Michigan can sleep soundly about: Like Penn State, Maryland’s running game also continues to suck. Michigan should worry about: Talk about the perfect setup for a trap game: a road game against a decent team that you have traditionally throttled, sandwiched between Penn State and Ohio State. This team is as frightening as: A West African Mud Turtle who knows your secrets.ĭon’t worry, he won’t tell anyone. Defensively, as mentioned, Maryland did a solid job against ALMOST everyone in white. He completed 2+ passes to 10 different receivers, including 18 total passes to three tight ends. Despite having losing two of their most critical passing targets, Taulia Tagovialoa is still finding ways to move the ball through the air. Recap: Credit to Maryland for duct taping a team back together after their mini-collapse. When they play Michigan: Please light downs on fire. Sean Clifford’s inability to participate on the ground takes Penn State’s attack from “underwhelming” to “lighting downs on fire.” They’ve rushed for 100+ yards three times in nine games, and they’ve only cracked 3.3 yards per carry twice. Michigan can sleep soundly about: Penn State’s running game continues to suck. He‘s had at least 5 catches in every game this season, and he’s pulled in 11 catches in each of the last two games. He has 48% of their wide receiver catches, 49% of their wide receiver yards, and 9 of their 13 wide receiver touchdowns. But imagine I gestured towards Jahan Dotson. Michigan should worry about: It gets boring to say “Jahan Dotson” all of the time, so I won’t say Jahan Dotson. ![]() This team is as frightening as: A Five Nation Army. *We’re including the one unsuccessful Tight End Wildcat snap Penn State ran on 4th and 1, because (a) it is spiritually a running back carry, and (b) I really wanted to mention that Penn State ran an unsuccessful Tight End Wildcat on 4th and 1. The running backs* rushed for 4.2 YPC against a thoroughly mediocre Maryland rush defense. When he targeted Not Jahan Dotson For Some Reason, Clifford was 16/32 for 121 yards (3.8 YPA) and 0 TDs. ![]() When he was targeting Jahan Dotson, Clifford was 11/15 for 242 yards (16.1 YPA) and 3 TDs. Jahan Dotson was really the only thing that worked. They tacked on a field goal and a late pick-six to pad the score, but 86 yards later, Penn State had a 21-14 lead that they would not relinquish. But then Maryland made the tactical decision to run the “let Jahan Dotson run uncovered down the seam” play, which was, in hindsight, an error. Maryland scored to tied the game at 14 on the first play of the 4th quarter, and sacked Sean Clifford to give Penn State a 2nd and 18 at their own 14. Recap: This was a close game through three quarters. Fools will be hurdled until morale improves.
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