College Football 2010: So it begins

[Guynemer]

Thank you very much, Huskies--a fumble on 4th down, inside the Michigan 10, after picking up the needed yardage, and Michigan takes over.

[Boris Godunov]

Heh, the Oregon kicker has kicked the ball 23 times today.

[Guynemer]

Robinson picks up 3rd-and-15 on a draw from their own 8 yard line, but he's injured on the play.

Will it be Forcier to replace him? Or Gardner?


Jesus, its Gardner. Seriously?

[Guynemer]

Heh, the Oregon kicker has kicked the ball 23 times today.

That is a hilarious stat.

[Guynemer]

And the true freshman loses 4 yards on an option read on his first play.

Hands off for 12 on play #2, and that's the quarter.


Robinson limping on the sidelines, I'm guessing a hip contusion. Could be worse, but that would definitely limit his explosiveness...

[Guynemer]

Robinson back in the start the fourth. 3rd and 2... and he picks up the first.

He's got a helluva lot of guts, not afraid of contact, I'll give 'em that. I'm not sure he's durable enough to keep taking this much punishment as a runner, though.

Play-action, and he gained 40+ on a pass. Haven't seen that before.

[Guynemer]

3rd and 6 from the UConn 11, and TD on a perfectly timed screen pass, with UConn coming on the blitz. Wow.

[Guynemer]

Missed XP; I won't count that as one of the two missed FGs I predicted, but I really want to.


What a huge momentum shift. Huskies had it within the Michigan 5, fumbled, and Michigan goes 88 yards on the resulting drive. Instead of being down 7 with over a quarter to play, now UConn faces a 20 point deficit with 13 minutes left.

[Guynemer]

Incidentally, Michigan set an all-time attendance record today, with 113,090 attending.

[Boris Godunov]

That is a hilarious stat.

The bored announcers in the Oregon booth have calculated that the Ducks mascot has had to do over 430 push-ups today.

[Guynemer]

UConn fails on fourth down. Interesting to see who comes out to play QB for the Wolverines now that the game should be in hand. I'm guessing Forcier.

[Guynemer]

The bored announcers in the Oregon booth have calculated that the Ducks mascot has had to do over 430 push-ups today.

**** that noise. Jesus tap-dancing Christ; that kid is gonna need IV fluids to keep his kidneys from shutting down.

[Guynemer]

Robinson still in.

[Guynemer]

Jesus, he's still going straight at 'em. Get him out before he hurts himself again.

[Guynemer]

Well, I don't think anyone on Earth expected a blowout victory for Michigan, but that's what happened.

THE GOOD

Shoelace Robinson. Amazing performance in his first start: 19-22 for 187 yds and 1 TD passing (8.5 YPA); 29 rushes for 199 yds and 1 TD rushing (6.9 YPC); best of all, zero turnovers. He did fumble once (inside the UConn 10, no less) but Michigan recovered. However, most of the credit must go to...

The Offensive Line. Absolute dominating performance to start the season, against a very experienced and capable UConn defense.

Only one penalty, zero turnovers. Very disciplined game from a team that didn't look at all disciplined the past two seasons.

THE BAD

The secondary looks abyssmal. Were it not for some inaccurate throws and dropped catches, UConn would've been able to keep up with the Michigan offense. They can't count on unforced errors to help them every week.

The defensive front missed a few tackles, but wasn't terrible. However, they were largely ineffective at applying pressure to the QB.

THE UGLY

The kicking game looks god-awful, with a badly missed XP, and FG that fell well short, and some ugly kickoffs. If this doesn't come together fast, it's going to cost Michigan at least one game that they should otherwise win.