[NU Sports] Angry in Roscoe Village (fwd)

[John Labbe]

The offense was not a second half team, but I thought the D continued 
to play well.

Not that it really matters, but Michigan only scored 14 points off the 
four 2nd half turnovers, all in the fourth quarter.  Their first 
touchdown of the second half was after a punt and a long Michigan 
drive.  But then after the offense sputtered again, the D stopped 
Michigan one more time, before the offense took over and went into 
turnover mode.

Michigan's final two touchdowns came on drives of just 26 and 16 yards. 
  You can't fault the defense too much for those, especially given that 
they stopped Michigan on two other turnover drives (albeit Michigan's 
poor field goal kicking helped out on those drives).

All five of our turnovers today were Bacher's.  That hurts for him, but 
he's really gotta protect the ball better in the backfield.


On Sep 29, 2007, at 4:53 PM, Mike Nolan wrote:

>> I credit our team for playing hard today.  They truly seemed like
>> they wanted the win and played for it.  We were 1-2 plays away from
>> winning the game despite the turnovers.  I am disappointed we were not
>> able to execute consistently.
>
> Our 2nd half series were as follows:
>
> 8 plays, 34 yards, punt
> 9 plays, 37 yards, punt
> 6 plays, 15 yards, fumble
> 6 plays, 15 yards, fumble
> 3 plays, 3 yards, interception
> 3 plays, -10 yards, fumble
>
> So much for us being a '2nd half team' today.
>
> Michigan scored 21 points off those 2nd half turnovers, and that was 
> the
> difference in the game.  It reminded me a bit too much of the collapse
> against MSU last year.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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