Is The Michigan Defense Geling?

IS THE MICHIGAN DEFENSE GELING?

PUBLISHED 9/26/2012 BY: JEREMY WROBEL

 COMING OFF A DISAPPOINTING LOSS THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES DID SHOW A SIGN OF LIFE ON DEFENSE. THE WOLVERINES DISPLAYED THEIR BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR DESPITE A LOSING EFFORT. TO THEIR CREDIT, IT WAS NOT THEIR FAULT THEY LOST.

THE WOLVERINES HELD NOTRE DAME TO 239 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE, WHICH WAS 150 YARDS LESS THAN WHAT THE IRISH WERE PUTTING UP FOR THE YEAR. THE PREVIOUS THREE GAMES FOR THE WOLVERINES THEY WERE ALLOWING 369 TOTAL YARDS PER GAME. THE MANAGED TO SHAVE 12 YARDS OFF OF THEIR OPPONENTS PASSING YARDS AGAINST ND AND 117 YARDS OF THEIR AVERAGE OPPONENTS RUNNING GAME. THEY CUT THEIR OPPONENTS AVERAGE POINTS IN HALF FROM 26 TO 13 AGAINST NOTRE DAME. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A VALIANT EFFORT.

THE MICHIGAN “D” CAME UP WITH TWO INT’S SATURDAY EVENING. PRIOR TO THE INT’S THEY HADN’T EVEN HAD A SINGLE PASS BREAK UP THE WHOLE SEASON. THE WOLVERINES DEFENSIVE LINE HAD THEIR BEST GAME OF THE SEASON. THEY HAD GREAT PRESSURE ON THE QB FORCING THE IRISH QB’S FORCING THEM TO THROW NEGLEGENT THROWS, RESULTING IN TURNOVERS. IF THE MICHIGAN “D” CAN KEEP THIS A TREND THE SKIES THE LIMIT. THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT TIME TO START GELLING ON THE VERGE OF CONFERENCE PLAY. THEY KICK OFF CONFERENCE PLAY OCTOBER 6^TH AGAINST THE PURDUE BOILERMAKERS.

WITH THE LACK OF PERFORMANCE FROM THE OFFENSE THE ONLY WAY MICHIGAN HAS A SHOT IN THE B1G IS IF THEY KEEP GETTING BETTER ON DEFENSE. IF ANY SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL GETS GOING THE WOLVERINES HAVE A REALITIC SHOT AT THE TITLE IN THE B1G CONFERENCE.