Kirk Campbell seems to have a plan for Michigan football offense vs. Ohio State

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The Michigan football offense — let’s face it — has been subpar this year, to say the least. But on Saturday against Northwestern, the Wolverines got a respite from their ills, with the offense suddenly rounding back into form.

It couldn’t have come too soon with Ohio State coming up this Saturday.

While Michigan is best when it can run the football, other teams have tried to take away the run and force the Wolverines’ cadre of quarterbacks to try to pass. That didn’t work for the maize and blue for much of the season, so offensive Kirk Campbell started to pass more to run rather than run to pass. It didn’t work against Indiana, but it did against the Wildcats.

Campbell shared on the Inside Michigan Football radio show that that was a concerted effort, and while it didn’t pay off against the Hoosiers, it did against Northwestern.

“I think that’s a game-by-game situation,” Campbell said. “Obviously, this year we went in the season thinking we’re gonna run to set the pass. The past two weeks, you can see against Indiana and against Northwestern, I came out and throw it a little bit more early trying to open up the run. So I think this is gonna be a game-by-game and we’ll see how that plays out this week.”

It’s one thing to do that against Northwestern, it’s another thing to do it against Ohio State. While Texas was the best pass defense Michigan has seen yet, the Buckeyes are not far behind at No. 4 in the country. Some of that has to do with the men in the back end, but also those up front who excel creating pressure on the quarterback to force uncomfortable throws.

“They’re really good up front, especially on the edges,” Campbell said. “33 and 44 are guys we know very well. Really talented, big, long, athletic guys. They’re stout in the middle. Some guys that we played for a while. Their corners are…

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Author : Wolverines Wire

Publish date : 2024-11-27 17:12:00

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