the michigan ascension assumption

Submitted by cazzie on
 
You notice how throughout all this talk and deliberation re: the fairness and parity of the new divisions and scheduling, it is an unspoken assumption, obvious to all, friend and foe, tacitly agreed by all, that Michigan, while totally down now at the very bottom of the conference for the last 2 years, is actually still  being counted on to be a top tier B10 team, in perpetuity? That, of course we will return to our rightful (hard earned) place at the top of the league annually, and back soon to a traditionally national college football power. And I'm fine with that, very fine.

As we all know, it's true. No one knows when exactly,  1year...3? or under whose leadership (RR hopefully, otherwise make that 3-5 years). People will dispute and debate the when and under whom, but no one is suggesting that it won't happen, that we won't be back. Back again as a dangerous power to be feared, coast to coast.  We will again have a record string of uninterrupted bowl games. records of PPG, YAPG, total offence, top 5 recruiting classes, top 5 team in the polls, bcs bowl games habitually,top yards gains on the ground, in the air, etc.

And remember we are returning to the days of Bo and Mo and early Carr, (of Yost, Kipke, Oosterbaan, and Crisler), of  championships, of beating osu, of obliterating our OOC opponents, and dominating our Big Ten brothers.  Not just back to the days of recent Carr,  of routine osu losses, bowl losses, 9-3, 8-4 seasons, of Appalachian St. of no safety stars or yearly lb excellence; years of poor summer "voluntary " workouts. I don't want to return to those later Carr years. They were good, and fun, (and many now only dream of one of those "disappointing" seasons for us this year).  But none of us could put up with the osu bullshit, and the less than stellar ( but more than mediocre) Michigan performance.

Now we begin the beginning. We had to fall so low, so that now we may soar so high.

We are about to make history and we are all here to witness it, and be a part of it. Here we go!
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Lutha

September 1st, 2010 at 11:56 PM ^

A lot of my friends ask me why I'm so confident we'll be back soon and my response is: "if your team won as consistently for 130 years, you'd be pretty confident too"

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enlightenedbum

September 2nd, 2010 at 12:11 AM ^

I wouldn't go that far, they'll still be really young in 2011 though I think they'll contend especially with the favorable schedule we drew.  Looks like one tough road game.  I have HIGH hopes for 2012 though, despite the comparatively nastier schedule with ND, Nebraska, and OSU all on the road.

Assuming of course we win 7+ games and Rodriguez is allowed to stay.

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jmblue

September 2nd, 2010 at 12:32 AM ^

I will go that far.  That's my prediction.  We'll be more experienced than you think.  All those freshmen and sophomores who played last year will be veterans in '11.  The offense is projected to return everyone at the skill positions, all tight ends and Lewan, Molk and Omameh up front.  The defense will have some rebuilding in the LB corps but otherwise should return almost everyone and adds Woolfolk at corner.  The kickers and punters return.  Some are pointing to 2012 but I think 2011 is really the year.  The schedule gets tougher in '12.

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Tater

September 2nd, 2010 at 12:18 AM ^

Michigan's "ascension" is merely regression toward the mean, whereas those using only the last two years as a sample and predicting Michigan to keep losing are regressing toward a fallacious mean.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

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Michigan4Life

September 2nd, 2010 at 12:21 AM ^

this year as RR's 2nd year of the program since year 1(Threet/Sherdian/Feagin) does not exist since RR was hired pretty late in the process and didn't have much time to assemble his recruiting class.  I'm expecting a progression from 5-7 to 8-4 or 9-3 which is in line with the improvement from other RR's coached team in the past like WVU and Glenville State.

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Brodie

September 2nd, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^

But, like, it actually happened. It's part of his record. He is, on some level, responsible for it. I hope Dave Brandon doesn't decided that certain seasons don't really count when he considers what the school needs. That kind of attitude is what leads to Amaker keeping his job forever, using sanctions as an excuse for mediocre coaching. And I'm a pro-Rodriguez guy.

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Michigan4Life

September 4th, 2010 at 1:50 AM ^

responsible for the mess on the roster that LC left him?  There were tons of attritions and most of it weren't RR's fault.  Some of the highly hyped recruits like Kevin Grady didn't pan out.  Was it RR's fault that LC did a poor job of recruiting for '05 and '06 class?  No, RR was played with the cards that he dealt and RR got the brunt of the end result of shoddy recruiting job by LC in his last few years.

 

To compare TA and RR is laughable at best.  TA brought in talents and never really push Michigan over the hump.  I would wait and let RR have his full recruiting classes on the roster before we can judge RR

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Brodie

September 2nd, 2010 at 2:16 PM ^

I hate to be that guy, but this isn't a Michigan thing. It's simple logic based on what we've seen happen in the past at places like Ohio State (4-6-1 in 1988), Oklahoma (12-22 from 1996-1998) and USC (9-13-1 from 1991-1992). Michigan's ascension only makes sense, the name is too strong, etc.

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