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By jersey # 0: Hill--all over the field; rarely misses a tackle 0: Moore--hard work paying off; nice 1st TD; takes a lot of blocks 1: Cook--finally some key targets 1: Finkley--looks about like last year; solid 2: Golden--on the long screen TD pass to Bond--he set the edge block well; several move the chains catches 2: Williams--lots of snaps--seems a bit slower than I remembered 3: Ewers--hope he's ok; not much to add from TV broadcast; that interception was quite odd 3: Guilbeau--another all over the field guy; solid tackler 4: Mukuba--no highlights but looks solid 4: Baxter--get well! 5: Muhammad--looks lock down; nice breakup behind the receiver without getting a PI 5:Wingo--has he dropped any targets? On the long TD, my eyes were on Cook and then Arch and then the ball is in the air and he's open by 10 yards. The highlight reel misses his move. The TV broadcast with a vertical view shows he collided with the DB down field and the DB fell while Wingo kept moving. 6:-Black--a few snaps; don't recall his man targeted 6: Clark--get well! 7: Barron--another solid outing; all over the field 7: Bond--great game--a mixture of skills of X and Mitchell 8: Moore--lots of snaps; looks solid; no real highlights 8: Niblack--several snaps without targets--mostly blocking assignments--you can see why Helm and Davis are ahead of him 9: Gibson--solid game--will be needed 11: Bolden--you can tell they are trying to get him an explosive play but just hasn't happened yet 11: Simmons--looks amazing--would have another sack but was held by the collar and no call 13: Cole--late game snaps--I don't think his man was targeted 13: Livingstone--a few late snaps; hard to tell 14: Butler--I think he was in street clothes--any news? 15: Norton--overall solid DT presence 15: Owens--a good start--tough being in the game so late with all 3's and 4's on the field--on that note--Arch had the full 1st string O-line most of his time which makes sense with injured QB-1 15: Stone--hit his right size endzone kicks all game 16: Arch--every bit as fun to see in person as on TV watch; He took some hits and missed a blind side blitz 16: Taaffe--no highlights but lots of hits; solid 18: Lefau--a lot of snaps and some solo tackles--looks promising 18: Tatum--DNP 19 Lourd--DNP 19: Umeozulu---I don't recall seeing will continue with 20-40, etc.

And then watch the Alabama movie from last year.

Early game--a lot of 2-3 DT's and 1 edge. Late game had a lot of Moore and Simmons when it was clear Michigan had to throw more--although their 4th quarter offense game plan was puzzling if trying to actually mount a come back. They ran off as much clock in the 4th as we did with runs and short passes in the middle. The clock basically ran most of the 4th on both sides of the ball.

I re-watched the condensed broadcast, and this guy's film room video: Yes Niblack was absent. Probably relates to Juan Davis being all over the place in the blocking game--had a 1-2 targets that did not hit. On one score he neutralized an edge. Deondre Moore was also on several snaps and had the 1 TD called back. Cook and Wingo were on several snaps but mostly running DB's off the targeted areas. Per this guy's video--although many described Michigan as giving us multiple fronts, there was still a majority of snaps in cover 3, and he shows how Sark just carved up what was given over and over. Also a great explanation of how Sark tried and end around that did not hit, and then went back to it again with Wingo and presented it different with two different pre-snap alignments that got Michigan into too many shifts. Related--I know the OTF crew discussed why they don't have game film featured on the channel but can't recall the answer. Clearly other channels do film study and work out the copyright issues.

I saw that also--Red looks like RB1 now. Would have played if he stayed but down on the depth chart and some gadget plays. I still think the "Redcat" can only work if there is a little threat of a pass out of it. Crawford is solid but I like our upgraded speed. Ross--obviously some details kept in confidence on what happened.

A few box score observations : —Jalen Catelon with a pick six for UNLV. A tipped pass rushing the qb he caught and ran back —Jake Smith looks like he’s made it back from injury and multiple transfers—3 catches for Az State —Troy Omeire listed 2nd on Az State depth chart. No catches this week. — Isaiah Neyor with a big game for Nebraska. Not that we are hurting at Wr but always wondered why we could rehab him back to the rotation. As the OTF crew have discussed—wining teams will have transfer out players move on to productive careers.