard. We saw JJ McCarthy throw it down the field. They beat cover zero multiple times. And they go in and get their first win in Columbus in 22 years and do it in dominating fashion in the second half. Since the start of the year, I've upgraded Michigan about 5 and a half points. I mean, I had them forth at the start of the year. And even though I'm upgrading them 5 and a half points, I believe it or not, folks, I still would have Michigan and underdog to Ohio State on a neutral field and you don't automatically change teams powering exact significantly off one performance, specifically 30 minutes. But yeah, I don't know how you can't be impressed with Michigan after that one. Yeah, I mean, I think people are always blown away, Brad, when you say things like, well, team AB team B that automatically means they're better. It is not that simple and straightforward. When you do this for a living and you're trying to properly assess these teams, there's no doubt Michigan showed a level of physicality that Ohio State couldn't match. And pain, you and I, of course, heavily invested much like our listeners in the first half, going what the hell is Jim Noel's doing on the outside and Cornelius Johnson in super slow motion dances down the sidelines against what should have been a 5 star secondary. But you called out Ohio State said you didn't see much fight tenacity. You said they pretty much quit in that fourth quarter. When you look at Michigan here, well, they have the same success trying to beat down a Purdue defense that quite frankly leaves an awful lot to be desired. So yeah, I mean, listen, the Michigan fans were not happy with us, even though we didn't have a I know Brad had some Ohio State. We didn't have Ohio State the side we had the total obviously and we felt really good. At the 7 28 mark. Ten to three. Third and 9. The 31 yard line that we were going to not have three scores in the remainder of that second quarter, but that's kind of been how about three 5 two and a half minutes that ended up ruining my fucking Saturday. So I think to Brad's point, we've obviously upgraded Michigan. I think 16 and a half is the right core number, but inevitably come 8 p.m. Saturday night, betters are going to pile on the Michigan, remembering the beatdown they put on Ohio State last week and because of that this has a chance to close something like 18. Aid O'Connell hasn't been with the team. He's with his family morning loss of his brother. So that has to be mentioned in factored and on the other side of the ball. Take nothing away from Michigan. They forced Ohio State to scream mercy and once Ohio State got punched back last week they quit. But I just don't again like laying points when the need for margin isn't there. I don't like laying three scores when you're coming off your biggest game and win of the season against your biggest rival. Those typically just don't bode well for me and we can't forget the fact that Blake Corman Mike Morris are still both injured and those are key cogs on each side of the ball and even Donovan Edwards came in with a cast on his hand. Last week, hit two explosives. But the man can't catch. He can't possess the ball in the proper hand. He literally just ran in a straight line two times the holes were so large. He had 2.8 yards per rush on the other 20 carries. And again, I know Michigan fans were happy as heck and let us all know that JJ McCarthy and the receiver group finally made plays downfield. And maybe that's the confidence that boost JJ McCarthy in Michigan to making a run here at the national championship. But I don't think for a second, Michigan played possum for 11 games in 23 minutes. After trailing to Rutgers in Illinois and suddenly broke out the goods at the 7 minute mark of the second quarter at the shoe. I don't think that happened. If you dig into the play by play data, Michigan gained 360 yards on 5 place. The other 54 offensive snaps from Michigan average three arts per play. So they lived on the explosive. And I will be interested to see if they can replicate that, but they're going to have an opportunity here. The boilermakers defense, they have
The Paul Finebaum Show
"donovan edwards" Discussed on The Paul Finebaum Show
"We still have plenty of time for you to get in here. And let's check in with Sean and Indianapolis. Hello, Sean. How's it going, Paul? We are doing great. Good. I'm sorry I haven't commented on your shoes before, but you're always looking fresh. You're looking fresh, my man. Well, I don't expect the comments on the shoes to be too prominent. Well, you know, I think we just, we tune in to listen to you, Paul. Not get passionate, but hey, maybe I should. I should have been more perceptive. Next time. But I was listening to that caller about Michigan. And one thing I wanted to say is that, you know, we didn't beat Ohio State with Blake long. We beat Ohio State with Donovan Edwards, which Blake is a great back, especially catching the ball. But I think Donovan Edwards might be better. And so, you know, obviously huge loss morally, he was the leader and the captain of the team. But Donovan network is really strong. I just think from a preparation standpoint, it's going to be easier to get ready for them. But until we know the matchups, it probably won't matter. And I agree with you. They didn't need him, but I think they will need him is the question. Thanks for the call. Appreciate it, Kevin. In Austin, Texas. Hello, Kevin. Hey Paul, how are you? We are well. Thank you. Hey, Paul, I was curious. I wanted to get your as a journalist and a writer. I wanted to get your perspective on this story with Jerry Jones and the picture from 1957. The reason I'm interested in your perspective is it seems like that story is picking up a lot of steam in the media and I don't know. I'm not a Jerry Jones defender. I don't know what's in his heart and his mind. He's a racist or not. But it is interesting to me. You know, as a kid in 1957, at some high school in Little Rock, I don't know if that was the biggest story in town and Time Magazine was there as a spectacle and I don't even know if it's his school or not, right? But it just seems like before we all race the judgment, maybe there should be some sort of investigation to find out what the facts are and maybe talk to some people who actually know Jerry Jones and if worked with him or went to school with him, I don't know what to explain. I believe this was The Washington Post who did this blow up on Jones a couple of days ago. They had a picture of him, he was standing in the back during the famous Little Rock desegregation moment and I agree with you. I met Jerry Jones, I have no earthly idea what was going on in his life back then, but I do understand, as we all do, I was barely alive. The times in the country. And I think you have to judge Jerry Jones on his record at the Dallas Cowboys. And he's an 80 whatever year old man who grew up in segregated America. That's not an excuse. That's a fact. Yeah, I agree with you. And I think he was 15 or 16 at the time in that picture. And I think part of growing up is learning not to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. No, and this is a case that goes on a lot too, Kevin, you know, with all the politicians who have fallen with the blackface pictures. What was the guy's name, the governor of Virginia a couple of years ago, Northrop Ralph northam, who got exposed on that. And everybody in the Democratic Party tried to run him out. He survived it, and ended up being a very responsible governor. I mean, I don't want to use the cliche, hey, you know, we all made stupid mistakes. We all did. And Jerry Jones, I don't really care much about what he was doing in 1957. All we know is he was standing in the back. If he was committing a crime, I'd be a lot more concerned. And I'm as open minded about race as anyone could from that generation. I mean, I've tried to expose bigotry and racism, my entire career. In fact, we just got through talking to a man about the very subject in a lack of diversity as he was the first African American to become a head coach in the SEC. So I don't think this one meets the standard. I think journalism has gotten so narrow and so polarized. But I don't know where the story is, I guess, is what I'm saying. I would agree, Paul. I don't know either. I know there was some comments made by LeBron James that were headlining the news today where he wanted to be asked about that particular situation. I just think I was trying to think of something analogous. Would be like if you and I got snapped in a picture? September 11th. Are we a terrorist? Because we were near the World Trade Center? No. When it was taken. And I just fully admit during that moment in time, we all had, I was on a plane, whatever the first day you could fly again after September 11th. Kevin and I mean, I'm on the plane. I'm in the back of the plane and I'm watching everyone walk down the aisle. And anyone who didn't look like me, I'm like getting nervous about. Because that was the mood of the country at the time. But I think as a 16 year old, I mean, I don't, I mean, I feel pretty certain, Jared, the world, Jerry Jones grew up and was probably pretty disheartening. Because I grew up 200 miles away, and I know what I heard. And I know what I saw. I'm blessed to have had parents who from the moment that I could open my eyes, told me right from wrong. And especially on that issue because it was part of my life growing up because busing had started, a lot of things were going on for a young person and I had the idea of what it meant, but I certainly knew something was going on. Well, thanks, Paul. I appreciate the insight. Appreciate it. I do believe you have to judge somebody on their life, not on a picture. At that age. But this is not my, this is not, but the media has become really very disturbing. And I really don't know what LeBron James said. But I know a lot of people are talking about it. I don't want to act like, well, I haven't had a chance to read that yet. I have. Swami is up next. Well, hey mega, thanks for taking my car, Pete. Thank you very much. You know, you've been dialed in Jim Harbaugh. Well, well, hell says he's been at Michigan, you know?
