Hoke for Tomorrow Wants Some Gravy
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” Albert Einstein Learn from yesterday... Common sense tells us that facing a team coming off...
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Defensive improvement in chart form (UPDATED)
Since the defensive improvement has been far and away better than anything any of us could have expected, I thought it would be interesting to see the extent of the improvement in historical terms. I...
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Defensive statistical charts, 1998-present
Thanks to MGoUser Enjoy Life, my attention was drawn to the statistics available on mgoblue.com. This has allowed me to increase the historical depth of my analysis. (As usual, click on each graph to...
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Illinois game wrap (with pics!)
[Ed: argh, having some editing issues. Bump.]"Play hard and play with great effort" Immediately after the game, I was struggling to come up with a thru-line for what had just happened. But then Brian...
View ArticleDenard production v. Defensive Improvement
I would just like to aknowledge several things that have really helped me put things in perspective about this team, this season, and this coaching staff. (1) I've been vocally hard on Denard this...
View ArticleThe 2011 Defense Pumpup Video
I spent yesterday putting together a highlight video for the 2011 defense, because hot damn, defense as good as ours deserves it. This is my first highlight video, so let me know what you think.In...
View ArticleUM Total Defense ranks 16th
In 2010, Michigan finished the season ranked 110th in total Defense giving up 450.8 yards per game. (includes the bowl game). In 2011, Michigan ranks 16th in Total Defense giving up 317.6 yards per...
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Burgeoning Wolverine Star: another Mattison blitz package
Another article well worth reading by Burgeoning Wolverine Star on Mattison's zone blitz packages. Here is the blitz, drawn up:EDIT: and here's the video:
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Best and Worst: MSU
Due to time constraints the past couple of weeks, I caught only parts of the Purdue and Illinois games. Luckily, what I saw made a post like this unnecessary, unless you think “Best: Everything”,...
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