Michigan has a very, very high "pts per yard" number because they have created a bunch of short drives and easy scores. That has to be a bit concerning for them considering even with those they have only scored 24, 26, 30, 31 pts against the 4 Top 50 defenses they have played.

Scoring Drives under 40 yards
Iowa : 2 plays, 5 yards, TD
Iowa : 1 play, 6 yards, TD
Iowa : 9 plays, 28 yards, FG
Iowa : 4 plays, -3 yards, FG
Iowa : 6 plays, 23 yards, FG
Ohio St : 4 plays, 7 yards, TD
Maryland : 0 plays, 0 yards, Safety
Maryland : 0 plays, 0 yards, Fumble Return TD
Penn St : 1 play, 30 yards, TD

Against Iowa they scored 23 pts on 59 yards.

Vs the 4 best defenses they played (Ohio State, Penn St, Iowa, Maryland), they scored 46 points on 96 total yards. Drives where their defense or special teams either handed them the ball inside opponents territory or just put points on the board themselves.

Make Michigan drive the length of the field to score like we did against Georgia and I think we will be in very good shape.

This post was edited on 12/7/23 at 2:23 pm

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Posted by SummerOfGeorge

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Posted on 12/7/23 at 2:22 pm to SummerOfGeorge

If we used our average pt per yard allowed (defense) and scored (offense) the final score would be:

Alabama - 30
Michigan - 20

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Posted by crimsonuatide

Member since Jul 2017

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Posted on 12/7/23 at 2:25 pm to SummerOfGeorge

With what you said, I'd like to see Milroe be a bit quicker in decision making. Holding the ball too long in the pocket screams strip fumble.

It's worked til now, though, so what do I know? Haha

(Response to UM's short field scoring)

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