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Originally posted by Rane:

If you ask me, both of the teams played shitty. Rather our starting RB got hurt or not. Notre Dame was whooping our freshman qb's ass. And you guys weren't putting on much of a show yourself.

OSU won. Michigan lost. OSU won. Michigan lost. OSU won. Michigan lost. OSU won. Michigan lost.
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We got like 8 picks in 2 games and we still got our ass beat. In reality I was happy MICH scored that last touchdown to make the score look atleast 1/2 way decent but we have no qb, and all of the back up rb's are young with little play time. You guys didn't get any turnovers O.o!??! I wasn't watching the OSU game did E.Haw get to run the ball at all yet?
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Blowzilla understands the game he is watching. Correct the turnover problem and this becomes a very impressive football team. Fail to correct it, and teams such as Iowa, Purdue, Wisconsin, and even Michigan will not let us off the hook the way Marshall did.

 

Five of those seven turnovers are from the QB position, which makes them easier to correct. One was by Lydell Ross, who has typically done a solid job of hanging on to the ball. The final one was Santonio Holmes who is also typically more sure handed.

 

The defense has missed out on around 4-5 near interceptions, so that will come around. The pass rush is strong and the coverage on deeper patterns is tight. Picks are only a matter of time. There needs to be more effort at stripping the ball from runners/receivers. Both Marshall and Cincy managed to fumble the ball and recover, so again, the defense needs to step up and take that ball.

 

Rane once again is in over his head, and should stick to breaking down wins and losses at online Monopoly. Michigan gained most of those turnovers against Miami of Ohio, and used them to turn a fairly tight game into a rout. Bravo for them, but that has nothing to do with the Notre Dame game, in which they managed to turn the ball over three times (ND turned it over four times) AND get a punt blocked. So give them a big fat nothing on turnover margin.

 

They also had a complete breakdown in their red zone offense and had to settle for FOUR field goals, three of which from drives that stalled inside the 20. The game difference was exactly that. ND converted Michigan turnovers into touchdowns, while Michigan converted ND turnovers into field goals.

 

Turnover margin MATTERS.

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