SB nation projects Michigan to CFB Playoff
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Michigan might be the safest Playoff pick in the country; I don't think the Wolverines are the best team, but look at that schedule. 7-0 heading into East Lansing should be expected. 8-4 would be a disaster. The Wolverines should have a monstrous defense, and the only real Q is at quarterback, where there are decent options on paper.
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Until they prove that they can step forward and beat their main rivals, it's all talk.
x 1,000,000
We need to walk the walk before we start pounding our chests.
"We are the fonz of college football, everyone wants to be us."
Those are the comments I can't stomach.
And I get how easy the non-conference schedule is. It all boils down to three major games. And sadly, those three games are on the road. Coming through completely unscathed is going to be a ridiculously difficult challenge.
Someone's tongue-in-cheek meter needs adjusting!
Really? You "can't stomach" some light humor? Must really, really suck to be you.
Sounds like arrogance to me. Sorry I can't read people's emotions through a keyboard.
Nah, life's good dude. Thanks for checking though :)
Some of us are trying not to anger the football gods.
Most of the talk is from guys that are paid to get clicks and superfan/homers. Reasonable fans and certainly the team itself know that its a tall task to sweep PSU, Iowa, Wisconsin, OSU and State.
Defense wins championships.
We got one of those.
I am hoping we break last year's shutout mark. I honestly don't care if they are consecutive or not, but I realistically think we can post 4 or more with this group if they stay healthy.
As long as we win each game by 1 point, I don't care how we do it. If we need to get in a shootout and win 42-41, I'm cool with it.
I don't want us to get into a deep philosophical rut and become Debord 2.0 and punt on 3rd and 6 at the oponent's 35 and hope to play defense.
We are going to need to score points to beat the likes of Ohio State, no matter how good our defense is.
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Winter is Coming......and we have the Dragons!!!!
Get with the program, son.
I predict a lot of pain for opposing offenses this year.
OSU will not be ranked number one for that game.
It would be great for the Big Ten if they were, but I agree that they won't. #1 usually seems to be reserved for whoever is leading the SEC.
At any rate, OSU certainly won't overlook Sparty this year. For years, it seemed like Michigan always had the tougher game the week before, giving OSU an advantage in the "not being as beaten up" department. Finally, Michigan gets a "breather" in Indiana, while OSU is playing Sparty the week before;.
After the 2000 game, Michigan led the all time series 55-35-6. Now the lead is only 58-47-6. It's time to turn the series back around, or at the very least, "stop the bleeding."
You must have missed last years IU/Michigan game.
Based on what?
"whenever someone tries to say something nice about you, turn around and punch them in the nose. They're only trying yo set you up."
The media would love nothing better than to see Michigan falter. It would feed the ravenous haters for years. They don't want us to succeed. They'd much rather write how, after all the hype, mighty Michigan with its satellite camps, crazy coach, and many returning starters failed to capitalize once again.
I know you're toeing my razor sharp edged lawn and I'm standing on the porch in my slippers, concert t-shirt, and zubaz, but God dangit, let's just go out and win. To hell with these writers and their fancy predictions.
I'm having a crazy strong feeling of deja vu right now.
maybe we could put it in all summer puff pieces for upvotes
Upvote for the excellent image of concert t-shirt and zubaz. Out here in Chicago NW burbs, it's a Los Pollos Hermanos t-shirt and telling kids to just watch the goddamn flowers.
Thanks for the Mo story. Love that guy.
I like Stanford, LSU, Michigan, Houston, Florida State, Clemson, and Georgia as a possible wildcard.
lost the entire first round of the draft to the NFL. I will never say that OSU does not have a chance at making the playoff, they recruit too well and are too well coached for that kind of statement. I just don't think this will be a year they seriously contend.
I will assume the next guy up is better than the 1st rounder who's spot he is taking. They are loaded, and will be/have been.
Their national championship year, they replaced a bunch of O Linemen and of course 2 QBs. And they still won the whole thing.
We play them the last game of the regular season. Nobody is a freshman anymore by then. They'll be ready and they'll be talented.
We will have march into their house, punch them in the mouth, and beat them at their full strength.
We can't just show up and expect to win because they underperform versus their recent history. They won't.
I hate everything you just wrote, and I hate you for writing it.
But, alas, it's all true. And you deserve the upvote for it.
Gawd, I HATE having to do that for this kind of crap...
Feel free to neg the fuck out of me. I hate it too.
With us predicting us to beat OSU and take the spot in the conference championship, yup, makes it hard for them.
A 1 loss OSU getting in just behind a 0 loss UM though.....
Imagine the possibilities and whining from others.
Georgia going to the CFB in Kirby Smart's first year ever as a head coach would be shocking to say the least. I do acknowledge that Georgia has the talent accrued from the Richt days, but is a complete n00b HC like Smart - albeit one who was groomed by Nick Saban - really THAT much of an upgrade from Richt, who took them to multiple SEC championships?
but you have forgotten a key element of things that you identify somewhat in your post below. The first year coach bump. From Ty Willingham, to Charlie Weiss, to Brady Hoke and numerous others, inevitably there is a team that randomly breaks through with a first year coach. I see Georgia as possibly being that team this year.
See Gus Malzahn's Auburn in 2013.
(Technically not a first time ever as a head coach, but it was his second year ever, so pretty close.)
I don't know, I think that's an interesting pick. Obviously, most people will favor whomever wins the LSU-Alabama game to be the SEC Champion, but it's not much of a stretch at all to predict Georgia will make the SEC title game with at most one loss. And then, they've got a shot to win.
Georgia has been loaded with talent. They've suffered some miserable injury luck, and while I think Richt was a good coach, there was some serious staff stagnation going on. It's not hard at all for me to see Georgia having that kind of season. They just need to win the SEC championship game.
And get past Florida and Tennessee.
has coming back, Georgia's opener against the Tar Heels could be an interesting game.
I realize a nuanced view doesn't always sit well with the board. You start with a few negs and then it gets blown out of proportion.
On one hand, I want us to be good. I trust in Harbaugh and he has proven over 2015 that he is a competent coach who will improve the team over the course of a season.
On the other hand, this is exactly where I was in the offseason before 2012. I wanted to believe that Hoke was the second coming of Bo/Lloyd and that we were going to eat MSU/OSU's lunch for the rest of eternity. Obviously we all know how that went.
Harbaugh is not Hoke. Duh. They're worlds apart in terms of competency and resume. But what's the same is the ridiculous amount of hype going into the season. It goes with the terroritory of being a Michigan fan, but for once in the last 7+ years I really want that hype to be justified.
It just seemed like any time we got the slightest bit of hype or expectations the whole thing came crashing down. So I look at projections of Michigan being in the playoff and - while I want them to be true, I want to be excited - I also kind of want to leave a comment that says "Hope MSU and OSU don't blast us on the field for this."
I love Harbaugh and am glad he's the coach. I'll join anyone in the cultish chants of HARBAUGH that we all purvey on here, sure. But I'm also going to be at least somewhat skeptical of pure 'safest Playoff pick in the country' awesomeness going forward.
Let's just start with beating the fucking rivals before get all crazy about playoff runs.
Go Blue. Neg away.