Every week, TMI’s Sam Webb, former Michigan defensive backs coach Vance Bedford, and defensive coordinators from Oklahoma State, Louisville, and Texas get together for the Michigan defensive breakdown, which is a recap of the previous week’s match that delves deeply into game strategy and analysis. Bedford discusses the most important lessons for the Wolverines going forward using his decades of coordinating experience.
Now that we have that out of the way, Vance, let’s break this down. Let’s start by talking about this game since you watched Alabama play Texas on a regular basis, and then you watched them – I know you watched them play Georgia – before we get all fancy and thorough with your diagrams and stuff. Just tell me what you thought of them when you watched them during prime time before you went back and viewed the entire tape.
They were unaware of their identity. They believed that Mac, the youngster who played dropback quarterback for New England and could throw the ball anywhere, was their quarterback and that he was comparable to Bryce Young and all those guys. He was benched in his first two games of the season. Whether it was the offensive coordinator’s or the head coach’s decision, they eventually realised who he was, like ‘Hey, we’re
This offence will be tailored to fit this child. He reminds me a lot of Jalen Hurts from his time there. They’re not tossing the ball fifty times in a game; instead, they’re rushing a lot more and returning to the old Alabama. They will use action passes, quarterback sweeps, and running the ball. The line of attack is
This offence is going to be tailored to this child. When he was there, he was a lot like Jalen Hurts. That means instead of tossing the ball fifty times in a game, they’re running a lot more and returning to the traditional Alabama style. They plan to use a combination of running the ball, quarterback sweeps, and action passes. This is the offensive line.
