aiglick

November 21st, 2013 at 12:33 AM ^

Have to win this Iowa game and try to take the bowl game.

Obviously if we could make The Game competitive in a couple of weeks that would be great. Keep in mind we did come somewhat close last year though the teams are somewhat different. Anyway, if we could take two of the next three that would take us to nine wins which I think would be enough to keep our recruits comitted. Plus as either people have said our defense has shown improvement and should be pretty good for the foreseeable future.

YaterSalad

November 21st, 2013 at 6:37 AM ^

Why do you think 9 wins is such an important number for recruits? I tend to think that as long as a coach isn't on the hot seat record isn't THAT important ... Kids commit to schools, programs, coaches, history, campus, teachers, etc. 9 wins might be what we, as fans, consider an acceptable rebound but I am not sure kids even think in those terms - remember all the chatter on twitter about uniformz?!

fukkyt

November 21st, 2013 at 6:58 AM ^

In any other year, I would agree with you.  But not this year.  Not when our 7 wins included a near loss to winless Akron and UConn.  We barely scraped by NW who is winless in conference.  We lost to PSU who is on probation and simply not very good. A loss to Iowa, OSU and Bowl means we finish the year 7-6.  That would put Hoke squarely on the hot seat in 2014.  We have already lost Hand due to onfield performance.  Lose to Iowa, who knows what will happen.

eamus_caeruli (not verified)

November 21st, 2013 at 8:02 AM ^

You actually think Hand chose Bama, because of engineering? Bama, because of engineering...?

Is the earth still flat? Global warming is liberal media propoganda? Snakes speak to humans? Harry Potter didn't actually live?

ericcarbs

November 21st, 2013 at 9:38 AM ^

Hand chose it based on academics as he would never get into Michigan Engineering program and the coaches knew it, hence why they pushed him into sports management.
Bama has an easier engineering program so they said he could balance that with football. He chose bama based on easier academics and being pushed to the degree he wanted. So his decision was based on academics.

reshp1

November 21st, 2013 at 10:47 AM ^

He didn't choose Bama for engineering, he chose between the Michigan and Bama football programs based on engineering being available at one and not at the other. I.e. he narrowed it down to two schools based on football, had a hard decision between two schools that came down to one having the major he wanted.

sharks

November 21st, 2013 at 9:18 AM ^

Cleveland powerhouses will always get attention from Ohio State whether there's a snowball's chance of flipping them or not. All about maintaining relationships.