Rich Rodriguez: J.T. Floyd will start at cornerback, Tate Forcier still sore but will play

Yow! These are both kids but SO green.

It will be interesting to see how Forcier plays on Saturday. I wouldn't put a little "reverse transparency" past RR during game week.

Cissoko had 1 good game, 3 bad ones. I'll take my chances here. I would play JT Turner , it couldn't be no worse. Cissoko plays 14_20 yards off the ball and still gets beat? Maybe Dennard can play CB, or maybe Carlos? That was for you Theo

Way to go Rich, Theo always told me how good you are.

Richagain 2009, and beyond.

hurd,
Good, and true, article. UM wouldn't think of MSU nearly as much if MSU would just stop yapping in our ears. Maybe that's why they do it. As for starting Turner, I think it's a good move. It can't get any worse for the defense than it's been, and hopefully this move will ignite something in the D. Equally, or even more importantly, we need Tate to play the whole game up to his capabilities because we're going to need to keep pace with MSU putting some points on the board. I think this game will tell us a lot about how good Michigan truly is this season because, despite the record, I think MSU is the best team we've played thus far and it will definitely be hostile there.

We can also hope that Cissoko will come back to the level needed over the next couple of seasons. I don't like to see any of our guys get tapped out like that.

Some day in the future, they'll be writing about this (almost) all freshman team - it's really quite a story already. Climb that mountain, Wolverines, climb that mountain!

I think Cissoko has a lot of talent, but his size is really a detriment. He's listed as 5-9, but probably 5-8 or smaller is more the truth. When he's going up against 6-2, 6-3, or taller receivers, it's quite a mismatch to begin with. Floyd is 6' and Turner 6-2, so I think they'd match up better.
But, given all that, Cissoko can improve quite a bit by playing tougher and more aggressive. He needs to hit the receiver coming off the line to slow him down a little. He'll probably get a few flags, but I'd rather see that at this point than the receiver running into the end zone for a TD.
Either way we go, there's still a low amount of experience that will just take time to get better.

I hope this is just a temporary issue with Boubacar. I remember last year his teammates were raving about how nasty and full of fight he was in practice. He should definitely quit trying to give himself credit for receiver drops.

I still think Forcier is more sore than anyone is leasding us to beleive and that we will see a lot of Denard Robinson. This is good news for MSU and makes this game a toss-up in my opinion. If Forcier plays pretty much the whole game with no limitations, I think Michigan probably wins.

Worse case scenario if JT wins the position outright is moving Cissoko to special team as a punt returner after Matthews graduate. I'm sure he's working his arses off as a corner.

Great move. We need a change at the corner opposite DW. Nothing worse than watching BC celebrate an incomplete pass, only to get beat for 6 on the next play. Dude, you are not that good.

Richagain,
Thanks for your acknowledgement of the great Theo212 (namely, me). Yes, Carlos is great and should win the Heisman. But this place is still a little empty without my co-legend Willievrine. Come back, Will!
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