Michigan will be _ - _ in FB next year

Next year is when we need to be in the Rose Bowl. 11-1. 

Ann Arbor and home game crowds in Evanston and East Hartford.  Sign me up for 14 - 0 with JeepinBen.

will be young - uneven in football next year.

Can't put a win loss on it.  They will be young, talented, but very inexperienced at key places on offense.  They need a running back, lord willing Fitz can make it back.

They will win quite a few, lose a couple or three, and probably play in the Capital One Bowl.  A couple of years until big things still.

Its going to be fun beating a Top 5 ranked ND team UTL. 

OL is the big question on offense, especially pass protection.  Gardner and Gallon can make plays.  Williams/Funchess should be better. etc.

I expect an elite defense, as long as Wilson can step into the defensive backfield, we should be extremely good.

The schedule looking relatively favorable, which should help the OL transition leading up to a very tough November.

Not sure 9-3 will be enough to see OSU in the Big 10 championship, because Nebraska dodges OSU and Wisconsin both.

Most Important Game of the Year:  home vs. Nebraska.

10-1 and Play in the BigTen Championship game. 

Wow, not one but TWO Wife Day's! 

I think the WR problem is overstated...if Gardner hit open Wrs even half the time in the bowl game, I think we could have won by at least a TD. I think Dileo is good and I expect either Darboh, Lewis, or Chesson will step in to the starting lineup. I also think Funchess will help hide concerns in the passing game.  However, the OL is concerning, but I think it will be good enough to go 9-3 with a 95% CI of 2.2 

Not going to predict how we do in the bowl game because it's silly to do that. 8-4 for the regular season again. 

On paper, we more than likely lose to ND.  Admittedly, I haven't looked into what they return on defense, but if they have a Dline anything like this year's, our 4 new starters on OLine in the second game will likely have issues.

I like that we get Neb and OSU at home, should be W's.

I don't like traveling to East Lansing, but do like that we get an extra week to prepare.

@PSU is typically scary, but we'll see if O'Brien bolts to the NFL.  I'd expect some players and recruits to also bolt.  

@NW is a concern.  They're getting better, and we're due for our once-a-decade Evanston loss.

I'd say L's to ND, MSU and/or NW.

Man, why couldn't we have played that schedule this year?  So much easier.

10-2

9-3 and we will beat Sparty in EL. It will once again come down to the Nebraska game for the legends division. 

There's not a single game on the schedule that we can't win, so 12-0 (hell, 14-0 with a NC) is totally possible. But there are too many issues for me to actually predict that. Will the OL be ok with 4 new starters? Will we have a Big Ten level RB? Can any WRs not named Gallon step up and produce? Can Countess return from his injury without any problems? How will the secondary be without Kovacs?

I'm going to say 10-2, with the most likely losses to ND and OSU (the two teams that will be able to truly exploit our OL).

How easy does this schedule look in comparison to the past year's schedule?  Big part of it is not starting with Alabama, but it's so much different having ND and OSU at home.  Not as good to play Sparty on the road, obviously, but I'm still going to say win there. 

No W/L projection from me, but I'm very confident that the team will be in a BCS bowl at a minimum. 

I'm far from a Notre Dame fan, but it's silly to discount their undefeated schedule. Sure, USC was down, but they still won at Oklahoma, and beat Stanford, in addition to beating Michigan. They were lucky to survive the Stanford and Pitt games, but their schedule wasn't soft. Ohio State's was soft, ND's wasn't.

As for Michigan next year, Denard's injury may provide a hidden benefit of getting Devin experience in big games and hostile environments. You could see in the past two games what his main weaknesses are ... occasional inaccuracy and a tendency to hold onto the ball too long. Now the coaches know what they have to work on with him. I'll say we go 10-2, losing to ND and, in an upset, to Northwestern, but still going to the championship game. 

I think we will be solid on defense and pretty good offensively, but obviously injuries and the development of the offensive line will be vital to our success. Right now, I see us about where we were in 2012.

Granted, I will probably change the prediction based on how the spring game looks and whatnot.

If you asked me right now, I'd say we're optimistically a 11-1 or 12-0 team, depending on what happens against Ohio State. A LOT of that will depend on how the offensive line looks. If it is as bad as it was this year, I can see us struggling against Notre Dame's D. Defensively, we'll lose Campbell, Roh, Demens, Floyd and Kovacs, but I think we have plenty of guys who can step up in their places. Defensively, we'll be as good, if not better. The offense will be the big question.

I feel fairly confident that we see Michigan and Ohio State play twice next year. I know a lot of people will be pissed about this, but I love the intensity of The Game, and it'll make for two awesome battles.

I think NW should be pretty good next year.  Maybe better than Nebraska.

I think 3 Ls.  ND, NW, OSU.