Comments on: Michigan drops fourth straight http://www.vigilante-sports.com/2007/09/michigan-loses-fourth-straight-to-oregon/ discussion of sports topics new and old Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:58:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Kendall http://www.vigilante-sports.com/2007/09/michigan-loses-fourth-straight-to-oregon/#comment-16641 Kendall Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:51:10 +0000 http://sports.vigilanteweb.com/2007/09/michigan-loses-fourth-straight-to-oregon/#comment-16641 Preach it preacher. Preach it preacher.

]]> By: J Phill http://www.vigilante-sports.com/2007/09/michigan-loses-fourth-straight-to-oregon/#comment-16639 J Phill Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:33:23 +0000 http://sports.vigilanteweb.com/2007/09/michigan-loses-fourth-straight-to-oregon/#comment-16639 I don't really have any suggestions as far as coaching in concerned, but I do know that Michigan, as well as the Big Ten as a whole, needs to learn to defend a spread offense. It's time to get out of the thinking that this old school run-em-up/play-action offensive attack (and defending it) will always work. I agree that Michigan should have viewed the tapes on these teams. In no way did they look even the least bit prepared for how Oregon ran them. I also don't buy that "we lost all these players to the NFL" talk. They were still ranked #5 at the season start, which to me, means that they still have a solid enough team to prove their worth. It's not that the skill isn't there, it's that they didn't know how to use it. I don’t really have any suggestions as far as coaching in concerned, but I do know that Michigan, as well as the Big Ten as a whole, needs to learn to defend a spread offense. It’s time to get out of the thinking that this old school run-em-up/play-action offensive attack (and defending it) will always work.

I agree that Michigan should have viewed the tapes on these teams. In no way did they look even the least bit prepared for how Oregon ran them. I also don’t buy that “we lost all these players to the NFL” talk. They were still ranked #5 at the season start, which to me, means that they still have a solid enough team to prove their worth. It’s not that the skill isn’t there, it’s that they didn’t know how to use it.

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