7-5

Why not use one of the other threads to post this it doesn't exactly bring anything new to the table.

Yeah 7-5 is better, but it is still mediocre.  I genuinely like RR (as both a coach and a person), and I like the explosive plays from the offense, but they are still so far away.  I am a patient man, but this is starting to get tough to watch..

Yeah we lost to two very good teams. Could we have played better? Sure. But I would love to know what the RR haters think will happen when we have more attrition, lower APR and lose Molk, Martin & Van Bergen if they fire RR. What a great idea - change coaches before he gets one of his recruiting classes as upperclassman, after an apocalypse in the secondary that was hardly his fault - Michigan as we know it will be in way more trouble without him than with him at this point. Are we as good as we should be? No. But give these kids a chance. We can still get to 8-4 and maybe get to 9 with a bowl win. The bandwagon jumpers on this board are a disgrace to this fan base. Go cheer for the Spartans.

7-5, and I would be even more ecstatic with 8-4.  The teams that beat us in the BIg Ten should but I feel that if we play a perfect game we maybe able to beat one of them.

PSU, Purdue, and Illinois who is looking decent or Wisconsin gets us to 8-4.

This team needs the bye week in a big way.  A lot of these young kids haven't seen constant pressure like this...ever.  I think that's a big part of DRob's recent problems.  He's young and the weight of carrying the team is starting to wear on him. 

The bye week will bring back a fresh and rested team that looks more like the one that went 5-0.

7-5 is the new 10-2

I thought we would go 10-2.  I still think we can got to 9-3.  I still like this team.  we knew the O would have slow down a bit.  And we knew the D would give up points.  I had no idea that special teams would matter so much.  I am still optomistic.  The loss was tough, but I think we are getting better except for special teams.

An Achilles heel on an Adonis body does nobody any good.

I just want to go to a bowl game

I could not leave when we were down in the fourth. Even though i knew I should have gotten a head start for the door. I just can't give up on this team. Not now, not never!

Go Blue!

I agree. I am sick of people blaming the coaches.  What did the coaches ahve to do with Kovacs' dropped pick 6? Or the 3 interceptions? Or the fumble? Or the missed assignments? Give the coaches some time to get some players and give the players some time to learn and mature.

Yes 7-5 is what I was sort of expecting.  I am still hoping for 7-5 but I wonder where the wins will come.   PSU, Purdue, Illinois are possible.  Won't beat Wiscy or OSU, IMO.

What is upsetting is that the defense is much worse than I expected.   I wasn't expecting 1997 again,  I understood the secondary was inexperienced, but geez louise, we can't hold anyone under 30.

but how is 7-5 without beating a single good team considered progress?  7-5 isnt our main objective.  13-0 is.  eventually you have to start beating the better teams.  we are on year 3 now, and we still have a hard time achieving 4 wins in the big ten.  iowa is a good team.  but its not a world beater.  think about it.  we barely beat umass, indiana, nd.  one is a division 1aa school.  the other 2 might not go 500 this year.  indiana might finish last in the big ten.  our other 2 wins were against a 1 - 5 bowling green team, and a 500 big east squad.   we have wisco and osu left on our schedule.  we have to beat atleast one of them (and i hope its osu) for us to say we have progress.   not losing to a bad team (toledo, purdue, illinois) is not progress. that is expected when you're michigan.  even when you are rebuilding.  

so lets beat someone descent before we say that there is progress.  a lot of yards on offense do not translate into wins.  we have to play as a complete team in order to play with the big boys.  and we have yet to do that. 

1 or 2 plays the last two weeks and who knows how things would shape up.  Just off the top for yesterday's games:

1. Lewan penalty on 2nd drive completely kills offensive momentum.  Could have gone up 2 scores there.

2. Kovac dropping the pick...don't think he would have scored but we would have gotten the ball back in very good field position

3. 2 kicks going OOB

4. V. Smit just flat out dropping the ball after being barely touched

5. Denard with yet another shitty pick deep when he had an open outlet man short

These are the signs of youth....another year under their belt and we could be incredibly strong Offensively.  Defense.....we're fucked there for at least another 2 years unfortunately.