Bill Connelly of ESPN was previewing the game, and he pointed out some stats that might raise your eyebrows a bit. For all that Texas hammered CSU last week, a few things stand out.
Of the five passes QE threw more than 10 yards downfield, he was 1/5 for 15 yards and a pick. We also had a 10% blown run block rate against CSU, and we gained 1.8 yards per carry before contact.
Texas destroyed CSU with the short passing game, keeping them off balance and not knowing where the ball was going, then with our speed we ran away from them. The question is, can we have the same success against Michigan? Or can they stack the box enough to make Quinn try to beat them throwing downfield?
I think we will see some mixed success on this today, with more three-and-outs than we like, but if they stack the box up, we should get some big plays on blown assignments. I don't think we score a ton of points, but I think their offense will struggle big time against our D.
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Of the five passes QE threw more than 10 yards downfield, he was 1/5 for 15 yards and a pick. We also had a 10% blown run block rate against CSU, and we gained 1.8 yards per carry before contact.
Texas destroyed CSU with the short passing game, keeping them off balance and not knowing where the ball was going, then with our speed we ran away from them. The question is, can we have the same success against Michigan? Or can they stack the box enough to make Quinn try to beat them throwing downfield?
I think we will see some mixed success on this today, with more three-and-outs than we like, but if they stack the box up, we should get some big plays on blown assignments. I don't think we score a ton of points, but I think their offense will struggle big time against our D.
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