This week, Threat Level knows that it isn't just about The Game, but what the game of football looks like in the Big Ten going forward.
and that continued to be the case against the Illini. J.J. McCarthy might've had 208 yards passing, but it was his least efficient performance of the season, taking 34 pass attempts to get there for just 6.1 yards per attempt. That's not the worst thing in the world if you've got the kind of running game Michigan does, but, well, we'll get to that.
I've given up trying to figure out what Harbaugh and company are trying to do with McCarthy. He's got the arm to stretch defenses, but the Wolverines steadfastly refuse to let him try. The most notable pass McCarthy attempted all game was a bomb to Andrel Anthony, only thrown because McCarthy thought that Illinois had jumped offsides and he had a free play. It was a beautifully thrown lob to the corner of the endzone, immaculately placed between two defenders...
Maybe it's that Michigan rightly has no faith in their wide receivers, or maybe it's that safety valve tight end Luke Schoonmaker was out, but either way the Wolverines are ride or die with the running game.in that The Game week definition of"fine" where you're going to play regardless of how banged up you actually are, but now we've gotten a look at Michigan's offense without the dude and it isn't pretty.
Two things happened when Michigan had the ball that allowed them to win this game: Ronnie Bell had a critical 40 yard punt return in the 3rd quarter to prevent the Wolverines from being trapped in their side of the field, and Jake Moody continued to be an absolutely cold-blooded field goal kicker. Three of his four came in the last 15 minutes, but the fact remains if Illinois gets even one of their own in the same timeframe, they win the game.
Here's the thing: we joke a lot about Bret Bielema, because he's a big fatuous weirdo who likes starting beefs. He's also pretty smart, and I think before the game against Michigan he noticed that their corners really haven't been tested since... basically the Maryland game back in September?
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