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"donovan edwards" Discussed on Progressive Talk 1350 AM
"Horn, right? The Michigan Michigan ties in candidate. TJ Stroud, kissing goodbye, right? It's been gone. But ultimately, this was the final straw. Yeah. And we'll see you in 30 minutes of Caleb Williams can hop up a lot of numbers. We'll hop up a lot of lists, but right now, I mean, at this point, it's people falling. CJ's Travis. But Blake's got Blake's got one more game to solidify it. If he can get that knee right, he can get out there for the Big Ten championship game against Purdue. Next Saturday night and pull off a miraculous performance. It's got to be blatant. Once again, we got to see what Caleb does the night against nor did in a very feisty aggressive pin their ears back come at you defense that in order dame brought out here from South Bend. You have to see it. Both of my both of my Alma maters make it big wins today. That's true, yeah, that's right. And I was on annenberg and communications, correct? They know about it. Did I get it all right? Okay, there you go. You guys see, man. But as always, though, yeah, just Michigan. I've been telling y'all, man. Michigan. Huge. Let's move real quick because we'll talk about Michigan on our House date. Because that's a game that's going to have obviously playoff implications going forward. One that did not want that pretty much ended playoff implications for the other guy who I'm sure you'll be happy to tell us about his footwork back when he was at John Bosco. DJ, you were underway. And the Clemson tigers go down to South Carolina, South Carolina back to back weeks playing spoiler to teams that had better postseason plans than they did, Spencer Rattler, I feel good for special rattling right now. The way he's played, especially in the last 14 days. Yes, especially what he went through. And listen, I knocked him. I criticized him. I was very critical of him when he was at Oklahoma because he deserved it. You lost your starting position to set cape preset Caleb Williams, who was a freshman out of Gonzaga high school to WC AC, shout out to the DMV high school football baggies. You lost your job to him and had to transfer to South Carolina, but for him to, hey, he might be Vijay's corners coming up. Uncle VJ's corner's coming up. You guys know I give a vanilla brother of the week award now. It might be him because he did exhibit the three C's why he's been there in the last two weeks, took out your Heisman guy and hinden hooker when he got hurt of course, but that defense giving up another 40 50 burger. Give me a break. That's not a college football playoff team. I've been telling you guys that for the last 5, 6 weeks also. But for him to perform the way he has the last two weeks in the Gordon road today. Thursday night, I filled in for Jason Smith with the great Arnie Spaniard. That was my, that was my big upset of the weekend. I took South Carolina to win, not just not lose by their two touchdown deficit that they weren't at Vegas game. I said, no, they're going to beat, they're going to be Clemson. Why? 'cause you just said it. That quarterback is big and is good-looking as a strong arm as he is. What do you do late in the game, guys? Office back feet, feet not together. What does he do? Overthrows reception his receiver what happens? A late game interception. You can't make this stuff up if you watch enough film and cover it. And so that pretty much eliminates Clemson from the college. John will play off. I say pretty much eliminates. Who knows? No, no, they're done. I just want to say who knows because I feel like they're always trying to do something to make people upset. But Clemson well, Clemson won't be the answer. Really, what should happen is the outcome of this, I think that if you watch the House state of Michigan game, this final score wasn't all the way indicative of how the game was played, I think, especially when you think of the back to back. Donovan Edwards, big runs. The score got away from Ohio State. That was a closer game. I think than the final score indicate. Right now, as I sit and see it, I feel like Ohio State deserves to be a playoff team still. No, absolutely not. Absolutely not. Who the hell are you? Are you serious? Come on, man. Are you supposed to be? We Michigan. Ohio State's not getting in the playoffs they don't deserve to be in play. You can't lose that way, and I disagree with you. I'm saying, listen, but if this same situation played out and knew it was 11 and Alabama against 11 and O, SEC west team, that was going into the SEC championship and one of them loses This auburn Alabama, they're both undefeated. One of them loses Alabama goes on and went our Alabama wins that game. And then they went in that CC championship. Everybody in the world is going to say to the other SEC team deserves to be in. If you put the body of work together with the college football playoff as opposed to be about it, what they normally do for the most part. There's just too many games that you can look at with Ohio State and just go, yeah, they kind of snuck out of that one against much lesser opponents. And then to have that game today at home. Your college football playoff for both teams were on the line today. I don't want to hear that. And that game was not as close as people were trying to make it out to be in the second half. And I've heard I've heard a few other people on Twitter, trying to tweet that. I got you though, but I read a lot, okay? That game wasn't close, okay? In the second half, they were dominated. They were dominated if not for one stupid Michigan safety blitz that leaves the best receiver in the nation one on one with a sophomore corner at some at one point, that game would have been 31 to 7, 31 to ten. They were beating them up and down the field in the second half. Those two big runs are cherries on the top of a Sunday that you've already made that already looks delicious that you're already going to devour and been getting ready for. You got the best condiments you got the best ice cream you money can buy and you add the cherry on the top. That's what those two touchdown runs were. That defense was beat down for two quarters.
