SCAR & DUE Episode 25 Penn State Recap 10/19/26

[I know their record doesn’t show it, but I wouldn’t doubt if they could potentially win out. I looked at their schedule, and I’ll take all bets that the Nittany Lions win at least four the rest of the way. It’s a good win. How are you doing, D?

I’m doing great, man. Coming off a victory, back on the victory train. Obviously, that’s positive. I don’t agree with you on Penn State. I think their defense is okay, but they’ve got to do something about that quarterback.

But that receiver—Jeez-o-Pete, that Sowell, number zero for Penn State. Holy smokes, that guy’s a hell of a receiver. He gets open, and he catches everything. He’s a really good player. It was discouraging to see so many—aside from his 11 catches for 151 yards, how many times did he draw defensive pass interference or holding? That’s a good receiver.

That said, they come out in the second half, change things up at quarterback, and obviously it’s the talk of the town. Things start breaking right. We’re going to look into that and see what happened. Why were things different in the first half than the second half?

I’ve watched this film three times. I’ve logged every single play, the formations, and what ended up happening. It was very close to being a good offense in the first half. Sometimes when things go wrong or something bad happens, it compounds. In the second half, that didn’t happen. They had a couple of drives that didn’t go anywhere, but they came back and put together drives. This will be good film.

Yeah, we’re going to go through about 15 or 20 minutes of general thoughts about the Big Ten and college football. I looked at Hill’s game plan. The only thing I think I would have done differently is try to cheat more safety help toward wherever the hell that kid was. We’ll look at the film.

Yeah.

Some general observations: Do you know UCLA starts one kid who was recruited out of high school into their program? Twenty-one transfers start. We play them in a few weeks.

I wanted to talk about the Rhino. A lot of people are beating up the Rhino. You’re going to look at film today where the Rhino was pretty good. People seem to forget—remember going to Penn State, where we ran six or seven offensive linemen on that last drive and ran it 20 or 30 times in a row? People didn’t have a problem with that.

I went over game plan and philosophy last time. If people are defending Rhino, get the hell out of it. But you don’t know until you at least try certain formations against an opponent. You’re going to look at formations in this film where the Rhino worked, with seven offensive linemen on the goal line. We slammed it in there on them, where we couldn’t do it against Iowa. You don’t know how people are going to adjust. Any thoughts on that, dude?

Yeah. The complaint about Rhino is when they go 11 personnel and the tight end is your Rhino, and he’s not going out for a pass, you’re tipping your hand. You’re either going to have a two-man route or you’re running the ball. We ran a fair bit of 11 personnel with the Rhino.

We also ran quite a bit of 12 personnel. One was the Rhino, and the other was another tight end. Eleven times, that second tight end in 12 personnel was Hoffman, and we were successful: plus seven on a run, plus eight on a run, plus one, plus two, plus 12 on a pass. That was the first half. Second half, plus two, plus three, and then it didn’t go that way.

The issue is having Rhino on the field with no other tight ends. That tips your hand: He’s not going out for a pass. This is a run. Hoffman was the second tight end in 12 with the Rhino 11 times. Hansen was the second tight end twice.

What they did more, starting on the last drive of the first half, was go to 11 personnel with Hansen as the tight end. It was done a lot more in the second half. What happens when you use Hansen as a tight end? He caught a pass for about six or eight yards, and when Carr was in there, he caught one for 22 yards.

The Rhino has its spot. Jim used a jumbo offensive line, but he had tight ends in there that the defense had to consider might go out for a pass.

Listen, the Rhino thing, too—let’s say Michigan’s the only team in the Big Ten that runs it, which isn’t true. Ohio State runs it. They call it Bison. Exact same deal. They ripped Indiana because Indiana came out in a BS adjustment against it.

The argument I would make is that anytime you have different formations and personnel groupings, the defense has to adjust and maybe get out of its comfort zone. They’re putting different people in the game, seeing formations they’re not used to, and adjusting their defense in ways they’re not used to. That’s why I like a lot of this different stuff. You just have to recognize when to get the hell out of it if they have a good plan against you.

The other thing about Rhino: If you’re in 11 personnel and your tight end is the Rhino, who isn’t going out for a pass, then you run motion, we’re tipping the snap count every single time. As soon as that guy passes the quarterback, we’re snapping the ball. Watch the plays. There are two problems there.

That’s the downside, dude, of trying to time that up so you have a jet threat. I ran the same stuff. If you want the defense to honor jet, you want to snap it right when he’s by the quarterback.

Yeah, it does tip your hand about the snap. If you’ve played six games and it’s gotten blown up, guys are timing the snap, and we’re running power, duo, inside zone, whatever, and it’s getting blown up because a linebacker knows exactly when the ball will be snapped, you’ve got to do something a little different. Those are things I’d like to see change over the next four or five weeks.

We’ll see how it goes. This is going to be a huge test. Everybody’s excited Tommy came in and led them to a victory and three touchdowns in the second half, but Indiana’s defense is not Penn State’s defense. They’re going to mix things up. They’re well coached. It’s going to be interesting.

For his first time out, the team responded. The running game got going. The backs got into the game. We had some big chunk runs, the biggest runs we’ve had all year. It’s positive.

The big question I have is: What was Penn State’s defensive coordinator thinking when Tommy Carr got in the game? We’re going to look at film. I’m looking at his coverages. Same formations in the first half, same formations in the second half. We’re going to discuss that and try to get a feel for what he was thinking. When a different quarterback is in the game, it changes your thinking. What can this guy do? That’s what we’re going to try to figure out.

I think a bye week is totally overrated.

Yeah.

Like I’ve said, it’s good if you’ve got guys beat up. You might get them healthy. But I think Whit beat our guys up. I think they did some hitting, which is good. I think he tested that team during the bye. Any thoughts on those things, dude?

The bye week clearly is overrated. You could look at the statistics and see the win-loss record following a team’s bye week. The only thing it’s really good for is getting guys healthy, and man, we need to get guys healthy.

The injury report had a lot of our starters as questionable. Sprague is still out, and I don’t think Dom Nichols played all that much this week. We need to get healthy, especially along the offensive line. Norton was out, which was a surprise. I don’t recall seeing him get injured during the Minnesota game or come out, so something happened during the week. We need him back.

I’m reading this question from Joe Blue: “If Tommy struggles in the first half against Indiana and they have to put Bryce in, are you concerned about his confidence or mental strength?” No. I think Bryce will hop right in there, and it might even light a spark.

