Michigan has a good rushing defense

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Just FYI.... So KF better have a few tricks apart from flawless execution on Saturday.


College Football - Statistics by Team - Rivals.com


Team
G
Rush
RushYds
Avg
Rush/G
Y/G
TD
1stD
Michigan St.
10
273
574
2.1
27.3
57.4
5
31
Ohio St.
10
324
926
2.9
32.4
92.6
5
69
Wisconsin
10
320
988
3.1
32.0
98.8
7
60
Michigan
10
352
1112
3.2
35.2
111.2
8
74
Iowa
10
349
1300
3.7
34.9
130.0
4
75
Penn St.
10
370
1440
3.9
37.0
144.0
16
70
Minnesota
10
331
1470
4.4
33.1
147.0
14
81
Nebraska
10
406
1608
4.0
40.6
160.8
17
86
Northwestern
10
412
1652
4.0
41.2
165.2
12
102
Purdue
10
438
2301
5.3
43.8
230.1
26
126
Indiana
10
470
2511
5.3
47.0
251.1
30
131
Illinois
10
433
2597
6.0
43.3
259.7
28
122
 
Going by the "who gets the most rushes" thread, we are apparently going to run the ball 60 times this game, so that's 192 yards on the ground. Not too shabby.
 
Michigan's defense overall is right behind Iowa at 4th in the league, so that has not been the problem. Their offense has been shaky....their rushing offense was a negative vs MSU and NW....with the wind a huge issue on Saturday, Iowa must throw the ball well in the two qtrs. that they have the wind.
 
Iowa still needs to establish the run and show the run. If the hawks have early success running the ball and can jump into passing mode then you can get some mismatches.

Have to run the ball well because our passing game is not that efficient. If we had a broncos patriots type passing game that is highly efficient then we could move the ball that way. Not a knock on Jake as I think he is pretty accurate and there have been a good share of drops and maybe receivers letting up on routes.
 
Just a point to perhaps clarify the ranking of Michigan's rush defense. They have not yet played Ohio State and faced that rushing offense, and they have not faced Wisconsin and that one. With those two being among the better in the B1G, I think some of their totals are a bit skewed.

All this to say that I think we run on them this weekend and that OSU runs roughshod on the 30th. At the end of those two games, let us take another look see at where their "good rushing defense" sits in the standings.
 
SWIowaHawkeye said:
All this to say that I think we run on them this weekend and that OSU runs roughshod on the 30th. At the end of those two games, let us take another look see at where their "good rushing defense" sits in the standings.
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If they give up a total of 400 yards in the two contests, they'll drop from 13th in the country to 19th in the country.
 
I like the same gameplan used vs OSU. 3 TE sets gives enough of the options you'll need on a cold windy day.
 
SWIowaHawkeye said:
Just a point to perhaps clarify the ranking of Michigan's rush defense. They have not yet played Ohio State and faced that rushing offense, and they have not faced Wisconsin and that one. With those two being among the better in the B1G, I think some of their totals are a bit skewed.

All this to say that I think we run on them this weekend and that OSU runs roughshod on the 30th. At the end of those two games, let us take another look see at where their "good rushing defense" sits in the standings.
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Agreed. Based on my eyeball test on Saturday and what I saw in the 4th quarter against Nebraska, I'd say Michigan has an average to below average rush defense. Their numbers are skewed by no Carlos Hyde and no Wisconsin.
 
okeefe4prez said:
Agreed. Based on my eyeball test on Saturday and what I saw in the 4th quarter against Nebraska, I'd say Michigan has an average to below average rush defense. Their numbers are skewed by no Carlos Hyde and no Wisconsin.
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Playing Iowa could help their average. Our running game is not great.
 
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