Michigan speed...
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Yes, they may have more speed now but unless we were running in place, no way Michigan has more speed than Florida. Better schematics, I'll give you that.
Not to mention all the 3rd down conversions by the backs and multiple times where the receivers (and even a tight end) burned the UF secondary.
Florida looked slow in comparison.
SEC Speed and 11 yards rushing.
Florida looked slow in comparison.
SEC Speed and 11 yards rushing.
Big ten fans still so envious of sec teams they think shit games like this have anything to do with speed.. we have the worst offense and OC in the country every year, with soft OL... We are again one of the worst teams in the nation on offense for the 8th straight year
Do you watch games? UF couldn't rush to the edge without 3+ UM players meeting the runner at the LOS, their screens/outside routes were immediately swallowed up, Michigan ran past your tackles multiple times with pure speed on 3 man rushes nearly untouched and their backs burned you around the edge multiple times as did receivers deep, your return men averaged 17 yards on 4 kick returns with one 26 yarder fluffing that up and UM's secondary was stride for stride with your receivers and just didn't get their head around the 1-2 times they got beat or else they would have gone for 6.. If Florida is any "faster" than UM it's marginal at best.. If Florida is faster they certainly didn't care to show it. If you can honestly sit down and watch that game and think Florida is/was the faster team you're delusional and I'm a Rutgers fan btw. Our offenses are about on par..
This is the saddest statement in these threads and quite possibly true.
Michigan has recruited better under Harbaugh than Florida has under McElwain. I think the recruiting rankings reflect that. Harbaugh is also a great coach
Michigan isn't faster. They are just better coached and their players know the system and play with confidence and play with speed. They aren't really faster.
Stronger, more disciplined, more physical, better coached...yes. Faster, doubtful but who cares, it wasn't a track meet, it was a football game.
Does he watch the games? The dude played and coached D1 football...in the SEC. He's watched more football (film) and breakdowns in a week vs what you will watch in a lifetime.
Was Michigan better, well hell yes. Faster? Who knows. Who cares. We suck regardless of speed/ no speed.
Did youwatch FSU last night? That is speed.
Our WR had ZERO problem separating from your DB. You ain't that fast
Speed is a relative thing in football. Line up all our players against all of Michigan's and we probably win more sprints. But Michigan was definitely quicker to the ball, quicker reacting, quicker to their spots. I agree that Michigan is better coached and better prepared, no matter what McElwain says. They beat us up on both lines of scrimmage and where I saw a big difference in speed was at linebacker. Ours were slow and not very good compared to theirs. I'm hoping Michigan is really, really good because that will make the loss seem not quite so bad. But I don't Michigan is an elite, top 5 type team and that we could be in for a long, disappointing season. I hope I'm wrong, but after all the offseason hype about the O-line being the strength of the team and the offense in general being ready to break out, all I saw was more of the same with a drop-off on defense to boot. Makes me pessimistic.
Looked faster to me. Their receivers were blowing by our DB's and thank god Speight was awful. Where it was noticeable was upfront. Gary moved like a damn linebacker we had nobody that compared to them. Their linebacker Bush was a heat seeking missle out there and our backs could never get the edge on their linebackers at all. On the flip side their backs got the edge on us multiple times. That one run Evans broke he outran our linebackers and DB to the sideline, if the safety didn't have the angle he scores easily. So yea the coaching and scheme were much better but they also looked far more athletic except for a few players.
Even their damn freshmen towered over our upperclassmen. Black and Peoples-Jones looked like damn NFL receivers lining up against HS DB's. It was just a different level.
Even their damn freshmen towered over our upperclassmen. Black and Peoples-Jones looked like damn NFL receivers lining up against HS DB's. It was just a different level.
Ha ha ha, you keep thinking that if it makes you feel good. Michigan ran all over you and made you look very slow. When were your WRs wide open? In pregame? Even the completions you had there was a db all over the receiver, the receiver just made a good play on the ball or great catch. You had what 11 yards rushing, yeah great speed! Haha now that's funny
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I'm of the opinion you can be fast as the Flash, if you don't know where you are supposed to be at it don't do you a lick of good. Michigan players knew their jobs, and executed the f*ck out of them.
Michigan was going after a freshman defensive back who had just entered the game.
Florida's defense could not always pressure and you can only cover for so long - credit goes to Michigan.
Anyone can look slow once they are blocked out of the play.
don't waste your time, big ten fans have been obsessed with this speed thing since we began the talk by wiping the shit out of ohio state, the team that Michigan thought they should play in a rematch.. Then LSU the next year to the same team and made herbstreit about cry grown man tears on tv because of it
one thing missing, Michigan either being in a title game or the playoff. No matter how bad we have been, michigan is still just as irrelevant in the real scheme of things.
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