Game Week Thread Week 2, 2024: Texas at Michigan

[Wulaw Horn 18921]

This is what college football should be all about. 2 blue bloods squaring off in front of 100,000 people with gameday in town and the eyes of the college football nation upon our horns. 
this squad, I believe, is really freaking good. We are going to take it to a 1 dimensional Michigan team. 
Texas is going to win and it’s going to be like Ohio State in 2005 and be the platform to launch us into a pretty special season. 
game week thoughts and articles and commentary goes here. 

[Viethorn 34]

Texas 41 Meatchicken 11 (go for it as time runs out)

[conVINCEd 21468]

We’re gonna fuck them up.

[FloridaHorn 4726]

Texas has to prepare this week for two very different QBs…..and it won’t make a single shit which one Michigan plays.

[Alien Octopus 496]

I don’t think Jesus is getting any reps in the second half this week.  I do think sark will be busting out the RPO and crossing pattern magic and it should be glorious to watch with all those rabbits playing wr.

[TexArcher 37372]

If we can play anywhere near as well as we did in Tuscaloosa last year, this could be an ass kicking.

Texas 38-21.

[Steelers Roll Left 1140]

Things feeling really good after beating a weaker opening game opponent the way contenders are supposed to beat them.  Don’t want to shout any lofty expectations just yet though.  Michigan will be another test, specifically along the line of scrimmage, and on the road.  If The Horns do indeed pass this test, then let those great expectations flow freely

[DigglerontheHoof 20912]

Michigan's D line is going to be a challenge for our o line.  If the o line handles business, it's gonna be a long day for the home team. 

[D3zii 3623]

I’m expecting Tim Tebow and Chris Leak against us. Not wat we seen yesterday 

[Hank Kingsley 20543]

O-line needs to play a lot better.  Quinn will need to play with more urgency. 

If we match their physicality, we'll be fine. 

 

[Doc Daneeka 6769]

2 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

O-line needs to play a lot better.  Quinn will need to play with more urgency. 

If we match their physicality, we'll be fine. 

 

More urgency in what way, do you think?

[Red Five 40571]

2 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

More urgency in what way, do you think?

Needs to get his lines out faster. Boz looks like Daniel Day Lewis by comparison.

[closetojumping 62029]

Did many folks watch the Michigan/Fresno game last night? 

To say that I was not impressed would be putting it lightly, and I didn’t have high expectations going into it. 

The QBs for Michigan are objectively bad. Warren would be 4th string at Texas only because I don’t think we actually have a scholarship 4th stringer. Orji isn’t a QB and Michigan appears to realize that, but no one must be willing to tell him. They hardly played him and, when they did, it was basically a Wildcat offense.

Worse than the QBs were the skill position players not named Loveland. There isn’t a single WR that played last night that would be in the Texas two deep. I know we’re deep, so that statement may not be doing their lack of talent justice. Mullings appears to be the go-to TB because Edwards still can’t run inside and they don’t seem to have much interest in running outside. 

Loveland is a true stud TE. Texas needs to take him seriously and take him away as a safety net.  If they do this, Michigan QBs will turn the ball over. 

The offensive line looked mediocre in their first game together. Fresno State wasn’t exactly living in the backfield, but Michigan wasn’t getting push and having their way, which I expected based on the breathless way the Michigan Insider guys were raving about them. 

The Michigan front looked great defensively, allowing 9 yards rushing. This is the strength of their team and it is not even close. 

The Fresno State QB is not a guy Texas would recruit and he was missing guys all night. He made the mistake of testing Will Johnson as well and I hope Texas doesn’t. Frankly, there is no need to do so.

The Michigan LBs and safeties are not fast. Sarkisian is great at picking apart mismatches like this. I’ll never forget watching him scheme to match up the Bama WRs against slow Ohio State LBs repeatedly in the 2020 season’s national title game. Knowing the speed and quickness of our receivers and watching Michigan’s Big 10 pass defense last night gave me a lot of confidence. Michigan has one LB that they rave about because he’s such a thumper. He’s a transfer from Maryland. I want to see him matched up against Texas on passing downs, please. 

The Big House isn’t particularly loud, allegedly. I’m looking forward to seeing it in person. My hope is that Texas goes up by two scores early, takes away home field advantage and forces Michigan to do something, anything on offense. 

