What are your expectations now after last night?
Well after that shit show last night, I’d have to imagine many people’s expectations have changed a bit. I thought 10-2 coming into the year.
I’m gonna have to change from 10-2 to now 8-4. This team will not beat OSU/MSU on the road; and will probably lose to one of PSU/Wiscy..more likely Wiscy.
This is probably a mild overreaction, but I just can’t take it anymore. This team got out coached and outplayed. 0-17 against ranked opponents on the road, 9-9 in the 18 games and 1 win against rivals in the Harbaugh era.
So what are your expectations? Still optimistic? Severely pessimistic? Or just don’t care anymore because of the constant disappointment?
September 2nd, 2018 at 1:05 PM ^
Um, they also put up 77.
Did you see a Michigan offense last night that is going to be able to keep up with them?
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:13 AM ^
7-5. Haven't beaten a ranked team on the road since Bush administration.
Ain't changing this year
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:14 AM ^
Unfortunately I'm too stupid to differentiate between hopes and expectations. I hope Michigan wins the rest of their games, so my expectations are that they will. I might say 9-3 or 8-4, but deep inside I think we will win them all and make the CFP.
Michigan should win their next 5 games without too much trouble. After that is Wisconsin and MSU. I guess that's when we will find out what kind of team they will be this year.
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:15 AM ^
I’ll go 8-4. Losses to MSU, OSU and one of UW/PSU/NW.
I think this group can beat UW and PSU at home, especially if they start to make the basic plays (Hawkins 2 INT, Gil sack, fumbled FG) instead of turning them into momentum builders for the other team.
The talent and schemes do not appear to gel well enough to beat top 20 teams at this point. They need to take a huge step forward in the proverbial 2nd game, develop a LT and steadily improve to have any shot against the better teams.
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:15 AM ^
I said 9-3 or 8-4 from the start. 8-4 now. People can pretend that wasn’t as bad as it was, but our offense was really bad and didn’t do much until ND was in prevent.
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
A good team. Not a great team, at least yet. Disappointed with much lower expectations than before the game. Notre Dame may be better than we thought as well.
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:25 AM ^
9-3. Loses to Wisc. & OH.ST. Tossup: PENN.ST. winnable: MSU, yes even at home they can be had. Neither PENN.ST or MSU's defense's showed anything to be afraid of this weekend. MSU at home even barely won that game and their OL looked even worse then ours. Of course it is all dependent on UM making adjustments that get the OL righted.
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:29 AM ^
8-4 all day. Maybe even 7-5 if things really start to fall apart
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:30 AM ^
Meh, last night didn't change much for me. I started a thread earlier this year saying that even if the offense is SIGNIFICANTLY better this year, we will probably still end up with a similar record as last year due to the tougher schedule. It is pretty much what I expected, no change for me (and offense does look a lot better).
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:31 AM ^
Based on last night’s game, I see us losing again to UW, MSU and OSU. Call it a hot take if you must but I just think our cap right now is beating the teams we should and losing against teams we’re even with or not as good as. The rhetoric of being a horrible road and losing to our rivals seems be more true now than ever. Wonder how long that can last?
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:59 AM ^
7-5.... Maybe 6-6. Nothing has changed with the OL.
September 2nd, 2018 at 1:01 PM ^
Lowered and measured.
September 2nd, 2018 at 1:41 PM ^
I really don't know. I was shocked last night at just how lifeless and unprepared we seemed. My football emotions are just numb. Which, frankly, is about where they've been a few years now.
September 2nd, 2018 at 2:19 PM ^
I’ve been at 8-4 because I’m not involved in the circle jerk of optimism on this board.
September 2nd, 2018 at 3:20 PM ^
Leaning toward don't care, and I don't think that you are overreacting at all. This program has a lot of issues. I'm sort of captive on a long plane flight today (with wifi that won't support streaming video, etc) or I wouldn't be reading all of these comments about our crappy game.
Oh yeah, and 8 - 4 looks like our ceiling right about now.
September 2nd, 2018 at 3:32 PM ^
The floor is what 6-6? 5-7?
September 2nd, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
6 - 6 looks about right to me. I only see a couple of "toss-up" games on the schedule.
September 2nd, 2018 at 7:51 PM ^
I can easily see 6-6.
OSU/MSU/PSU/WIS/NW are possibly all L's.
September 2nd, 2018 at 4:47 PM ^
I was hoping for 10-2. I now think it's probably 8-4. I think Michigan is going to have a real tough time against Ohio State and Wisconsin, so I'm chalking those two up as losses. I think they will win 2/3 against Northwestern, MSU, and Penn State. The schedule is a bit of a beast, and I thought they'd win this game. I'd love to be proven wrong. I do think this team is more similar to 2015 than 2017, but we'll see.
September 2nd, 2018 at 5:46 PM ^
Had us 10-2 with losses to ND and OSU. I expected a better effort against ND though and I can see 8-4 now.
September 2nd, 2018 at 5:55 PM ^
Notre Dame will probably end up being better than any team Michigan plays until the last one of the season. I don’t think you should overreact.
September 2nd, 2018 at 10:05 PM ^
8-4. We'll beat everyone we should beat, but we'll struggle against any team with a pulse and continue to shit the bed when it matters the most. Harbaugh will fall to 1-8 against rivals. The MSU game will be closer this year, but we'll still lose. Ohio State remains a non-starter. The Big Ten Championship drought will continue, the Big Ten division championship drought will continue (actually we've never won one of those, so I don't know if the term "drought" applies), and the road wins against ranked opponents drought will continue.
This is, of course, barring some sort of dramatic mid-season turnaround. But after seeing last night's same-old-bullshit performance that followed eight months of hype about how much the team had improved, I don't see that happening.
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:08 PM ^
Once again, we get our hopes up for our team only to be left down again. This team is no different than last year's version. 8-5 or 9-4. No titles. Such a disappointment....
September 3rd, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
Optmistic. 10-2. Probably losing to osu again.
I’ve seen too many good things from this first game that were counteracted by penalties.
The need a preseason game or two to get warmed up to game speed and work out kinks. They didn’t get that opportunity with ND as the first game experience.
I see this season similar to 2015, when we lost to Utah. Rudock got in rhythm with the offense becoming something nearly unstopppable until the osu game. The defense is much better than 2015. The playmakers are more talented on offense. It’s one game. A tough game on the road, hostile environment, with a transfer QB and several new starting olinemen.
I get The frustration from a lot of fans, but thankfully, we lost the opening game instead of The Iowa game the week before we play osu. Let’s see if the coaches can make tweaks as the season progresses.
September 3rd, 2018 at 1:20 PM ^
If we play like we did against Notre Dame, we are losing at least five games this regular season. No way we beat OSU, PSU, Wisconsin, or MSU if our offense looks like this and if our defense continues to give up big chunk plays. Odds are we lose another games, as well. Based on the evidence from Saturday, I'd call Northwestern a toss-up and Nebraska close to it.
There will be bridges at the end of the season, and there will be jumping off of them by the fan base.