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Michigan lined up in a 10-man centipede formation to throw off Wisconsin
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Never change, Harbaugh.
by Rodger Sherman @rodger_sherman Oct 1, 2016, 4:31p
Jim Harbaugh is unique. And this formation Harbaugh had Michigan stand in is, well, unique:
That right there is what we call the Wolverine Centipede. Michigan’s coaches don’t call it that -- they call it “trains” — but we’re not Michigan’s coaches.
Of course, they didn’t run a play out of that formation. That would be highly illegal, as the rulebook states you have to have seven players on the line of scrimmage, and this formation has one. It was just a bit of pre-snap confusion.
Needing two yards, Michigan came out with five linemen, three tight ends, a fullback, and a running back. That’s essentially a goal line offense, so the personnel should’ve tipped Wisconsin off to the fact that Michigan was planning a run up the gut
So to make the Badgers think a little harder than they needed to, the Wolverines lined up in a way that doesn’t resemble any football formation. What were they going to do? Are they going to play leapfrog? Snap the ball to guy who snaps the ball to a guy who snaps the ball to a guy who snaps the ball to an RB with nine fullbacks ahead of him?
And then QB Wilton Speight signalled, and the team got into a normal football formation. The play was successful, a 5-yard run on 2nd-and-2. Maybe it was because of the trickeration, although it’s quite possible the play would’ve worked without this beauty.
Let’s keep this going.
Michigan lined up in a 10-man centipede formation to throw off Wisconsin
14 comments
Never change, Harbaugh.
by Rodger Sherman @rodger_sherman Oct 1, 2016, 4:31p
Jim Harbaugh is unique. And this formation Harbaugh had Michigan stand in is, well, unique:
That right there is what we call the Wolverine Centipede. Michigan’s coaches don’t call it that -- they call it “trains” — but we’re not Michigan’s coaches.
Of course, they didn’t run a play out of that formation. That would be highly illegal, as the rulebook states you have to have seven players on the line of scrimmage, and this formation has one. It was just a bit of pre-snap confusion.
Needing two yards, Michigan came out with five linemen, three tight ends, a fullback, and a running back. That’s essentially a goal line offense, so the personnel should’ve tipped Wisconsin off to the fact that Michigan was planning a run up the gut
So to make the Badgers think a little harder than they needed to, the Wolverines lined up in a way that doesn’t resemble any football formation. What were they going to do? Are they going to play leapfrog? Snap the ball to guy who snaps the ball to a guy who snaps the ball to a guy who snaps the ball to an RB with nine fullbacks ahead of him?
And then QB Wilton Speight signalled, and the team got into a normal football formation. The play was successful, a 5-yard run on 2nd-and-2. Maybe it was because of the trickeration, although it’s quite possible the play would’ve worked without this beauty.
Let’s keep this going.
