What to expect from Michigan in Peach Bowl?

We should do the tight end draw play like we did against South Carolina last year. That was a good one...!

I expect to turn off the game in frustration some time during the middle of the third quarter.

I am no longer confident. If both corners, Bush, and Gary are out, I do not expect the defense to be lights out. With the offense being sluggish, or conservative, I would lean towards a loss. But I’ll still cheer for the team and hope for the best. At worst, it will be great experience for some young guys on D. 

Need to make a statement on Offense to progress this program.  Another boring, sluggish display is unacceptable.

Really we scored just under 40 at Ohio I don’t think offense was the problem.  The defense lost that game.  Anyway I expect the opposite actually at least in the beginning I have not watched Florida all year and to be honest am having a lot of trouble getting motivated to even waste my time watching it, but I believe they run a spread.  With this defense which is not top tier when playing a good opponent or sorest elite speed you need to own the clock and keep your d off the field.  Maybe they are practicing more zone this month but if they come out in man again I believe you will see a shootout but not because that’s what our coaches want.  I really don’t care how it looks they just need to somehow pull out the win.  

Great thread.  Only way for Bears to contend with those exotic passing scheme's from Mcvey is to pass more.  Go root for another team if you want the fucking Air Raid.  It's not happening.  Serenity Now!!

I get that the OSU game sucked, but I'm increasingly annoyed at Brian and a lot of the posters here with your "BPONE" bullshit.  

The football team still hasn't won a conference title.  That sucks.  But the reality is that Harbaugh has either pretty much met or exceeded expectations for the team 3 of the 4 years he's been here.  Even 2017 was about right for expectations heading into the year, and that's after we had a QB carousel due to injury.  The football team is better now than it has been since probably 2006, and looks to remain good-to-great for the foreseeable future.  We've been a top 10 team in 3 of 4 years with Harbaugh at the helm.  Not a lot of teams can say that in the last 4 years.

Basically, quit yer bitching.  The sky is not falling.  

My expectation is a team with a pulse. Highly disappointed in the effort last year. This team can finish, potentially, in the top 5 with a win. It matters. Starting and finishing each year firmly in the top 10 will help recruiting finish firmly in the top 10 every year...even if the ultimate goals are not met you have to close the deal.

I think the coaching staff needs to do something to make this game mostly about fun and not so much about grinding out a win. If they figure that out -- clever gameplan, some fun new tweaks, etc. -- it could be great. If they just go vanilla, it will be a bad game with a bad outcome.

I forgot when this game is actually happening and have no desire to look it up, so I expect to be watching something else.

I've watched Michigan lose 25 bowl games since Jan.1, 1970; we've won 17. No other program in the country has as many bowl losses in that time span. In many of those losses, Michigan was the higher-rated or favored team.

We've lost in every conceivable way, but there have been common features in most of those losses: Michigan doesn't show anything new or unexpected from what they've done all season; our offense is sluggish for much of the game; we appear slower on both sides of the ball than our opponents; our playmakers don't make enough plays; we get little or no meaningful pressure on the opposing QB; we turn the ball over and have ST fuckups at the most inopportune times. In some of those games, we've lost key players to injury either during or before the game.

Of course Jim Harbaugh is responsible for only two of those losses, but those 2 losses followed the above script in a variety of ways. The beatdown of FL at the end of the 2015 season seem like a distant memory.

Considering how our season ended, our program seems a bit demoralized with rumors of internal dissension now floating around, a coach who is again under fire from a portion of the fan base, elite recruits bailing, and now key players sitting out the game. That's hardly a recipe for a bowl victory against an opponent that will probably be highly motivated to extract some revenge for two recent losses.

If I were Mullen, I would go into this game expecting Michigan to do exactly what they've done all season offensively and defensively, and I would try to exploit our lack of speed in key spots on defense.

I expect Pep to call predictable plays

Being honest, I expect them to come out flat on both sides of the ball. Wouldn't be surprised if it ends in an L. UM has a habit of ending seasons in a disappointing way(obviously), and I don't know why we should expect different until they prove us wrong.

They shoild give up and Harbaugh after the first quarter, then shower recruits with money and hookers, recruit only criminals and sexual deviants to coach, and lower the admission standards so that even sea slugs and non-Vandy SEC students could attend.  Sound right?

Or they could play solid defense against a limited offense without much in the way of an accurate QBand run the ball against a Florida defense that may be down a player or two.

Doesn't have to be an air raid team. How about just take what the D gives you? If they stack the box - throw. If they fall back - then run.

Perhaps some mis-direction plays?

Maybe a halfback pass to DPJ or Nico?

3rd & long - arm punt it at last resort. PI calls happen more than not on those plays it seems.

Maybe a little tempo & not subbing out 5 guys every play?

I'm not expecting too much. I mainly want to see if the team can rebound after the kick to the nuts in Columbus. I know it took the wind out of the sails for a large portion of the fan base. A win doesn't really gain much for the program in the big picture but a loss can harm more I think.

Now there are rumblings of multiple main guys and leaders on each side of the ball sitting out. Hopefully other guys can step up and light a fire under the team. That loss to OSU was bad, very bad.

Hopefully not a fullback dive to a TE. 

Honestly? I'm expecting a pretty uninspired performance that sees us getting beat pretty badly. We feel more like that Florida team we beat in the Citrus bowl than the hungry first year team that did that to them.

I expect the coaches to feel urgency and prove a willingness to change....i expect them to be coaching for their jobs and for big changes to happen should they fail.

A close game (either loss or win) and plenty of bitching.

I’m going with “running into 8-9 man box” at least 5 times. 

Anything else is gravy. 

Why would anyone watch this? 

THE SPORT IS BROKEN, PEOPLE. 

But you keep on coming like pigs to slop. Jesus Christ. This isn't changing until you demand it by turning it into the WNBA. 

I'm expecting I will be more excited about the upcoming basketball game with Indiana.  

Another crappy bowl game in SEC country against an SEC team isn't something I get excited about.If we win, the pundits will say Florida just didn't have their heart in the game.  If we lose, they will say it's proof the B1G is over-rated.

Not even sure who's playing for us, or Florida for that matter.  If we don't have our CBs, MLB, RB, Gary, and maybe a couple others we won't be the same team.  Florida has a couple studs who also might sit.

I really want to win this, a loss will be rough as that would make Harbaugh 1-3 in Bowl games here.

I'm kina done with football. We'll probably lose and Charbonnet will commit to Bama.

On TV a lot of commercials.

but a win.

Lots of runs between the tackles for minimal gains. Lots of play actions on third and longs. Lots of crossing routes burning our defense.

It seems like our offense is stubbornly stuck on 'establishing the run' 1st.....  unfortunately I don't think our O line is good enough to do that against several teams.  Why we don't use the passing game to open up the running game, rather than continue to try the opposite, is a mystery to me.

That being said, our coaching staff is considerably more qualified than I, so I will watch and enjoy.

GO BLUE..... 

I'm really not that sure our current OL can do pass protection for air raid.