[NU Sports] Ismaeli

[Jeff Beamsley]

More is the beauty of college football.

Coaches have to scheme every year to take advantage of their strengths and
disguise their weaknesses.  Then as the games reveal the schemes and
injuries affect who can play, further adjustments have to occur to respond
to how the opposition will likely attack revealed weaknesses.

As much as I dislike USC (and I dislike them almost as much as OSU), you
have to hand it to their coaching staff.  They were both better prepared to
start the game and better prepared to respond to the anticipated adjustments
than Michigan.  

Michigan had been so successful all year with their zone blocked run play
that they had no plan B when USC just blew it up.  USC had a set of blitz
packages that they seemed to run on virtually every down that were designed
to defeat the zone blocking scheme and prevent the short pass.  By the time
that Michigan had figured out the holes in that scheme, USC had turned the
game into a shootout and Michigan ran out of time and bullets.

On offense, USC just went at Morgan Trent all night and Michigan couldn't
seem to figure out a way to protect him.  

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 7:27 AM
To: NU Sports List
Subject: [NU Sports] Ismaeli

I agree McManus is the better cover man.  Ismaeli was a demon on the '95
team but as the fifth defensive back used as a rover.  In that role he was a
fantastic disrupter.  As a pure corner, he was not outstanding.  If you need
proof, realize that he did not make the cut in the NFL. 

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