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"Lakefront in midway both 55 53 Westwood lawn O'Hare 55 went out of 40, a vacuum with urologist John Fieri. At three 16 with sports Rick Greg, Michigan wins the east, the third ranked wolverines went two number two Ohio State and waltzed out of the horseshoe with the lock on the college football playoff spot, 45 23 Michigan JJ McCarthy through touchdowns of 45 69 and 75 yards, the latter paired a Cornelius Johnson and Donovan Edwards had touchdown runs of 75 and 85 yards in the game's final 7 and a half minutes. So, one half of the Big Ten championship game is set, as for the other, well, if Purdue beats Indiana, the boilermakers will get the nod, but Indiana leaves 7.3 that said hoosiers quarterback Dexter Williams out of the game now after an injury should Purdue lose Illinois goes dancing if it beats northwestern and the align I do lead northwestern 7 zero early in quarter number two on a run by Reggie love chase brown had to bow out of the game for a minute he's back in the national rushing leader Reggie love got the touchdown for the align I 7 nothing in Evanston in the second. If both Purdue and Illinois lose, Iowa wins the west, South Carolina upended number 8 Clemson 31 30, Alabama auburn tied at 7 in the first of the iron bowl number 15 Notre-Dame visits number 6 USC tonight will have it beginning at 5 30 on 7 80 a.m., all news continuing on one to 5.9 FM during the game. Northern trailing Akron 41 to 9 into Cal with 13 minutes to go and in north central beat Carnegie Mellon 28 7 to reach round three of the D three playoffs. Argentina beat Mexico two zero at the World Cup Messi Fernández with the goals Poland beat Saudi Arabia too. The bears lifted third string quarterback Nathan Peterman onto the active roster, so if Justin Fields does not go tomorrow, it'll be Peterman backing up Trevor Simeon. We'll find out bears and jets coverage at 9 right here on the home of the bears, Rick Greg does ready to go one to 5 9. Three 18 traffic and weather together on the 8 sponsored by lindemann chimney heating and cooling here, Trent Erickson. Getting this crash out of the way on 1894 eastbound, but it's in a work zone, so it's already been slow here off of the bishop Ford over to the state line eastbound only and it's still there that delay, but it looks like they're getting the crash at least cleared out of the way. On your even slow going in from past Cicero now let's just call it approaching the Kennedy and you're up outside clear your inbound side of the Kennedy goes from the Cumberland all the way to downtown because of no express lanes those are headed outbound. They use them to the same as a local so if you'd like to use them you can, otherwise it got a very much from the edens to Harlem delay. Inbound Eisenhower is going from mannheim to displays, but that earlier crash in the upside has been cleared and there's no delays on the outbound side. That crash was right around wolf, but no delays are even left with or that. Steven sent out from Damon to Cicero in bounce out from Harlem pockets up to pulaski and then approaching the Dan Ryan rapp and Ryan inbound
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"donovan edwards" Discussed on The Rich Eisen Show
"The first half is about to come to an end in Qatar. Four extra minutes because it was four minutes of stuff that they were down and while the clock was running. I don't know. It's so arbitrary, but you're saying Mike, it's on the up and up. So I'll trust you. And think about what she just said. I know what I'm saying. U.S. is up one nil on Wales. Catherine Zeta-Jones, famous Welsh actress. She must be sitting around saying, this is intolerable cruelty. Wait a minute. Hold on a minute. This is the haunting. Coming true. Use some of her famous movies. Well, I mean, like what? Like what? It's all Connery one. Yeah. Well, I mean, they're losing to America's sweethearts. Say something about T mobile. There you go. I don't know how I can work cocaine godmother and. He's in a movie called lay the favorite. Who knew that? Now we're talking. Now we're talking, rich. Stop it, Chris. There you go. Hey, rich. By the way, did you know this happened today? I didn't wear any shoes. What's going on? Shoeless TJ. Jefferson. I'm protesting on boycotting the sneakers at, okay? They promised hundreds of thousands of us were going to get these Jordan ones. I didn't get them. Brockman didn't get them. It's like Taylor Swift. If Jack you should get them something. Didn't get them. Live nation and ticketmaster, they should look into this. Well, that bike was just telling us, it's a racket. It's a rocket. It's halftime, guys. It's halftime. Defund the sneakers y'all. That's what I'm saying. One zero. One zero. See, nobody's saying one zero. Hussein one zero. I know two people who are. All right. College football. I mean, watching that Michigan Illinois game. If you could take, if you could take players away from Michigan that would leave them beyond shorthanded. Blake coram's number one, and he took a helmet on the knee. I have no idea how he came back in that game and actually ran one and pulled the pile with him. I don't know how. And he was done for the rest of the game. Donovan Edwards wasn't even playing. So, but they still survived TCU. When TCU ran the ball with no timeouts left and then fire drilled their kicker on down to, I'm like, what are they doing? It was like, no, no, no, no, oh, okay. Apparently sunny dikes said they practiced that. It did look practiced. I got to tell you. It looked practiced. It was unnecessary. At one point, Maryland put a scar in Ohio State and then we all know Tennessee hand and hooker I am saying to you, sir, I hope to see you with the combine. I don't believe you will be working out there, but you will go through everything you need to go through. And I hope I see it the compound. That's all I'm saying. He blows his knee out, Jalen hired, didn't get the rich eyes and show bump at all. South Carolina bumped Tennessee off. And Tennessee was the 5th ranked team according to the college football playoff committee that we'll hear from tomorrow. I imagine USC will be that 5th rank team after I saw them on Saturday night at the rose bowl thanks to you, Eden. And the rest of the folks of the legacy committee at the rose bowl. Sue's the kids. Cooper's friend, Jackson, was there as well? And we all watched it, and USC, that Caleb Williams is so freaking good. So good, but I want to say this. Even though USC's 5th ranked and they will be playing in a packed 12 championship, put a little bit of play Notre-Dame first. Okay, and then a pack 12 championship game. I just say this. Michigan and Ohio State, pardon me. 11 O, does that count for nothing? Counts for nothing. What do you mean? Counts for nothing. I think the loser of Michigan Ohio State gets in any way. Over the PAC 12 champ. Why? Why not? But why? You didn't win your conference. You don't have one loss. Like USC and you don't win your conference, you should go ahead of them. That's happened before. It's the Alabama exemption. So a team that goes 11 and O all year long doesn't lose and then loses to either the second ranked team or the third ranked team in the country, the loser of that game that the whole country is going to be watching does it, they're out. You lose. USC lost on the last play of the game to YouTube blanket version. But they're playing them for the pack 12. So who care? What do you mean? Just saying it, you could disagree, clearly you are, and I'm sure there are many others who are hearing this or watching it back later or seeing it now live. And this has got nothing to do with I'm saying the same thing for all the Ohio State fans who are out there read xing me on Twitter right now. I mean, grow up. Grow up. Seriously grow up. And for you folks, I'm caping, if Michigan goes in, shorthanded. Banged up. At many different positions. And wins that game and beats Ohio State Ohio State should be done for the year. Depends on what the finished finish for the year. But they have the same amount of losses as a team that won its conference. Come on. I'm PAC 12 is not like the PAC 12 has just had one ranked team all year. I've done a lot of ranked teams all season. I know what you're saying. The Big Ten. I know what you're saying. What if USC loses one of the final two games? They're out. And then who goes in? LSU two lost LSU goes in over the Big Ten runner up. If they win the SEC, sorry. Family. That's the way I'm feeling. And this goes for buckeyes too. And I hope that they do lose. And that I am right. Oh. And there they go. Big game. I hope I can be consistent. And also very happy. And Chester. Thanks to Henry Winkler and Chris long for being on today's show. Look at our new
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No. 5 Michigan tops No. 10 Penn St 41-17, runs for 418 yards
"5th ranked Michigan sprint's pass number ten Penn State 41 17 Michigan racked up 418 total rushing yards against the Penn State run defense that came into the game 5th best in the FCS giving up just under 80 a game Wolverine's tail back Donovan Edwards ran for a career high 173 yards and two touchdowns to help Michigan improve to 7 and O I feel like I've been prone for you know a game like this for a while now And I just had to just sit back and wait my turn It just showed the world what I'm capable of being able to do Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford through for a 120 yards and ran for 74 but left the game in the fourth quarter with a shoulder injury as his team drops to 5 and one Denny cap and arbor Michigan
The Paul Finebaum Show
"donovan edwards" Discussed on The Paul Finebaum Show
