What Happened: NU vs. Michigan, Drive by Drive

After getting pinned within our own 5, to get out of that with a good punt, tackle, and three and out was HUGE.

 
Wile, Matt kickoff 65 yards to the NEB0, touchback.

NEBRASKA drive start at 09:56.

1-10 NEB 25 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 10 yards to the NEB35, 1ST DOWN NEB (Ryan, Jake). R9

Shotgun, four wide. Zone read.

1-10 NEB 35 Armstrong, T. rush for 7 yards to the NEB42 (Avery, Courtney;Bolden, Joe).

Shotgun, four wide. Zone read look but actually a QB power with Moudy pulling to kick out the DE.

2-3 NEB 42 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 2 yards to the NEB44 (Morgan, Desmond)

Shotgun, Trips left. Another Zone Read look but we blocked all four down linemen. No one blocked the LB in the hole and AA does a great job to make him miss and get a couple yards.

3-1 NEB 44 Armstrong, T. rush for 2 yards to the NEB46, 1ST DOWN NEB (Morgan, Desmond). R1

Shotgun, Trips right. Sideline check to put TA under center and run a QB snaek.

1-10 NEB 46 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 3 yards to the NEB49

Pro I left. Lead Option left. We don't get much push so it gets strung out pretty good but TA does a nice job of being patient and pitching once the OLB finally commits. Ran out of rrom on the sideline

2-7 NEB 49 Armstrong, T. pass incomplete to Bell, Kenny.

Pistol, Ace set. Playaction left, boot right. TA directs traffic and fires to Bell who can't come up with a sliding catch.

3-7 NEB 49 Armstrong, T. sacked for loss of 13 yards to the NEB36 (Gordon, Cameron).

Shotgun, Trips right. Moudy doesn't pick up the DT twist.

4-20 NEB 36 Foltz, Sam punt 64 yards to the MICH0, touchback.

Nice punt that lands at the 11 but takes a big hop into the end zone.

7 plays, 11 yards, 3:10

 
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MICHIGAN drive start at 06:46.

1-10 Mich 20 Gardner, Devin sacked for loss of 5 yards to the MICH15 (Anderson, Zaire).

Heavy right (TE, WB). Play action, Evans on the blitz get pressure and forces Gardner to pull it down. Anderson sees the scramble and closes fast for the sack. Holding penalty on Michigan declined.

2-15 Mich 15 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Funchess, Devin for 23 yards to the MICH38, 1ST DOWN MICH P11 (Rose, Michael).

Shotgun, Trips Left. Huskers rush four. Middle screen. Randle and VV read screen but couldn't react quickly enough. Santos switched to cover Funchess but got picked off by the screen.

1-10 Mich 38 Green, Derrick rush for 3 yards to the MICH41 (Santos, David).

TE right I. Iso left. Santos fills hard coming off the slot receiver.

2-7 Mich 41 Gardner, Devin sacked for loss of 5 yards to the MICH36 (Gregory, Randy).

Shotgun, Trips right. We show corner blitz but back off when Gardner checks. Low snap. Gregory on him quickly.

3-12 Mich 36 Gardner, Devin pass incomplete to Funchess, Devin.

Shotgun, Trips right. Huskers rush four, don't get pressure. Throw is well behind Funchess and SJB could have a pick if he looks quicker.

4-12 Mich 36 Wile, Matt punt 40 yards to the NEB24, downed.

Short punt but they get a good roll.

5 plays, 16 yards, 2:33

 
NEBRASKA drive start at 04:13.

1-10 NEB 24 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 2 yards to the NEB26 (Ross III, James).

Pistol, TE Trips left. Zone run right. Should have gotten out of the play as we had nobody to block WILL.

2-8 NEB 26 Armstrong, T. rush for 4 yards to the NEB30 (Beyer, Brennen).

Shotgun, four wide. Zone read look but is a QB power sweep, pulling both G and T. They got some penetration but if TA sprints for the corner he has a nice run (probably a first down).

3-4 NEB 30 Newby, Terrell rush for loss of 3 yards to the NEB27 (Ross III, James).

