How important is this game for Harbaugh/UM?
I feel this msu game is the most important game on michigans schedule this year, more important than osu actually. I feel it is an absolute must win for harbaugh. he has the more talented team and that needs to come up with a win Saturday. I think for recruiting purposes and state of the program that Michigan has to win this game, if they don't I feel that it will be a huge set back for the program and could create a down fall for the rest of year. I don't care win by 1 or 30, need to win. I think a win, Michigan goes 10-1 to osu, lose and I could see 8-4.
Whats everybody think?
October 17th, 2018 at 12:19 PM ^
I think that statement is a bridge and that the previously mentioned bridge is indeed too far
October 17th, 2018 at 12:20 PM ^
We're going to have a thread like this for every game the rest of the season, aren't we.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
Unless we lose a game, yes.
October 17th, 2018 at 1:46 PM ^
And then we'll get 12 of them.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
Especially for Rutger week.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:50 PM ^
I cannot wait for real HATRED week when we do a Rutger
October 17th, 2018 at 2:43 PM ^
fence the yard bitches
October 17th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
What about Rutger Hauer week?
October 17th, 2018 at 11:44 PM ^
Slackbot: I think you mean Rutgers.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
Not every game no, I feel and im sure everyone does that M needs to beat msu Saturday, I feel its the biggest game for harbaugh to win this year
October 17th, 2018 at 12:35 PM ^
Will you stop commenting if they win?
October 17th, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
Will you?
October 17th, 2018 at 12:39 PM ^
I honestly will stop watching rest year if they lose to state.
Feel free to stop watching now ya tool.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
Yes, we'll be fine without you. (I feel like I've heard that somewhere before)
October 17th, 2018 at 10:08 PM ^
I love my Michigan football, can't believe people would just throw away the season like that, 13 days is too little
October 17th, 2018 at 12:44 PM ^
We certainly need one for the rivalry game with Rutger.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:51 PM ^
I know....Please stop with this "we must win this game for Michigan to be back!!!" crap....Every game matters. Yes MSU and OSU are important. Just stop already!!!
October 17th, 2018 at 3:26 PM ^
I feel this thread is the most important thread on MGBLOG this year, more important than other threads actually. I feel it is an absolute must discuss for Michigan fans.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:20 PM ^
extremely 100% important
October 17th, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
I'd say more like very 100% important
October 17th, 2018 at 12:45 PM ^
Fake news. This game is particularly 100% important
October 17th, 2018 at 2:01 PM ^
No, no, no; it's absolutely, positively 100% important.
October 17th, 2018 at 4:28 PM ^
Assuredly important.
October 17th, 2018 at 3:02 PM ^
Super duper very 100% important.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:20 PM ^
This is an absolute must win, both for this season and for my confidence in Harbaugh’s ability to win the absolutely necessary games.
Can’t say The Game is the big focus for Michigan and OSU if we can’t take care of our state first.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:20 PM ^
OSU is always the most important game. Anyone that thinks differently is wrong.
MSU is important mainly because we have to beat them to keep our goals in front of us, but there is nothing sweeter in life than beating OSU and hearing the lamentations of their women.
Fuck I miss the 90's.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:23 PM ^
^^^ this is the answer.
Can we just shut down this thread now?
October 17th, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
For this one season I think it is you who is wrong. A loss Saturday will devastate the fan base, and pretty much destroy any momentum this program has built towards an actual turn around. They simply can't afford to lose Saturday
October 17th, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
So you're saying that if they lose Saturday, win out the rest of the way and win the B1G none of it will matter because Michigan State beat us? I am skeptical...
October 17th, 2018 at 1:42 PM ^
Same here. A loss to MSU is tolerable if Michigan wins out and wins the Big Ten.
Jesus, all these fans who swallow whole the media narratives, then issue these ultimatums, threatening to abandon the team -- shouldn't they already be gone, after the past 10 years?
October 17th, 2018 at 2:31 PM ^
Here's the thing, if we lose to MSU and win out, we might not win the B1G. MSU only has 1 loss in conference, so say we lose this and both win out, we're staying home. Now obviously that means we expect a team that lost to Arizona State and Northwestern to win out but its on the table. Based on the way the schedule has shake out, this game is exceptionally important, even grading on the MSU-game curve.
I still think OSU is probably more important, but if we want to be in position to play for a B1G title, this game is a must-win.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:29 PM ^
yea that's pretty much how I feel, that's what I should have said
October 17th, 2018 at 3:06 PM ^
"A loss Saturday will devastate the fan base"
Until next Saturday. Emo much. Are you really Pete Finebaum?
October 17th, 2018 at 12:52 PM ^
the OSU game you want to win, the MSU game you don't want to lose.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
If only we had put Uncle Rico in in the 4th quarter...
October 17th, 2018 at 1:40 PM ^
Probably be soaking it up in a hot tub with my soulmate right now if that had happened.
October 17th, 2018 at 1:52 PM ^
For recruiting and national perspective, yes OSU is always most important. But the MSU game is most important only because of the ND loss. For us to make the CFP, we can't lose any more games. If not for that, we could sustain a loss and all of our goals would still be in play.
We must have this game.
October 17th, 2018 at 2:07 PM ^
Yes - Hatter gets it! It is about and will always be about "the lamentations of their women".
October 17th, 2018 at 2:25 PM ^
I regret that I have but one upvote to give.
October 17th, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^
Honestly, on a quiet night in Columbus you can hear the lamentations of their women regardless what the football team does, just sayin.
Boom- ZachSmith'd
October 17th, 2018 at 5:01 PM ^
If anything should happen like we lose, I don't know what I would do.
[pauses]
I'd probably move on, start thinking about Wife Week 1.0, but there would be a 10 minute period there where I would just be inconsolable.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
They are all important.
October 17th, 2018 at 2:43 PM ^
I'd much rather lose OOC games than B1G games in your scenario.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
I would say this game is more beneficial for Michigan's recruiting and national reputation as a W allows us to stay in the national spotlight for at least several more weeks. A loss and it's right back to the same 'Can Harbaugh win the big games at Michigan???'
October 17th, 2018 at 12:23 PM ^
Very.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:23 PM ^
I think it's important.
Very important.
Very, very, important.
So very important.
So very, very important.
I think we should have a thread like this every game.
Some games may not be important.
But this game is important.
Very important.
Very, very important.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
There may not be another game that is importanter than this one.
October 17th, 2018 at 1:17 PM ^
That is true.
All remaining games have far less importantency than this one.
October 17th, 2018 at 12:24 PM ^
Can we never again mimic the talking heads on ESPN (and other outlets) whose incisive analysis is who has more to gain, more to lose, etc. These result in nonsensical discussions and push people away from the kind of analysis we get on Mgoblog. That is why we like mgoblog. Let's ask, "Brian, is this kind more important for Michigan or Michigan State, for Harbaugh or Dantonio, for Patterson or Lewerke, for Ann Arbor or East Lansing."' What analysis could possibly come from that kind of question. Sorry for the rant.