What is "Good Enough" for you this season???

7-5. And beating MSU.

This thread has potential win overload.

Anything from 0-13 wins would be acceptable. I'd be willing to accept more if the NCAA would allow it.

a Barry Sanders.

I know that our depth on D is thin and we're starting a freshman QB, but anything less than 7 wins would be a disappointment in my eyes.

On the other hand, 6 wins, with 2 (or 3!) of those against rivals, would be just fine with me.
[I can dream, can't I?]

I think "good enough" for me is whatever these kids are capable of.

And I think they are capable of surprising the hell out of a lot of people.

7-5 with wins over ND and MSU,
Eastern, Western, Indiana, Purdue

Edit: Delaware State too

My standards have not slipped because of the coaching change, lack of depth, etc. I will be disappointed if we do not finish 1st or 2nd in the big ten.

I am a little more pessimistic than most. We should be able to get 6, but I can see us winning as few as 5.

For me, it's not giving away games this year. If they get beat, they get beat. I just don't want to see them give away games on a silver platter, like the ND game last season.

Yes, lofty, but I think it can happen. This offense will be explosive or at least more explosive than we are expecting. I firmly believe this. I will not pull a diclemag "told you so", but I stand behind my prediction. GO BLUE!

8-5 after a bowl win would be good enough. However, I have to say that I'm pleasantly surprised with how well Denard has done so far. I wouldn't be surprised if this team is rolling by October, just in time for the meat of the schedule. I'm optimistic a 9-4 or 10-3 season is possible.

Edit: For those of you who negged me... I said 8-5 would be good enough, with a best case of 10-3. If my optimism is correct, and we're rolling with Shoelace and Tate by October, please tell me which of these games you see us losing:

Sept. 5 - WMU
Sept. 12 - ND
Sept. 19 - EMU
Sept. 26 - Indiana
Oct. 3 - @ MSU
Oct. 10 @ Iowa
Oct. 17 - Del. St.
Oct. 24 - PSU
Oct. 31 - @ Illinois
Nov. 7 - Purdue
Nov. 14 - @ Wisconsin
Nov. 21 - OSU

It depends. All I want is an exciting saturday every week. Now, that may not need to include football, so a poor performance here or there by the football team is acceptable. All I want is for the team to work it's ass off and keep me watching the game. Whatever win total I get from that is fine with me.

Whatever they do will have to be good enough. It's not like I can wave a magic wand and change anything.

I fully expect them to win at least eight, though, with an upside of ten.

I would say at least 7-5 and we must have a win against MSU, ND or OSU - at LEAST. We cannot go 0-3 vs. our rivals 2 years in a row, I'm not sure that has ever happened.

7-5 and keep improving on the record each year..

That is all.

Seriously, if we were 4 -8 or 5-7 or 6-6 w/ a win vs. OSU, I would WAY take that over an 8-4 or even 9-3 record, but with losses to OSU, ND, PSU, MSU.

I also echo that regardless of win total, I want a year where the team learns, builds the foundation, and is really ready to rock in 2010.

6-6. i figure we were 3-9 last year and should be better this year. The defense may be worse, but they shouldn't have to play as much. saying that, we were in it until the end with msu last year, lost on a trick play to purdue, didn't get "up" for toledo (for some unknown reason and lost by a field goal to utah. That *could* have been 7 wins, but we should have lost to wisconsin. That would have been 6 wins last year. I think we'll be better, but with a tougher schedule.

No loses to a MAC squad and an offense that is not a disgrace. Don't want to jinx it with wins/losses.

I want to convince myself that they will be able to play with anyone, that our RBs are awesome, our Oline massively improved, our WRs finally on the right page, 2 awesome TEs, and QB play will be at least adequate.

I want to believe that our Dline won't suffer a major drop off, that Herron will be solid, that the LBs will improve like Mouton showed at the end of the year, that Cissoko and a healthy Warren will play well, that Stevie Brown will live up to the hype finally, and that our Mike Williams will bring the hammer while Woolfolk is swift and deadly.

But I'm not Fox Mulder, so 5-7 is what I expect. As long as they play hard, don't quit, and hold onto the ball I'll be ok with whatever happens.

What's good enough? Marked improvement, development of players, execution, 100% every practice, being "Michigan Men", excelling in the classroom, and becoming good players and good people.

Seriously.

The wins will follow.

Anything under 7 wins to be would be a disappointment. I want a bowl game. We have the talent, and now we have two very capable QB's (screw you Sheridan). Let's go out and do it.

7-5

This year 6-6
Next Year 9-3
Year after that 12-0

Well I would say 9-3...but then where are those three loses coming from.
I'm guessing one maybe MSU...Hell NO I ain't going for that.
Ok...10-2,but then there are those two loses...say PSU and osu.
I can handle losing to Joe Pa but never to sweater Mccheaty
11-1 My bias is clouding my judgment.I must be a fan.

than in game 1.

(OK, and a bowl game.)

Assuming WMU kicks off, a solid catch. Assuming UM kicks off, forcing a 3 and out on WMU's opening drive. Everything from there is gravy.

bowl game

I can live with a winning season, regardless of whether we go 6-6 and win a bowl or 7-5 and lose. A (likely) freshman QB combined with lacking depth at several positions doesn't guarantee much, especially if we have injury problems.

anything else i would be a bit disappointed with

with loses to Eastern, Indiana, and Delaware St.

With a Bowl win.

And I would go on a month bender. Maybe a tri-state drinking spree.