If we win, how many first place votes will we get?
So everyone has critiqued both Alabama and (obviously) Michigan's game, athletes, matchups, staff, etc. Is it a daunting task ahead of Team 133 on Saturday, ofcourse. But this is why the game is played. Fumbles happen. Interceptions happen. Denard making someone look stupid, happens. So let's say hypothetically we get the "W". Where does that put us? early season rankings mean very little but it would definately give us a boost on the rankings. That said, I think if that happens we get 12 first place votes and sit 3rd or 4th in the AP. What would your take be. Edited: First post... didn't think there was much context to it, came across as just a thought.. so added a little to it.
August 29th, 2012 at 9:52 PM ^
How many votes are there?
August 29th, 2012 at 9:58 PM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 10:14 PM ^
65 and 59 respectively.
August 29th, 2012 at 9:52 PM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 10:05 PM ^
...but seriously dont jinx.
August 30th, 2012 at 7:49 AM ^
Go ahead and jinx Ha-ha.
/Clinton-Dix
August 29th, 2012 at 9:55 PM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 10:00 PM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 9:58 PM ^
somewhere between 0 and all of them
August 29th, 2012 at 10:02 PM ^
August 30th, 2012 at 7:50 AM ^
Or, in this case, putting the cart before the beating.
August 29th, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 10:01 PM ^
Nobody else would have a win that impressive.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:40 PM ^
except Lane Kiffin's
[edit: lol at the closet USC fan around here]
August 29th, 2012 at 11:01 PM ^
Airdropping emergency karma supplies...now.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:04 PM ^
If Michigan wins and I was that one AP voter who gave us a #1 vote, I would make sure to rub it in just a little bit.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:05 PM ^
He wouldn't care, it's all about the big ten title.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:12 PM ^
8.765 if my calculations are correct, sir.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:26 PM ^
Repeating of course...
August 30th, 2012 at 12:34 AM ^
LeeeeROYYYYYY JENKINS!
August 29th, 2012 at 10:13 PM ^
All of 'em.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:16 PM ^
All but one. Phil Fulmer would put us fourth.
August 29th, 2012 at 11:20 PM ^
The real question is: How many of Tom Osbourne's people are out there with votes? We get all the votes except for those. Nebraska gets them.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:15 PM ^
I think this might lead them into temptation.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:15 PM ^
41 and 48, respectively.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:21 PM ^
Somewhere just shy of twenty I'd say, giving us second place overall.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:26 PM ^
59 head coaches vote in the Coaches' Poll.
60 sportswriters vote in the AP Poll.
That means 119 people have a vote. If we were to beat Alabama, I would go with 118, the sole dissenter being Eric Hansen of the South Bend Tribune, who is still waiting for Don Criqui to see a signal.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:29 PM ^
Probably 30-25 for USC, 20-25 for Michigan, some for OU and some for FSU.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:31 PM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 10:33 PM ^
The more I think about this game, the more I think we have a realistic chance to win. Is this constant thinking just making me delusional?
August 29th, 2012 at 10:40 PM ^
Its people like the guy who started this stupid thread that are putting that idea in your head. Why don't we start this thread after the game and if we win we can discuss it.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:44 PM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 10:57 PM ^
We're supposed to be focusing our time on worrying about the D Line, not how many 1st place votes we'll get IF we win. geesh get with it
August 29th, 2012 at 11:04 PM ^
August 29th, 2012 at 11:19 PM ^
August 30th, 2012 at 1:38 AM ^
That's more than our offense could ever expect to score against the unbeatable defense Alabama will field Saturday. I say we should start posting, since there's no way we could put up those numbers on the field.
August 30th, 2012 at 10:45 AM ^
I know you're just being sarcastic, but I'm really sick of hearing how unbeatable and unstoppable certain teams seem to be. It's college football, and all of the players are 18-23 years old. Recruiting can only get you so far, and the number of star recruits on your team does not guarantee wins. Coaching, technique, strategy, and all of the intangibles can put a David ahead of a Goliath on any given Saturday. Obviously this relates to games such as UM-Bama. Let's hope we prepared well enough and execute.
August 29th, 2012 at 11:34 PM ^
DLine comment - joke
This thread being dumb - no joke
SIR
August 29th, 2012 at 10:53 PM ^
Dear guy who moderated this as flamebait:
I don't think you know what flamebait means.
[NOTE: My post here might actually be flamebait. Feel free to moderate accordingly.]
August 29th, 2012 at 11:24 PM ^
You are not delusional. You may not have thought it through, but it turns out this is going to be a fantastic Michigan team and there is a good chance that Alabama is significantly worse than they were a year ago (and I'm not convinced they were an unstoppable juggernaut last year).
Al Borges has said it takes about 18 months to grasp and execute his offense. He's been here more than 18 months now. Executing that offense is the most productive offensive player in U-M history, playing in his senior year. We bring back 4 starters on the o-line, including an all-B1G LT. The newcomer is a 5th year senior who was a 4-star recruit. We return a 1,000 yard RB, a utility guy with over 1,100 yards rushing and 15 total TDs in his career, plus a stable of talented young backs. At WR we have a guy who was the 2nd most productive receiver in B1G games in 2010 and holds the single game Michigan record for receiving yards. We also have a guy who crushed ND's soul and finished 2nd on the team in receiving yards a year ago, now in his 4th year on campus. We added two talented freshmen, have a few other potential contributors on the roster (Dileo, Robinson) and may get a huge boost from super-athlete Devin Gardner.
On defense we lose two starters and one other participant from the group that held David Wilson (he went pretty high in the draft) to 3.4 YPC in the Sugar Bowl and gave up only 20 points to Va Tech (the lowest total for a Michigan D in a bowl game since the 1997 season). Those guys will be replaced in the starting line up by 300+ pound, 4+ star recruits, both in their 4th season on campus. They will be backed up by a 4-star, 300+ pound RS sophomore and a 5-star 300+ pound freshman. Of the returning contributors, one was a RS freshman who made 4 TFL in that game. One was a true freshman DE who picked off a pass and made a number of key tackles. One was a true freshman WLB who made 10+ tackles. One was a true freshman who started at corner. Guys like Courtney Avery and Thomas Gordon (both of whom played QB in high school and likely did not practice much at DB) played as sophomores. All of them are going to get significantly better this season. The back-ups include guys like Cam Gordon (freshman all-American in 2010), Brandin Hawthorne (key pick against Northwestern, key PBU and two big 3rd down stops against ND, started 5 games last year), Marvin Robinson, Josh Furman, and Raymon Taylor. To that group we add a bunch of talented freshman like Bolden, Ross, Wilson, etc. Oh, and, you know, Brennen Beyer will get much improved as well (sorry I forgot to include him).
Alabama loses 5 of the top 35 players taken in the NFL draft, and 8 total draft picks, not to mention a number of free agents. I doubt the situations are similar/identical, but the last time we had a group like that leave, the Horror and Oregon happened shortly thereafter.