I have been thinkinbg about the Michigan game....if we contain Denard and pop him in the mouth he will not be that effetive. Manti and Carlos will come up and hit him...now hopefully Filer and Neal keep contain ... because Denard will not want to come up the middle because he will get hit...I think ND offence will dominate Michigan's D....
Southwest: Hombre, I love you man but you’ve got to lay off the “s”! Just teasing, but it is Carlo, like Italian.
Your point is right to it! You got to smash him in it! As someone else, much more knowledgeable than me said, if you expect Robinson to have a great season, he has to survive the Big Ten schedule. Regardless of what you have to say about any team or the conference over all, there is a season of hitting going on there, and his way of running the ball is no easy pick to make a livin’.
That moves to the next point: the hypothesis that even Denard Robinson has to start from a fixed point on his side of the line of scrimmage. Now I saw some of the replay of the MisUCon game, and I noticed something I haven’t seen brought up yet. Michigan’s offensive line made UConn look tiny. I mean real small. Granted UM’s line is athletic, but they are miniscule compared to say, Purdue. Now that was a giant line! That is why Ian Williams and Sean Cwynar need to get a good push, (to keep zone blockers off Teo and Calabrese.
If Teo and Calabrese can play down hill and meet Denardo, say, half-a-yard on his side of the line of scrimmage or just a little deeper, Denard will not have the ability to cut and move. You will notice, Denard was immediately across the line of scrimmage against UConn and able to move two plus yards before the UConn linebackers challenged him. What a tailor made playground! Also, he will find it a little different playing against faster 240 to 250 lb linebackers, than say the 210 to 220 lb versions that UConn fielded. Also, DE’s: We don’t have any like theirs. Ours have experience and strength. They will show how much they have improved since last year, this Saturday if they didn’t last.
Everyone has talked about skilled positions. If the game plays out like I think it will, we will beat the living $#&(* out of them in the trenches. Purdue had a really good D-line, one of the better in the Big Ten. Michigan does not. Also, we will see if their o-line is that tough; they are going to need to be! I still think their best lineman starts for the Buckeyes.