[Doc Daneeka 6769]

Just now, Red Five said:

Needs to get his lines out faster. Boz looks like Daniel Day Lewis by comparison.

Well, his is the new guy, after all. 

[Nicole44 21987]

Michigan still has a salty defense. Not sure what to make of their dual QB situation but no doubt they were hiding a few things in their game vs Fresno St. having said that we came out flexing with our power and athleticism. 
 

I worry about their defense because they will throw the kitchen sink at us and then some. We have so many weapons on offense that I do think we win by 10 points. Our defense is vastly improved and I didn’t see much out of their offense yesterday to scare me. I do expect them to run the ball quite a bit. 

[Red Five 40571]

1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

Did many folks watch the Michigan/Fresno game last night? 

To say that I was not impressed would be putting it lightly, and I didn’t have high expectations going into it. 

The QBs for Michigan are objectively bad. Warren would be 4th string at Texas only because I don’t think we actually have a scholarship 4th stringer. Orji isn’t a QB and Michigan appears to realize that, but no one must be willing to tell him. They hardly played him and, when they did, it was basically a Wildcat offense.

Worse than the QBs were the skill position players not named Loveland. There isn’t a single WR that played last night that would be in the Texas two deep. I know we’re deep, so that statement may not be doing their lack of talent justice. Mullings appears to be the go-to TB because Edwards still can’t run inside and they don’t seem to have much interest in running outside. 

Loveland is a true stud TE. Texas needs to take him seriously and take him away as a safety net.  If they do this, Michigan QBs will turn the ball over. 

The offensive line looked mediocre in their first game together. Fresno State wasn’t exactly living in the backfield, but Michigan wasn’t getting push and having their way, which I expected based on the breathless way the Michigan Insider guys were raving about them. 

The Michigan front looked great defensively, allowing 9 yards rushing. This is the strength of their team and it is not even close. 

The Fresno State QB is not a guy Texas would recruit and he was missing guys all night. He made the mistake of testing Will Johnson as well and I hope Texas doesn’t. Frankly, there is no need to do so.

The Michigan LBs and safeties are not fast. Sarkisian is great at picking apart mismatches like this. I’ll never forget watching him scheme to match up the Bama WRs against slow Ohio State LBs repeatedly in the 2020 season’s national title game. Knowing the speed and quickness of our receivers and watching Michigan’s Big 10 pass defense last night gave me a lot of confidence. Michigan has one LB that they rave about because he’s such a thumper. He’s a transfer from Maryland. I want to see him matched up against Texas on passing downs, please. 

The Big House isn’t particularly loud, allegedly. I’m looking forward to seeing it in person. My hope is that Texas goes up by two scores early, takes away home field advantage and forces Michigan to do something, anything on offense. 

I texted a friend during the Michigan game, "We're going to beat them by three TDs". Of course I had been drinking all day. But yes, they were not impressive at all and quite the contrast to the speed and athleticism we put on the field. 

[closetojumping 62029]

9 minutes ago, D3zii said:

I’m expecting Tim Tebow and Chris Leak against us. Not wat we seen yesterday 

Prepare to be disappointed. You’re going to something more akin to Tyrone Swoopes and non-ATM Case McCoy out there. Tebow/Leak deserves better than this comparison. Holy shit. 

[BigOrange1 6403]

i watched the michigan game last night and my thoughts are that if we don't turn the ball over and give them short fields/defensive td's we should be fine.  i was not impressed with them offensively at all.

[Hank Kingsley 20543]

2 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

More urgency in what way, do you think?

Footwork and decision making in the pocket when facing a better defense. 

 

[The Ace of Aces 5099]

Will be the best DE and D line Texas sees all year. Going to be a challenge running and Ewers is going to have to not panic with pressure he’ll see.  expect a low scoring game. A 17-13 time deal.  

[Hank Kingsley 20543]

5 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

The Fresno State QB is not a guy Texas would recruit and he was missing guys all night. He made the mistake of testing Will Johnson as well and I hope Texas doesn’t. Frankly, there is no need to do so.

Agreed, throw it to where he ain't. We have so many receiving weapons. 

 

 

[Hefeweizen 5305]

My nephew is at Michigan.  I hope we crush his soul as he watches Jerrick Gibson and Niblett in the fourth quarter with Arch throwing the ball to Juan Davis.

[Doc Daneeka 6769]

Just now, Hank Kingsley said:

Footwork and decision making in the pocket when facing a better defense. 

