Jim Harbaugh Will Bring Michigan the Big Ten Title
So I don't know what Sports Cheat Sheet is, but they have an article up listing the 5 reasons why we're going to win the B1G Title this year. As they're saying things I want to hear, they are obviously a credible website staffed with smart people.
Spoiler alert: Three of the five reasons listed are HARBAUGH.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:07 AM ^
August 13th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
I can only hope he is around for twenty years. How awesome would that be? At least that means he is winning a lot.
August 13th, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^
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August 13th, 2015 at 11:07 AM ^
Harbaugh'd!
August 13th, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^
evaluator of college football available, yet you don't know what it is?
August 13th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
In other news, mercury's bad for you.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:09 AM ^
next question....
August 13th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
CHOO CHOO MOTHERFUCKERS
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August 13th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
Why is this not tattooed on my buttocks?
August 13th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
too hairy.
August 13th, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
I love Ink Master, can't get enough of it. Sometimes they'll show a person getting shaved to prepare the area for a tattoo. My question is, does the hair grow back or does the inking prevent that? Why would anyone want to get a tattoo in an area covered by hair? I can understand on the scalp (actually, no, I can't understand that) because if you didn't like the tattoo you just let your hair grow back, if it can do that. So someone in the know please answer me this, does hair grow back in tattooed skin?
August 13th, 2015 at 6:46 PM ^
It grows back.
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August 13th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
leg injury, likely serious.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
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August 13th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
August 13th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
have a loss each before B1G conference starts
August 13th, 2015 at 11:16 AM ^
August 13th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
we beat both of them.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^
August 13th, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
Not crazy at all - Hoke won one game against each rival. In his other 3 games against the two we were very competitive with OSU (aggregate score vs. OSU under Hoke was tied at halftime of 2014 game) and we got our shit kicked in by Sparty. It was very odd considering OSU and MSU split against each other during this span. Just goes to show how much motivation plays a factor in college football and how little the transitive property does.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
Regardless of results, I hope all M fans this year will remain on board. No BS like last year.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:24 AM ^
August 13th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
I was talking about booing the team. I was thinking back to Peppers' comments and I hope to never see that again.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:17 AM ^
We can always hope. But saying we have the "bodies to win in the trenches" with the only evidence being the defensive line's performance in the Spring game, against offensive lines that have struggled the past few seasons, is beyond wishful thinking. I think we have a lot of potential on the DL, even with Mone out, but we also have a lot to prove.
And I think most would agree that splitting the MSU and OSU games would be a great achievement for his first year.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^
August 13th, 2015 at 11:26 AM ^
a good shot to win both, especially OSU. We almost beat them every year that Hoke was coaching so I have to think that Harbaugh will put us over the hump this year.
MSU is another story. I actually think that will be the tougher game for us, mainly because it's early in the season and they hate us with the fire of 1,000 suns. However, we're playing them in A2 for the first time since the 1890's, and I think they're going to have at least one loss coming into that game (Oregon probably).
August 13th, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^
I agree. I think MSU will come into town looking for blood. But they just aren't as good a team this year. I think there is the strong possibility OSU isn't completely prepared for the way we will play especially if they are undefeated coming in.
August 13th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
MSU has been regularly punching Hoke's teams in the mouth, but other teams drew blood against them last year*. Harbaugh's '07 Stanford team upset heavily favored USC. If Michigan State thinks Michigan's going to roll over this year they're in for a shock. We don't have a playmaking slot receiver but Harbaugh has his own ways of exploiting aggressive safeties. I can't predict an outcome but MSU's days of pushing Michigan around are over.
Hoke played better against OSU, but that's because OSU's defenses are less disciplined. It doesn't matter. Over their last five games, no team has held them to less than 42 points. That was with a conference championship and a playoff. That's absurd. I honestly have no idea how to slow down that offense (then again I'm not Durkin), and I don't see Harbaugh's offense keeping pace in their first season.
I think both games will be competitive. Harbaugh isn't going to say anything publicly to give our rivals free motivation, and you can bet he'll have the team champing at the bit to attack them on gameday. But in terms of which team's tougher, MSU's been recently exposed* whereas OSU's the defending national champs.
*Not that it's easy by any means, but Oregon, OSU and Baylor all shredded their vaunted D last season, something no one did two years prior. So yeah, if you have a top-5 offense. . .
August 13th, 2015 at 11:26 AM ^
We will run the ball quite well this year, if we can avoid injuries to the starting OL. If a RB emerges with the ability to make his own yards, we'll be very good. Miller was a weak spot all year, and the line began to gel at the end of the year. WR blocking must and should improve. Pass-blocking is still going to be an issue, I don't see that improving much with this group unless Drevno, and a RB emerging there as well.
DL will be a strength against the run, but I don't see much pass rush unless Marshall. There's a lot more than wishful thinking and spring game - both the OL and DL have a lot of starts, and in terms of the run game, some good performance.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:37 AM ^
I agree with you, I just don't think whoever wrote that article put much thought into that point.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
Three more weeks, three more weeks!!!
August 13th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
Three more weeks, three more weeks!!!
August 13th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
More like Dual Wolverine
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August 13th, 2015 at 11:26 AM ^
What's the matter, Nick Baumgardner didn't have an article for you to post instead?
/s.
August 13th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
I'm keeping my expectations in check. What I DO believe, is than unlike all the Michigan teams of late, this team will get much better as the season progresses. You're going to see the team actually improve game by game, and the coaches making corrections that for the most part work well. Also, I think you're also going to see us play better in the 2nd half of most games than we did in the first half - like the Bo days. No more of this crap where the team comes out after halftime and you see no corrected game plan or improved effort.
August 13th, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
Wins would be nice. .
But I want to see a team that finishes each game better than it starts, and finishes the season playing better than they do at the start.
No before half-time fuck-ups, no 10 men on special teams, no peewee level clock management would all be nice too.
If we're overmatched a few times or get a couple unlucky bounces I can live with (swallows) 6-6. I think 7-5 is more of a floor and 8-4 or maybe a bit better the likely scenario.
I think the floor for 2016 starts at 10 wins .
August 13th, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
...never accept a Michigan team at 6-6. I just can't. That to me is equivalent to epic fail.
Of course, I'm old school and remember the good old days perhaps a bit too well.
6-6 would be like:
August 13th, 2015 at 1:19 PM ^
Given what you said I could live with 8-4 and, to a lesser degree, 7-5, but not 6-6.
Finishing 6-6 would mean that we would finish the season not significantly better than the 2014 season, and while I agree that in-game and in-season improvement is key, year to year improvement is also a must. 6-6 would likely mean we lose every single game to teams better than us (fine), but also either every single game to teams evenly matched with us or a few games to teams worse than us. Aka we wouldn't have improved at all from the past two years of Hoke.
In general, my regular season feelings go as follows (these aren't strict and obviously depend on things like competitiveness in losses, ongoing improvement and performance vs rivals):
10+ wins-ecstatic (unless, of course, we're 10-2 with blowout losses to our rivals)
9 wins-happy
8 wins-satisfied (contingent upon improved outlook for 2016)
7 wins-disappointed
6 or less wins-angry/upset/"how could this happen?!"