Let's face it, this is a practice game for Michigan, and Michigan needs one. Badly.
Although it was an heroic victory against the Irish, showing a tremendous level of heart and desire to be admired, it can hardly be called a well played game.
Our secondary was shredded regularly by the Irish.
The Irish dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.
Our running backs were nonexistent, forcing the offense to be one dimensional, although that dimension, Denard Robinson, is phenomenal.
Our kick off return team was miserable.
The good parts?
We were able to make adjustments on both offense and defense and find a way to win against a superior Irish team.
We forced turnovers and took advantage of them. We haven't seen that in a long time.
We never quit playing, something that happened regularly last year.
But lets face it, we are playing Eastern Michigan. Even though:
--they are the first team we face with a winning record, and
--they racked up more than 300 yds rushing in each of their first two games, and
--much of their coaching staff are Michigan Men. Ron English, Mike Hart, and several others and they will be motivated.
They are still Eastern Michigan.
So I want to see a great practice:
--Some shut down defense. Good tackling, dominance of the line, pressure on the QB. The run goes nowhere. Some interceptions. Lots of 3 and outs.
--Running backs delivering over 300 yds rushing.
--Robinson with less than 100 yds rushing because he didn't need to do more than that to win.
--No dropped passes(too many last week) and no interceptions. Robinson going 20-25 on completions or better.
We have to improve at these things before the Big Ten schedule comes up or we will be toast. Use this game to improve. Then do the same with San Diego State. Then come out blowing and going for the start of the Big Ten schedule to get ready for MSU, Iowa, Nebraska and OSU.
It's good, to be, a Michigan Wolverine!
Go Michigan, Beat the Eagles.
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