Shotgun, TE Trips left. Sprint Option right. The end crashes hard and TA tries to fake pitch, almost gets around then pitches. Poor interior blocking. Should have pitched the first time as the end ran at him and Newby likely had a little room to run.

4-7 NEB 27 Foltz, Sam punt 39 yards to the MICH34, downed.

Poor punt.

3 plays, 3 yards, 1:52

 
MICHIGAN drive start at 02:21.

1-10 Mich 34 Funchess, Devin rush for 5 yards to the MICH39 (Cooper, Corey)

Heavy TE Trips left (TE, WB, FL). Funchess in motion toward the formation and gets the end around. Santos hesitates and loses contain. Cooper makes no attempt to wrap and is fortunate Funchess barely steps out.

2-5 Mich 39 Green, Derrick rush for loss of 2 yards to the MICH37 (Cooper, Corey).

Pro I left. Husker have eight in the box and are coming. Cooper runs free and hit Green right after he gets the ball.

3-7 Mich 37 Gardner, Devin pass incomplete to Gallon, Jeremy.

Shotgun, Stacked Trips right, motion to Spread set. Huskers blitz six. Rose basically gets tackled as he gets to Gardner (no flag), SJB with a nice play to cover Gallon.

4-7 Mich 37 Wile, Matt punt 41 yards to the NEB22, downed.

Short, line drive punt.

3 plays, 3 yards, 1:31

 
NEBRASKA drive start at 00:50.

1-10 NEB 22 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Enunwa, Quincy for 11 yards to the NEB33, fumble forced by Gordon, Cameron, fumble by Enunwa, Quincy recovered by MICH Wormley, Chris at NEB33.

Shotgun, TE Trips right. TA sees soft coverage and checks. Enunwa catches the hitch and has a first down before fumbling.

1 play, 11 yards, 0:08

 
MICHIGAN drive start at 00:42.

1-10 NEB 33 Gardner, Devin pass incomplete to Gallon, Jeremy.

Shotgun, TE Trips right. Rush four, no pressure. Mitchell has really good coverage on Gallon in the end zone.

2-10 NEB 33 Gardner, Devin rush for loss of 2 yards to the NEB35 (Evans, Ciante).

Shotgun, Ace Trips left. Zone read that Gregory blows up and Evans cleans up on the blitz.

END OF 3rd QUARTER: Michigan 10, Nebraska 10

3-12 NEB 35 Gardner, Devin pass incomplete to Gallon, Jeremy (Mitchell, Josh), QB hurry by Gregory, Randy

Shotgun, Trips right. Three down with Gregory standing up. Designed roll right. Gregory gets facemasked twice (no flag) and takes Gardner down when he throws the jump ball that Mitchell knocks away.

4-12 NEB 35 Wile, Matt field goal attempt from 52 MISSED - wide left, spot at NEB35, clock 14:46.

4 plays, minus 2 yards, 0:56

 
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NEBRASKA drive start at 14:46.

1-10 NEB 35 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Enunwa, Quincy for 23 yards to the MICH42, 1ST DOWN NEB P11 (Stribling, C.).

Pistol, Ace set. Play action. Would like to see TA really step into the throw and fire it but the ball is on time and on target.

1-10 Mich 42 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 1 yard to the MICH41 (Bolden, Joe).

Pistol, Heavy left (TE, WB). Zone read look but is a designed give with the WB coming across to pick up the DE. Sterup should have worked up to WILL as no one blocked him and he made the tackle.

2-9 Mich 41 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Enunwa, Quincy for 5 yards to the MICH36 (Taylor, Raymon).

Shotgun, four wide. Sideline check to the quick hitch. Again would like to see TA really fire this one in so it gets there quicker and Enunwa has a chance to do something with it.

3-4 Mich 36 Armstrong, T. pass incomplete to Reilly, Brandon

Shotgun, Spread (TE left). Play action. Pensick doesn't pick up the DE twist so Armstrong gets pressure as he throws. Reilly is well covered and was really no where to throw that direction.

4-4 Mich 36 Foltz, Sam punt 36 yards to the MICH0, touchback.

Poor punt. Hammered five yards into the end zone.

4 plays, 29 yards, 1:36

 
MICHIGAN drive start at 13:10.

