“Every team faces its own adversities…There are always issues that come up within a team that can be distracting.“
Lloyd Carr, Michigan Head Coach
Phil’s Game Grades
Offense
B
Defense
C
Special Teams
D
Coaching
C
Overall
C
Players were out due to injuries but…
Offense- Hats off to Mike Hart for becoming Michigan’s all time rushing leader during this game. He’s the only consistent thing in the Wolverine offense- pray that he doesn’t get injured…
Defense- For about 3 minutes during the second half the defense looked awesome. Guys were flying around and causing mayhem. If they could only show that kind of enthusiasm for 60 minutes…
Special Teams- More special teams fiascos. Michigan special teams are a bad joke…And they don’t seem to be improving.
Coaching- A win is win but this one wasn’t very impressive.
Comments- The Wolverines will need a more sustained effort to beat Purdue next week.
“I think we understood the gravity of the situation.”
Lloyd Carr, Michigan Head Coach
“We came out dead…We weren’t really focused.“
Brandon Graham, Michigan DE
Phil’s Game Grades
Offense
C
Defense
C
Special Teams
C
Coaching
C
Overall
C
The Ryan Mallett for Heisman campaign gets derailed by the Wildcats…
Offense- FR QB Ryan Mallett looked human in this one. It looked like he had first road game jitters- he’ll bounce back. Chad Henne returned to rally the team to victory. The offense sputtered for most the game but finally got in gear late in the 4th quarter.
Defense- The defense looked completely unprepared during the first quarter. They seemed to buckle down for the second half but the inconsistency remains difficult to understand.
Special Teams- They continue to give too many return yards…Gonna be a problem against better teams if things don’t get shored up.
Coaching- A lackluster performance all around. At this rate the Wolverines can’t take any opponent for granted.
Comments- The Wolverines need to hammer EMU next week…