It’s not that Bryce isn’t trying hard. It’s not that Bryce doesn’t have talent. Things come at him fast. When the game speeds up for anybody, mistakes are made. They got a lucky bounce off Marsh’s hand as it popped up, but that ball wasn’t thrown very well. It was too short. It should have been longer. He should have led him.

The other one was a remarkable one-handed stab by the defender, but that ball was thrown inside. It should have been thrown outside. Those things, and the fact that the offense didn’t have 100 yards in the first half, were a carryover from the Minnesota game. I don’t think the coaches had any choice, to be honest with you.

As far as mental toughness for a college football player at Michigan, dude, we’ve seen guys go up and down. You’ve got the blue jersey one week, and you’re on the demo team the next. I went from third string to second string, back to third. Many of us did that.

It’s called pounding you and making you mentally tough. Schembechler beat us up mentally and physically so we were ready to play in front of 100,000. You’ve got to be mentally tough. Bryce will survive. This could be better for him in the long run as he goes through his career, which will probably include pro football.

That whole quarterback room has competition, like every darn position on that field. These guys have to compete. We’ve seen guys moving up and down at every position. Avery Gach and Norton now—even Whit covered it. He’s like, “If Norton’s back, I’ve got a decision to make now.” Avery Gach played pretty well.

If I were in that position and Norton were back, I’d put Norton back at right guard and slide Gach over to left guard.

That’s my point. Now Gach is competing with Efobi because of the way he played. We’ve all seen that.

He was the Rhino, too.

I get it. Competition is what that place instills. Mental toughness is what you’re looking for, and Bryce will be fine. He hasn’t faced a lot of adversity in his athletic career because, since eighth grade, he’s been the chosen one. In the long run, it might be good for him.

Kuzdzal—I love this kid. He’s a tough dude. I wish he could play more. Those are general thoughts. We’re going to look at the film. You’re right, Nichols is still playing hurt. I talked about Ohio State and their Bison. It was quite the weekend in college football.

People say we shouldn’t run on the perimeter. As a guy who coached defense and was a head coach in high school, I told my offensive coaches, “We’ve got to attack every single gap, every down. The defense has to feel you could attack A-gaps, B, C, D, whatever. Make them defend every single gap where there’s a football player, and make them defend the passing game all over the place, every player.”

If you listen to these guys on TV, you’d think Michigan was running the pitch sweep to get outside. They’re not. On every zone play, inside zone or outside zone, there are priority holes, and it starts playside. You’ve got the playside gap. That’s the one you want to hit first. If it’s not there, you have the backside gap. If that’s not there, you can go around the edge.

Some of these plays ended up going around the edge because the running back had to bounce. Gap A wasn’t there, B wasn’t there, so you’ve got to go C. We did this against Minnesota as well. The very first play, we were in 11 personnel with the Rhino, ran outside zone, and picked up six yards. The talking heads on TV saying we’re running outside and need to get back to running up the middle are misleading people about what’s happening.

I want the defense lining up against Michigan to fear every gap. We can run behind every player. We can throw to every eligible player. Make them defend the whole deal.

Let’s get right to the Tommy-Bryce deal. There are things we don’t know that don’t always show up on film. From what these coaches have seen, who’s better at getting Michigan into the right play?

I remember hearing Jon Gruden say he thought Jared Goff earned his money pre-snap. Before the ball was snapped, he got the team into the right play. We don’t know the answer to that question. The coaches see it every day in practice. We’re going to look at some stuff where it looked like Tommy made changes to plays. I don’t know the answer, but it’s pretty damn important.

Watching Tommy Carr throw the football, it appears he throws a very catchable ball. Soft touch.

He throws with a little more touch.

That’s something to consider. We also don’t know—you and I have battled it out over the RPO read, the mesh, whether the back took it or the quarterback gave it. I think the quarterback runs that thing and dictates when it’s handed off or he keeps it. We don’t know which guy does a better job. Those coaches have seen the kids in practice for multiple reps, and we don’t know if there’s a big difference.

Our quarterback room has three guys competing. I want to say this, too: Mississippi State went in and made Minnesota look like the JV team in the first or second game of the year. Their quarterback looked like Superman. Mississippi State is very quarterback-reliant, and they embarrassed Minnesota. Their quarterback got hurt, and they scored zero points this past weekend with the backup.

Our coach has an Urban Meyer mindset. Urban Meyer won with Tim Tebow. He won a national championship with three quarterbacks. They believe in running the quarterback. They believe in having multiple quarterbacks.

When you run a certain type of offense, you can withstand injury more easily, in my opinion, than teams so reliant on a quarterback’s ability to throw the football. They might take a more serious drop than a team like Michigan, where we’re running the quarterback more with predetermined runs.

I don’t want to be Mississippi State, where if I lose my quarterback, our offense goes in the toilet. I’d like to think there’s an Urban Meyer, “We can win a national championship with three different quarterbacks” belief system in our players and our program. Go ahead from there.

If you’re going to do that, every other aspect has to be great, too, including the scheme and your offensive line. You can’t have some of these mistakes we’re still seeing. Your receivers have to know how to get open.

Ohio State—we’re going to find out how that backup is because it looks like Sayin will be out for a few weeks with the shoulder. They have a bye this week, which is fortunate, but they go to USC, then have Oregon and Northwestern. They’ve got to be able to run and pass. You can’t be one-dimensional.

For us, Tommy’s a good combination. You saw him run. He did a good job cutting back and following his lead blockers. He made some mistakes. It wasn’t a good throw to Buchanan. I don’t know if that was the right place to throw it. There was a counter bash where he gave the ball to Hayder, and it got swallowed up for no gain. Had he kept it, he had two lead blockers going around the outside, plus a wide receiver blocking a DB. That play had potential for big yardage.

It’s still one player here or one player there. Bryce had an opportunity that I think could have changed the trajectory of the game and his place as the starting quarterback. We ran a quarterback draw from a spread formation. It was a four-man line against our five offensive linemen. He took off to the B-gap on his left side, and the edge on the far right came over and made the tackle.

You’d hope your quarterback, your really good athlete, could outmaneuver or outrun him, but that guy was right in his face. Had he made that guy miss, it was a big gain. Who knows what happens from there?

