By Zach Travis
The Gophers came out with a nice screen pass play a few times in the first half that burned Michigan a couple times. Let's look at what happened and how Michigan could have done better.
On Saturday Minnesota's offense rode a strong rushing performance to the first 300+ yard performance against Michigan this season. Although the surprising thing wasn't as much Minnesota's ground game, but the ways in which a team that had just won a game with a single complete pass the week before took advantage of a Michigan defense with misdirection.
One play in particular stuck out to me on Saturday, and it was something I wanted to look back at. That was Minnesota's use of the quick screen pass to David Cobb to gash Michigan a handful of times. There were three instances of the play being called in the first half, and all three would be important in the context of the drives they were in.
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The Gophers came out with a nice screen pass play a few times in the first half that burned Michigan a couple times. Let's look at what happened and how Michigan could have done better.
On Saturday Minnesota's offense rode a strong rushing performance to the first 300+ yard performance against Michigan this season. Although the surprising thing wasn't as much Minnesota's ground game, but the ways in which a team that had just won a game with a single complete pass the week before took advantage of a Michigan defense with misdirection.
One play in particular stuck out to me on Saturday, and it was something I wanted to look back at. That was Minnesota's use of the quick screen pass to David Cobb to gash Michigan a handful of times. There were three instances of the play being called in the first half, and all three would be important in the context of the drives they were in.
To read the complete article click on the link below.
http://www.maizenbrew.com/2014/10/1/6873659/michigan-defense-minnesota-screen-pass-2014