What will our record be next year?

With a pretty easy schedule, we should be favored in every game except for MSU and OSU I would think. Assuming we win one of those at home and drop some other game, I'd say 9 or 10 wins is most likely going into the postseason. Like Hoke's first season, this sets up very nicely for a good first impression.

10-2, a loss to one of our rivals and an inexplicable loss.

No more losses until 2016.

Utah and BYU are early losses and finally OSU (painful to not predict an upset). UM wins the Outback in a rout over LSU. Sets the stage for top 10 ranking in 2016.

15-0

10-2 regular season

9-4 with a win over MSU or OSU, not expecting both. 

@ Utah - WIN
Oregon State- WIN
UNLV- WIN
BYU- WIN
@ Maryland- WIN
Northwestern- WIN
Michigan State- LOSS
@ Minnesota- WIN
Rutgers- WIN
@ Indiana- WIN
@ Penn State- WIN
University of ohio state- Loss*


*only because with the return of Barrett, possibly Braxton, and their "loaded" team... If any of that changes, then this prediction changes to a WIN, easily. Harbaugh-ball is going to be able to get us to ten wins when we play the Rutgers', the Maryland's, the Northwestern's, and the Indiana's of the league by just purely stuffing the ball down their throats by way of a FB, HB, and TE... Which was have right now on the team... 10-2 before the bowl. Unfortunately not making the B1G title game in year 1 =(

8-4 in regular season.

What will be plays that we run in next season?

The season features the game of the century 2, in the big house where number 1 Ohio state comes to number 2 Michigan and the Wolverines prevail 31-28 with a game winning field goal.

with a bowl win.

15-0. Next question.

Somewhere between 7-5 and 9-3. We have no proven QB and that's scary

10-3

I'm going 7-5 with a bowl victory if JH can turn Morris into a QB again.  If I had to predict based on the past performance of Morris with little to no improvement in 2015, i'd say 6 wins and a bowl loss is probably the top.  Who knows, maybe Speight will step in and be good. 

12-2, Big Ten Champions, Loss in CFB semifinal.

The non-league schedule really worries me.  Utah, BYU, and Oregon State are a problem.  I think we will be 2-2 in non-league and end up 7-5 or 8-4.  

7-5 or 8-4, 6-6 a little more likely than 9-3. But we will be a better team in December than in September unlike the previous 3 years.

Let's have spring practice before we start getting into this. For god sakes we don't even have all of our coaches yet.

Geez, it's so hard to know what's what any longer.  I figured 8-4 this season and we went 5-7.  So much is dependent on how effective our QB is and right now that's a complete unknown.  Part of me wants to believe the Harbaugh effect can take all these recruiting stars and turn them into an immediate contender.  The realist in me sees potential losses at one of the west coast teams (Utah, OSU, BYU), and MSU, PSU, and OSU.  And no one on our schedule has been a pushover recently.  Even NW, Ind., Minn., Rut., and Maryland have all shown to be capable teams or even beaten us in recent years.  So, I don't effin know...8-4/9-3?  Literally anything could happen in any game.  Every single one is a toss up until we have data on the Harbaugh effect.

 

I will say a few years back, long before Hoke got fired, 2015 was the year I expected all the pieces to be in place to contend for a B1G championship.  There is a physically gifted upperclassman QB recruited for this system.  There is an upperclassman highly recruited RB picked for this system.  There is an upperclassman-laden o-line with tons of experience.  There is a ton of recruiting stars with experience returning on just about every position on defense.  Unfortunately however, none of these position groups have yet to perform to expectations.

Did nobody read Brian's season preview?! Brian: SEPTEMBER: Michigan defeats its non-conference opponents by a cumulative score of 450-2. BYU and Oregon State disband their football teams. OCTOBER: Michigan wins all games by forfeit. NOVEMBER: With Ohio State the last thing standing between Michigan and total hegemony, all of the teams who forfeited band together behind the Buckeyes. Citing obscure Big Ten bylaws, Ohio State is allowed to play 22 people at a time as long as half of them are wearing silly hats. Michigan wins, 1000-0. DECEMBER: A nation trembles in fear as Michigan begins bowl practices that can be heard from sea to shining sea. Most Michigan players have reached mythical proportions. Kicker Andrew David, the smallest remaining Wolverine, is eleven feet tall and five hundred pounds.

Better question - how many times will we do this thread between now and August 25th?

6-6 if you want me to be honest.

Is most likely. Maybe 9 wins.

7-6 basement, 9-4 ceiling. I'm thinking we get off to a slow start, but put it together somewhere in October. I'm thinking they knock off either OSU or MSU if they have a decent record. 2016 imo is when it gets real

15-0 national champs

I know Harbaugh is the man, but without a viable QB, we won't be able to hang with the big boys. Should we have a good, consistent QB, the sky is the limit. I need to see the spring game before I can make an accurate prediction.

I think 7-5, but much better play in every game and much fewer mistakes.

Our schedule next year (team 2014 record)

Sept 3     at Utah (9-4)      L  -  (Utah returns all but 5 SRs, including QB)

Sept 12   vs Or. St (5-7)    W  

Sept 19   vs UNLV (2-11)  W  

Sept 26   vs BYU (8-5)      L - (experienced JR QB, returning most players)

Oct 3   at Md (7-6)         W - 

Oct 10 vs. NW (5-7)      W

Oct 17 vs. MSU (11-2)  L  (hard to say, a lot of MSU players graduating, but SR qb)

Oct 31 at Minn (8-5)     W 

Nov 7 vs. Rut (8-5)      W

Nov 12 at Ind (4-8)      W

Nov 21 at PSU (7-6)   L

Nov 28 vs. OSU (13-1) L

9-3. We were too pessimistic after the last coaching change. Good coaching and a lot of returning players gets us to a Jan 1 bowl game

I'm thinking 9-4 or 8-5. There will be a lot of promise and the team will develop throughout the course of the year but I don't see double digit wins in year one without a proven QB.