Palmetto Proving Grounds

Do you have any pics of hot Michigan chicks? We have rules here. Pics or GTFO.

whats yalls defense like?

Dennard Robinson is now your starting RB right? Seems to be he may be in trouble against our DL.

I would imagine they will try to get him in space?

Where do you feel UM matches up best with SC?

Very inconsistent.

Up front, we don't generate much of a pass rush. Our WDE Frank Clark is the best option as a pass rusher we have, but don't expect many sacks from our DL. For your running game, we usually do a great job stopping runs in the middle of our DL. NT Quinton Washington and DT William Campbell are both huge athletic guys in the interior, great at stopping the run.

Our strength is our LB unit, especially SAM Jake Ryan. He's a RS SO who is constantly flying all over the field. He makes great plays or great mistakes. MIKE Kenny Demens is great against the run, but bad in coverage. Same as WILL Desmond Morgan. If you have a solid TE, he'll be a matchup nightmare for us. None of our LBs are good in coverage and our CBs are too small to cover a TE.

In the backfield, if you're a statistics guy, you'll notice that we have the #1 passing defense in the country. This is not a good representation, given the fact that Air Force doesn't pass, Bama was beating us by so much that they just ran the ball for the last 3 quarters, and the Big Ten has no good QBs. Our CBs JT Floyd and Raymon Taylor get beat deep a lot but are pretty solid on short slant routes. Our safeties are two outstanding veterans in Jordan Kovacs and Thomas Gordon. They're both great in run stopping, especially Kovacs. He's our best tackler and a great cover man as well.

Overall, we're an inconsistent group that can get beaten by the passing game pretty easily.

Carry on...

Yes he is, because he cannot grip the ball well enough to throw it.

He is still very turnover-prone, so expect at least a fumble out of him. He'll take some snaps, take some handoffs, and catch some screen passes. We try to use him in every way possible.

And I feel like our defense can potentially stop your running game without Lattimore, but I'm not totally sure if we can move the ball on your defense. Your DL against our OL is the biggest mismatch IMO. Another good thing for Michigan is the elusiveness of Devin Gardner when he's our QB. I think your DL will get a lot of pressure on him but he'll be able to evade it and create good results out of a broken play.

duck, dont take this the wrong way but we've won close to a full seasons worth of games in 2 without lattimore. He's missed, but we have managed just fine...I've heard that talking point all season (twice) and it's never been "right". In my opinion, the real match up on that side of the ball is how will your LB's do with our TE's and keeping whoever (shaw or thompson) in the backfield/out of sync.

If the TE's get going it wont matter too much of who is in the back field...they'll move with the TE's and some form of crease will be there. On the flip, if the LB's play very solidly, it makes spurrier and co's job that much harder.

When did Q Washington become a NT? He was recruited as an O Lineman. And also JT Floyd is from SC. Tell me a little about both of their careers and how they have played... Thanks... And as for your QB being elusive I can't imagine him being anymore elusive than Dennard.. SEC speed is different than what you guys are use toas you saw against Bama.

Who is your best receiver or tight end? Thx.

I met a girl that went to Michigan once....

She broke my heart, so I broke her jaw...

Thanks Duck. What's the general consensus on the job Hoke is doing so far? From an outside perspective, I wonder how much he has been handcuffed by Robinson at QB. As dynamic as he is, it seems the coaches have been kinda forced with playing him at QB that last couple years.

How is quintons speech impediment coming along?