"Ryan, they can't go, hey, if you come here, there's a $4 million NIL deal waiting for you. He's not supposed to be able to do that. No coach in the country is supposed to be able to do that. But what he can do and what these collectives can do is link you up with people who can do business deals with you. And so that's the extent that a program can be involved with is just pointing you in the right direction. But they can't have any type of dealings with the money or actually setting up deals, but they can go, hey, there's something over your head or something. They're almost like a GPS telling you where to go. Let's get to the field because everyone knows it's going to be Alabama and Ohio State is probably the top two teams in the country. The buckeyes led by CJ Stroud. Give us an overview of what this team looks like to you. Yeah, obviously they've got arguably the best quarterback in the country depending on whether you live north of the mason Dixon line or not you might think it's price young with CJ Stroud. Jack has met in the jig, but it's one of the best wide receivers in the country along with Jordan Addison. Trevor Henderson is one of the best running backs in the country. There's already a lot of hype around Paris Johnson being the left tackle. Offensively, I think Ohio State can be exactly what it was last year. With an elite passing attack and I better run game and more versatile run game because last year it obviously did get stagnant when they placed it they played any defense with any level of a post who could stop a running game. But when you've got CJ strategies or quarterback with Jack be leading the way along with guys like Marvin Harrison junior who might be in for a breakout season and make a book and Julian Fleming might be in for a breakout season the offense should still be one of the best in the country and be a team that averages north of 40 points per game. Defensively is where I think it's interesting. There's reason for optimism around what Jim Knowles brings he had one of the best defenses in the country at Oklahoma state. So what happens when you give him top tier talent? But you still have to see it. There's not a lot of guys on the team who are proven superstars on the defensive side of the ball. There's a lot of if this hits with guys like JT two and below and Jack Sawyer on the defensive line and then obviously George Hancock didn't sell Burke, a healthy Josh proctor in the secondary. Last year, Michigan undid the buckeyes to a pretty severe tune. Michigan is supposed to be good this year. What is your assessment of the wolverines? That I understand why there's a reason why everybody thinks Michigan will still be good. But they're not Ohio State. They're not Alabama, they're not Georgia, where when you lose top ten of the draft picks, you just reload with the next top ten NFL Draft pick. So cade McNamara, JJ McCarthy the way they work that quarterback situation is that going to be how they work it this year or does JJ McCarthy as the former 5 star if we just take that job. I think Blake McCormick is one of the better running backs in the big tenant. So he should be quality once again along with Donovan Edwards coming into his second year, but the real question is, how do you replace the number two draft pick in the NFL and aid in Hutchinson? How do you replace David ajabo? They also lost the first round safety as well. So they lost some key pieces to that defense along with losing your defensive coordinator who went back to Baltimore. So I have to see it first. I don't think Michigan is going to fall right back off a cliff and be a 9 and three team. I still think that would be one of the more competitive games, but I also think that it would be irresponsible to think that because Michigan was able to wipe the floor with Ohio State last year the way they did because of some circumstances, that's going.
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"donovan edwards" Discussed on Bet The Board
"Wisconsin badly when Jim Leonard sent blitzes and Leonard sent blitz is almost 37% of the time. And I bring that up because once Kirby figured out his corners couldn't hang with Bama, he started sending a ton of blitzes in the second half. I'm not sure his corners are going to have the issues they had in the band again. But I think it's really important to not give Michigan fake yardage here. You have to kind of stay within yourself. And I understand if you want to be aggressive. But I don't think it makes sense in certain situations for Kirby and landing to get too nutty and aggressive defensively here because that's just going to open things. I think you have to let Michigan prove that they can drive the football down the field methodically, and you mentioned that Wisconsin game, the reality of it was Michigan had one scoring drive that traveled more than 59 yards in that game and that was the elite level defense they'd played. They weren't able to run the football. They stayed committed to it. 44 carries for a 112 yards in that spot. Now, at least Michigan's your point, you brought up one of the X factors that I think we're going to see him get more involved in the offense and Donovan Edwards, Blake hormone said the right things about being healthy. We saw the big play potential against Iowa, so Michigan will at least be healthier in the backfield than they were down the stretch. We'll see if that can pay dividends here. On the other side of the ball, all the questions swirling around your beloved fan club that you lead for stetson Bennett and will he be up to the task against this Michigan defense when you look at stats and Ben and he's had loads of protection all season long. Low fourth lowest sack rate in all of the FBS and the stats and credit led the power 5 and yards per attempt. He was top 15 and touchdown passes. Second in the power 5 in first down per attempt in steps in Michigan defense headline by Aidan Hutchinson and David a jabo those two combined for 25 plus sacks this season. And the best opponent they faced was Ohio State and in Michigan's credit, they made the buckeyes somewhat one dimensional. Georgia doesn't have explosive game breakers, not by what I've seen and what the numbers suggest in the backfield, but they do have some of that physicality you need in the offensive line and enough balance to hopefully put Michigan in a little bit of precarious position if things get rolling. Yeah, to me, you know, this side of the ball is pretty straightforward. Like George is going to be who they are. And I think that's a run first team. And when they're not running it, they're throwing the play action in their work in the RPO game. And like most offense is George's functions substantially better when they're not playing from behind. The down and distance and when they're playing with a lead. And I think Todd monk had done a really nice job this season working with what he has. And you kind of are hinting at this. But as great as Kirby's recruited, the offense isn't really stocked like a trout pond to that many points. It's Nick Saban before he came into the last three or four years where all the efforts recruiting wise were built around 5 star blue chippers on the defensive side and an offense you hoped could just get by with the likes of AJ McCARRON or Greg mcelroy. I think George is still a little bit behind their offensively. We'll see if they can bridge the gap though. There was a report this week that arch Manning is trending that way. Same. We'll see if you can bring in the best quarterback. Let's see what happens. But to your point, and I'm not trying to bring up florid state here, but it's just the one situation that I know is that there's a receiver in this state of Florida who's a track star. He's like a three star guy. He does have talent upside. But Mike norwell, who in specifically Ron dugan, who didn't bring in a freshman receiving weapon into this class, elected not to bring in this three Star Trek Kirby smart dead. So they're not getting the offensive weapons that I think a lot of people think of when it's like, oh, Georgia. Awesome. It's just not there in a great tight ends, huge offensive line, some nice backs, but the weapons outside are certainly lacking. And in general, this is a pretty basic offense, especially with Michigan having a month to prepare for. But right off the bat, the question becomes can Michigan stop the run. And if you're a wolverines fan or you're maybe have a slight bias towards Michigan or your betting, Michigan, you're thinking, like, hell yeah. We held Ohio State to a negative 0.16 EPA per Russia. Henderson and Williams did nothing against us. And I think when you bring in a new D.C., which Michigan did right with Mike McDonald from the ravens, some of the weighted performance is probably should be factored in even more than usual because you have like 18 year old kids learning a drastically different scheme. And the more recent stuff should probably be more relevant. But it still makes me nervous as a whole. If you look at Michigan's defense, 61st in line yards outside the top 100 and stuff right. And despite the entire world knowing Georgia wants to run, they still had an offensive line, top 20 and line yards, opportunity rate and stuff right aloud. So I think that's obviously the first step is like who wins the ground battle on this side of the matchup. The second thing to focus on as you watch this is Michigan's ability to defend play action passes in the RPO game, especially on early downs. We talked about this leading up to the Alabama game. Getting stats and Bennett to throw on early downs. Get them comfortable. Pass on rundowns, break tendency. Todman's done a really good job with that. Over 51% of stetson Bennett throws this season are with play action or an RPO element to it. And I think this will shock some people. But because of Georgia's ability to run. And the amount of times they do run early down passes have been wildly efficient. George's early down EPA passing is the best of any power 5 team in the country this year. And when stetson Ben throws the play action, one 27 passer rating, 77% adjusted completion percentage, 15 yard a dot. And to kind of have that be more effective, you need to play in the lead, I think, or keep it in a neutral state. And I think that might actually present some issues for Michigan's defense because if you look at how they've defended the play action in the RPO game, especially in early downs. They haven't done it. You need good coverage linebackers. Michigan doesn't have a linebacker with a positive coverage grade this season. And I think that.