What does Tommy bring? I think the game is a little slower for him. I don’t know. Indiana will have a week to prepare for Tommy Carr. Look back at Oregon when Dante Moore went down in the middle of a game and Raiola came in and looked great. The following week, the opposing team had a chance to review film on him, and he was terrible and got yanked.

Everything has to be solid. The scheme has to be solid. The blocking has to be solid. The running backs have to carry the load like they used to. You talked about the Penn State game in 2023. I think we ran the ball 20 or 30 straight times. People, usually Spartans and Buckeyes, say, “They ran it that many times because they can’t pass.” That’s utter stupidity. JJ could pass. We didn’t have to pass. We could run it down their throat and hammer it home. That’s what we need to do.

Look at how we lined up in this game on the first few drives versus the last drive of the first half and all of the second half. We utilized Hansen way more. I don’t think it’s a surprise that changed some things. Tommy being able to process—not surprised that changes some things. Their defense has to account for something it maybe didn’t have to account for when Bryce was in there.

It was great for the Penn State game, but they are 3–4. We’ll see what happens against a really good Indiana team.

The mindset of being the starter could be different. You don’t know how some guys will handle things, if Tommy’s the guy.

A couple of comments here: “No handouts.” Got to earn it, baby. “Want some Ray’s famous chili from Knight’s.” Sounds like a great deal. Knight’s is the bomb.

“End up impacting Jeremiah Smith if the quarterback can’t throw.” That’s what we want in Columbus. We want receivers yelling at Ryan Day that he didn’t recruit guys who can throw. I want an offense where we can move the ball. I don’t need Joe Namath back there all the time if he goes down.

Some other thoughts: This college football weekend was unprecedented.

Yeah. This is why you’ve got to be mentally tough. You have to prepare your team every week. Alabama goes down, loses to Tennessee. Texas loses at home. Georgia loses—was it at home or on the road? Anyway, there are a lot of guys getting good players from a lot of places, and there are good coaches out there. You’ve got to have your scheme right every week.

I’ve been there as a player and as a coach. You have to get mentally, emotionally, and physically ready to play every week as a player. As a coach, you need a good game plan every week. Believe me, sometimes you have a whack game plan. You didn’t adjust right. The guy’s a step ahead of you, and your players have to save you. Sometimes they don’t. Georgia’s players didn’t save them. Something was wrong that week.

You go in thinking, “We’re number one. All these other teams have lost. We’re playing Auburn. They aren’t very good.” You and I know this firsthand. We were undefeated, going up against a lowly Minnesota team we should have blown out. Ricky Foggie ran all over us, and we lost. I don’t know if we were ranked number one, but we were in the top five.

Just get by Minnesota, go down to Ohio State, win it all, and finish undefeated. Clearly, we didn’t prepare enough for Minnesota that day. Clearly, Georgia didn’t prepare enough for Auburn on Saturday.

Notre Dame thought they had it in the bag after some boneheaded decision. What was BYU thinking, running a fake punt down near its red zone when it was up? Unimaginably bad coaching, in my opinion.

Indiana—it’s a game of inches. The quarterback throws it six inches outside, and Marsh is standing on the white on what could have been the game-winning touchdown.

Yeah, I bet Indiana, too, man. Stay in bounds.

Bo always used to say, and I said it all the time as a coach, around weeks seven, eight, and nine, guys get mentally soft. It becomes a grind. College kids have been going at it for three months. It’s mentally tough going to practice every day. You’ve got a sore back. Your shoulder’s pinching. Your neck is jacked up. You’ve got a bruised thigh. You’ve got midterms and other stuff going on. Guys get sidetracked.

Let’s get into the Hoosiers, dude. The best-coached team. I hate to say it, but I think he’s the best coach in America. I appreciate guys who aren’t born on third base, guys who take the little BS jobs and win, get hired somewhere else, and win. He’s been doing it. He’s going to be hard to outcoach.

He’s got a great staff. They don’t beat themselves. He’s got two great receivers. We had one last week. We’re going to have two.

To win this football game, we’ve got to do two things: Secure the damn football and be great in the red zone. Do those things, and we have a chance against this team. They’ve got fifth-year guys, 22- and 23-year-old guys across the front seven. These aren’t little kids. He went out and got grown men. Look at their defensive and offensive lines. They’re smart and play with great technique.

The flaw—I’ve seen this Hoover kid make some mistakes. He’ll overthrow some passes. That’s where we win the football game. We’ve got to outplay him at quarterback. Those are my keys and my thoughts on Indiana.

They do have two really good receivers. With what we saw Saturday, where Sowell had his way, that gives me cause for concern. The main thing these guys have to prepare for this week is doing their job. Don’t worry about anybody else’s job. We need 11 guys on defense doing their job, 11 guys on offense doing their job.

That includes edges: Nobody outside you. Linebackers, if you’ve got to cover a guy, cover him. The DBs, too. This goes for the coaches. I don’t know if you can hold up playing one-on-one against these receivers for 60 minutes. You need to mix things up. We did try to mix it up Saturday and throw some zone at them. We haven’t run a lot of zone this year. We’ve primarily been man-to-man. Jyaire Hill has to bounce back. He had a rough game.

Do your job. If you get beat, get up. You’ve got to win the next play. Offensive line—and this is as much on Beck as the line—we have to figure out what you’re supposed to do when a guy comes screaming up. We’ve had so many plays blown up in the backfield, right up the gut, because a safety or linebacker sniffs out a run. Maybe we tipped it, maybe we didn’t. If we’re on a double-team and you see that guy coming, you have to know, “That gap is mine. I’ve got to stop that guy.” We need to fix that.

You’re going to have a freshman starting against Indiana. You need a game plan that makes sense and gives us the best chance to win. I don’t think that means chucking the ball deep. But I also don’t think it means pounding your head against the wall, trying things when there’s a preponderance of evidence they haven’t worked.

This second half was positive because the run game got going. We created holes. We went to 10 personnel, zero tight ends, spread formation, a running back in the backfield, and four wide receivers, and ran the ball. That helps because if you’ve got four wide receivers, there are four defenders out of the box. Typically, there’s a safety on top. They’ve got four or five guys back there. You’ve got six guys to block.

We’ve got to put them in conflict. Spread them out and run up the gut. They want to pack the middle? Pass outside. Take the easy yards. We haven’t seen too many quick throws to the receivers on the edge. We did earlier in the year, but haven’t in a while.

