Space Coyote
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Space Coyote
@spacecoyote.bsky.social
http://breakdownsports.blogspot.com - Football Xs and Os/techniques w/ focus on B1G. Former coach, current Rocket Scientist. https://letterboxd.com/SpaceCoyoteBDS/
They are 100% triggering down hill when Michigan is in pistol or under center. Question is if Michigan can adequately pass protect to take advantage of it or try to find a way to get quick game out of it
Can see Northwestern bringing more and more pressure. Wonder if they’re not blitzing by formation. Pistol a common PAP or run look for us, not a ton of quick game.

Need to mix it up.
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Michigan may wanna put the gap scheme PAP protections back in the bag today. Northwestern slanting a lot and the angles are getting the OL beat
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
1st Q Possessions:
Michigan = 1.5
Northwestern = 1

We’re in for a low possession game today
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Iso Run from 32P do the TD
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Someone get me the stats on most offsides penalties per team this year. Michigan gotta be up there
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Both Northwestern pressures came from the Ni spot + slanting opposite. Michigan picked up the Ni off the edge but struggled with leverage on the slant and then secondary rush
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Michigan doesn’t have great RB depth right now. Stealing rest for Marshall by putting Bredeson at RB in pass pro situstions. Shows how much trust they have in him, because FBs aren’t getting a ton of RB pass pro reps through the year
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Footing is always interesting in these games. Got the grass cut tighter than Ryan field always was. Could be a bit slippery for guys used to playing on turf though
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Willing to miss a few minutes of Michigan play if it means I don’t have to listen to Dave Portnoy talk about “honor and doing what’s right even when no one is looking”
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Piggyback technique on IZ between LG/C
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The whole reason this movie is made is because, when they made Now You See Me 2”, everyone online was like “They should have called it Now You See Me, Now You Don’t” and they realized the people online were correct. So then they made a 3rd movie so they could use the title
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Wolverine-Deacon Challenge logo at mid court looks like a couple of team branded toasters. Hopefully the winner runs around the court holding up a toaster trophy after to commemorate this great historic rivalry properly
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The thing Bryce is going to have to learn is don’t make perfect be the enemy of good. Some good throws probably see him with about 120 more yards passing. He’s trying to make perfect throws hitting guys on a line so they can score TDs instead of 40 yard gains
November 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I thought Chip overall has done great this year. One thing, Harbaugh tended to be over conservative in the low red zone but it worked mostly well because they could churn. Chip tends to get a little too cute from low red trying to steal a free TD instead of churning
November 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
QB freelanced. UM showed a backside gap but that’s counter the other direction, blocked decently, and he ran away from it
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
LBs look awful for Michigan tonight. Down Rolder, Sullivan, and Barham, Hausman is playing poorly and Bowles isn’t good. Big reason for Purdue averaging about 5 YPP with 65% success rate or whatever
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The success rate of doing this against stretch teams is crazy high. Really hard for the G to react here to block this up properly, because they are wanting to get out to the PSLB.

Can be effective vs gap, but more risk there if PST is patient or can log DE and widen scraping LB
Colts use an open side "Rip" stunt to shorten the edge vs. the Titans.

➡ Open Side = Away from the TE

A trend I am seeing against under center runs is to reduce (stunt) to the open side.

The concepts get movement to the strength while simultaneously shortening the weak edge.
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Gotta be honest, late October and Spartan stadium grass looks great. See a lot of footing issues for players on natural grass these days. Grass has been good
October 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Remember the first read on split zone is still the direction the OL step. Even if it probably hits backside more often, gotta stop playside first. MSU having 3 defenders fall into the backside B gap… not great
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Michigan doing a lot to really not kill this game. Luckily, MSU happy does the killing themselves multiple times
October 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Chiles doing a jump cut into the paint and trying to hit the man in the corner for 3. Izzo says “he’s no Cassius Winston”
October 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hollenbeck is a hilarious punter because he hits like 35,37, sidewinder 62
October 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
UM D was mostly fine in first half. Played passive, had tackling issues. Chiles lack of accuracy was a huge benefit for them in quick game
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Good adjustment overall by Michigan to start the half. Got caught in a gameplan leaning heavily on pure drop back bc of MSU, not what UM does. Came out second half and ran a run based attack, pass mostly limited to run heavy concepts like Leak
October 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Michigan is picking on Bell in both the run and pass game.

Interesting it well Bell that forced the fumble overturned by offsides call
October 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM