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Henne Trying to get Back for Penn St.

Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 5:48 PM
Angelique Chengelis


Michigan faithful, would Chad coming back for the Penn State game be a good thing (considering the way he has been playing) or a bad thing? Have you embraced Ryan mallet as the Wolverine's QB already?

Does Michigan need Chad Henne's experience to beat Penn State? Or should Lloyd just concede that the future of Michigan football started when Ryan took over for Chad against the Ducks?

Stay tuned Big 10 play is on its way.

Can Chad Henne Win the Big Game?

In the August 21st article from ESPN's Mark Schlabach, the caption under the picture of Michigan's QB is: "Chad Henne still has some doubters that he can win the big game."

Todd / Maize and Blue blog

This question has never entered my mind. I have never actually blamed Chad Henne for the losses in big games. (Rose Bowls, Ohio State, etc)If you look at most of those games, his numbers are great. And he has won some HUGE games, Penn State 1 second game, MSU Triple OT.

I have always felt that a QB can only play up to the level of the plays that are called in by the offensive coordinator.

For instance, when Michigan had their arses handed to them in the Rose Bowl by Pete Carrol and USC, Chad was running the plays called in to him. He was executing what he was told to do. It was the Offensive coordinators fault for not adapting to the defensive barrage put together by USC's coaching staff. Almost a carbon copy of the last Rose Bowl in which Michigan got manhandled by USC.

Chad Henne is a great qb and has made some unbelievable plays in his career at Michigan. And it will be his legacy at Michigan of losing the big games and the fault falls directly on the offensive coordinator, I hate to mention his name but yes, Mike "Deboaring at times and not at others" not Chad Henne.

Expectations 07

Todd / Maize and Blue Blog

With kickoff just days away all the hype is directly placed on Michigan's ridiculous offensive talent. Needless to say the expectations for this team this season are no less then they are every season. The fans of the Wolverines expect the team to beat OSU, win the Big 10 and furthermore, they expect them to win the NC. Even when the team isn't as loaded as it this year these are the expectations. That is just how it is at Michigan. But, the pinnacle has alluded Michigan for many years. Being ever so close but just falling short.

For years I have felt that the Michigan program has squandered the talent they have. Not letting them loose and giving them the chance to change games. How many years did Michigan not use Braylon Edwards to his full potential? It only became apparent against Michigan State, in a triple OT thriller, where he practically won that game on his own.

Braylon was the type of player that thrived on the chance to beat people with his ability. In that trip OT game Henne chucked the ball up and let Braylon literally take the win away from MSU.

Here is some video, just in case you have forgotten what happend that day. *With a little help from L.L.

Fans always hammered Braylon for dropping crossing pattern (seemingly easy) plays. The fact is, he was not that type of player. (Steve Breaston was) Braylon wanted to go down field and beat people, out jump corners and beat double teams, he could and did. But the coaches at Michigan didn't exploit that talent until they absolutely had to. Then in the Rose Bowl game against Texas they were using Braylon's talent again, no one on Texas could stop him, and what did the Michigan coaching staff do? They stopped throwing to him. I just couldn't understand it. If the opponent can't stop him, keep throwing to him. Do you think Texas was going to stop letting Vince Young run the ball? Hell no! Michigan couldn't stop him.

So back to this season. With the weapons on offense, Michigan should be able to outscore any team. I am not worried about the Defense, we have lost many key players on D but Michigan always has talent to step in a bring it. With Jake Long anchoring the Offense, Henne needs to take charge and run this offense and no one can underestimate the spark and confidence that a great player like Mike Hart injects into this team, the whole team, not just the offense. These three kids really will be laying a foundation to make the blurs at wide out blow things up. Mario Manningham and Adrian Arrington should get plenty of yardage and many TD's this year and it is up to the coaching staff to call the plays to let them loose and let their talent change the game.

GO BLUE!