 

He made, as far as I could tell from my limited focus, one bad decision when trying to throw the ball away. 

Yeah, of course, the entire team is going to need more intensity next week, but Ewers was just fine in context. Imo. 

[StassneyHorn 6498]

Threw enough screens in the last game to leave me confident that Sark will use that to try and negate pass rush early and keep that in their minds.

[Steelers Roll Left 1140]

3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Did many folks watch the Michigan/Fresno game last night? 

To say that I was not impressed would be putting it lightly, and I didn’t have high expectations going into it. 

The QBs for Michigan are objectively bad. Warren would be 4th string at Texas only because I don’t think we actually have a scholarship 4th stringer. Orji isn’t a QB and Michigan appears to realize that, but no one must be willing to tell him. They hardly played him and, when they did, it was basically a Wildcat offense.

Worse than the QBs were the skill position players not named Loveland. There isn’t a single WR that played last night that would be in the Texas two deep. I know we’re deep, so that statement may not be doing their lack of talent justice. Mullings appears to be the go-to TB because Edwards still can’t run inside and they don’t seem to have much interest in running outside. 

Loveland is a true stud TE. Texas needs to take him seriously and take him away as a safety net.  If they do this, Michigan QBs will turn the ball over. 

The offensive line looked mediocre in their first game together. Fresno State wasn’t exactly living in the backfield, but Michigan wasn’t getting push and having their way, which I expected based on the breathless way the Michigan Insider guys were raving about them. 

The Michigan front looked great defensively, allowing 9 yards rushing. This is the strength of their team and it is not even close. 

The Fresno State QB is not a guy Texas would recruit and he was missing guys all night. He made the mistake of testing Will Johnson as well and I hope Texas doesn’t. Frankly, there is no need to do so.

The Michigan LBs and safeties are not fast. Sarkisian is great at picking apart mismatches like this. I’ll never forget watching him scheme to match up the Bama WRs against slow Ohio State LBs repeatedly in the 2020 season’s national title game. Knowing the speed and quickness of our receivers and watching Michigan’s Big 10 pass defense last night gave me a lot of confidence. Michigan has one LB that they rave about because he’s such a thumper. He’s a transfer from Maryland. I want to see him matched up against Texas on passing downs, please. 

The Big House isn’t particularly loud, allegedly. I’m looking forward to seeing it in person. My hope is that Texas goes up by two scores early, takes away home field advantage and forces Michigan to do something, anything on offense. 

Thanks for the breakdown.  Was watching A&M, but keeping tabs on The Michigan score, only noting that the score wasn’t exactly a dominant showing against similar competition to what Horns faced at DKR yesterday.  Historically, it’s been hard to get a read on every team week 1, and often we’ve seen night and day different performances from teams week 1 to week 2 so I have to leave the door open that last night’s Michigan might not exactly be The Michigan Texas will get in Ann Arbor next week.  And I will be genuinely interested to see next week’s battles along the line of scrimmage no matter what I hear all week leading up to the game.  But like I hinted at above, it’s getting really hard to remain objective after what we saw from Texas yesterday.  There’s certainly reason to suspect Texas might not only win at The Big House, but perhaps convincingly 

[Biff Tannen 45384]

1 minute ago, StassneyHorn said:

Threw enough screens in the last game to leave me confident that Sark will use that to try and negate pass rush early and keep that in their minds.

Just don’t throw it to the sidelines and get pick sixed like Fresno did yesterday. 

[thunderlounge 7673]

15 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Prepare to be disappointed. You’re going to something more akin to Tyrone Swoopes and non-ATM Case McCoy out there. Tebow/Leak deserves better than this comparison. Holy shit. 

 

 

 

[UTGrad98 2252]

Michigan had just the right amount of suck yesterday to not make any drastic changes for this week. It was 16-10 with 6 minutes left in the 4th at home against Fresno St and then they ended up winning 30-10. It was perfect. Reminded me of basically any non conference win we had from 2010-2022.

