'Bama moves to #1
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm
the just released schedules were a flat-out statement that the B10 doesn't believe SOS will matter in playoff selection
Coaches Poll: UM #19
September 4th, 2012 at 12:42 PM
#1
Coaches Poll: UM #19
September 4th, 2012 at 12:45 PM | 
I'm surprised to see Boise St
I'm surprised to see Boise St
September 4th, 2012 at 12:54 PM |
Given that it's early in the
Given that it's early in the
Given that it's early in the season I think people a) still haven't figured out that both MSU and Boise are overrated to some degree and b) people don't know exactly who else to vote for.
I think Boises gonna be like a 9-3 MWC team and State's probably going to be an 8-4 B1G team
Rudy watches inspirational movies about Shawn Hunwick
September 4th, 2012 at 12:49 PM |
This is where they should have started
This is where they should have started
This is where they should have started, #8 was silly. Last year was a great year but we had a great number of fortunate bounces. We will be fine but not #8.
"I knew Bo Schembechler and you sir, are no Bo Schembechler!"
September 4th, 2012 at 1:09 PM |
We would be out of the polls
We would be out of the polls
We would be out of the polls if we started at #19.
September 4th, 2012 at 1:44 PM |
I don't think so
I don't think so
but who cares anyway? The only poll that matters is the one before the bowl games and then again right after. Alabama wouldn't have moved to #1 if we started at 19 either... it's really quite irrelavent.
September 4th, 2012 at 12:52 PM |
Sounds about right.
Sounds about right.
Sounds about right.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
September 4th, 2012 at 12:54 PM |
We're (a significant
We're (a significant
We're (a significant contributing factor in a different team becoming) number one! We're (holy shit did you see what Alabama did to our D-line no wonder they're) number one!
September 4th, 2012 at 12:56 PM |
This
This
This is about right. Dont lose another game until B1G play and they should be fine. If they are 6-1 going into the game against Nebraska, they will win the Legends.
THIS IS MICHIGAN
September 4th, 2012 at 1:13 PM |
Yes, we need to remember this
Yes, we need to remember this
Yes, we need to remember this is a season and that the media hype of a blow-out will give way to the typical media line of what is a team's "Body of Work" and "late season Michigan" versus "early season" Michigan.
Media builds you up, tears you down, then discusses the "underdog comeback".
Michigan Men by choice, recognized by deeds, tested and proven by time.
September 4th, 2012 at 5:01 PM |
Michael Poll I made up last
Michael Poll I made up last
Michael Poll I made up last night
1 Bama (win against top 10)
2 USC
3 LSU
4 Oregon (highly convincing win)
5 FSU (highly convincing win)
6 Oklahoma (struggled to score for most of the game)
7 Georgia
8 Arkansas
9 SC (ranked those 3 by recent gameplay)
10 Michigan State (unconvincing win, but beat a ranked opponent)
11 West Virginia (soundly beat a cupcake, who also scored a lot on them)
12 Clemson (beat a psudo ranked Auburn)
13 Virginia Tech
14 Nebraska (most convincing win in the B1G)
15 Wisconsin (got passed a little after I reranked the B1G)
16 Texas (push)
17 Ohio
18 Oklahoma State (huge blowout against tiny opponent)
19 Michigan (above didn't-play TCU)
20 TCU (didn't play)
21 Louisville (beat an SEC team, but it was just Kentucky)
22 Kstate (convincing win)
23 Stanford (close scrape)
24 BYU/ND (couldn't decide but gave the opponent edge in Wazzo over Navy)
25 Florida (lol)
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
September 4th, 2012 at 1:03 PM |
MSU
MSU
MSU is not the 11th best team. There QB is awful and cannot do anything. He looked like Steven Threet against Boise State.
Where do people think Michigan would have been ranked if they beat Bama. I say 4, FWIW.
THIS IS MICHIGAN
September 4th, 2012 at 1:06 PM |
Well we didn't beat them, or
Well we didn't beat them, or
Well we didn't beat them, or come close. So it doesn't really matter
If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?
September 4th, 2012 at 3:00 PM |
seriously
seriously
Hypothetically, if Michigan was better than everyone else, and all other teams were worse than us, where do you think we'd be ranked?
September 4th, 2012 at 7:11 PM |
Threeve.
Threeve.
Threeve.
"So put 2 on, put 10 on, WHAT DO YOU CARE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE PAYIN' FOR 'EM!!!!?"
-Doug Heffernan, in regards to Arthur and his stamp needs
September 4th, 2012 at 1:05 PM |
The polls unwritten law is
The polls unwritten law is
The polls unwritten law is that unbeatens get ranked higher.
That said, I think Michigan is better than Clemson, South Carolina, Nebraska, Ok St, and Virgina Tech.
I think we should be around 14 an will move into top ten if we beat MSU/Neb and beat Wisc in the B1G championship.
life is like a box of chocolates... and you got the Whizzo Quality Assortment
September 4th, 2012 at 1:16 PM |
Beating psu
Beating psu
Was not impressive enough for me to see Ohio start so high.
September 4th, 2012 at 10:03 PM |
Yeah, I agree. They have the
Yeah, I agree. They have the
Yeah, I agree. They have the potential to be a good team this season, but beating a recovering PSU team shouldn't put you anywhere higher than 22, in my opinon.
"I'm Harmon Tedesco, best goddamn placekicker in the whole continental world."
