tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post9113463310106516065..comments2023-06-27T04:30:25.783-04:00Comments on Burgeoning Wolverine Star: Mississippi State: NCAA rankingsChris Gaerighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199782156789895674noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-19159057191742928322010-12-07T12:57:19.529-05:002010-12-07T12:57:19.529-05:00Re: the easy interception. I'll be doing a pic...Re: the easy interception. I'll be doing a picture pages on that later this week. As I mentioned in my <a href="http://www.burgeoningwolverinestar.com/2010/12/mississippi-state-defense-vs-auburn.html" rel="nofollow">overview of Mississippi State's defense</a> in this game, they were fundamentally unsound against screens. The play in question is one in which they jumped the screen route rather than try to play it correctly. It was a high variance play (succeed and it's a defensive TD, fail and it's probably an offensive TD) that ended in very little. But I'll talk about how Michigan will attack this.<br /><br />I do think that this is a good matchup. Whether or not that results in a victory is yet to be seen.Chris Gaerighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199782156789895674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-63195937297086128972010-12-07T12:35:44.880-05:002010-12-07T12:35:44.880-05:00I appreciate that, and I do enjoy the optimism of ...I appreciate that, and I do enjoy the optimism of this being a good matchup. However, as you said, I don't expect only a foot-shooting, but foot-mass murder from Michigan at this point. God help my poor remote control if Jeremy Gallon trots out to field a kickoff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-45201750987985086912010-12-07T12:29:20.583-05:002010-12-07T12:29:20.583-05:00The bulldogs also dropped an interception against ...The bulldogs also dropped an interception against Auburn that would have resulted in an easy TD. If you couple that with the dropped pass on the Auburn 15 on the final drive, Mississippi State could have easily won the game or at least tied it and went into overtime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-26247109453323598222010-12-07T12:17:42.924-05:002010-12-07T12:17:42.924-05:00I had a chance to watch the game yesterday. The in...I had a chance to watch the game yesterday. The interception was a poor throw by Newton: tossing a ball into double coverage against cover-2. Auburn's fumble was a muffed punt. And Mississippi State also recovered a surprise onside kick (which doesn't show up in the box score as a turnover, but essentially is one).<br /><br />I'm not trying to say that Michigan = Auburn and their performances will be similar, just that by most measures, Auburn won the game despite shooting themselves in the foot several times, which is what we've come to expect out of Michigan.Chris Gaerighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199782156789895674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059884704776101239.post-52910030911323675912010-12-07T12:08:37.447-05:002010-12-07T12:08:37.447-05:00"Then again, they did hold Auburn to only 17 ..."Then again, they did hold Auburn to only 17 points. But Auburn had two turnovers (an interception and a fumble) as well as a significant yardage disparity (348 vs. 246) that indicates they should've won by significantly more."<br /><br />I appreciate the optimism, but couldn't you just change Auburn to Michigan, and the last line to "should've lost by significantly less?" The performance of the team to date doesn't give me any reason to hope that we'll be better than -2 in turnovers, which doesn't bode particularly well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com