Things We Have Learned

• Hart's body might be hurting, but he's dying inside the way this team is playing.
• Warren is going to be very good.
• Greg Mathews has what it takes. Not only can he play, he stands up for himself.
• The offensive line doesn't have a clue what's going on. False starts. Missed assignments.
• If you blitz Michigan, you're going to get to Henne.
• Something is wrong with Manningham. He's a shadow of last year.
• Ron English has no ability to adapt a defense.
• Long looked hurt. He was limping in the 3rd and 4th.
• Mallett is not ready to be a starting quarterback, but he's going to have to be this Saturday.
• If you run the hurry up offense against Michigan, they can't adapt.
• Something is seriously wrong on the left side of the line, Henne and Mallett both got nailed from behind.
• This is Lloyd, Debord, and English's last year.
• Boren and Mitchell are having very, very tough starts to the year.
• The defensive line is getting absolutely no pressure.
• Crable is spending all his time at DE in an attempt to get pressure and it still isn't working.
• Mallett throws the ball really, really hard.
• He also looked surprisingly comfortable throwing on the run and improvising.
• We'd be better off playing 5 down linemen than 3 linebackers.
• If we play a spread offense, we're going to lose.

• The soft zone is not a good way to play a spread offense.
• Brandon Harrison can't cover a bed with a blanket.
• Neither can Johnny Sears.
• The offensive line looks terrible.
• Jake Long and Adam Kraus are totally out of sink.
• Henne has no confidence in his line or in himself.
• Don't put a running back in the game when his dominant hand is recovering from surgery.
• Special teams are important and might even warrant a scholarship.
• If you get bumped running your route, you still need to finish it.
• Hart can't carry this team all by himself.
• The safeties are a disaster, Adams and Englemon can't find their positions with a map.
• On a goal line stand, your middle linebacker shouldn't be lined up outside the defensive end.
• We desperately need to recruit linebackers and defensive backs that are actually linebackers and defensive backs.
• Teams have figured out the Zone Blocking scheme.
• Brandon Minor is not a zone runner.
• Neither is Carlos Brown.
• Using the tight end is good. No one can cover Butler.
• Tackling people is important.
• Henne cannot throw on the run.
• When you get your ass handed to you two straight weeks, it's generally considered a stupid thing to guarantee a win.
• Finally, just how badly this season is going to suck.