Is this Michigan football team similar to the 2002 NC OSU team with Clarett?

I suspect our defense this year is being propped up by a series if very meh offenses. I don't think anyone on the schedule is really going to reveal that until OSU though

If only this team were playing in 2002. Alas, it’s 2021… and we have to play 2021 OSU in a few weeks

I'll let you know when the season is over

No.

Everything that happens is not just a repeat of something else that already happened.

No

We'll hope so.  Minus the Grey Goose at practice, the felonies, and the NCAA violations, of course.

Offensively maybe, but their back 7 was much better with Hawk, Fox, Gamble, Doss, etc.

Nope, even if it was it doesn't matter. 2002 college football isn't anything like 2021 college football. 

If only OSU 2021 was Michigan 2001.

A little more alike than I originally thought. After doing a little research they had 9 players on the defense, both kickers, 4 wide receivers and their TE end up making it to the league. However, most of them were not high impact players. 

We may have 10 defenders, 2 kickers, 4 receivers, a TE, a backup QB and some Offensive Lineman get at least a cup of coffee in the NFL. Their WR's were better and our OL is better. Defensively I give the edge to OSU, but this was not your modern day OSU juggernaut. 

The biggest difference I see is that they had to gameplan and beat one elite team, Miami(YTM). We will need to beat OSU, the Big Ten West Champion, a Georgia and an Alabama to obtain the same goal and win the National Title. 

That OSU defense was elite. Michigan's defense is good, but certainly not elite. McNamara is most likely a better passer than Krenzel, but Krenzel got so many key 1st downs with his legs, something McNamara is incapable of doing.

No

The only way these two teams are similar is that they both like to run the ball and ask their QBs to do very little in the passing game. That’s it unless you want to add that both teams have/had good FG kickers.

Clarett and Ross didn’t really split time like Haskins and Corum do. At the start of the season, Ross started because Clarett was a freshman and had to work his way into the lineup. Then it became obvious that Clarett was much better than Ross. Then Clarett got hurt and started to break down so Ross got more carries.

The QBs are/were also used differently. Krenzel ran a lot. He was the leading rusher in the championship game. For either team. He had 19 carries. Cade runs more or less never.

Michigans defense is fine. Much better than last year or was expected. But OSUs defense was an all time great defense with NFL players at virtually every position. Michigans defense is not that yet.

In conclusion, 2002 OSU was a great team that beat a Miami team that was being called the greatest team ever, were the defending national champs, and had won 33 games in a row.

Michigan 2021 has been fun but so far their best win is… 3-5 Nebraska, 4-3 Wisconsin, 3-4 Washington?

Let’s just try to stay grounded just a tiny little bit here.