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.