The Game- Final Score and Predictions

OSU - 52

UM - 9

Me - DRUNK.

I'll say osu - 45  UM - 19                                                                  

80-13 they never stop scoring. Urban tries a Hail Mary with three seconds left up 72-13 they get it he goes for two and gets it. Every recruit de commits as the game goes on. Jim harbaugh calls urban and ask to be his offensive coordinator rather then come to Michigan. Our irrelevance continues.

23 yard field goal to get on the board. Wile is carried off the field in celebration 63-3 Ohio.

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30-10

34 -13 

I predict that on Saturday we all feel bleh, but by Monday there will be some news that makes us feel much better.

31-3 the bad guys.

I think our Wolverines come out with a lot of passion and energy and keep it competitive in the first half, with a halftime score around 17-10 or 21-14 OSU. But in the second half Urban shows why he's the better coach and makes adjustments that Hoke can't keep up with. Our defense gets beat on a deep pass and a 50+ yard run right up the middle and the Buckeyes pull away as their D line punishes Gardner in the second half.

OSU 41 UM 17

Of course.

Jake Ryan encased in carbonite on his way to be displayed on the wall in Charlie Weis' house while Devin Gardner is left to replace his severed right hand.

What is dead may never die

It'll be competitive at halftime, probably 10-3 OSU.  Then we get curb-stomped in the second half.  Final score OSU 38, UM 10.

The only silver lining is that it won't be enough to get OSU into the playoff.

Thanks to the inherent magicalness of their athletic bodies the Michigan Wolverines survive with some ego damage. Participation medals are handed out for the 48-9 loss, starting Michigan's answer to the Gold Pant / Tattoo Bargaining Chip tradition of OSU.

Game: Pain. Me: Doing other things so I can watch good games the rest of the day.

If OSU turns the ball over a lot: 45-3 OSU.

If OSU doesn't turn the ball over a lot: 60-3 OSU.

Losing to Maryland was a dong punch. I'm more curious to see if the team rolls over or puts up a fight.

DOOM followed by me switching to the D1 state title game (Go Hornets!) in disgust at 1.

Michigan will score some surprising points early on, but the defense, yes, the better unit, will have the rougher day. I just don't see them being able to slow Barrett/Elliott/Marshall/Smith beyond a couple drives when they hold them to field goals. OSU will make defensive adjustments at the half to stuff Michigan's O the rest of the way. 55-20, Bad Guys. 

I predict that I will have to DVR this game and watch something else while keeping an eye on the score.   That way, if Michigan does pull off the miracle, I can watch the last few minutes live and then watch the rest of the game.

This team, staff and former AD have temporarily drained my enthusiasm.  To me, suffering through another painful loss is like beating a dead horse until all of the skin has fallen off of your hands.

And my reasoning on this?  /checks pockets and examines lint, scratches head, taps fingers/

It would be the perfect capper to the Hoke years, and give a solid number of fans a basis to say "aww, we let go of Hoke just as he was turning things around" for years. 

What?  No, I'm not taking any bets.

Won't be watching. Don't think my blood pressure can stand it. If they pull off a miracle I will watch the dvr of "the game". 59-9 bad guys.

OSU will have a lot more poins than Michigan. 

Michigan

 

but probably 45-10

I have two schools of thought and I can't decide which is correct.

1: Hoke has kept this game close in all three previous years, won the first one and would have won last year with a better final offensive play call.  He gameplans very well and Mattison plans the game of his life and it comes down to the wire but ultimately we don't have the horses to keep up.  We lose 20 - 17.

2: Meyer knows that his team must win by a gazillion and a half points to get into the playoff barring an upset special weekend.  His team is motivated to not just win but win in a blowout.  We are unable to keep up past the first quarter and lose 41 - 10.

This game will be heart-wrenchingly close. And michigan will lose just like last year.

56-5 Oiho State.

I think the game should probably be referred to as "the game" because, at this stage in the program, it isn't much of "a game"

48-3.  Agree with some others that UM is running the ball better, but the passing game is awful.  In 6 of its 11 games UM hasn't scored more then one TD and with the exception of Minny, the teams they have scored more then one TD against are awful - App St, Miaim, IU and Rutgers.  I don't think UM crosses the goaline in this game. 

so I was thinking something like 42-7 buckeyes as the score.  Went and looked at the score for the 2008 game and it was 42-7.  So, I guess I'll stick with that.

OSU - 41

Michigan - 17

 

 

 

 

56-16 OSU

 

 

My gut tells me that we can keep it close, because Indiana did last week, and they're basically as bad as we are. I want to believe that Hoke will empty out the playbook and, knowing this is the end for him, he will throw everything he possibly can at OSU in hopes of pulling out a miracle.

But its been gut-check time for him for weeks, and he's failed to respond. The defense might keep it close for the first half, but we'll be done in by horribly predictable play-calling, and a few all-too-familiar turnovers. It might be 21-10 at halftime, but the game will likely be busted wide open in the second half, something to the tune of 56-17. The defense just won't be able to hold anymore. Meyer knows he needs to pull out all the stops to get into the playoff. This guy isn't like Tressel, who would call the dogs off when the game is in check. He won't be afraid to debase and absolutely humilate us on national television. Meyer will channel his inner Woody, and will be the asshole that will go for two at the end of the game just because he can.

I will be at the game on Saturday. I was offered a ticket and I'll be damned if I don't support this team to the bitter end. But I'm already settling in for what will be a very long day.