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"donovan edwards" Discussed on Bet The Board
"Are not alike. So it's interesting. I don't think Michigan's going to abandon who they are, right? We've heard in pressers this week, Haskins has come out and said like, hey, we're going to be who we are. And I don't know if I understand you have a month off, right? So you can make some adjustments. You can throw in some wrinkles. You can do some different things. And provide different elements that haven't been on film yet, but at its core, Michigan's going to rely on its own line. It's going to rely on its run game. It's not going to put a ton on Kate McNamara's plate, and ultimately I think that's what this comes down to. It's like Michigan due to Georgia, what they've done to other defensive lines. And play some bully ball. I like Michigan's offensive line. But you hit it perfectly in that it didn't really work against Wisconsin's defense of front. I know people will probably go and see the score now, as I say that and they're like, oh, one on the road by three scores. The reality is if you look at it, Haskins quorum and Edwards, average 2.7 a carry on 35 carries combined. And what was shocking to me and digging into this game was Michigan's O line 68th an opportunity rate for as good as the run game has been, and that's basically a metric that measures the amount of times a run play gains at least four yards when the line creates four yards of space. Stunning to see them below average. That's obviously pretty important when we're talking about a Michigan offense that runs on 61% of early downs. That's who they are. So even if they decided to be like, hey, we're going to open this up a little bit more. Probably not going to be a ton of passing, you know? And then you have this Georgia defense that we know 8th in schedule adjusted EPA per rush allow. In total, less than 29% of runs against George of great successful. If you look prior to the Alabama game, George's defense was given up 0.36 non garbage time points per drive. Georgia gave up 8 regular season touchdowns this year. Even in that game against Alabama, trace Sanders and Brian Robinson junior did nothing on the ground. It was Bryce young's legs that made the rushing numbers respectable. I believe it was like 1.4 EPA per rush for Bryce young. The other two running backs were negative UPA per rush. And then if you look at the success Michigan's had running the ball recently, it's tons of inside zone. It's very difficult to run inside against Georgia and Jordan Davis, right? And you also have great run defenders and jaylen Carter and devonte Wyatt. The way Alabama was able to be Georgia. It's like having a Heisman quarterback in a potential number one pick in 2023 throwing to a first round receiver and Jameson Williams and push and pull down veal. Gabe Mary isn't that guy in Michigan doesn't really have that kind of weaponry outside once Belle went down. And this is really interesting to me and it kind of gages some of the receiver talent. And I'm sure there's some young guys like Michigan and we're recruiting better. I'm sure you are, but like the young guys aren't quite there yet. To impact a game like this and you can tell by this number, Michigan's receivers have only caught 35% of their contested catches. As many question marks, if we have about Georgia's receivers, 62% catch rate. It's not a very good pass catching offense right now. It's very bleak in its current state. I think if you're Josh gaddis. JJ McCarthy time, baby. That's what Michigan's gotta lean on in this game. A little trickery and such. Yes, yeah, you're probably right. You know, I think if you're Michigan and you're Josh gaddis, like you're kind of throwing on the tape and you're seeing that in addition to a couple deep shots and making young corners kind of play on islands, Alabama was able to attack the slot. In Georgia secondary, right? 16.8 yards allowed perception on ten catches with a touchdown. I don't know what happened. Maybe it was disciplinary, but latavius Brittany, who plays the star position in Georgia's defense and has an 82 coverage grade, the best of any player in Georgia secondary, was benched for the Alabama game. Didn't record a single snap. No reasons were given other than Bernie was a healthy scratch. His replacement, William Poole was targeted ten times. Bryce young had a one 41 passer rating when targeting pool. 8 of those ten targets were caught, including one for a touchdown. So your guess is as good as mine, if Brittany is maybe injured, maybe if he's in the doghouse, I don't know, but it obviously be good if he blamed this game because he plays the star position and he's one of the best coverage guys defending the slot. If he's in there, based upon his productivity this year, that's probably not an attackable area, although it appears to be one if you watched film from the last game. Let's see if Bernie's in the doghouse. Chris Smith, another key cog in Georgia secondary, hadn't played since the Tennessee game because of a knee injury. He returned against bam at far less than a 100%. He's now going to have another four weeks to rehab his knee. Let's see if that helps. But as I see this, right? Unless Michigan's able to like shock us all and bully Georgia's front, probably going to need Donovan Edwards to be a factor catching balls out of the backfield. Maybe you even do line them up.