It’s a tall task to beat Indiana. What I want to see is whether the offense progresses. Are we having fewer negative or zero-yard plays? Fewer guys coming through the middle for a tackle for loss? Can we sustain drives and minimize three-and-outs? If we do that, we’re making progress.

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I’m ready to launch some film.

First play of the game. “We can’t run the perimeter.”

First of all, we’re not running to the perimeter. This is outside zone. What does outside zone mean? Watch the linemen. They’re all going to take a run to the right. If you have a man over you, in your gap, or over the guy next to you, you run and get your eye on the outside of his helmet. You’re aiming for his playside shoulder and armpit, trying to take that guy over.

Watch how they all go to our left, their right, get out, and get leverage. See how they’ve got leverage on those guys? That’s an outside-zone play that picked up six yards. Don’t let the idiots on TV tell you they have to start running up the gut. They have to block better.

You’ve got to make them defend every gap. I love this play, D. There’s a residual effect that will help your run game. This is an awesome football play. I love that Beck put it in. We’re pulling a guard to influence the backer and make it look like quarterback power, and we’re throwing the football. Take a step up.

This helps your quarterback power because now these guys have to think about this deceptive play.

This is a Rich Rod–Denard Robinson special because he was such a threat to run. The guys at MGoBlog gave it a name: “QB Oh Noes.” The quarterback fakes the handoff. It looks like quarterback power because you have the guard pulling. As soon as the backers come up, he’s like, “Aha!” Right behind them.

Like I said, it has a huge effect on your quarterback run game because everybody has to think about it.

I think this kid’s a five-star. I like how we’re blocking safeties against man coverage. Don’t block the guy over you because he’s in man. Now you get two for one. I like seeing this.

That’s the Rhino, by the way, so everybody can calm down about the Rhino.

What did I like here? I had one player marked. Our center, Guarnera. What’s he doing here?

He picks up the backer. That is ideal. That’s what we haven’t gotten enough of. That linebacker comes flying up. He’s on a double-team, sees the linebacker coming, comes off, and picks him up. Excellent play.

You know, dude, I like to make a bet now and then, and I like betting live. I don’t know if I can talk about betting on this site, but I watch the line of scrimmage early in a game. Execution against slanting. I like to see if a team is hammering dudes. That’s usually a good indicator.

This was early in the game, and I thought we were in great shape. Watch how we move this front. I’m going to slow it down. We pick up the slanting front, hammer them, and move them. They’re slanting; we’re blocking and moving them.

Big pickup. By the way, that’s the Rhino again, everybody.

This is what I look for early in the game when I’m thinking of making a bet. I’m looking at who’s winning the line of scrimmage. We’re hammering dudes.

Let me be Dad here: Boys, don’t bet. Save your money.

That’s right. I’m not supposed to talk about that anyway. I’ve heard people think like that, though. [Laughter.]

First-and-10. This is smart defense. This is what I would do against empty, against Michigan with a quarterback who likes to run. I would slant my four-man front and make quarterback draw difficult to block. Go ahead.

This is the play. Slow it. Stop right here. That kid right there. I think Bryce could have helped himself. Run that back and stop it there. Where is he looking? Bryce is looking toward that defensive end. He’s not selling it. He should sell that.

If he sells it, that guy can’t be where he is right now. If he’s not there, look what Bryce has in front of him. This play needed him to sell that flare route. That would have kept the defender occupied. Really sell it, then go. You’re fast enough. You’ve got good enough blocking. Five offensive linemen against four defensive linemen. Give it time to cook. Sell it.

I wonder if they had this guy—

I think he sees Bryce isn’t throwing to that guy.

What if they were throwing? What’s his responsibility on a pass?

Watch. He stood there for a second. Now Bryce is looking right at him. I really think Bryce could have sold that play. Had he made that play, the trajectory could have been a lot different for him.

This play, we’re not fooling them. They had this schemed. We threw the ball off this action one time, I believe. This is third-and-nine.

It’s a sprint draw again. You’ve got them spread out a little, but they’re not sold that this is a pass. Look how many guys are there.

They’re not even rushing the quarterback. That’s why I’m looking at this, asking, “How do they know?”

I don’t know if we’re showing something with our stance. They definitely aren’t rushing. We didn’t sell that play.

No, they didn’t buy it. They stuffed it.

Here’s the deal, D. They’ve got this kid. We’re going to face Becker and Hoover, and they put us in conflict: run or pass. We need to put Indiana, and the people who play Michigan, in that conflict.

That’s what I was trying to look at with how Penn State defended us. How many guys are tight? Look what they’ve got, one guy out here. What does that tell you? I don’t think they fear our ability to throw the football.

Absolutely, they have no fear. How many slants over the middle have we run this year? I’ll give you a hint: It starts with a Z. We’ve run quick slants, no problem.

It’s first-and-10, and we’re in this formation. They’ve got one dude out here.

This should be a shot. You and him. Who wins? If he catches it, touchdown.

We’re going to play Indiana, and I don’t think we can do what Penn State is doing to us.

Indiana won’t fear us throwing over the middle because they don’t let Bryce throw over the middle. Or he doesn’t throw over the middle very well. One of the two.

We don’t block that, for sure. This is third-and-three. Come out the back, dude. This is our captain against their safety. It’s you versus him. I get it. He’s a safety, and we don’t account for a safety in this blocking. You don’t have enough guys to block all of them. He just ends it, and we’re punting the damn football.

My point is it’s your guy versus their guy on contact. Bo used to talk about this. Remember hearing him say, “Come out the back end,” with our running backs?

Yeah.

Their safety is a good player. We’ve got a good player, too. That deal is over with that collision, and we’re punting. This kid’s adjusting his mouthguard, getting people lined up, and he comes and makes us punt.

You don’t account for a safety, but run that play back. Watch Guarnera. You’ve got a two-technique over Gach. That man’s taken care of, don’t you think? Come off and get this safety.

I don’t know how he’s coached, to criticize.

I don’t either. I’m guessing, but I know we run double-teams where you come off.

He sees the linebacker aligned outside of that. I bet they tell him not to worry about that safety.

Must be. If that’s the case, they’re going to have to change, because we’ve had safeties and linebackers fly up while we’re double-teaming somebody and kill the play.

We run this play and it gets stuffed. I don’t know how you expect to block it. I’d rather run quarterback power. Look how they’re lined up.

