How big is the gap between UM and OSU?

Oregon was not that good. They were dominated by Boise St. and could have easily lost to Purdue, Arizona, and/or Utah. Stanford moved up and down the field at will against them with an offense that basically consists of one play ("give it to the big white guy and everybody block"). With SC down, the Pac10 was downright crap this year (the fact that they went 2-5 despite playing down in most bowl games is pretty pathetic).

OSU has been the better team/program for the last six years and eight of the last nine. This is nothing new. This one game against Oregon certainly isn't cause for panic about Michigan's future. Let's just hope our guys continue to grow/improve and that the increased talent/depth/experience coming into the program pays off with big wins in the near future (which I'm certain it will).

OSU played probably their best overall game of the year today against Oregon. One of things I hate about the bowl season is how much time their is between games. Had this game been played December 5th, Oregon probably wins, but the month slowed their big momentum and they did not look good. Too much emphasis given to bowl performances, where often one team prepares and plays a lot harder than the other.

OSU's defense looked dominant in part today because of Oregon's ineptitude on offense (how big a part, who knows).

The gap between Michigan and OSU is not getting wider that's for sure. They don't have as much room for improvement as we do. I do think we are at least until 2011 away from winning however.

Side note: Wish we had the schedule we had in 2009 in 2010. Our improvement might be hurt by having to play at ND, at PSU and at OSU next year, at least as far as record improvement.

RR needs to somehow break the Glenville curse and snake oil Latwan Anderson. (It isn't going to happen, but there will be much rejoicing when Michigan can actually enter the conversation in a serious fashion.)

unfortunately the difference is still huge. don't forget, this is a buckeye team without a dominant tailback (beanie left early) and with good but not great receivers. they stifled an offense that we can only hope to emulate. furthermore, some of their weapons were suspended for the game. we're at least two years away from competing.

Osu is way ahead of UM. I'm thinking like 3 or so years and it is mainly b/c of their D.

OSU held the ball for 41 minutes. Added to that was a fumble in the endzone and that Tyree esqe catch made by Ballard. You beat a spread tram by keeping them off the field. As far as the gap it doesn't natter how big or little it is, win next year or this whole thing might get blown up with the new AD. Watching FLA- CIN I was amazed at how the Gators overwhelmed the Bearcats. If we can get our offense running like that then who cares about The defense. Well be back there is no question about that. Michigan football has been around along time......it will get fixed!

I think we will show more improvement than OSU from this year to the next. They also will lose some key players. We outplayed them for much of the game this year, but we forced plays, which led to turnovers.

Just because Pryor played well today, doesn't mean that he won't have anymore Purdue games or that his knee will always be 100%. Why get worried about a game a year away?

Whatever the gap, Coach Rod needs to close it fast. Another losing season, or another year with losses to our main rivals, and he'll probably be gone. Starting 0-3 against OSU after going 8-16 in his first two seasons would probably cause him to lose his job, or at least put it in serious jeopardy. Let's just hope the D improves after a year under GERG and the new recruits make an impact.

Barring major violations being uncovered, none of which will happen out of this Free Press nonsense, or a total collapse next year, RR will be here for at lest four years. Marry Sue has all but guaranteed it with her comments. That being said, the gap is zero on offense, negligible on special teams, and massive on defense. We have to hold on to hope that players finally in their second year in a defensive scheme will offset the loss of two huge talents.