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"Despite being a net negative 2% success rate against a pat Fitzgerald team that we have power rated just inside the top 90. Big win there. The next week, Minnesota comes to town. We are on the dog. We all cover awesome. Minnesota should have won the damn game outright. Out gained Iowa by a 132 yards in kinnock. Iowa was held to 277 yards a hundred of them came on two place, a broken coverage on a quick flip turnaround, and then a pass thrown three yards behind the line of scrimmage where three guys missed tackles and wide receiver ran it in. 177 total yards on every other play in that game. Give Iowa credit. Debut Illinois. Still couldn't exceed odds maker expectation in that game. And then last week against Nebraska, with a chance to go to the Big Ten championship game. Win and apply pressure on Wisconsin. Iowa was down 21 to 6 with a minute to go in the third quarter to a backup quarterback named Logan smothers. Nebraska does what Nebraska does in implodes late. I will locate the horseshoe up there as one more time with a non offensive touchdown. And they win the game despite being a net negative 10% in success rate. And also lost the net EPA per play battle. For the last 6 games, iOS either been drugged in the advanced box or didn't exceed odds maker expectation in every single one of their games. So the number in matchup would typically dictate a play on Michigan this week against Iowa. The problem is the information I'm getting at least as of now Wednesday morning, as I was going to be the side. Michigan, we obviously know as you alluded to biggest win in the harbor era. Over its biggest rival. Michigan is in the driver's seat for the college football playoff. There is no need for style points just went. No need to run it up, just went. And then laying ten and a half 11 points in a game with a total of 43 and a half is typically a difficult proposition. So that's kind of where I am on this game. I'm not quite sure, I think Iowa stinks. I think they're worse than what their metrics indicate and it's why, even though I'm not as high in Michigan as others, I still see value in Michigan because of the number 13, but it's virtually impossible. To play Michigan after last week. It's just very difficult. And you hate to say that, right? But you're typically not going to win money laying double digits with a total of 43 and a half after that team just had their biggest win in a decade. So I'm kind of off this game altogether. But it's probably not going, I guess my point here eventually comes in from the guys that I speak with. It's probably going to be a game where I just pass into I'm on the sidelines. How the fact you haven't been able to quantify the fairy dust that Iowa plays with on a weekend week out basis this season is beyond me. When you look at a team that's plus 13 in turnovers, they've scored 6 non offensive touchdowns to their opponent zero. And the fact that they're starting average field position is at the 36 yard line. I guess goes to show what this team has been able to accomplish and it reminds me an awful lot of Chicago Bears. And Matt nagy's first season where the offense didn't have to do much because the defense set them up for success. So we'll see early on in this game of Michigan can remain as versatile offensively as we've seen because that's one thing that kept coming out in a lot of the reading for this game. The Michigan talked about how opposing defenses can't key on just one player for this team, whether it's a son Haskins last week with 5 touchdowns, Blake coram before he was dealing with a foot injury. Eric all and what he brings to the tight end spot or a guy like Donovan Edwards who caught ten balls for a 170 yards and their win against Maryland. This Michigan offense is a lot more dynamic than I think they're giving credit for. And we'll have to see not for just this week, but if it was a changing of the guard with that dominant performance against Ohio State and they're able to bridge the gap going forward against the scarlet and gray in the Big Ten east. It's lining up very well for next year. That's for sure. JJ McCarthy, you mentioned Edwards, who is just a fantastic back and his versatility is really given that offense and pop. And so all of a sudden, when you're looking out wide and you're saying, you know, there's not a ton of great weapons yet. That can crush you outside for Michigan. You do have some nice tight ends and coram and Edwards catching the ball out of the backfield has been absolutely ridiculous. And so that's probably a good place to focus there is I always got a great defense and typically you're not going to want to run your head into a brick wall. And the secondary is good. But I think there are some advantages there where you can get Edwards and coram out in the past game on those linebackers, which appear to be a touch a touch slow to my eye. And so maybe that's where Michigan does have the advantage. And again, the one thing I was feasted on is great field position, being able to turn teams over and Michigan's fantastic and special teams and they don't turn the ball over. So you're really kind of looking for ways I was able to score in this game now. Maybe just Michigan's flat as a board, it's just difficult to see that being the case knowing what's on the line here. Suddenly that win last week really loses its luster if you're ousted from the college football playoff and don't have a chance at a championship run. It should be an interesting game for sure from Indy. We'll see if Michigan can finally get their monkey off the back and play for one of the biggest prizes in all of college football. 6 Marquis games to keep your eyes on across Friday and Saturday. I know we didn't have a chance to get to some of the group of 5 matchups that are fascinating in their own right with Bailey zappy in the high powered western Kentucky hilltop or offense, going to take on UT San Antonio Appalachian state looking for a little bit of revenge against Lafayette, but the reality of it is there aren't enough hours in the day for us to deep dive every single game on the docket. However, there is one final order of business as we always do around these parts when we put a bow on the college football season other than the bowl games that are looming..
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"Is college football on ESPN Radio and the ESPN F Welcome Washington. Make a late surge here. They just put seven on the board five play 75 Yard Drive. 1 52 time of possession. On the drive and ice drive, especially for Dylan Morris. The Huskies quarterback, too big throws on that drive, and they loosened things up offensively a bit here. Down. Now it's 24 10 protection was better as well and that drive, But it certainly makes you wonder why they didn't get a little bit more aggressive earlier and spread them out as a huge play on that drive across the middle. Really sparked things and Bill Morrison confident by far their best and most cohesive drive of the night. But it could be too old. Too late As I imagine Michigan's gonna attempt to get the ball back and go into what I call Boa constrictor mode where you slowly squeeze the life out of your opponent. I think they started that. At the start of the third quarter and eighth place scoring drive. They ran on all eight plays. They have to 100 plus yard rushers tonight, the Wolverines do and Blake Corum and his son Haskins. The last team to have to 100 Yard rushers against Washington was Baylor. They had 3 100 rushers against the Huskies on December 29th 2011. That was the Alamo Bowl. Baylor wanted In a basketball affairs. 67 56 ft. Simmons Favorable, elemental word on the streets is that is correct. The elements form at the five with the kickoff return between the hashes running to his left the left cash. Good return the 29 yard Love. 24 yard kickoff return Michigan back to work here again leading by two scores. Let's go back down to the sidelines. That's where Simmons has been all night in Beirut. I appreciate the shot there, but if we get to work the A Valero Alamo Bowl, you also will love the Alamo Bowl. Escape back to you. Thank you. Wasn't shot. It was just a fact. Yeah, non stop talking about all the quote swag has received from the alphabet. Kind bowl. 1st and 10 Wolverines. 29 McNamara is still in a quarterback. I'll hand it off right at the middle of Donovan Edwards, the freshman out of Bloomfield, Michigan. Too far from these parts. Suburb of Detroit. John Madden is our producer Tonight, Assisted by Martin, Mike Martino. They've sniff is our engineer mixing the sounds of the big house for you wherever you might be tonight. Edward stays in at running back second six. Now Wolverines and McNamara will send three receivers to his right. One to his left. They're chewing some clock here. Patient for the snap More slings it out. Right side back in the slot slot receiver should say nice scenery. Still, that's his first reception the ball game. Junior out of Everett. Maine, Massachusetts. I beg your pardon. Not much there. This is a big chance for the Huskies that they're going to launch a comeback, third and seven. At the Wolverine 32 was actually really good decision that time by McNamara Bubble screen is Washington bullets, but Luke Schoomaker missed the block only outside the perimeter. Allowed Washington to make a tackle for a loss that seems still remains in one of three receivers lost single receiver right on third down back to throw Looks right now comes back left throws and going out trying to make the catch is same was still. But it's off his fingertips and incomplete so forth and seven now upcoming. We're still 10 25 to go in the fourth quarter, not over yet here only to score game. Michigan quickly goes from killing clock modes and animal. There's some wrestlers fans in the stadium, taking its only to score game. There's 10 25 left. If you're washing here, obviously have to keep the pedal down and stay in that same mode. You're in last possession where you're aggressively throwing the football down the field. Brad Robinson to punch From the 32. That's the lot of scrimmage on fourth and seven. Trend McDuffie deep to receive for the Huskies back in his own 20 yard line and whistles and no flag, time out, must have been called. Here is the snap started to head back to Robin's the way the game. Delay of game. Chicken came five yard penalty. Of course, down, at least put a flag game. We were all the way back here on the left side. We believe game the back judge. He's literally 60 yards from life spinach. It's it's a long It's kind of a panoramic view yet have we had the Naxalite spent all last season, calling it off of a monitor from my house? I didn't see the panoramic That you're discussing. I'm trying to help you trying to coach you up, Coach. Thank you. Appreciate it. Second three and out for the Wolverines tonight. That's it. We're in the fourth quarter. Robbins gets it away dandy part McDuffie back covered angles 14 yard towards it on the left side, and after returning to he's bottled up great job on the coverage there by the Wolverine Punch unit. D. J. Turner leading the way The gunner got down there in a hurry on a 59 yard. But that will take us to a time out, but the Huskies hit get it right back in rather quick fashion here in the fourth quarter..
