Week 1 defensive breakdown for Michigan against Vance Bedford: Watch for Texas haymakers in the first 20 plays.
Vance Bedford, the former defensive coordinator at Michigan, and I get together every Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. EST on The Michigan Insider for the “Defensive Breakdown.” From the perspective of a man who was formerly in charge of setting up and calling the defense as the Wolverines’ defensive coordinator, each episode provides a thorough analysis of Michigan’s performance the previous week.
This week’s edition examined Michigan’s 30-10 victory over Fresno State in their season opener and gave a preview of their next game against Texas.
In the transcript snippet that follows, Vance and I talk about the zero blitz that allowed a touchdown to Fresno State, the D-Line matchup between Michigan and Texas’s O-Line, and how to slow down the RPO game of the Longhorns.
Sam Webb: “People were saying that Wink Martindale is like Don Brown, running all these blitzes and this man, and he was like, ‘listen, I’m not Don Brown.'” He may have even mentioned, “Wait a minute, I’m the OG of this whole
thing… this defense that y’all been seeing,” at one time. This whole affair was begun by me, so shut up! Then he appears in the game, and Vance seems incredibly familiar. He didn’t run a lot of men during the game. Am I misinterpreting that?
Bedford Vance: “No. To tell the truth, I was among those guys who were worried. I was worried that he would play a lot more man and not use any blitz at all. I was worried, and he came into this game mostly using zone and simulating pressures, just like they had been doing for the previous three years. And from there, we had numerous successful plays. He thus declared a fantastic game. The defense team performed admirably, in my opinion. Therefore, I’m eager to watch going
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