We will beat Utah because ____.
By now you've all read the Week 0 Opponent Watch, which was pretty flattering to Utah and rated them a "Fear Level: 8". Well, below are some reasons to be optimistic about our chances against Utah. Please feel free to add to the list.
- Utah is 1-3 at home in conference play in each of the past two seasons, which suggests their home field advantage may not be as big as some other programs'.
- Our defense held Utah to 2.2 ypc last year (81 yds), and we return a lot of starters from that side of the ball. We also held them to 172 non-garbage time passing yards. Where we shit the bed was turning the ball over 5 times. This staff will not permit such a travesty!
- Really for the first time since Henne, we will have a (probable) starting QB who is NOT turnover-prone. The value in that is immesurable (I mean, it IS measurable, but it's been so long since we've had one that I've forgotten how to measure it).
- The Opponent Watch column pointed out that Utah was 9-4 last year, with 3 of their 4 losses to then-top 15 teams. HOWEVER, they were also a mere 12 points from having a 5-7 record. They had some very narrow wins, including: UCLA (by 2), USC (by 3), Stanford (by 3), and Colorado (by 4). Wins are wins, but it wasn't a dominating 9-4 record they put together.
- Peppers. He wasn't active for this game last year. This year, he will return one to the house. The kid is just incredible and he's the best athlete we've had in this program since Charles (Denard included). Call me a homer if you want to (but watch his film again before you do). When the game is over, I'll be the homer braggin about having made this prediction!
- HARBAUGH is a natural born warrior and leader. The only profession for guys like him 1,000 years ago was waging war. Luckily for humanity, there are more constructive, less deadly jobs now for guys like him to focus their talents on:
August 28th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
Harbaugh.
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August 28th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
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August 28th, 2015 at 2:15 PM ^
Is there any other answer but Harbaugh? I will be Harbaughed if there is...
August 28th, 2015 at 1:36 PM ^
Keith Van Horn is not walking through that door.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
Andrew Bogut
August 28th, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^
August 28th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
Or Andre Miller.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:36 PM ^
August 28th, 2015 at 1:36 PM ^
Harbaugh!!!
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August 28th, 2015 at 1:37 PM ^
Harbaugh says so.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^
We need to even the all-time record against them to prevent a 5th matchup.
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August 28th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
Our offensive line is going to surprise us. It'll control the line of scrimmage. First downs will occur. Drives will be sustained. Touchdowns will ensue.
17 point victory. I'd say 27-10 or 34-17. Game not as close as the score might indicate.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
to harbaugh's ear....
August 28th, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^
Nah ... I'm just channeling my inner Drevno.
I'm telling ya ... Drevno is Harbaugh's secret X-factor here. I love the guy.
August 28th, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
are dead-on correct.
go blue.
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August 28th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
This is Michigan, fergodsakes!
/too soon?
August 28th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^
Haha, no definitely not. This is what I was going to post.
August 28th, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^
And we wont have our coach doing this on the sidelines....
August 28th, 2015 at 1:40 PM ^
I'm no mathematician but I think we have a 79.9845643425% chance of winning if we score more points.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
Love your show!
August 28th, 2015 at 2:15 PM ^
Did you know that 76.54% of statistics are made up on the spot?
August 28th, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
However
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August 29th, 2015 at 12:54 AM ^
Bet the ML.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:40 PM ^
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August 28th, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
THEY'RE A BUNCH OF CUPCAKES.
Boom! An anonymous message board poster called them cupcakes--more Ute bulletin board material!
August 28th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
This message board is NOT anonymous!
August 28th, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
I can't wait for the muppets!!
August 28th, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
We've been training at our own version of altitude--high on Harbaugh!
August 28th, 2015 at 1:42 PM ^
We will win because thats how we roll in 2015! I'm really excited about Peppers but be like Harbaugh, don't compare him to Denard.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:42 PM ^
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August 28th, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^
Oh wait. That was last year.
HARBAUGH!!!!!!!!
August 28th, 2015 at 1:46 PM ^
One of the unfortunate side effects from the ending of OT threads are the proliferation of "these are my special thoughts" threads about our football team threads. I had forgotten how much fun these can be - I'm sure within a few days we'll see the following:
- I think Harbaugh is a good coach - here's why
- Our offense will be better this year - a story told in GIFs
- Undefeated in 2015? Anything is possible.
- Our coaches are good. How good? REAL GOOD!
- Any much, much more
Some of these make me long for the days of countertops and snobby cities discussions.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:47 PM ^
boat pictures? that'd keep people entertained for a bit.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
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August 28th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
Good choice.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
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August 28th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
Yeah, let's keep this strictly a news forum. No discussion of opinions or statistics whatsoever. After all, there are only so many electrons to go around.