I’m just telling Jim Harbaugh the right way to approach this game

[Bryan Fuller]

Things discussed:

State previewed: OL troubles. They look good in Ed’s pass D stats because opponents have missed all of their wide open deep guys.

Brian’s gameplan: Don’t run at all. State couldn’t press versus ND and that changed MSU’s ability to swamp the run game. Pick on their safeties all day.

State’s gonna run the jet, and run speed options in high-leverage situations. Positive effect from playing Air Force?

Lewerke is a good athlete who looks good 60% of the time and looks crazy the rest.

Bad week to be without Tarik Black. Pass pro and take deep shots on these guys. DPJ please.

James “Doug” Foug versus their guy should give Michigan the special teams edge despite the lack of Peppers.

Ed defends Brian’s totally sane suggestion that Michigan go with the Joe Tiller Tribute offense.

Offensive line cohesion is a big deal according to an older caller whose great-grandfather used to hang around Hangersturfer’s and listen to Craig talk about strategy when the forward pass was still just a gimmick.

Tight end-focused route combinations: get the ball in Zentry’s hands.

State gonna test the O’Neill crew’s willingness to flag OPI: they run a ton of pick routes, and their corners want to play up and grabby. Craig believes we’ll get a neutral game because we’ve been talking about these guys so long.

Nunez thoughts: reminds Craig of THJ. Very good spot-up shooter, rare among his generation he can shoot an actual jumper. Castleton is a skinny shot-blocker.

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