[6th Street 6324]

Limit turnovers and we should be ok. Going to be tough to run on these guys so will have to throw more 

[closetojumping 62029]

1 minute ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

Thanks for the breakdown.  Was watching A&M, but keeping tabs on The Michigan score, only noting that the score wasn’t exactly a dominant showing against similar competition to what Horns faced at DKR yesterday.  Historically, it’s been hard to get a read on every team week 1, and often we’ve seen night and day different performances from teams week 1 to week 2 so I have to leave the door open that last night’s Michigan might not exactly be The Michigan Texas will get in Ann Arbor next week.  And I will be genuinely interested to see next week’s battles along the line of scrimmage no matter what I hear all week leading up to the game.  But like I hinted at above, it’s getting really hard to remain objective after what we saw from Texas yesterday.  There’s certainly reason to suspect Texas might not only win at The Big House, but perhaps convincingly 

I don’t see anything I’d object to in regard to your thoughts in your posts, or really most here so far. I don’t feel any different. I’m not heading to Ann Arbor thinking we’re getting a gimme, but we have every reason to feel good about the matchup.

The similarities to last year are pretty stark for me, personally. Texas played the first opponent of the year better this year than last, and Michigan played theirs worse than Bama did. There aren’t a ton of other differences. 

Michigan, like Bama, has an unproven QB(s). Having followed Milroe in recruiting, I felt like he could be formidable but also a turnover machine. I guess another difference is that I don’t think the Michigan QBs can be formidable. They fucking suck. 

Michigan lost a lot, like Bama last year, but is expected to be a stout defense. Michigan has big question marks across the offense and secondary. See Bama. Then again, another difference is that Michigan doesn’t have the athletes that Bama or Texas has. They’re not a fast team. 

So I guess the similarities aren’t so many as to be eerie or anything. 

Watching the game, Michigan wasn’t showing much on defense, so we’ll get some new looks. On offense, they weren’t hiding a fucking thing. They struggled all night and pretty much sucked. They got a short field touchdown in the first quarter and outside of that did nothing until late, when superior physical talent and depth finished off an inferior opponent. It was a 16-10 game with 6 minutes left.

 

[Codaxx 5529]

12 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Limit turnovers and we should be ok. Going to be tough to run on these guys so will have to throw more 

This… The Michigan offense is a work in progress at best. Going to be a game that punting isn’t a terrible option. Michigan will struggle with consistent offense. Make them  string together first downs to score. Texas will need more from their interior OL, than we saw in game 1. Get an early lead and Michigan is in serious trouble. Biggest mismatch may be Michigan WRs vs Texas DBs 

Edited September 1 by Codaxx

[Sgt Hulk 13542]

They will have the best d line we will see. Sark tends to really scheme well early on using the backs RPO we have WRs all over. It will need to be quick pop passes to limit the Dline. 
 

it will be a test of our d line to establish thier story. Last year that def had thier story. This year the defense will have to create their own narrative   It feels like a 27-17 type game. I’d like to have another cupcake in front to tune up. But I trust sark 

[Wulaw Horn 18921]

I do not think this game will be particularly close. 
It feels good to be back. 

[Dahobbs 17314]

28 minutes ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

Thanks for the breakdown.  Was watching A&M, but keeping tabs on The Michigan score, only noting that the score wasn’t exactly a dominant showing against similar competition to what Horns faced at DKR yesterday.  Historically, it’s been hard to get a read on every team week 1, and often we’ve seen night and day different performances from teams week 1 to week 2 so I have to leave the door open that last night’s Michigan might not exactly be The Michigan Texas will get in Ann Arbor next week.  And I will be genuinely interested to see next week’s battles along the line of scrimmage no matter what I hear all week leading up to the game.  But like I hinted at above, it’s getting really hard to remain objective after what we saw from Texas yesterday.  There’s certainly reason to suspect Texas might not only win at The Big House, but perhaps convincingly 

Fresno State is better than CSU. It is more along the lines of Wyoming from last year. Michigan looked bad offensively, but I wouldn't overreact to the game. That defense will create problems for us.

[closetohumping 17336]

If you go off of week 1 results I like our chances 

[ClubWhatever 12079]

Keep 7 in the box with low safeties, double their TE, and dare the QB to beat us.

On offense, short and intermediate passing game them to death.  Bolden could have a huge game in this one.

[Mitch Cumsteen 18490]

Michigan was not impressive, in an almost alarming way last night.  As in, are these dudes playing possum or are they really what they look like? I’m more concerned about overconfidence than anything.

They barely outgained Fresno. Fresno was driving to make it a one score game late before a bad pick six on a screen pass. Their qbs, outside of a few Orji runs where he got loose, were not good. 

