Forde Yard Dash predicts UM to beat NW, MSU, OSU, contend for playoff.
In his weekly article for Yahoo!, Pat Forde predicts the following things will happen:
• M will end Northwestern's undefeated season this weekend
• M will end MSU's undefeated season on 10/17
• M will end OSU's undefeated season on 11/28
• M will have a chance at making the playoffs
He goes on to say:
The Wolverines have allowed 14 points in the last four games, and if they win what could be a three-and-out-a-thon against Northwestern on Saturday they will likely come into Oct. 17 against Michigan State playing better than the Spartans. Win that game, and Michigan State will taste a defeat most bitter at a time when it assumed it had the upper hand in the state. Keeping winning from there, and Harbaugh-Urban I could be the stuff of legend. The Michigan man-crush hero worship already in full effect over Harbaugh would reach screaming-teenage-girls-over-One-Direction levels. It would rival the Saban idolatry in Alabama, perhaps even exceed it.
I mean, sure, NSFMF, but it's a fun read.
Link to the full article: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/forde-yard-dash--predicting-when-each-undefeated-team-will-lose-032638433-ncaaf.html
October 6th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^
Did you know there is an inverse relationship between doing probability matrices in your spare time and happiness? I can put the relationship in a matrix or a line graph, if you'd like...
October 6th, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
All happiness curves are negated by the presence of HARBAUGH coaching your football team, resulting in happiness approaching an upper bound of infinity
October 6th, 2015 at 9:55 AM ^
I just want to beat NW. Lets not get ahead of ourselves here.
October 6th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
October 6th, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^
October 6th, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^
You can manage whatever you want, I'm all in over here. It's good to feel again...it's been such a long, dark, cold road that we have all been on. I finally feel the warmth of hope on my face and I will not shield it. I'm going to soak it all in and I urge all of you to as well.
October 6th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
October 6th, 2015 at 9:55 AM ^
If we are 6-1 going into the game at Minnesota I will feel very good about our chances of winning the rest of our game's up to the OSU game. I feel by that time, we will be a very tough out for OSU.
October 6th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^
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October 6th, 2015 at 10:02 AM ^
They have an easier path then UM - right now their toughest 2 games left are UM and Iowa. They have a potential 10 win Stanford scalp and a potential 8-9 win Duke scalp and destroyed "dark horse West contendor" Minn. That's better than our resume which is a "good loss" and beating BYU. I am not sure how people can mock a NW selection while concurrenty saying UM is on the path to playoffs based on what has happened thus far.
NW has given up 3 TDs all year, one of them a 1 play 22 yd TD when their offense derped the ball deep in their own end. So 2 legit TD drives in 5 games. That wins a lot of football games.
October 6th, 2015 at 10:17 AM ^
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October 6th, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
Maybe he thinks NW could make the playoffs with their only loss being to Michigan?
October 6th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
They're gonna beat the brakes off NW this weekend.
October 6th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
I don't know about beating their asses, but I am fairly confident Michigan will win this game. I don't understand the NW hype. It happens a lot, too. Michigan is a far better team player- and coaching-wise and the game is in Ann Arbor. Bring them on.
October 6th, 2015 at 10:08 AM ^
Wow...
Forget the playoff for now, I just love being relevant.
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October 6th, 2015 at 10:11 AM ^
pump brakes. love michigan. offense is work in progress. we are credible, an opponent to be feared, but we are not there yet.
October 6th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^
Forde = clickbait. Surprised he didn't through a picture of Pageviews on there too.
October 6th, 2015 at 10:15 AM ^
October 6th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
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October 6th, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
October 6th, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
Guess BYU and Utah doesn't count.
October 6th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
Whoa whoa whoa! Let's not look past Northwestern.
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October 6th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
Hope the team blocks it out and just focuses on getting better each week.
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October 6th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
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October 6th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
Man-crush hero worship? Saban idolatry? So Forde has made the oh-so-clever observation that when a football coach wins the fanbase becomes quite fond of him. What a dingus.
October 6th, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^
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October 6th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
October 6th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
October 6th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
I'm excited and happy and enthusiastic, but man, this place is turning into a bunch of fangirling.
Yeah, it's happening, but get a grip and have some self-respect.
October 6th, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^
I've been upvoting a lot of the fangirling comments.
October 6th, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
But a very nice prediction! Hopefully this comes to pass!
October 6th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
I'm having a hard time right now. If Jake gets better throwing the long ball, it's possible. If he continues to miss wide open guys 20+ yards down the field, it's just not going to happen. When we play a really good defense, they'll stack the box and make us throw to win. I'm hoping the more weeks that pass, Jake can get in sync with the WR's and gain some accuracy. Otherwise, I don't see this scenario playing out.
October 6th, 2015 at 3:48 PM ^
October 6th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
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October 6th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
I mean...other than the fact that the article is called "Predicting when each undefeated team will lose," and then under "expiration date" for NW, MSU, and OSU - he has all of their undefeated seasons listed as ending against UM...you're totally right.
October 6th, 2015 at 11:06 AM ^
people are crazy. when jake rudock starts looking like Tom Brady, this team could make the playoff. The offense(everyone, not just rudock) is WAY too inconsistent. That 6-0 1st half versus maryland was vomit inducing offensively.
But i think the offense can play better and will get better, but it just isn't championship calibur yet.
The defense seems to be the real deal and will keep us in every ballgame, but eventually we will need the offense to take some pressure off of them in a big game.
October 6th, 2015 at 12:58 PM ^
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October 6th, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
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October 6th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
It's probably because I hate them, but I wouldn't be surprised to see MSU lose at Rutgers this Saturday. MSU certainly has a better team than Rutgers, but this is their first game out of state this season, at night, with a full day to think about how much they miss Narduzzi. If nothing else, they'll be a good bet against.
October 6th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^
Sparty in a close one over Rutgers. 59.9 minutes of game time angst and then a week of wondering what is wrong leading up to the road trip to the Big House.
We only want Sparty to lose to us and OSU this year.
October 6th, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^
October 6th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
like 10-6 or something?
October 6th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
Yeah, if UM wins out they'll be in the playoff, no question.
I don't see them beating both MSU and OSU this year. I think MSU is weaker and more tractable (drink!), but this team is too mediocre on offense to consistently win even with an elite defense.
October 6th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^
Utah / Michigan would be a decent remach for the NATL championship
/homer
October 6th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
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October 6th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^
Just Win, Baby!
Not what you expected, I know.
Aaand, they are no longer in play, FWIW.
October 6th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^