2019 Football Schedule & Too f&%$#@* early predictions...

I am not saying we are going undefeated, but those two losses will not happen.  UW will lose a lot of talent at OL and RB and we saw what PSU is under the new OC and a new QB. There will be an unexpected loss, but OSU will be a win.

Not predicting an osu win until it happens in real life 

Next year is totally dependent on the offense running up the score. The defense will take a BIG step backwards next year imo. Do any of you trust Pep to open up the offense? Trust Harbaugh?

LOL. We're not losing to PSU (I don't think we lose to Wisconsin, either). They (PSU) took a step back from 2017 to 2018. The only people who thought otherwise prior to the season are PSU fans. They will take an even greater step back in 2019.

Also, if UM doesn't win big in 2019, then I'm convinced they won't for a long time. That schedule is so favorable with all three rivals at home and the other two non-conference games should be easy wins.

10-2 lose to Ohio and penn state

9-3 or 10-2. Same as every year for the most part. 

10-2 with a bowl win is solid. That was my best guess for this season and I hope we get that 11th victory. 

9-3, losses at Wisconsin, PSU and at home against OSU.

Victory in minor bowl game against overmatched opponent.

I'd like to see us lose to Indiana because we spent that week getting ready for OSU. 

We have got to get that goddamn monkey off our back, and I'm starting to not care what it takes to do it.  Pay players?  Fine.  Roids?  Ok.  Hire a team of secret agents to infiltrate OSU and wire their practice facility and meeting rooms?  Cool.

Just win the damn game.

The big question going into next year for me: can Harbaugh put together a team where the offense carries the defense. Assuming Patterson comes back, we basically return everyone on offense. I don't think the defense will be bad, but I just don't see it being elite. The offense was 24th in S&P this year. It has to get better, we won't be able to continue with 1 score leads late into game and expect D to just continue getting stops. 

Let me know where you've seen this before: 

10-1 going into OSU week. Loss. 10-2 overall with other L coming @PSU. 

No division title, no big ten title and another NY6 bowl loss to LSU. 

Win 10 games, no conference champ. appearance. NY6 bowl loss. Only difference I think is we win @Wisconsin. We're 10-1 heading into OSU (L @PSU) and we lose to OSU, because that's just what we do.

I'll change my predictions when I see us achieve more.

Concerned about our losses on defense and a lack of improvement from the offense. I know it's 24th in S&P+ but to cover our losses on defense it's going to need to break the top-15 most likely. I'm not sure we will be able to do that, despite returning almost everyone on that side of the ball without some tweaking to the offensive plan.

Other people are also way smarter at football than me, so, eh.

Would 11-1 (loss to Ohio) still be considered a good year? I would have mixed feeling about that happening.

Why in the hell would you ever schedule playing a service academy? WHY?!? They took Oklahoma to the brink this year and are clearly a very good team under Monken. That game is probably going to be close. 

I don't see any better than 10-2. Going on the road to Wisconsin and to Penn State....there's probably at least one loss in there. Especially if the Penn State game is a night game. I can see us beating ND and MSU since both are at home, but I'm at a point with OSU now where I just sit there and say that until I physically witness us beating them again, with my own eyes, that game is an automatic loss for me.

I don't care that Meyer is stepping down. OSU has been living in our heads, rent-free, for the better part of 20 years. 

Brutal

9-3. Losses to Wisconsin, Penn state and osu again

Calling it now: 14-1. We lose only to Bama/Clemson in the National Championship game. 

Defense takes a small step back... is still top 15-20.

It's the offense that gets us to the mountaintop.

Shea returns, ends the season with a 35/7 TD to Int ratio, 3500 yards passing and 5 rushing TDs. Heisman finalist. 

Chris Evans/Turner/Charbonnet/Mason run for 2000yds and 25 TDs.

DPJ and Black both break 1000 yards receiving with Collins, Martin and Gentry getting most of the rest.

There will be a subsection of the Michigan fan base who are pissed that we didn't win the NC and call the season a disappointment. 

I don't understand how anyone can predict wins over OSU when they just finished dragging us up and down the field en route to a complete embarassment.  

My thoughts are scheduling a triple option team and ND OCC is the height of stupidity. Par for the course for this football program though.

Barring some major injuries, if Michigan loses four games next year, Harbaugh should be on the hot seat.  9-3 should absolutely be the floor for this team.

I'll say 10-2 with a better chance of 11-1 than 9-3.  Wisconsin and PSU are on the road but neither looks to be very good.  ND, MSU, and OSU are all at home.  Meyer is gone.

Time to win the B1G.

Hm. Lost two this year on a brutal away schedule. Don't see the Wisconsin game as a loss (hardest away game) given it seems we will lose 5 starters and what we did to wiscy this year. OSU will be good but they will he down for a number of reasons.

If you thought we had a chance this year, well the flip side to a ludicrous 2018 schedule is a favorable 2019. 

Maybe an alignment of schedule and talent. Book it- cfp baby.

10-1 going against a 10-1 OSU for east division title.

loss will be at penn state due to a stupid white out or to Notre Shame...(losing to notre shame only if Michigan beats penn state)

wisconsin is losing too much on an already depleted team. MSU is not real good and loses a couple key players on defense, Davis on offense and a couple o lineman.

Getting Notre Dame at home (probably a night game), MSU and OSU at home is good.

final will be an 11-1 season with an east division championship. (This of course is based on if Michigan only loses key players higdon, winovich, gary, Bush and hill...need the rest of the offense back and hopefully long on defense with the addition of Hinton, Solomon and Harrison....please).

We skip Northwestern, the true B1G West champ, so that's nice.

Unless Wisconsin’s defense gets better in a hurry (it won’t) Michigan will win that game.

If I had to make a prediction:

• MTSU: Easy Win
• Army: Ugly Win
• @Wisconsin: Close Win, gets the fanbase amped for the season (even though Wisconsin likely is similarly mediocre next year)
• Iowa: Blowout Win
• @Illinois: Blowout Win
• @Penn State: Close/fluky loss; I don't think the trend of the home team blowing out the opposition continues in this series, but I predict weird White Out/Night Game shit will occur combined with Michigan's tendency to lay eggs on the road. 
• Notre Dame: Close/fluky win; restores faith/confidence after stumbling in Happy Valley. That said, I think Notre Dame is more of a #10-25 team next year rather than Top 10 and people will over-value how much this win is worth at home.
• @Maryland: Blowout Win
• MSU: Ugly, very close win. Michigan will enter as huge favorites and very nearly lose, but manage to just barely pull it out. The pessimists will point to impending doom against OSU as we've been exposed. The optimists will respond with rage, contending that rivalry games are always close (even though they were all expecting a blowout a few days before). 
• @Indiana: Ugly Win, as per usual.
• Ohio State: Close game in the first half, OSU blows it open in the 3rd and then we keep the margin respectable in the 4th. Winds up being a 10-14 point win for the Buckeyes. 

10-2 again, trading ND for PSU from this year based on road/home. Michigan has reached its ceiling. 

We will go undefeated and be #2 in CFP behind bama.  Epic championship game where we raise the trophy.  Why not?

9-3. A loss on the road to PSU. Plus I think ND will beat us at home and an Iowa will kick a last second FG to upset us at home as well. On the plus side I think we take MSU and OSU at home. Which would be a great season in my book!