1-10 Mich 20 Toussaint, F. rush for no gain to the MICH20 (Curry, Aaron;Rose, Michael).

Shotgun Trips left. Inside Zone. Huskers blitz six. Rose and Curry blow it up.

2-10 Mich 20 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Kerridge, Joe for 10 yards to the MICH30, 1ST DOWN MICH P12 (Anderson, Zaire)

Double Tight look, Offset I. Play Action. Anderson gets picked trying to cover the FB in the flat.

1-10 Mich 30 Toussaint, F. rush for 3 yards to the MICH33 (Santos, David).

Pro I left. Outside zone left. Rose fills hard but the FB gets just enough of him. Santos makes a nice play scraping from WILL.

2-7 Mich 33 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Kerridge, Joe for loss of 1 yard to the MICH32 (Evans, Ciante).

Shotgun, two back, three wide. Play action left. Gregory stays home and pressures Gardner. Evens excellent job picking up the FB coming across the formation.

3-8 Mich 32 Gardner, Devin sacked for loss of 8 yards to the MICH24 (Gregory, Randy).

Shotgun Spread right, motion to Trips left. Three down with Gregory standing up. Blitz six. Gregory misses once but recovers.

4-16 Mich 24 Wile, Matt punt 48 yards to the NEB28, Westerkamp, J. return -2 yards to the NEB26, fumble by Westerkamp, J. recovered by MICH Norfleet, D. at NEB26

Side note: Gerry is in the picture on almost every special teams play. Tremendous effort trying to chase down the guy who picked up the ball, even though it was dead.

5 plays, 4 yards, 3:07

 
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MICHIGAN drive start at 10:03.

1-10 NEB 26 Green, Derrick rush for 1 yard to the NEB25 (Anderson, Zaire).

Pro I left. Outside zone left. Husker have eight in the box, including a blitzing Cooper. Anderson runs a long way, scraping from WILL to run the play down.

2-9 NEB 25 Green, Derrick rush for loss of 2 yards to the NEB27 (Santos, David)

Pro I right. Power right. Huskers have eight in the box including a blitzing Cooper who slows Green up, doesn't make the play, but allows others to swarm.

3-11 NEB 27 Gardner, Devin rush for 4 yards to the NEB23 (Jean-Baptiste).

Shotgun, Trips left. Huskers have three down with Gregory standing but only bring four. No pressure but no place to throw either. Gardner scrambles but SJB gets him.

4-7 NEB 23 Gibbons, B. field goal attempt from 40 GOOD, clock 08:08.

Michigan 13, Nebraska 10

4 plays, 3 yards, 1:55

 
Wile, Matt kickoff 65 yards to the NEB0, touchback.

NEBRASKA drive start at 08:08.

1-10 NEB 25 Armstrong, T. pass incomplete to Carter, Cethan, QB hurry by Beyer, Brennen.

Pistol, Trips right with Carter tight. Play action. TA again doesn't step into his throw and misses Carter running free.

2-10 NEB 25 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Enunwa, Quincy for 9 yards to the NEB34 (Taylor, Raymon).

Shotgun, TE Trips right. Designed roll right. Pass is behind QE but he makes a nice catch.

3-1 NEB 34 Armstrong, T. rush for 1 yard to the NEB35, 1ST DOWN NEB (Washington, Q.). R12

Ace set. QB sneak

1-10 NEB 35 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 9 yards to the NEB44 (Wilson, Jarrod;Ross III, James).

Pistol with Offset I, TE right. Lead Option left. Good seal blocks by Moudy and Zimmerer. Pitch is over AA's head but he pulls it down.

2-1 NEB 44 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 4 yards to the NEB48, 1ST DOWN NEB (Gordon, Cameron). R13

Pro I right. Power right. Not a lot of room but just enough to move the sticks.

1-10 NEB 48 PENALTY NEB illegal motion (Abdullah, Ameer) 5 yards to the NEB43.

At first I though AA was just shifting but he might have just started early and tried to make it look good.

1-15 NEB 43 Armstrong, T. rush for 6 yards to the NEB49 (Ross III, James).

