Michigan Offensive Breakdown With Al Borges (Natty!): This team was on a mission and they e

Former Michigan Football offensive coordinator Al Borges talks with The Michigan Insider’s Sam Webb about what the offense did during Michigan’s National Championship victory over the Washington Huskies.

Every week TMI’s Sam Webb and former Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges come together for the Michigan offensive breakdown, a review of the prior week’s contest with a deep dive into game strategy and analysis. Borges uses his decades of coordinating experience to explain key takeaways for the Wolverines moving forward. To view the most recent installment in its entirety, press play on the video embedded below.

Al Borges: I don’t have any problem with what they did. What happened on the fourth down, they ran the double stick. Which means two guys are running quick outs, and the two inside guys are gonna run a little six-yard stick routes. It’s just enough yardage to get the first down, right? And the Washington safety saw the quick out and JJ went to it pretty quick. And he just jumped the hell out of it and defended it. It was a good play. I mean, hats off! I don’t really second guess going for it. And I don’t really second guess the call, they defended the play pretty well.

Al Borges: Going for it a fourth downs, you’re not gonna get all of them. And they’re always gonna talk about the ones you don’t. Okay? They’re not going to talk near as much about the ones you do. So all told, I don’t have any buyer’s remorse on that, and running the split zone, trying to get it closer. They probably wanted to get it closer than it was, but they’ve done that before Sam. That ain’t unusual. Third down running split zones; that’s old news now. We’ve seen that last few years. Right? So I don’t know that the strategy was that bad. It just didn’t turn out

Al Borges: I don’t have any problem with what they did. What happened on the fourth down, they ran the double stick. Which means two guys are running quick outs, and the two inside guys are gonna run a little six-yard stick routes. It’s just enough yardage to get the first down, right? And the Washington safety saw the quick out and JJ went to it pretty quick. And he just jumped the hell out of it and defended it. It was a good play. I mean, hats off! I don’t really second guess going for it. And I don’t really second guess the call, they defended the play pretty well.

Al Borges: Going for it a fourth downs, you’re not gonna get all of them. And they’re always gonna talk about the ones you don’t. Okay? They’re not going to talk near as much about the ones you do. So all told, I don’t have any buyer’s remorse on that, and running the split zone, trying to get it closer. They probably wanted to get it closer than it was, but they’ve done that before Sam. That ain’t unusual. Third down running split zones; that’s old news now. We’ve seen that last few years. Right? So I don’t know that the strategy was that bad. It just didn’t turn out