Things discussed:
- Craig opens the door for Seth to go off on stuff you can read about on the John Hawks blog.
- Iowa's offense isn't caveman, it's an Australopithecus that evolved in a different direction.
- It's ugly football, but Michigan was correct to turtle into 1950s football and run out the clock.
- Seth: Makes a big difference that they scored some touchdowns. The first time Iowa walked down and tried to sell out against something they get gutted by the Ronnie Bell end-around. They were playing soft and conservative, Michigan ground them down like they did Washington last year.
- Worry about Colson spot dropping—it's about getting a feel for route combinations and where they next guy is coming from. Colson's still a true sophomore. Meanwhile Barrett was AGGRESSIVE! Iowa got some yards by using fullbacks against our smaller dudes but how many teams even have a fullback?
- Biggest concern? JJ McCarthy getting the deep ball back, Trente Jones's weird pass protection biffs, and linebacker depth: after Mullings had a bad week Rolder played as much as he did.
- Pass rush: Morris was great—he's very developed. Eyabi Okie: only out there for passing downs but !!!! and when those were runs he actually did his job.
- Mazi Smith: Hit a ceiling, isn't a great finisher (Seth calls it Karlaftis Disease) and shouldn't play every snap but not many teams are going to be heavy personnel to put Graham Mason on the field instead of backing up Smith.
- Indiana: What happened? Bad year on offense and they cleaned house and went full Walt Bell, who's all about speed in space and needed new players. Offense is all transfers, slot receiver is the scary guy but he's hurt. Might be a good matchup for Michigan because they want to attack Sainristil and Moore, get their RB singled up in an athletic contest with
