Will we win games in 2009 we should lose
The topic of possible 10-2 season brought to my mind (and a comment) that I am hoping for one or more wins we shouldn't by all rights get. Perhaps ND was one of those; perhaps not. But overall, do you think this team will beat a team it shouldn't, such as OSU or PSU. I raise this as a marker for the new regime. Under the old regime it never seemed possible. To the contrary we might have lost one from time to time that we should have won due to the conservative approach. (But see Rose Bowl against Texas that we almost won, and we had no business being that close.) And of course there were a lot of close ones that we should have won handily. Will the 2009 team squeak some out, like Wisconsin last year, it has no business winning and why.
September 16th, 2009 at 6:10 PM ^
We just did.
September 16th, 2009 at 6:11 PM ^
i think seeing the ND game shows that we can win games we shouldn't. what the more important question is will we lose games we should win. but to answer your question: we own penn state
September 16th, 2009 at 6:13 PM ^
I think we are already 1-0 in this department.
September 16th, 2009 at 6:17 PM ^
Two points:
(1) The 10-2 post was really just a comment on the likely Vegas odds.
(2) It is also likely we will lose a game (or two) that we are supposed to win. If you balance off the upset wins versus the upset losses, you sort of get back to the Vegas odds.
September 16th, 2009 at 6:23 PM ^
Yes, we already have won at least one game we probably were expecting to lose. However, the new question should be, with such early success, will we lose games we should win? This would put some water on the hot season.
September 16th, 2009 at 6:28 PM ^
Why shouldn't we beat OSU? Why don't you wait until the week of the game to see what the line is.
September 16th, 2009 at 6:34 PM ^
We just beat a good ND team. If the team can:
1. stay as focused as they have.
2. can play as mistake free
3. can take this show on the road to some tough opponents,
Ill, Iowa, and Wisc.
September 16th, 2009 at 7:05 PM ^
And Sparty
(although I would love nothing more than for them to keep is close and have a HUGE 'Sparty, No!!!!" moment
September 16th, 2009 at 9:06 PM ^
Funny that you say that given your avatar. Personally, I'd love a redux of the 2002 game. Make it clear who really owns this state.
September 16th, 2009 at 6:45 PM ^
P.S. Iowa thinks so little of us that they scheduled us
for Homecoiming.
September 16th, 2009 at 8:15 PM ^
I predict we will go 3-9 last season.
See, I can make predictions about things that have already happened too...
September 16th, 2009 at 8:31 PM ^
We could beat ND again,we just shouldn't have beat them last game. Not because we didn't earn it, because they almost had it sealed until Maverick Weiss decided to air it out
September 16th, 2009 at 9:07 PM ^
Of course, if Cissoko hadn't dropped the pass that went right to him (it was 31-20 at the time), we might have won comfortably.
September 16th, 2009 at 9:07 PM ^
I think the first legitimate upset would be @Iowa, as I don't think this team will be coming down from the emotional high of traveling to East Lansing the week before. Even though I'm sure UM will be an underdog at State, those rivalry games are almost impossible to predict, especially when the teams are similarly matched. Beating MSU would be a nice win, but beating Iowa on the road would be huge. Win that game, then we can talk about 10-2 or 9-3.
September 16th, 2009 at 10:17 PM ^
Don't be so sure about Michigan being a dog in EL, especially if Sparty drops one or both of their next two road games (ND and Wisco.)
In the gambling world home field advantage only nets the home team -3.