Beyond that, I didn’t think their offensive line was very physical. They punished teams on the ground last year. Remember what they did to Penn State? They didn’t even pretend to pass against them and ran it like 30 times in a row. Last night they ran it 34 times for 148 yards. That isn’t going to frighten anyone.

Their defense is talented and the dts are a problem. Fresno couldn’t do dick running the ball and became one dimensional. If the Texas oline can keep them in check, keep Ewers clean and keep them honest in the run game, then I like our chances notwithstanding excessive turnovers or special teams miscues. 

Michigan is going to have to turn the game into a rock fight to win.

[deech 2248]

I think Anthony Hill is going to have his best game at Texas this weekend.  

[Codaxx 5529]

56 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Did many folks watch the Michigan/Fresno game last night? 

To say that I was not impressed would be putting it lightly, and I didn’t have high expectations going into it. 

The QBs for Michigan are objectively bad. Warren would be 4th string at Texas only because I don’t think we actually have a scholarship 4th stringer. Orji isn’t a QB and Michigan appears to realize that, but no one must be willing to tell him. They hardly played him and, when they did, it was basically a Wildcat offense.

Worse than the QBs were the skill position players not named Loveland. There isn’t a single WR that played last night that would be in the Texas two deep. I know we’re deep, so that statement may not be doing their lack of talent justice. Mullings appears to be the go-to TB because Edwards still can’t run inside and they don’t seem to have much interest in running outside. 

Loveland is a true stud TE. Texas needs to take him seriously and take him away as a safety net.  If they do this, Michigan QBs will turn the ball over. 

The offensive line looked mediocre in their first game together. Fresno State wasn’t exactly living in the backfield, but Michigan wasn’t getting push and having their way, which I expected based on the breathless way the Michigan Insider guys were raving about them. 

The Michigan front looked great defensively, allowing 9 yards rushing. This is the strength of their team and it is not even close. 

The Fresno State QB is not a guy Texas would recruit and he was missing guys all night. He made the mistake of testing Will Johnson as well and I hope Texas doesn’t. Frankly, there is no need to do so.

The Michigan LBs and safeties are not fast. Sarkisian is great at picking apart mismatches like this. I’ll never forget watching him scheme to match up the Bama WRs against slow Ohio State LBs repeatedly in the 2020 season’s national title game. Knowing the speed and quickness of our receivers and watching Michigan’s Big 10 pass defense last night gave me a lot of confidence. Michigan has one LB that they rave about because he’s such a thumper. He’s a transfer from Maryland. I want to see him matched up against Texas on passing downs, please. 

The Big House isn’t particularly loud, allegedly. I’m looking forward to seeing it in person. My hope is that Texas goes up by two scores early, takes away home field advantage and forces Michigan to do something, anything on offense. 

When you watch Edward’s Highlights or see a small sample size, you think this guy is 1st round talent. See him in a few games and you start notice he has very poor vision. If the hole is where it supposed to be, Edward’s is a threat to score. If it 1 step to the right or left, good chance he misses the hole 

Edited September 1 by Codaxx

[runthebone 7899]

They have two guys on defense who will be top picks in the draft, and our interior OL has to play well.  If they do, I think I'm going to have a good time in the Big House.  Even if they're shitty, our defense will be enough.

[LOHorn 277]

54 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Did many folks watch the Michigan/Fresno game last night?

I was at the game last night. I don’t know how it read on TV, but Michigan basically played man/press man single high all night and dared Fresno to pass it and Fresno couldn’t. There wasn’t much to see, really. 
 

Offensively, Michigan’s lack of push was surprising. Also, their receivers couldn’t get open, and when they did Warren was not good. Orji’s one pass caused an audible reaction from the crowd. It was comical. 
 

The Big House is a cool place to watch a game. But it’s a very shallow bowl all the way around, hence not very loud. This is also the first year of beer sales there. 

[gofuckyourself 8089]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

game week thoughts and articles and commentary

Here's my detailed, level-headed and realistic breakdown of our next matchup subsequent to yesterday's excellent performance:

Michigan sucks ass. Texas will beat them so badly that on Saturday night Chargers owner Alex Spanos fires Harbaugh immediately because quote, "that fucking mudholing out there was too embarrassing for us to be even tangentially associated."

They make Cameron Dicker the player/head coach for the remainder of the season.

