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For every open drop they had that game, they had huge plays that wouldn't likely happen again.
Which plays were those? The "spread 5 wide and throw to a speedy WR on an inside slant" (the first App St TD -- the 68 yard pass to Dexter Jackson, along with App Sts second TD, to Batichon -- both two step cut inside slants), which has always worked against Michigan because we don't bother covering the middle of the field when teams spread 5 wide against us, or "Spread 5 wide and have our speedy QB run a draw play" (see Armanti Edwards all day), which has always worked against Michigan because we don't bother covering the middle of the field when teams spread 5 wide against us?
Sorry, I don't mean to be a sarcastic douche, but look at the post-game quotes. Pretty much every [censored] App St. player said the same thing: "boy, I'm sure glad Michigan didn't change anything with their defense; we watched some tape and noticed Michigan has a bunch of gaps when teams spread 5 wide against them, so we know when we spread a bunch of WR, Michigan can't stop it."
You're right: In some kind of rational world where our coaches make these magical things called "adjustments", those huge plays wouldn't happen again. But, of course, they happen all the time against us, because at Michigan, our coaches don't know what "changes" are. Bo laid out the path in 1969, and apparently the Michigan coaching staff believes football really hasn't changed much since.
Like I said, we're just lucky the Big 10 still generally disfavors speed, mobile QBs, and creativity, or else last Saturday would be a much more frequent occurrence.