How do you reach this guy?

It’s hard to reach him. Look how wide he is. I like these angles for quarterback power. I’d rather run that. They choose to run it here against this front, but our tackle gets stuffed. Look where they’re playing football on us.

They kicked us right in the teeth on that.

Those are difficult blocks when a guy is lined up a yard outside you. Good luck trying to reach him.

You’re lucky that got blown dead. [Laughter.] We’re going to run that same scheme. You’ll see how we block it here, then run the same play later and do a better job. Efobi does a better job sticking on this block and helping Guarnera. He doesn’t do it there.

I like it because our coaches made an adjustment. They saw how we blocked it. We run the same play later and have success. It was outside zone.

Let’s move along. We’ve got to throw this ball. It’s first-and-10. Whit said it: We’ve got to throw the bomb, air it out, and get people backed off. We have an opportunity here, and it’s underthrown.

Plenty of pocket. Go back and run that. I don’t mean to rag on a guy when he’s down. Watch this footwork. Does this look like the footwork of a guy throwing a bomb? I don’t care how strong his arm is. That ball’s five yards short, and he doesn’t step into it like he’s chucking it.

It was an unfortunate result because the ball bounced around, off Marsh and everything. But you’re taking a shot. We haven’t taken many. Throw it where the guy’s supposed to be, not where he is.

This irritated me. That was tough, too, because this play has potential. Guys used to whine when we played. You know what Coach Mo used to say? “What you do says so much.” The film doesn’t lie.

I had guys whining, their parents complaining, whatever. When they got in the game, I made sure they saw this. I’d put the laser pointer on them. When Mama wanted to complain, that kid would tell her, “Hey, Mama, don’t complain,” because he saw the film Mama didn’t see.

You’ve got to make this throw. You underthrew an open receiver. Make that throw.

Bryce was disappointed. You heard him yell on TV. He dropped an F-bomb. That’s all well and good. He’s trying hard, but results matter. Film doesn’t lie.

When Harbaugh went down my freshman year, we had a second-string quarterback we thought was the guy. If our starter goes down, the second guy goes. He wasn’t the guy. He went against Iowa, and we got murdered in 1984. We had to go to the third string, and the third-string guy was better than the second-string guy. That’s how it is sometimes. Somebody has better command of the game.

Vision, anticipation, reads—it’s not always about what we see. But I see this receiver wide open here.

Wide open. No one near him. Again, not processing.

Pushing too fast, falling in love with one receiver.

We’re in the second half. This is the first play Tommy’s in there, and this is a ballsy call, in my opinion.

Nice job on the play-action. You get that slant. We’ve run this play a thousand times. Watch the linebacker get sucked up right away. Good play-action pass, good throw from a guy coming in for the first time.

That’s a way to get your quarterback going. Second-and-five, taking away jet and quarterback power. People say RPO, but this stuff isn’t always run-pass option. Sometimes it’s quarterback-jet option. Those are the options. There’s no ability to throw here.

This is counter bash.

Yeah. He should have kept it.

They kill us here. This is the stuff you’re talking about. Their coach is saying, “I’m taking away jet, and I’m taking away quarterback power.” With jet motion, he’s saying, “I’m killing your jet man with this guy. I’m bringing this dude up and killing quarterback power over here.”

No, that quarterback power is going. Watch. The first puller is going to kick that guy out.

I hear you. I don’t know if it’s there or not.

It’s there, man. I feel it’s there. It was better than that, minus two. Somebody said they saw Carr on the sidelines when he came off. The coach talked to him, and he knew right away.

If that’s the answer, hopefully that’s an answer. The thing the Penn State coach doesn’t want to see is a little slip here.

What you’re talking about is a constraint play. You have to make this play work. You’ve got jet and the quarterback on counter bash. When you can run that effectively, then you can say, “Aha.”

I was trying to figure out what he’s reading here. Where are his eyes?

Good question. Straight ahead. [Laughter.]

What’s he looking at?

This is the second play of a freshman in his first game. He’s looking at, “I don’t know everything I need to know.”

He should know what he’s looking at. I don’t know, but he should know. [Laughter.] Where are we here? This is the old flea-flicker.

All well and good. I see what you’re trying to do, and it opens up. But how many times have we run—run this play.

My thing’s a little screwed up. I’m trying to figure out where I am. This might be the running play. This is the touchdown.

I’ll start, then you can go. This is execution. We execute. It’s like the Rockettes on Broadway. They’re all stepping left leg, right leg. Offensive line, zone blocking, gap scheme—it’s the same idea. They’re all in unison, and that’s what you see here.

I already said I think this kid should play more. We’re showing jet motion, which I think is a slight factor in the success. I’m going to run it and let you take it.

There’s 11 personnel, and you have Hogan Hansen in there. That’s split zone. The offensive line zone-blocks to the right. Hansen comes back across. A lot of action, because watch Goodwin, too, number nine. He’s going in motion. Hansen comes this way, Goodwin goes that way.

Watch him turn on the jets. Nice play. Great play. Good blocking. See how the defense has to play a little more honestly?

When they have to play more honestly, are they thinking differently than if 19’s in? I’d like to know what their defensive coordinator is thinking. Is he thinking more run or pass? I don’t know the answer.

They don’t know, so they can’t cheat one way or the other until they find out. Can he throw the ball?

This left guard has a hell of a block. He stays on him. They pick up that move.

That’s Gach, man. Great block.

This is the MVP for us right here. This guy lets the ball outside the defense. How many times do you hear Scar yelling at our guys for letting the ball outside?

Look at that cut, though.

I know. Great cut by Kuzdzal.

They’re both athletes, both on scholarship, and Kuz made him pay.

You’re right. Kuz set him up. I like this kid. He’s physical and tough. Great run. We’re leading, we’ve got momentum, and we’re rolling.

That’s the biggest run of the year right there.

Here’s the Rhino package. First-and-10 again. Is the defensive coordinator thinking differently with this guy in the game? How do they adjust to Rhino? People say it’s good or bad, but you don’t know how they’re going to line up. He’s off the ball here. They move this Rhino all over.

You can’t just say, “Rhino.” They move him all over. Sometimes he’s the fourth guy on the line of scrimmage. What does it mean to the defense? Generally, it means run, but man, did they overplay that.

They don’t line up perfectly. Do they slant?

Yeah, but we picked it up.

