Army v. Michigan

[stanhin]

Army scores first after 10 play drive covering 60 yards in 5 plus minutes.

 

[stanhin]

Still in first half and Michigan has fumbled three times already.

 

[Dionysus]

Army hanging in very well so far.

 

[stanhin]

Army got the ball just a bit into Michigan territory and ran, ran, ran, taking four downs whenever necessary, finally scoring after a six minute drive. 14-7 Army up with less than 3 minutes left in first half.

 

[Dionysus]

Not a good look at home for UM so far

 

[Badass]

Wow, Michigan playing, well, like Michigan #Overrated

 

[ProdigalHorn]

Michigan's starting to make an annual habit of yanking the rug out from under their fans!

 

[Dionysus]

UM has seven fumbles in the last six quarters of play

 

[ProdigalHorn]

BTW this is absolute textbook Army football. Zero pass attempts. 31 carries and a 3.5 yard average. 17-plus minutes off the clock. 5-10 on third or fourth down, including 2-for-2 on fourth. This is the kind of game that makes you want to claw your eyes out if they're playing your team.

 

[ProdigalHorn]

UM has seven fumbles in the last six quarters of play

Plus 7 penalties in the first half. Jim's running a tight ship over there.

 

[MajesticII]

Army is hard to play because they run an offense ( run it well ) that teams don't see week in and week out. Defense has to play "assignment football"; and that is hard for them. KSU will pose a similar problem for Big 12 teams used to seeing these spread offenses all the time, since they now run a NDSU offense.

 

[BevoJoe]

Surprised by the halftime score. The took OU to OT last year.

 

[stanhin]

Michigan has to punt on first possession of second half.

 

[Dionysus]

Unless Army is terribly underrated this Michigan team is just not good.

Jim's running a tight ship over there.

I think Harbaugh is being paid at an elite level. When does he justify the hype?

 

[Statalyzer]

Army's first pass of the day goes for 40 yards.

 

[Driver 8]

Army = disciplined play

 

[BevoJoe]

Army showing some impressive play. Taking it straight to Michigan.

 

[Chop]

This is a throw back option offense run with precision. Michigan is frequently failing at the first rule of defending the option: STOP THE DIVE!

 

[Statalyzer]

And their second pass of the day is picked. Ugh. Just throw the ball away.

 

[Dionysus]

He had two receivers back there if he could have made the throw

 

[BevoJoe]

Teams are tied up, 14 all

 

[Desperado]

How could Michigan be a 22 point favorite? You know Army is going to keep the ball for about 40 minutes every game. Taking Army and the points had to be the safest bet all day.

 

[Chop]

Wow! Defensive stand by Army. M breakdown in blocking assignments. TFL. Ball goes over on downs to Army.

 

[Statalyzer]

4th and 2 in the red zone, Michigan stuffed for a 4 yard loss!

 

[Chop]

3 pts would look really nice about now for UM.

 

[Driver 8]

Horrible stupid targeting call

 

[Statalyzer]

Awful call. A defender gets bounced/spun/deflected by Defender A into incidental hard helmet contact with Defender B, who wasn't launching, spearing, or anything of the sort, and Defender B gets ejected on replay when a flag wasn't even thrown.

 

[Joe Fan]

Teams are tied up, 14 all

That turnover in end zone

 

[Chop]

Another failed 4th down play for UM. That 3 pts UM passed up last drive (in the red zone that time) is looming large now...

 

[BevoJoe]

Army has a shot with 2:19 left!