September 4th, 2012 at 1:51 PM |
Sounds Fair
Sounds Fair
This is fair, I think. I believe that there is enough that we can walk away with even after the game on Saturday that says that we belong on this list. It is interesting to note that the average ranking of a Big Ten team in this poll fell two spots from about 12 to 14 (compared to an average drop of only one spot of ranked Big Ten teams in the AP poll). That doesn't mean a whole lot right now, but I have wondered if that is more or less the range we will inhabit if we do in fact go 9-3 (i.e., 9-2 the rest of the way). Would that be a 12-14-ish performance going into a possible BTCG?
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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September 4th, 2012 at 2:19 PM |
I do believe this is where we
I do believe this is where we
I do believe this is where we belong right now.. We did not belong in the top 10 ten (YET) or deserving of a first place vote. When all is said and done and we beat on the Big Ten then top 10 here we come...
Go Blue
September 4th, 2012 at 2:22 PM |
I agree that UM should be
I agree that UM should be
I agree that UM should be around #20 but I disagree with dropping them 11 spots for losing to a team that has now vaulted to #1 with a majority of the first place votes.
I will be VERY interested to see what happens to good SEC teams (e.g. Arkansas) who get taken behind the woodshed by Bama this season. Will they suffer such a precipitous drop as UM? Survey says: not likely.
We ARE Michigan....COME GET SOME!!!
September 4th, 2012 at 6:53 PM |
redundant, but it wasn't losing necessarily
redundant, but it wasn't losing necessarily
it was the manner in which we lost - we could not have looked worse on a national stage, particularly scheme/QB play and looking completely outmanned.
19 to 25 range sounds about right, and probably a realistic bracket where we should've been going into the game.
Biz hundert azoi ve tsvantsik
September 4th, 2012 at 3:04 PM |
Granted that Alabama is a
Granted that Alabama is a
Granted that Alabama is a phenomenal team, however, I don't think Michigan looks like a good Michigan team based on how our guys played. #19 may even be too high a ranking.
September 4th, 2012 at 3:07 PM |
I feel like I'm the only one
I feel like I'm the only one
I feel like I'm the only one who watched the MSU-Boise game. Boise State looked like garbage, yet MSU wasn't really winning until the fourth quarter, and even then it was right down to the wire. MSU is really lucky Boise turned it over as much as they did, otherwise this game could have gotten out of hand. This Boise squad is not like Boise teams of the last half decade, and MSU almost got beat at home.
September 4th, 2012 at 5:15 PM |
Hey, did you know they got
Hey, did you know they got
Hey, did you know they got new scoreboards?
It ain't easy being cheesy
September 4th, 2012 at 9:12 PM |
"Turned it over as much as
"Turned it over as much as
"Turned it over as much as they did"
I think that part is backwards. MSU had several more turnovers than BSU did, including one before the half iirc in BSU's red zone. BSU only put up 3 points on their own (offensively), so it should actually be that Boise is really lucky that MSU turned it over as much as they did because that's the only reason they were in it. It could have otherwise been an MSU blowout and I HATE to imagine the slurping we'd be hearing if that happened.
September 4th, 2012 at 11:24 PM |
oh, estalker
oh, estalker
isn't it past your bedtime?
September 4th, 2012 at 11:58 PM |
Says the guy who still
Says the guy who still
Says the guy who still pretends to not be an MSU troll.
Look, no one is saying Boise is better than MSU. What I'm saying is that Boise isn't very good, and if they didn't have two untimely turnovers, they probably would have won. Which means MSU shouldn't be the #8 team in the country.
September 5th, 2012 at 2:50 PM |
Justingoblue I love you...
Justingoblue I love you...
http://mgoblog.com/comment/reply/71111/1682251
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
September 4th, 2012 at 5:06 PM |
I dont really care where M is
I dont really care where M is
I dont really care where M is ranked right now. In fact, I wish every one of their opponents were ranked higher than them, because despite the throttling they took, I dont see a single unwinnable game on the schedule.
September 4th, 2012 at 5:45 PM |
I'm on board with this.
I'm on board with this.
I'm on board with this. Finish strong, all polls and B.S. media crap will align itself. To hell with bandwagon jumpers (on or off) and Notre Dame.
I will fight 'til I am dead, a winged helmet on my head.
September 4th, 2012 at 7:40 PM |
This is a good spot. About
This is a good spot. About
This is a good spot. About where I thought we would be following the loss to Alabama. Perhaps we are better than some of the teams in front of us, but we have the rest of the season to prove that. It's why the games are played.
Bring on Air Force. Is it Saturday yet?
September 4th, 2012 at 8:02 PM |
Polls don't matter.
The goal
Polls don't matter.
The goal
Polls don't matter.
The goal here is to win the B1G Championship and beat ohio.
This Is MICHIGAN.
When the ADept sells special jerseys and gear, you'll see my picture next to the targeted customer crowd. A sheep.....but a Blue one.....
September 4th, 2012 at 10:28 PM |
I can live with that.
I can live with that.
I can live with that.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
September 5th, 2012 at 5:44 AM |
Notre Dame game becomes
Notre Dame game becomes
Notre Dame game becomes crucial. We either start 3-1, or 2-2 and fall out of the top 25. That can be a tough road back.
September 5th, 2012 at 7:50 AM |
#19 in the AP ,
#19 in the AP ,
#1in our hearts..
Go Blue !!
September 5th, 2012 at 8:28 AM |
We were overrated to begin the season with...
We were overrated to begin the season with...
so that the Cowboy Classic game could generate maximum dollars for ABC and the SEC and B1G.
I like where we're at in the rankings now.
Just win and everything will take care of itself.
I'm surprised to see Boise St still in the poll at #25.
GO BLUE