Shotgun, Trips Left. QB draw. TA reads the block totally wrong as he cuts the way AA is pushing MIKE and also has Pensick to lead the other way. Could have had at least 10 more yards.

2-9 NEB 49 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Bell, Kenny for 12 yards to the MICH39, 1ST DOWN NEB P14 (Taylor, Raymon).

Shotgun, TE Trips left. Sideline check. Good protection and better job stepping into this throw.

1-10 Mich 39 Abdullah, Ameer rush for loss of 1 yard to the MICH40 (Clark, Frank;Charlton, Taco).

Pistol, Trips left with Carter tight. Inside zone. Moudy misses his block and the hole closes before AA can get there.

2-11 Mich 40 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 2 yards to the MICH38 (Bolden, Joe).

Shotgun, Trips right with Carter tight. Sideline check. Sprint Option left. If Qvale works off the double team and picks up the scraping LB, could have been a big play.

3-9 Mich 38 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Enunwa, Quincy for 7 yards to the MICH31 (Furman, Josh;Morgan, Desmond).

Shotgun, TE Trips right. Designed roll right. Good grab by QE. If the ball is there a little faster, he likely turns upfield and gets the first down.

4-2 Mich 31 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Bell, Kenny for 26 yards to the MICH5, 1ST DOWN NEB P15 (Morgan, Desmond).

Shotgun, four wide. Sideline check. I think the other four linemen plus two defensive linemen move just before the snap. But since several guys moved together and so close to the snap, the must not have been able to tell for sure what happened. Even watching it frame-by-frame it is very hard to tell. TA REALLY needs to step into that throw more. A throw all the way across the field HAS to have more smoke on it. Great play by Bell and great block by Burtch.

1-G Mich 05 Abdullah, Ameer rush for no gain to the MICH5 (Clark, Frank;Bolden, Joe).

Double Tight I with WB right. Outside zone left. Moudy gets pushed back and cuts off AA's lane.

2-G Mich 05 Armstrong, T. pass incomplete to Burtch, Sam.

Shotgun, Overload right, TE Trips left. Corner route is well overthrown.

3-G Mich 05 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Abdullah, Ameer for 5 yards to the MICH0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:03.

Shotgun, Trips right. Sideline check. Sprint Option left. AA probably would have scored had TA simply pitched the first time instead of faking but it wasn't nearly as dramatic that way.

1-G Mich 03 Smith, Pat kick attempt good.

Nebraska 17, Michigan 13

14 plays, 75 yards, 6:05

 
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Bondi, Mauro kickoff 65 yards to the MICH0, touchback.

MICHIGAN drive start at 02:03.

1-10 Mich 25 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Funchess, Devin for 11 yards to the MICH36, 1ST DOWN MICH P13 (Rose, Michael;Green, Andrew)

Shotgun, Stacked Trips right. Huskers rush four, no pressure. Funchess tackled immediately.

1-10 Mich 36 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Funchess, Devin for 6 yards to the MICH42 (Green, Andrew).

Shotgun, TE Trips right. Three down with Gregory up. Blitz five, no pressure. Two straight nice tackles by Green, keeping Funchess in bounds.

2-4 Mich 42 Gardner, Devin pass incomplete to Funchess, Devin.

Shotgun, TE Trips left. Three down, Blitz six. Curry with quick pressure causing a hurried over throw.

3-4 Mich 42 Timeout Nebraska, clock 01:13.

Nice time out as we were a little confused and they had a Bunch formation we'd struggled with.

3-4 Mich 42 Gardner, Devin sacked for loss of 1 yard to the MICH41 (Gregory, Randy).

Shotgun, Trips left. Designed roll left. No pressure but nowhere to throw. Gardner comes back right where Gregory was waiting for him. SJB right there, too.

4-5 Mich 41 Timeout Michigan, clock 01:02.

4-5 Mich 41 Gardner, Devin pass incomplete to Dileo, Drew.

Shotgun, Stacked Trips right, motion to Stacked Doubles both sides. Three down, blitz six. Excellent job by Mitchell coming off the front guy and picking up the motioned back guy on the slant.

5 plays, 16 yards, 1:04

 
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