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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Oct 24, 2016, 02:05 PM Oct 2016

Michigan lined up in a 10-man centipede formation again

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/10/1/13133378/michigan-wisconsin-football-jim-harbaugh-formation

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....

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?


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Michigan lined up in a 10-man centipede formation again (Original Post) KamaAina Oct 2016 OP
Harbaugh also doesn't do depth charts JonLP24 Oct 2016 #2
Wouldn't that be a "decapede"? El Supremo Oct 2016 #3
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