This is a good scheme. Again, I talked about a catchable ball. We’re pulling a guard to get the linebacker to vacate for a second. Tommy feels pressure, sits back there cool and calm, and throws.

Hansen’s in there now, so the defense can’t say, “They’ve got that tight end wearing 96. He’s not going out for a pass. I don’t have to worry about him.” This is the threat of two things happening. Hansen gets open, and Tommy stands in there. Look at that pocket. We’ve seen Bryce get pressured, get a little antsy, tuck it, and run. Tommy stays in like nothing’s going on.

I’m going to play the other side, as a guy coaching and playing defense: Is Michigan going to run behind number 80? I need to know as a player and coach. Is he an impostor, or what does he do? I’m being the devil’s advocate. We have to be able to run behind him like we ran behind—

This is why Rhino is a problem. Put 11 personnel out there with Hansen, and you don’t know if he’s going to block for a run or go out for a pass. Put 96 in there, and he isn’t going out for a pass. I don’t have to account for him.

This is the same play we got stuffed on at the goal line, and you’ll see our offensive line block it better. Remember, our tackle got launched, and our guard didn’t help the center enough. Same kind of deal. The other angle is better.

Remember I said Efobi didn’t help the center enough? Watch him now. He helps Guarnera more. Now Guarnera can get position.

That is textbook outside zone: One man takes over for the other, and the other goes to the second level. That is exactly how it’s supposed to happen.

Efobi helps him and stays longer. What I like is that a smart coach made the adjustment, and the players made the adjustment.

First-and-10. We shift to quads. What have I got here? Quarterback away from quads. Tommy makes a play. This is the touchdown. I think this kid is the weak link in their defense. He makes the whole thing work for Michigan. One player doesn’t play his gap. He gets out too soon, in my opinion.

It’s quarterback power. We run some jet motion, and Tommy makes Penn State pay for this kid’s mistake. Let’s take a look. I like the shifts. How are they lined up? Are they confused?

We’re in three-by-one now. We motion to quads and run power away from quads. This play is designed to hit right here. We want to kick out, lead through, and run him right through there. But they’re not sound here. Tommy sees it, cuts it back, and makes it happen.

I posted that in the review. Stop it at the right point. There’s a wall of friendly butts, and Tommy cuts off it like he should. Excellent read. Really good run.

Watch this kid. If he stays in his B-gap, we’ve got nothing. But he crosses the face too soon. You teach defensive linemen to punch, play their gap, and cross the face late. He’s playing on the center and crosses too soon.

Remember at the beginning, I talked about the IU plan, doing your job? This is a guy not doing his job. He’s trying to do everybody else’s job. Stay in your gap. He thought, “It’s power going that way. The quarterback’s going to follow those blockers. I’m going to get over and help.” You vacated the backside. Our blocker made him pay, and so did Tommy.

Do your job. Don’t worry about everybody else’s. If you have the B-gap, stay in the B-gap.

How about those seven offensive linemen? People were yelling about that. Iowa lined up pretty well and stuffed us.

I don’t know if you can count the goal line as—

This is seven offensive linemen.

You should have seven offensive linemen. Maybe you should put 10 of them in.

Whatever. This is seven offensive linemen, and they’re not lined up here. Look at this. I’ll take this all day. This isn’t how Iowa lined up. Iowa didn’t give us a big bubble here. We rip them in there.

My point is that everybody doesn’t line up the same against every formation and personnel group. We shift, move 42 over, and rip them. Nice block by Gach. Nice fullback block. Who’s 44 leading?

Eli Owens. He’s our man Max Bredeson in training. [Laughter.]

Gach is out here now. They say, “The hell with it. I’m putting 74 in.” They don’t bother putting a fake number on him. Gach stuffs this guy, which is tough down there. That’s seven offensive linemen, and they give us something by alignment. Touchdown, baby.

Here’s the Rhino again. People are yelling about it. Let’s see how we do. We block it right. We’re blocking that zone. We’re like the Rockettes, stepping and blocking a moving front. Let’s take the other view.

You’ve got to win your battles. Sometimes your defender might take a play off.

I like how Hayder presses right there. Boom.

The defensive tackle, and the linebacker jumps the wrong gap.

I don’t know what the hell he’s doing, but that’s Penn State’s problem.

You want to play that guy? He’s got a responsibility, but the guy you’ve circled is like, “Ah, that sucks.”

Let’s take a look. Rhino’s in the game. What’s it changing for them? Did they bring another linebacker in? What have they got? This is six offensive linemen with 80 here. What are they doing differently? Anyway, we rip them. We block it. We execute. We block the right guy. Hayder secures the football.

A few more offensive plays, and we’ll get on defense. Second-and-13. We’re trying to score down here. I like the accurate, catchable ball. Earlier, we saw a guy miss a short pass. This is accurate, easy, catchable, soft touch. Throw it to him.

Let’s take a look here. A lot going on. I don’t know that some of these $5 million quarterbacks, like Sayin and Hoover at Indiana, are going to run this play to start with. Penn State isn’t lined up well. We have a good adjustment.

Watch Tommy Carr through this process. He said in the press conference that if they saw this look out of empty, or out of this formation, they were going to check to the option. I think he audibled. Penn State isn’t expecting run. It’s third-and-nine. I don’t think they’re expecting run in any way, shape, or form. They’re in the absolute worst defense to defend this play.

What’s Tommy doing right now? These are things we don’t know as fans.

He’s changing something, I would expect.

That’s what I’m trying to figure out. The blocking?

He’s not telling the receivers anything. He’s only talking to the offensive line. Otherwise, he’d be screaming out that way. Is he changing the protection?

I don’t know what he’s changing. Maybe he changed the whole play. That’s what we don’t know.

If he changed the whole play, shouldn’t he have told the receivers, too? Wait, watch Buchanan. After Tommy goes up a second time, Buchanan starts signaling to the guys on his left and right. He did change the play.

My point is these are the things we don’t know about the difference between quarterbacks. I also know people say, “It’s just window dressing. What are you doing with the back?” You can’t run this play if you don’t move the back.

Keep your eye on Marsh.

Look at this adjustment. They have four guys on this side of the center. Speed option—I hated defending it as a player and as a coach. Block down here, block down here, option this guy, pitch it, and we have three blockers. Especially in man coverage, you’ve got terrible run support. That’s another thing I like about this adjustment.

