Are "we" better than OSU right now?

"Now why would you ask a stupid question like that?"

At home, yes.  We are better (with Denard.)  On the road, I think we are worse.  Denard has never had a good game on the road against a decent opponent, except for the 2010 Notre Dame game.  In all of the marquee road games Denard has played in, he has stunk.  As much as I think Michigan can beat Notre Dame, Nebraska, or Ohio State, the reality of Denard's road woes sinks in.

Even without Horford and McGary.

...What? 

Are "We" better than OSU? Always. Always, always, always, always, ALWAYS, always, always.

Our football team? Maybe, but maybe not.

will muschamp is mad you'd ask such a question

with denard at home? yes

with denard away? no

with bellomy away? helllll no

Like, you and me and the other fat nerds on the blog? No, I don't think "we" could tackle braxton.

I personally think so.  OSU has been the least impressive team undefeated team in the history of the sport.  They can't defend spread formations worth a dime, 2 out of three LBs are a joke, their special teams is a dumpster fire, and they have one playmaker on offense.  I think we beat them in the Toilet seat.

is "we" in quotations?  It makes it seem like you are asking 'we' as fans. You are allowed to refer to yourself as 'we' when talking about the home team on a blog. 

As long as D-Rob plays we will win

Beat Ohio.

I just want Hoke to send Urban packing by the end of next November.

Tits or I'm leavin

Meyer is slowly running them into the ground (They're undefeated because their schedule is ridiculous). Every week the defense gets worse, and that poor miller has been injured about 4 times so far, and unfortunately the kid's injuries are getting more and more severe.

As of now, Denard is still recovering.

Our backup QB is Michigan's version of Bauserman. Do you think Bauserman can beat Miller? Right. I didn't think so.

Denard will be the second Michigan player to receive a standing ovation at the Horseshoe. It is his destiny.

Forgot the main part of this original post. Defensively, yes. Offensively, no. Fortunately, the two units that are strongest/weakest for both teams match up.

now my confidence has wavered

no.

In a word.  No.

In two words.  Hell No.

Here are the current conference rankings on some of the more important metrics, in my estimation. (Source: THIS). 

& it's not that close.

for the record my Guess The Score pick was Neb 20 - M 13.  
Even with Denard, we are barely functioning on offense.

I'm an OSU fan that occasionally lurks here and on other rival boards--for no other reason than that I like to know what the pulse is everywhere in the B1G.

Short answer: no.

Long answer: let me state the obvious, Ohio State is a flawed team. Similar to you guys, Urban inherited a team that had major depth issues. Especially in the O-line and in our back seven. On top of that, Urban has had to teach our offense a brand new style of offense that requires Braxton to make reads that he's never done before. While we put up points, it's more Braxton being a ridiculous playmaker than us being consistent on offense. Growing pains are still very much an issue.

That being said, every man on that football team has bought in 100% and if you watch our games you know that while it's not always pretty, we play harder than the other team lining up against us. This team has that "it" quality. The players constantly tweet about how much they love their teammates and Urban has them drinking the koolaid big time.

The result is we find ways to win. Whether it be at East Lansing or State College against stout defenses or when Braxton goes down and we need our backup qb to lead us on a game tying drive.

Scary thing is that while we have been doing it while sustaining major injuries to our playmakers (Jordan hall, Barnett, Sabino, etc) and by playing some players out of position, we are gelling and at our strongest today. Especially on defense--we have figured out, finally, how to stop the run and we are finally blitzing consistently, which has resulted in our pass defense capitalizing via the interception.

I'm not a homer, however, and know all too well how special Denard is. He can do it by himself. By the look of your anemic offense, he's going to have to have the game of his life for you to have a chance in The Shoe. And I think he's capable of it, so I'm not confident. Especially with Jake Ryan looking like mini Clay Matthews for you guys on Defense.

Hope both teams win out so The Game lives up to its billing in a few weeks.

Big Tennnnnnnn!!!