Chargers go on to embarrass the Raiders 111-7. Dicker kicks 9 field goals, including a 68 yarder as time expires. They also win the Super Bowl becoming the first undefeated team since the Dolphins.

But first, on Sunday afternoon, due to national outrage and political pressure across the aisles to do "what's best for the integrity of the sport," Michigan discontinues their football program. The nation rejoices and we're all brought together in harmony.

[Skipper 5998]

I'll be pretty surprised if, similar to GA-Tech/FSU, Michigan's gameplan isn't going to be to use all of the play clock, try to grind out drives, limit our offensive possessions, and make it a 4th quarter game where anything can happen.   A fast start for us is going to be key.  

[DFW Horn 6052]

TEXAS 41

Michigan 17

Prepare your anus, Big House.

[hornbri 1348]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Did many folks watch the Michigan/Fresno game last night? 

To say that I was not impressed would be putting it lightly, and I didn’t have high expectations going into it. 

The QBs for Michigan are objectively bad. Warren would be 4th string at Texas only because I don’t think we actually have a scholarship 4th stringer. Orji isn’t a QB and Michigan appears to realize that, but no one must be willing to tell him. They hardly played him and, when they did, it was basically a Wildcat offense.

Worse than the QBs were the skill position players not named Loveland. There isn’t a single WR that played last night that would be in the Texas two deep. I know we’re deep, so that statement may not be doing their lack of talent justice. Mullings appears to be the go-to TB because Edwards still can’t run inside and they don’t seem to have much interest in running outside. 

Loveland is a true stud TE. Texas needs to take him seriously and take him away as a safety net.  If they do this, Michigan QBs will turn the ball over. 

The offensive line looked mediocre in their first game together. Fresno State wasn’t exactly living in the backfield, but Michigan wasn’t getting push and having their way, which I expected based on the breathless way the Michigan Insider guys were raving about them. 

The Michigan front looked great defensively, allowing 9 yards rushing. This is the strength of their team and it is not even close. 

The Fresno State QB is not a guy Texas would recruit and he was missing guys all night. He made the mistake of testing Will Johnson as well and I hope Texas doesn’t. Frankly, there is no need to do so.

The Michigan LBs and safeties are not fast. Sarkisian is great at picking apart mismatches like this. I’ll never forget watching him scheme to match up the Bama WRs against slow Ohio State LBs repeatedly in the 2020 season’s national title game. Knowing the speed and quickness of our receivers and watching Michigan’s Big 10 pass defense last night gave me a lot of confidence. Michigan has one LB that they rave about because he’s such a thumper. He’s a transfer from Maryland. I want to see him matched up against Texas on passing downs, please. 

The Big House isn’t particularly loud, allegedly. I’m looking forward to seeing it in person. My hope is that Texas goes up by two scores early, takes away home field advantage and forces Michigan to do something, anything on offense. 

I did have that game on last night (granted in multi-view) and this is spot on. It felt like if the Fresno State QB could have gotten into any grove they had a chance. The Final score does not at all indicate how close this game was until that last INT mistake. 

[JOSEYWALES66 1788]

Early line is Texas -6.5.  I was expecting it to be around 4

[6th Street 6324]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41074439/michigan-taps-davis-warren-starting-qb-fresno-state
 

QB is a leukemia survivor. Amazing

Warren said he felt "a range of emotions" when learning that he had won the starting job and reflected on his journey and those who had helped him. He was diagnosed with leukemia in March 2019 and went through chemotherapy before returning to play four games during the 2019 season. His 2020 high school season was wiped out by COVID-19
 

 

[Codaxx 5529]

4 minutes ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:

Early line is Texas -6.5.  I was expecting it to be around 4

I saw 5.5 and 49.5. Kind of like that under there. Implying a 27.5-22 game 

[Henry Hill 3156]

4 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

I saw 5.5 and 49.5. Kind of like that under there. Implying a 27.5-22 game 

I have 28.371 to 22.871 in my model

[closetojumping 62029]

46 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Keep 7 in the box with low safeties, double their TE, and dare the QB to beat us.

On offense, short and intermediate passing game them to death.  Bolden could have a huge game in this one.

Fresno State was able to get behind the Michigan safeties on several occasions and then the QB couldn’t connect. I’m guessing that gets noted in film review this week. I don’t think that was any kind of smokescreen by Michigan. I don’t think their safeties are that good.