*** Official Michigan Game Discussion Thread ***

[Husker Richard]

Carl is pretty much the DC in name only anymore. For the last few weeks the defense has pretty much been taken over by Bo, so the adjustments need to come from him.

But scheme won't make up for lack of skill, which is our issue. We have recruited like crap in the front 7 for a few years now, and it's showing up this year.

How fast can we fix it is the big question. Next year looks SCARY without Lavonte.

Or Dennard....

 

[Sub-Husker]

This is very similar to Wisconsin ...as far as our ability to stop the opponents offense...simple fact is our defense is average at best.

Which is why we should not be in a BCS bowl.

 

[Hercules]

Carl is pretty much the DC in name only anymore. For the last few weeks the defense has pretty much been taken over by Bo, so the adjustments need to come from him.

But scheme won't make up for lack of skill, which is our issue. We have recruited like crap in the front 7 for a few years now, and it's showing up this year.

Not gonna argue with the LB's, but I feel like we've recruited fine on the DL. When you lose arguably your team's best player in Crick, and have about 4 other DTs either out hurt or playing hurt, it's gonna show up on the field.

I'm more scared about what our linebackers are going to look like next year without David...

 

[California Husker]

Lance Thorell - the man of a million chances. No matter how many years or how many plays of him getting routinely beat doesn't get it through our coaches head that the kid IS NOT A GOOD CORNERBACK.

He's AWFUL. I don't know why they put him in.

It's not just Thorell...other than David and Dennard, the whole defense is ordinary at best, and some of them are just plain bad.

 

[The Big Red Husker]

We need to force more turnovers and play 100% mistake free on offense today. Beck also needs to call a great game...defense is overmatched, like it has been in 75% of our games

 

[Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red]

All I can say is come February there had better be some damn good recruits coming in or the Pelini experiment will be over in two years.

O RLY?

 

[Jason Sitoke]

The defense has to get off the field on 3rd down.

I would like to know though, what good is making a last second defensive call from the sideline when your line is blown off the ball because they're staring at the sideline when the ball is snapped?

 

[Haspula]

Flag... where's the flag for our defense??

 

[QMany]

They are going to call a holding NOW?

 

[Husker Richard]

Holding and we still don't get anything. Great, grand, wonderful.

 

[Treand3]

Great....push us back

 

[The Big Red Husker]

We miss Cotton... and Burkhead can not run wide

 

[krc1995]

Carl is pretty much the DC in name only anymore. For the last few weeks the defense has pretty much been taken over by Bo, so the adjustments need to come from him.

But scheme won't make up for lack of skill, which is our issue. We have recruited like crap in the front 7 for a few years now, and it's showing up this year.

Not gonna argue with the LB's, but I feel like we've recruited fine on the DL. When you lose arguably your team's best player in Crick, and have about 4 other DTs either out hurt or playing hurt, it's gonna show up on the field.

I'm more scared about what our linebackers are going to look like next year without David...

I love David, but before him there was someone else that we thought we couldn't do without

 

[OmahaPlaya]

Stupid penalties!

 

[Husker_x]

Looks like Big 10 refs do know what a holding call is.