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"Football Football offices are really pump it as long and Matt missile er I'm pumping up the maze out are really pumping this up and telling everybody that were amazing. Different things like that. I've seen people take pictures of what amazed out supposed to look like, but it turned out to be a blue out and I'm like, Wow. Okay, that makes sense. So it seems like this is A top A real top, Uh, top point that Michigan is trying to make to these recruits. Yeah. You know, people always ask me about wins and losses on the feel that that matters to recruiting to recruit. I mean, I think it matters to an extent. I don't I think extreme certainly can tip it one way or another. You don't want to come out and get blown out at the same time if you come out And win handily. Uh, that can change the atmosphere or changing the feel of a visit, but certainly the way the A T M s and the atmosphere inside that stadium. Have an effect on recruits. I'll actually never forget being. I think it was that the first under the light game when Michigan beat Notre Dame and everybody was walking out of the tunnel in Diamante Thomas, who was a five star recruit out of Ohio at the time. And not a lot of talent was getting out of the state of Ohio committed in basically walking out of that football game. And you never know when something like that can can tip the scale for a kid who was maybe with close already or with at least kind of leaning one way, But The the atmosphere in the stadium. The excitement of it all the chance to see what the big house is all about, can have an effect, so I definitely think The atmosphere on Saturday night has a chance to move the needle for these recruits more so than what the final score is, although I do think the final score that helps you generate that atmosphere. It's certainly you know those those Michigan fans. We certainly have a lot more fun in the stands when we have a game like we did last weekend against Western Michigan. And even though you said that it, uh, it might you know, one game. Whether we win or lose this game might not have the ultimate impact with these recruits, but showing them that great time showing them that festive atmosphere. You know, Michigan with the impressive win in week one if they are able to say You know, went out here to the rest of September. Maybe get a big win on the road into Wisconsin. Could you see then that having a bump? Maybe here in Michigan recruiting where they are? I believe 12 13 you know, somewhere around there or higher, depending on where you look could could a strong start, hopefully move them into, you know, maybe with a guy like Nolan having him come back, and maybe would he be able to take an official visit of this weekend as an unofficial visit for him? Yeah, so he's already been to Michigan foreign officials he's done with official commission, but he can come back for as many of unofficial visits. As he can make it up to campus for it. Now, um, going back to your other question? I do think that that win last week against Western Michigan starting the season off With not just to win, but a sizable win and getting some. I think the flash of some of the big place that they had, you know, Jason McCarthy's throw goes viral. Lot of recruits know him a lot of the recruits. No, Donovan Edwards and some of the other guys who got into the game for the first time, so I think there's there's some momentum already going there, and this would certainly build on that. And as you mentioned if you get into the big 10 schedule, and you start winning some of those games Then I think you can really start ramping up the recruiting efforts. And I think that you know when you're when you're these kids when you're Walter Knoll, and then the entire country is open to you. And you have and you're looking at some schools. That are winning games. I do think that the momentum the schoolhouse in the direction that the program is heading makes a difference. So if Michigan can show that they're continuing to hand in the right direction, I think it helps with those guys and especially the in state guys. Uh, didn't mention some of those guys. You know Dion Walker with cast pack as a kid that I think Michigan is very close with. Being less close. I think he's always going to be paying attention to what Michigan does every week, especially having some cash back alums on the team. Dante more five star quarterback from Detroit King in the 2023 class, he's supposed to be on campus. This weekend. I think those guys are going to look very closely at what Michigan does. So I think certainly. One win, like I said, doesn't maybe change the trajectory of recruiting but stringing together wins and having a good season? Absolutely, that can have a difference. Again. You listen to Alan. True. 24 7 Sports recruiting Court, Uh, Midwest Regional Manager, Alan? Uh We said last. I think it was last week when we spoke to you. We talked about. You know, Michigan has to, uh, the kids have to see the recruits have to see the defense and what it looks like. And you know how Michigan runs its defense. I mean, they've been told about it. They got a chance to see how the coaches our coaching it up different things like that. How big? How big was that for? Michigan in the recruiting, uh, with I mean, with the defense very few errors. I mean, western Michigan went down, scored quick on them. But adjustments were made, and they pretty much stymied Western moving forward from there. Yeah, I think it's important and I do think that it's also you know, when you talk about the defensive staff, which I think has been doing a good job of recruiting and you have a guy running and Mike McDonald, who has NFL experience to be able to show some of these kids NFL tape of This is what we did in Baltimore. That's big, But now you get to add to that you get to add actual film of you playing that at Michigan. I think that's hugely these guys to be able to walk into the visit and be able to watch like this is what we're doing with the guy who's playing position. Now that we see you playing. I think that's huge, especially for these guys. In the front seven and then for some of the new editions, uh, in the secondary. Steve Quake scale and Ron Bellamy for them to kind of be able to show the progress that some of the corners and safeties have made. You know, that's a young position..
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"Rate defense fifty ninth and explosive pass. Defense a hundred and five over on epa defense. That's secondary scotto improve when we did the national championship preview dot. I was explicit. That if ohio state stayed in their four three and felt linebackers were gonna cover bama wide receivers is gonna be a long long night and we gave out bama team total over. We didn't think ohio state would adapt. And sure enough. You've got guys like pete werner and tough borland are out there trying to cover devante smith and company in the slot and ohio state. It's torch might. Understanding is ohio state is going to try to adapt to the dimes and go with a four to five the season. They're gonna have a fifth man in the secondary likely a safety which they're going to call the bullet position. Part of this is getting torched by bama. The other part is losing your top four linebackers from last season so there are some holes defensively so i think some of those are the things defensively look for now. Ohio state obviously has like embarrassment of riches. Defensively i mean they got jack sawyer now this kid that they just signed tj. And i'm going to butcher the name to we mow alot in the last few days to five star is gonna be impact freshman. Oh i thought that was a game effort on the pronunciation. His name especially in the preseason. He's only been there less than a week. I didn't quite stick the landing. The russian judge may have discounted appoint there at the end. But i thought it was a good first effort but i just. I don't think there's going to be a dominant unit. I do see some regression from last year. But it's still going to be a top twenty five thirty defense. But i don't think it's there's some question marks there for sure. Yeah and and the one thing is. We've seen time and time again. As far as it pertains to the big ten and the proverbial gauntlet which is anything but for ohio state. That's secondary doesn't often get tested by nfl caliber quarterbacks until they get to the big stage which includes a semifinal games and potential championships. So maybe it's oregon and we to maybe. It is tanner morgan week. One or down the road if they face a healthy mike panics. But there aren't a lot of quarterbacks if you look through that buckeye schedule and go hey look these guys are going to carve us up week in week out so you have to take a wait and see and oftentimes. There can be some noise in the numbers but from ohio. State to the school up north with the michigan wolverines. They're twenty five to one to win the big ten fourteen to one to win the big ten east. Ed faneuil sportsbook and you look at their win. Total it seven you do have to lay a buck and a quarter to go over the total. I mean the reality of things for michigan pain is. This is a program that has a proud tradition. We know about coach harbaugh being on the hot seat and