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Above is Michigan’s scoring results from 2019 when Gattis installed his offense there.
There are a few things I noticed.
Michigan played a GRUELING schedule. Their four losses were to teams that FINISHED the season ranked in the top 11. Two of them were arguably the most talented in the country in Bama and OSU. They beat Iowa (finished#15) in a snooze fest.
The offense had some early struggles but picked up dramatically by midseason.
The passing attempts increased when the run game struggled. He didn’t force the pass when they were controlling games and he didn’t force the run when it was failing.
Those games vs Army, Wisky, and Iowa were tough, but the production improved greatly against similar opponents late in the year.
If we follow a similar trajectory this season, we will be much better against Clemson than aTm and dominate the majority of the remaining schedule.
If you compare performance to teams with similar talent, it isn’t unreasonable to believe that Miami can pull this thing together. Gattis handles regular conference opponents well under normal circumstances. Clemson won’t be putting Fields or Tua out against us, so that should go well. We won’t face anywhere near the gauntlet he faced then. He had games similar to the ones we have had so far this year.
We have shown we can hang with a talented team in a hostile environment, so I don’t see many opportunities to get exposed moving forward unless we are facing elite talent. All the goals we had for the season are still on the table. and I suspect pummel the mediocre ACC teams that make up the majority of our schedule.