They don’t defend it like I thought. This kid at the top plays cat-and-mouse and strings it out.

Watch Marsh. Take it, take it. Tommy cuts up.

That’s awesome. I love that.

They’re not sound on the backside at the snap. It’s third-and-nine. Four guys on this side of the ball. I think he’s thinking pass.

They’re lined up to rush the quarterback. I suppose you’re right.

They’re in man coverage. You’d think somebody would bail out. These guys are backpedaling. They’re not coming up in run support to defend this play. They’re in the worst defense to defend it. I want to give a little love to this guy for realizing this look would give us advantages.

Tommy—listen, I think it’s a great play by our coaches and players. That’s how you win big games. You’ve got to be good in all areas. Get a couple more sponsors, and I’ll make the transition.

If you go back to the Hail Media YouTube channel, you’ll see I interviewed Warde Manuel on Wednesday. It aired yesterday. We spent about an hour talking about his career. It was done at Knight’s. We had dinner there, met his wife. Dave Chester, a former teammate, was there.

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All right, dude. What did I do? Let’s go through these. Have I got the defense up?

No, you’ve got your private email up. You want to take that down before you get in trouble.

“Love your show, fellas. I tried the OLIPOP. Very good.” Thanks, Joe Blue. Danny Boy 2280 nailed it: Chris Zurbrugg. The GOAT says Efobi had his best game ever.

He may have had his best game, but he still makes mistakes we’ve got to correct.

“Another great play by Efobi.” He loves seeing the O come off the ball. “Got my Hail Media hoodies. They’re great. Fantastic quality and comfort.” That’s from Nine Lives. How are we doing now, dude?

Doing well. Your private emails are gone. Have you got the film?

I do. I thought this kid looked like Johnny Unitas early. He’s running around, throwing accurate passes. He made mistakes later, and they’re not happy with him, but he did some good things.

Here’s first-and-10. They shift, and we’re not good here. I don’t like how we adjust to some of their shifts. I’m going to move through some defensive stuff. A lot of great things on defense. Chris Bracy had a hell of a game.

I didn’t like that adjustment. The thing about a victory, with some of these drives Penn State put together: You won, that’s great. Now you can go to work with the right attitude instead of sulking, “We’re 0–3 in the league. We lost another game.” You don’t have to worry about that. You won. Now let’s talk about what we did here and there. That’s the good thing about coaching players after a victory.

I don’t like this adjustment after they shifted. I don’t like leaving two gaps for one linebacker. This guy’s way too far upfield. They rip us in there. Ninety-three—these young guys, it’s easy to teach pass rush, but him and 41 have to learn to play the run better.

This is good adjustment and technique. They’re driving. It’s their first drive, about 15 plays. I like 17, 95, 91, and number four. Ninety-five is Pierce. Four is Chase Taylor.

Yeah.

Ninety-one—who is that? Lea’ea. Anyway, they’re trying to punch it in. I like this flat-wall defense. Taylor will come up and play at the line of scrimmage.

That was a hell of a play by Lea’ea. Watch him on this side.

I see him. He’s on the right. He punches. He’s looping out, playing underneath. The other guys are playing with a flat wall, and Taylor comes up and punches. Long drive, and we hold them.

That’s a win for the defense.

Big win. If you saw my area here, you’d be embarrassed. I’ve got a thousand notes. I want to point this out: They’re throwing, but I think this guy understands the coverage, knows where his help is, and works a left-shoulder tackle. A little thing, but he doesn’t let him come back inside. He knows, “I’ve got to be left shoulder.” The other guy’s coming up right shoulder.

I like seeing those things that keep a play a three-yard gain instead of a touchdown. They matter.

That’s been about 10 plays, and people might be sucking air. They come out in I-backs, under center, double tight, and we’re playing at the line of scrimmage. I wanted to point that out. They’re probably sucking air, but we hold them to a field goal, which is important.

Good job by BS flying in there. He’s had a good year.

Red zone. This is what we have to do against the Hoosiers. Here’s second-and-five, quads. I like our adjustment. They’ve got four guys over here, and now they shift to trips.

One of those guys isn’t eligible, but that’s all right.

They’ve got a lot of guys over there. Now they have four eligibles, and then they come to three over here. You have to adjust again. I like seeing our guys talking and getting lined up. They run a funky play, and our guys are where they’re supposed to be. Guys are covered. We run it down, and they’re kicking a field goal.

It’s a compliment to the intelligence of your players, 18 and these guys, and Hill and our coaches getting our guys adjusted to these formations.

Third-and-eight. We run a simple twist. Sometimes you just let your edge guys go. I used to tell Millen, “Coach, just let me rush upfield instead of calling a damn stunt.” Millen was my position coach. Sometimes it’s the best thing. Here you’ve got Daley getting there. A bull rush and an outside edge rush.

We didn’t get a lot of pressure on this guy. We got that strip-sack.

I was surprised we didn’t get more pressure because we ran a lot of man and sent guys a fair bit.

The one thing I had for Hill: Why aren’t we cheating more toward this freak? If I’m coaching defense, I’d tell this safety, who’s a deep-half player—it looks like man with deep halves—to cheat over a little more to give help.

We’re not giving him help. Sometimes you’ve got to tip your hat. He’s a decent quarterback, has played a long time, has a lot of wins, and put that ball in the right spot. They picked on Jyaire Hill this week. He struggled a little.

This is a great stop. Third-and-three. We’re getting a little olé, like a bullfighter. I never would have been allowed to do this.

Oh, no.

But he makes a play. They must be coaching and allowing it. We get number 90 penetrating, killing this Penn State tight end, who looks weak. We get an olé deal, and he makes a play.

This is an athletic play by Boney. He goes around the guy and dives for the legs. He’s good.

I like this flat-wall defense again. Boney, Etta. This is a first-down run. That’s what we have to do against Indiana. Great flat-wall defense.

Here’s third-and-three. It’s not exactly gap-sound, but I’ll tell you something about Hill: He’s courageous. He’ll blitz. If you’re hurting him with something, he makes adjustments quickly. If you run something that gives us problems, he isn’t going to let it happen again. That’s a big stop. We get them punting.

That’s Bracy again. Pretty gap-sound on the left side. They’re going to run a stunt—not on this play, a different one.

Bracy was a great evaluation and pickup. We played great defense. They got three points. If I’m coaching defense, I’m pretty satisfied with where we are.

