[NU Sports] Wow ...

[Jonathan Hodges]

The backups played well enough to preserve the shutout and not have any
mistakes - which is somewhat encouraging.

Also, in the post-game press conference the coaches confirmed NU was playing
a "vanilla" defense and didn't blitz much - and I hope some different
packages moving forward would make the DL look better because yesterday they
didn't get much pressure on their QB at all - and had no sacks.  Plus,
whenever someone did break free from a block the QB eluded the pressure
every time.

On offense the return of Rees should help immensely, but 3 sacks allowed
plus holding penalties, plus little running room are not encouraging
(although the passing game was running very well).

Jonathan

On 9/2/07, WildElk2 at aol.com <WildElk2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>     FWIW, Phil Steele's pre-season magazine said that Michigan's defense
> was going to be a problem this season, but I doubt PS thought it would kill
> 'em in the first game...
>    NU: I was surprised by the "average" performance on both sides of our
> linemen, particularly on defense.  With that said, our linebackers were
> filling holes and getting a lot of tackles; I'm sure PF was pleased about
> that.  And Rees will be back next week; good thing mon!
>
>    I missed the 4th quarter due to prior arrangements.  Did our back-ups
> play well?
>
>     GO CATS!!!!                 Eric
>
>
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