Tag: Khaleke Hudson

2019 All-Big Ten Defense

The Big Ten released its all-conference awards for defense on Tuesday (LINK).

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Ohio State 56, Michigan 27

The seniors played like crap. I said this on Twitter, and someone responded saying they’re looking forward to the seniors moving on. I wouldn’t go that far, but I was very disappointed in their lack of poise. I was reminded of Shawn Crable hitting Troy Smith late out of bounds…and that reminder came numerous times. Why did senior captain Carlo Kemp untie Dobbins’s shoe? 15 yards. Why did senior captain Khaleke Hudson jump offsides on a 4th-and-4 Ohio State punt? 5 yards and a first down. Why did Hudson not keep outside contain when OSU got under center and ran the ball at him? Huge gains, one of which was a touchdown. Why did senior quarterback Shea Patterson keep trying to run outside instead of cutting up to follow his blockers? -3 yards each time. Why did senior Josh Metellus decide not to play his deep half in cover 2? Touchdown. These were major gaffes. It annoys me that Cam McGrone hit Justin Fields out of bounds when Fields was already losing yards, but at least McGrone is just a young guy who’s only been starting for less than a full season. The seniors have no excuse.

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All-Time Leaders: Career Blocked Punts

With Khaleke Hudson’s punt block against Michigan State last Saturday, he moved into first place all-time on the career list.

1. 5 – Khaleke Hudson (2016-2019)
2. 4 – Marquise Walker (1998-2001)
3. 3 – Anthony Jordan (1998-2001)
4. 3 – Chris Wormley (2013-2016)
5. 3 – James Hall (1996-1999)
6. 3 – Terrance Taylor (2005-2008)
7. 2 – Shantee Orr (2000-2002)
8. 2 – Marlin Jackson (2001-2004)
9. 2 – John Thompson (2005-2008)
10. 2 – Brandon Graham (2006-2009)
11. 2 – Maurice Hurst, Jr. (2014-2017)
12. 2 – Michael Jocz (2016)

Twenty-five players have blocked one punt. Punt blocks have only been tracked since the late 1990s.

Michigan 40, Middle Tennessee 21

There’s a lot that we could get into with the new offense, so I think it might be best to just go position-by-position on that side of the ball.

The two-quarterback thing needs to be nixed. Jim Harbaugh and Josh Gattis are probably trying to make Dylan McCaffrey happy by putting him on the field with Shea Patterson, but it’s a bad move. The offense isn’t in sync when both are on the field. Whoever’s behind center is late getting the play off, and then they threw an inside screen to McCaffrey, who was immediately swarmed under by big guys. Why put your lanky backup QB in a situation where he catches a ball three yards away from 250+ pound defensive linemen and linebackers?

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2019 Season Predictions

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Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit’s time! Fighting in the maize and blue corner, it’s . . . the 2019 season predictions. You can check out my 2018 season predictions and how they fared here (LINK).

LEADING RUSHER
I am not confident in this pick whatsoever, but I’m sticking with what I predicted a couple weeks ago: Tru Wilson edges out Zach Charbonnet. Charbonnet is the most talented back to land at Michigan in years, if not decades, so I’m very willing to be wrong on this one. In fact, I want to be wrong. Please prove me wrong by rushing for 850 yards, Zach Charbonnet…
Prediction: Tru Wilson, 700 yards

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