Grading The Performance: Illinois

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Eliminating turnovers has been the point of emphasis for Denard Robinson since the spring. Through the early part of the season Denard had seemingly ignored what had been stressed to him by the coaching staff all off season. While Denard was responsible for a fumble a week ago, Denard has cut out the interceptions . . . → Read More: Grading The Performance: Illinois

2012 Michigan Football Special Teams Preview

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Depth Chart:

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Grading The Performance: Ohio

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Players at Michigan are ultimately judged by how they perform against Ohio. While all position groups have to deal with an added level of expectation against the Buckeyes, no position group endures more pressure than the QBs. QBs are judged above all else by their record and performance against Ohio. For much of the . . . → Read More: Grading The Performance: Ohio

Grading The Performance: Illinois

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The QBs really didn’t have to do much in this game thanks to the play of the RBs. Denard opened up the game red hot going 6-6 through the air. Some of the same bad habits that have gotten him into trouble all season crept back in after the hot start. When pressured, Denard . . . → Read More: Grading The Performance: Illinois

Grading The Performance: Purdue

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This was by the most efficient day for the quarterbacks that we’ve seen all season. It wasn’t a huge day statistically through the air or the ground but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The offense has been dependent on the play of the QB for the entire year. Saturday was the first game . . . → Read More: Grading The Performance: Purdue

Grading The Performance: Michigan State

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Saturday was just a rough day for the QB position across the board. While the QB play was heavily influenced by other factors, the QBs didn’t play well on their own. It is certainly difficult to make plays while under constant duress but even on plays where there was time and open receivers, both . . . → Read More: Grading The Performance: Michigan State

Grading The Performance: Minnesota

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Photo Gallery from Michigan’s 58-0 Thumping of Minnesota

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What a bounce back game for Denard Robinson. Amid all the criticism, scrutiny, and even calls for a QB change, Denard came out and produced his best game of the season from a passing perspective. Denard was accurate, efficient, and looked completely comfortable in the . . . → Read More: Grading The Performance: Minnesota

Grading The Performance: San Diego State

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I am including a scale to provide more detail to the grades I give out. Hopefully this will clear up some of the ambiguity within the previous grades.

A: Unit played as close to flawless as possible. Unit played well enough to win the game on their own.

B: Unit had a major . . . → Read More: Grading The Performance: San Diego State

Grading Brady Hoke’s First Three Games

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By Contributing Writer Clint Derringer:

I understand that it’s tough to gauge a coaching staff’s impact, or level of success, in such a short time span. However, 3 games (or 2.75 games) do provide enough data to begin to look for patterns, both positive and negative. Here is what I have come up with (grades . . . → Read More: Grading Brady Hoke’s First Three Games

Grading The Performance: Notre Dame

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I’ve debated long and hard on how to grade Denard’s performance from this game. On the one hand he really struggled to execute in the passing game, there were horrible throws which were matched with even worse decisions. On the other hand Denard was asked to do things that he has long struggled with . . . → Read More: Grading The Performance: Notre Dame

Grading The Performance: Western Michigan

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Not surprisingly Denard Robinson had moments of both good and bad, though there was none of the spectacular plays that we have come to expect from #16. On the plus side Denard seemed more comfortable under center than he did in the spring, he didn’t turn the ball over and his decision making . . . → Read More: Grading The Performance: Western Michigan

Press Conference Notes (8/23/11)

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Head Coach Brady Hoke:

On Consistency: Team needs more consistency. Defense will be good one day and mediocre the next. Saturday, everyone was really physical. There hasn’t been one practice in my opinion that team didn’t show intensity.

Scrimmage Notes: Troy Woolfolk played very well, Brandon Herron showed some positive signs. Fitz, Smith and Shaw . . . → Read More: Press Conference Notes (8/23/11)

Profile for 2011 U of M Commit Matt Wile

Tweet2011 Football Recruiting Board Name: Matt Wile Position: Kicker Height & Weight: 6’2” 220 lbs. High School: Francis W. Parker Lancers (CA)

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Recruiting Update (1/20)

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Hello all. I just wanted to give a quick update on recruiting. It’s been rather crazy since late last week in the Michigan recruiting world. First off, I want to welcome all of the new coaches to the program and wish them well. Recruiting got a huge boost last evening when Coach Brady Hoke named . . . → Read More: Recruiting Update (1/20)