2012 Michigan Football preview today on ESPN College Football Live
ESPN breaks down Michigan as its preseason #10 team in their Top 20 Roundtable countdown today on College Football Live.
EDIT: ESPN has posted the video to their website.
I'm not so sure we would have a chance. Losing to an SEC team non-confrence seems fatal. Everyone already wants to crown the SEC teams, and this seems like it would add fuel to the fire. I hear your point about losing early, but it's a damn big 8-ball we would find ourselves behind.
Not really. If we win out that means we won our division and won the B1G in the conference championship game. I say that puts us in contention.
Hopefully true, I'm just saying it fits into the "B1G sucks, SEC is great, rah rah rah" narrative that is so common these days.
Yeah you could be right about that. I just wonder if the polls would give us more love losing to Bama more so than losing to say Iowa or someone like that. Either way it would be tough.
It would also depend on how Bama's season goes. If they lose one SEC game and lose the SEC championship game I would think we have a shot.
It also will depend on point differential. If we get creamed and win-out in the B1G, it will just make the B1G look weaker and not help our chances at all. If it's close, 1 close loss against Alabama could result in NC Rematch #2. Great way to kick off the playoffs next year.
Side Note: I have a feeling the way everything went down last year would make everyone NOT want to see an Alabama/Michigan rematch, and if Alabama won game 1 and lost an SEC game, Alabama would surely go ahead of Michigan.
Conclusion... Probably need to win that first game.
let Alabama into a rematch in 2011, then kept Michigan out of yet another rematch in 2012... The word "flabbergasted" was created for just such scenarios.
Beat Ohio, but first Beat Bama.
Sparty tears would be quite sweet this year particularly.
I ESPN did a good overall job breaking us down initially, except the fact that we have a legitimate shot to beat Bama and potentially run the table. Its ridiculously optimistic, but quite possible. We will know very quickly by how our lines hold up against the Tide and how Denard can pass against an agressive defense with ESS EEE SEE speed.
The fist pound between Howard and Herbie....meh.
#10 sounds about right, if a little high given what's coming back. Bama will be a wake-up call methinks, but there are winnable games the rest of the way. I still think 9 wins, but considering the schedule plus a bowl game you never know.
It will be interesting to see how Michigan coaches do vs. Bama given the HUGE differences in the '09/'10/'11 recruiting classes. Then I'd like to see a rematch in '14.
maybe those "lower quality RR recruits" aren't as lower quality as we'd like to think they are. If they are able to be coached to greatness, obviously that greatness was in them somewhere.
Here is the link to the video:
anyone have a HD version of it on youtube?
I hope Palmer chokes on his own shit... I mean words.