Colorado might not be horrible this year

They looked good last night on both sides of the ball.  They have been lousy the last few years but they were very young.  They are now experienced and look like a good opponent. Lindsay is a good RB - not very big but very quick.  I was most impressed with Sefo Liufau their QB.  He looked very good throwing the ball and running.  Very poised.  

Not sure how bad CSU is, but the Buffs should make for a competitive game in two weeks and should not at all be considered a gimme. 

The real question is what Colorado will do in Pac-12 play. That's the only way they can help Michigan. Would be nice to have a win over a ranked (at the end of the season) non-conference opponent. Hard to see them getting more than five wins in conference, though --playing at USC, Stanford, and Oregon. Even a halfway decent team is probably looking at 7-5 if they lose to Michigan. More likely 5-7.

So they have a lot at stake in Ann Arbor. The first game in a brutal away schedule. Weird sort of trap game for Michigan.

Doubt they come close to that against UM. Less than 6 hours now until we get our first real look at at the Wolverines. That's all I can concentrate on right now. Until then...

Yes, I was impressed. They looked sharp in many aspects.

Can't understand why people around here are looking at Colorado, Wisconisn, and PSU as easy, automatic wins. I expect every opponent's "A game", and it's going to be one tough battle after another.

If Colorado is for real, it will be a good early season test. They sure looked good last nigh. I think we should be fine, but I never take any opponent for granted and, for good reason.  Ask Tennessee about easy opponents or MSU.  And we all remember games over the last decade most Michigan fans would rather forget.

Harbaugh will have Michigan prepared for Colorado.

Looks like a great day to start the season.  Based on what I saw at the MDen yesterday morning, lots of people are going to be decked out in new Nike gear.  

Go Blue!!

firmly entrenched in the UM fanbase

We are concenred and worried about Colorado

We used to be great and hopefully one day we will be great again

We hate OSU based on the fact they are what we were and what we want to be again

Hail!

Go Blue!

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that just sounds so cute - he thinks moms run this blog!

for Michigan.  Much like BYU last year, they are a up-tempo, spread passing team with a somewhat mobile QB.  Our CB's are game to shut down some plus athletic WR's.  They can run, but fully confident this DL can shut down the COLORADO running game.  Also, fans were worried about BYU before that game, as they were surprisignly impressive (sound familiar to another Rocky Mountain team we are all starting to talk about?).  As we've seen with Jim Harbaugh, we've eliminated the dumb losses on our schedule, and Colorado would constitute that.

With that said, this Colorado team has slowly made progress year after year.  They were a team with players consistently in the right position to make plays the last few years, but just lacking the athletes to finish those plays (especially defensively).  They were a touchdown from beating Utah, Arizona, USC, and UCLA (also, Hawaii).  Win two of those five, and they make a bowl last year.  Incremental progress probably sees them do that, and significant progress sees them go 8-4.  Definitely not a slouch (just enough of one to not make me lose sleep over the next two weeks).

Let's all remember that everyone thought BYU and Northwestern were legitimate threats.