not getting those winds especially against the aforementioned ohio state buckeyes michigan this off season. They overhauled a lot of coaches. So there'll be a number of different faces out there but you josh gaddis returns as the offensive coordinator in conjunction with sharon. More you see. Mike mcdonald come in as the new defensive coordinator. Obviously a harbaugh tie as the former linebacking coach in baltimore. But when you look at the michigan. Wolverines from an offensive standpoint all signs are pointing at cade mcnamara being their starting quarterback. But maybe there's a little bit more that'll be decided in fall camp before we ultimately no the man taking snaps under centers for their opener against western michigan. It's not just a big year for the quarterback position. But josh gaddis this feels like a really crucial season for him and know we know. The offense has changed dramatically but the efficiency has improved. And so that was one thing that we banged the table for right. We just kind of need to get out of this bc. Type offense right this archaic offense but the year before god scott. Their michigan past forty percent of the time last year is fifty six percent pass. So we like that. The year before gas derived michigan used heavy formations at sixty five percent of time last year. Just thirty three percent so there was that stylistic shift that we were hoping for but the efficiency hasn't fallen in fact gone backwards so this is a huge year for gaddis because if the offense fails again he's probably out of town. You mentioned kate mcnamara. That's the question i know. It looks like he's the guy that's in the driver's seat heading into fall camp. Alan bowman said he didn't transfer not to start. And obviously jj mccarthy the five star prized quarterback is the most talented at bunch. But i think our understandings the same here. Todd it sounds like mcnamara is is the leader right now. He knows the offense best. These guys played it. And when i watch him right it's clear knows where the ball needs to go. Does kind of give off a game manager vibe but when michigan's o. Line kept them clean. Mcnamara's good when michigan through action. Mcnamara's good whoever starts under center. Though i think the offensive line will be improved. So that's going to help the injury lock. Last year was terrible. So i think they'll be a healthier unit upfront michigan's o. Line wasn't good last year because of those injuries creating room for its backs outside the top eighty in line yards and stuff rates. I'd like the running back room this year. I think haskins now. He's a fulltime. Starters can be really good. The freshman donovan edwards appears to be the kind of back like harbaugh has not had it michigan yet. He looks bursting. He looks. I can get outside. I think he's going to contribute at minimum in the past game out of the backfield. He just appears to be the type of back. That harbaugh has just been like hoping and praying for. This is by far the best back that he's recruited. I think question marks though receiver once you get past ronnie bell. You had josh jackson surprisingly transfer out after spring ball the washington's and not only do you lose probably your best your second best receiver but he transfers to a dean michigan place week too so i'm gonna spill the beans a little bit on. What josh gad is wants to do and then michigan did landale in baldwin. The jackson state transfer apparently worked out for both ohio. State and penn state and both offered baldwin shows michigan. So let's see what impact he has the fortunate thing for michigan's offense the first month of the season. You get western michigan. You get an you get rutgers defensively. All of those defenses. Were projecting outside the top eighty so michigan has a chance to at least get it going early. There are some brutal games on the schedule. Oughta conference as i mentioned washington. You're at wisconsin and penn state. You closed the earth. Ohio state but at least early on the offense has a chance to build some momentum. Get acclimated to whichever quarterback it is in this new system. Our number michigan seven point two. I know under eight was extremely sharp. There are other places out there that are still dealing like seven point. Seven seven point eight if you could find those in in you. Wanna fade michigan gopher. There is some value there. Not enough for me but there is some value there when you look at michigan pain on the defensive side of the ball. Were expecting a scheme. Change to go to three four. Don brown's defense. That looked old and antiquated. Not every week but every time they stepped up in class against ohio state will be a thing of the past. An uncharacteristically bad michigan stop unit last season. There are some playmakers in this particular group though but they have to be much more effective in creating havoc place last year. Defense struggle the force turnovers only two picks a takeaway. Excuse me coming every hundred fifty five snaps easy for me to say when you look at michigan defensively. Do we think we can expect a positive regression this year in ann arbor. Let's hope you know. At least you have the full offseason to implement this style change. And you mentioned. Dom brown's out mike mcdonald's in.
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"donovan edwards" Discussed on Sports Talk 1050 WTKA
"But nonetheless, like He knows what it takes not only to succeed here in Michigan, but considering that he was a three star type guy that no one was really thinking about when you initially got to campus, and he made himself Into what? He became Michigan's all time leading rusher, So I think that really bodes well, from a perspective of, uh because we've seen him do a great job with Stevie Scott. On. He's done a good job wherever he's gone from eastern Michigan to Syracuse as well as Indiana, So I think, considering that you have this herd of backs, I mean, Yeah, you lose Chris Evans. But you gain a Donovan Edwards, who might be the best of the four based off of what I've kind of been told about Donovan. Where's this game? And what limited I've seen out of West Bloomfield. Having been in some of their practices and games and such so You're gonna be able to go to the game tomorrow, West West Bloomfield versus Belleville over and Valium. I was thinking about it, but number one. It's you've got the whole basketball game NFL playoffs. Number two and I'm gonna call them out right here. Jemaine Crew. Well, never Right. Responded to my text to asking what I asked him if we could if I could go over there so I could push harder, but I consider consider that there. You got a bunch of other stuff going on and I think I might end up sitting that out. Even though that wasn't my initial intention. We heard your quarantine in yourself because you're going on vacation. And you don't want to catch anything so well, there is that, too. I was planning on I was planning on going. Regardless on I'm still up in the air about there's a showcase like a seven on seven types showcase on Monday, but I think I'm gonna sit that one out to it's kind of Kind of thinking about making sure I get the most out of my what little free time I got. But as far as the my card of it all I mean, I just think it's gonna really e think you might seal uptick in development, especially just having Guy that's played the position. He's played it at this school. And I think that that's exactly what these guys need right now. I I think that he could take them another step further than where they've gone so far. And like, I think that Jay's got a really good mind for for football. We've seen some innovation. Come out of Jake Harba. Obviously, you think back to the train formation, which was something he had brought back, Tolo. Jim Horrible back in 2016. And we've seen some creative things on the special teams, and but I think that this particular room could really benefit from having established guy that's played The position like my card has Healthy. He scraps before headed Monster Man. He'll make a lot of fans immediately. So you know, I think that's probably gonna be imperative. One I guess there really appreciate you coming on giving us your insight, your input and everything like that, Uh, if are you gonna You're going on vacation. So, uh, well, I see you next week. Yeah, I don't. I don't go on vacation until next Saturday. So okay. I just wanted to make sure you got to deal with your nightmare for another week. I might be silent when you ever you ask me questions. All this talk to Dennis just to get keep myself calm before going. I don't need to get myself all stressed out. Before taking five days off. Yeah. Next time we'll go back, and we'll revisit that old East Coast West Coast rivalry. Not not to parking and biggie. It was Morrison Heart versus Harbaugh. You know, back in the day that was a real East Coast West Coast feud, So they all come together, Which is nice. That summit and well, good to see what the three of them Harvard Heart have. But Morrison Heart That's a strange and never Those strained relationship there. We good to go appreciate it. I said We need to go to a break. Come back. We've got Nick Bob Gardner on the other side. You're listening to the EMS. Oh, this is the end zone. Hi, friend. It's your home speaking and.