This is how they start the second half. Our captain making a play. Look where he is, center of the field. Watch him hustle over.

He’s deep, but he can see everything and accelerate forward. The DB wasn’t in bad position. He probably would have defended the pass, but that’s a great individual effort by Rod Moore.

This is good flat-wall defense. Bracy comes up and makes a play.

Fantastic play. Whoever evaluated him—he came from Memphis, right?

Yep. He’s 14 yards off the line of scrimmage. We have to outcoach Ohio State, Indiana, all these guys, but we also have to outevaluate them, like we did with this kid. Evaluate.

You spelled it.

You know what I mean. [Laughter.] This is a great evaluation. He’s a player. We hit the jackpot.

We’re rushing three, a little bracket zone again. Number seven. This is the interception. Look at this front. Do you have any idea what Michigan’s doing before the snap?

No. It certainly doesn’t look like we’re ready to defend the pass too well.

You don’t know if Michigan’s dropping, rushing five, bringing guys. You don’t know.

Totally.

We end up rushing three with some type of bracket-zone coverage and pick it off.

We get away with a little something. I wouldn’t want Bracy five yards away from the receiver next weekend, because that guy was going on basically a wheel route. Bracy wasn’t going to be in position to cover it.

“What is your confidence level for Saturday?”

Confidence in winning? I don’t know. I’m a reasonable guy. Indiana’s well coached, we have things to work on, and we’re starting a new quarterback. I’m optimistic things will be smoother and better. Do I expect us to win? Honestly, no. Can we win? Of course. But with a new guy and things still being worked out, I don’t expect it.

I like John Henry punching here. I like how these guys understand their run fits. Watch where these two players fit. The linebacker knows where he belongs. The safety works for outside leverage. This is good coaching.

John Henry Daley is almost hooked, yet he keeps fighting over that block. He’s crushing two guys.

He’s launching this guy, taking up two blockers. Great play.

That guy can’t come off. It’s a fit-up defense. He’s got outside leverage. The safety’s outside. The linebacker knows not to overrun it; he’s inside.

Don’t run it yet. When I say, “Do your job,” look at Chris Bracy. He knows, “I have to get outside. That’s my job. Force him back inside.” He doesn’t try to cut underneath the block to make a play. He makes sure he turns it back into his defense. That’s an example of doing your job.

Here’s a guy who doesn’t do his job. This is a little dump to the tight end, and he gets outside the defense.

That’s a disaster.

This doesn’t take talent. It has nothing to do with the weight room. It’s this guy and this guy. This should be a right-shoulder tackle. Kick him back to this guy. This is a big tight end. There’s no reason for this. Right shoulder. I don’t understand.

That wasn’t good. He should have been tackled short of the first down.

You can’t do those things, period.

No. He’s played better than that.

This is the shovel pass, and it’s tough to defend. It used to be popular. It’s not as popular anymore.

They ran it great. Perfect call, perfect timing. Good play.

They block it like gap scheme, then draw the edge upfield. These guys block down. This guy’s eyes are on the quarterback. He thinks, “I’ve got to rush the quarterback,” and now he’s easily trapped by the backside guard. He doesn’t see or feel the trap. That’s why it’s effective.

Here’s another player trying to olé like the other guy. He widens the gap, and they rip us in there. I wanted to point out why the olé technique doesn’t always work.

Your defensive tackle is getting washed.

That doesn’t help. I get it. But if this guy comes and smashes this, we’ve got a better chance of bottling it up instead of olé-ing it.

If he’s the force player, forcing everything inside, what he did still forced the play inside. That tackle can’t get washed down like that. It was terrible.

I get it. I’ll say this about Hill so far: He’s diverse. Rushing three, bringing seven, bringing guys, a little zone. We’re all over the place, hard to figure out.

There will be mental mistakes with that diversity. He’s aggressive. I’d like to see us run more zone, confuse them, make it look like something else.

He adjusts to problems quickly. I give credit to Hill, our coaches, and our players. It’s a combination that creates this turnover. We execute perfectly. We work on stripping, and he does it. He comes underneath all this, comes free, strips it with the right hand. The big fella jumps on it and sets up a touchdown.

We’ve only got a couple more plays. Take it from the beginning. Watch BS get us lined up. This is later in the game. He sees people misaligned and gets the edge player out over the second receiver. He sees things, and now we’re lined up properly.

I like seeing smart guys recognize things. It makes a difference. You have to get lined up right. I wanted to point that out.

Third-and-eight. I don’t understand why number two is tackling this dude. Earls is a great athlete, but these are the things keeping him off the field.

He was one of many who had defensive holding called against him. That guy was kicking our butt.

I get it. I don’t like it because he isn’t Jeremiah Smith.

One more play. We’ll look at this last score. Another mental mistake. They had one legitimate score where they drove it on us, but this one’s a gift.

Blown coverage.

I still can’t figure out what the hell we’re supposed to be in. There’s a minute and 16 seconds left. I’m ending on that. I think Penn State could—they have to go to Washington, then have three home games. Anyway, this is blown coverage.

The guy’s blitzing, and it’s man coverage.

I think it’s Cover 1. You have a deep safety. Everybody else is playing soft man coverage.

There was a deep safety.

The only thing I can see—they jumped into Cover 2. Watch the guy on the hash at the top.

I don’t know what it is, man. I can’t figure it out.

Listen, we won a Big Ten game. We have a great challenge this week. We’ll probably see Tommy. The crowd has to be a factor. Secure the ball. Be great in the red zone. We can win the game. That’s my last comment.

The crowd better be a factor. It’s in Ann Arbor.

They can’t be sitting on their hands. They have to bring it.

They get off their hands and cheer when there’s something to cheer about. Now they have something to cheer about. We’ll see how it goes.

Miz asked about confidence. Let’s look at what we’ve seen. I have confidence this team can absolutely improve. I have confidence it can win this game and all the other games. But I’ve also seen linemen let guys go right by, leave double-teams and let the guy make a tackle, or tip the snap count. All that has to get cleaned up.

If they run a clean game Saturday—and for God’s sake, we got called for an illegal formation. I was complaining about that.

That was bullcrap.

It is what it is. It was an illegal formation. Get your Hail Media hoodies. Nine Lives got the hoodie. Go get yours. Efobi’s getting better. I covered those, man. The GOAT loves that.

Anyway, dude, over and out. Go Blue. Go get them Hoosiers.]