Examining our history:it may be disappointing, but we are meeting the M football standard. This is who we are.

Here is our yearly W/L record since 1979, including the last 11 years of Bo's M coaching career. This is a nearly 40 year span of time. In those 40 years, we have had fewer than 3 losses 11 times (one of those 11 times was a season with 3 ties under Gary Moeller). Of those 40 years, we have lost fewer than than 2 games 3 times. 3 of 40. So 28 seasons of 40 we have lost at least 3 games.

Many of you call this year "unacceptable," and are very angry, saying "we should expect more," and call BS on any expectation short of the play-offs and B1G title. Fair enough. But what standard are you using? It's certainly not the standard of the last nearly 40 years.

I'll never stop hoping for more, and if we ever won a NC again I'd be delirious with joy. I am disappointed with Harbaugh's record against top ten teams, and the OSU loss depressed me for days. We need more changes, especially on offense, this post season. But it's time to acknowledge the truth: we ARE meeting the program standard under Harbaugh.This is Michigan. This is who we are. A top 20 football program with great academics, a great university, and a program that is run cleanly and doesn't cheat. And loses 2-3 games a year. I only speak for myself, but these facts are setting my future expectations. 

1979    Bo Schembechler    8–4      
1980    Bo Schembechler    10–2    
1981    Bo Schembechler    9–3   
1982    Bo Schembechler    8–4    
1983    Bo Schembechler    9–3    
1984    Bo Schembechler    6–6         
1985    Bo Schembechler    10–1–1   
1986    Bo Schembechler    11–2    
1987    Bo Schembechler    8–4    
1988    Bo Schembechler    9–2–1   
1989    Bo Schembechler    10–2    
1990    Gary Moeller    9–3   
1991    Gary Moeller    10–2   
1992    Gary Moeller    9–0–3    
1993    Gary Moeller    8–4    
1994    Gary Moeller    8–4   
1995    Lloyd Carr    9–4   
1996    Lloyd Carr    8–4   
1997    Lloyd Carr    12–0   
1998    Lloyd Carr    10–3   
1999    Lloyd Carr    10–2  
2000    Lloyd Carr    9–3    
2001    Lloyd Carr    8–4   
2002    Lloyd Carr    10–3  
2003    Lloyd Carr    10–3  
2004    Lloyd Carr    9–3  
2005    Lloyd Carr    7–5           
2006    Lloyd Carr    11–2   
2007    Lloyd Carr    9–4   
2008    Rich Rodriguez    3–9            
2009    Rich Rodriguez    5–7            
2010    Rich Rodriguez    7–6           
2011    Brady Hoke    11–2   
2012    Brady Hoke    8–5   
2013    Brady Hoke    7–6          
2014    Brady Hoke    5–7     
2015    Jim Harbaugh    10–3 
2016    Jim Harbaugh    10–3   
2017    Jim Harbaugh    8–5      
2018    Jim Harbaugh    10–3