2015 vs 1969
2015 - Michigan loses to good OOC foe Utah
1969 - Michigan loses to good OOC foe #9 Missouri
2015 - Michigan loses to Michigan State
1969 - Michigan loses to Michigan State
2015 - Michigan record vs B1G rivals - (strong case for possible sweep through OSU)
1969 - Michigan sweeps everyone through OSU
2015 - Michigan scheduled to play (currently) #1 OSU
1969 - Michigan upsets #1 OSU
1969 was the first year of Bo Schembechler at Michigan
2015 is the ifrst year of Jim Harbaugh at Michigan
October 19th, 2015 at 9:53 AM ^
Harbaugh's track record is infinitely better than Hoke's.
October 19th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
but the future looked really bright in 2011 and then 2012-2014 happened. That's my only point.
October 19th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
1) No one is crowning anyone, just fan chatter
2) Harbaugh
October 19th, 2015 at 9:28 AM ^
Bo in his first year coaching UM after being head guy somewhere else. Harbaugh in his first year coaching UM after being head guy somewhere else.
Bo is a man. Harbaugh is a man.
Bo wore headphones. Harbaugh wears headphones.
1969 was a year in which sports was played. 2015 is also a year in which sports is being played.
Grass was green then. Grass, or field turf, is green now.
Bo coached a team who plays in the Big House. Harbaugh coaches a team that plays in the Big House.
Maize pants. Maize pants!
Seriously the list goes on and on. It would only be surprising if the score was anything other than 24-12.
October 19th, 2015 at 10:35 AM ^
Most importantly, let's pray that Harbaugh will not have a heart attack before the bowl game.
Also, the 1969 OSU team's smallest margin of victory heading into the Michigan game was 27.
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/o/ohio_state/1965-1969_yearly_r…
October 19th, 2015 at 9:38 AM ^
October 19th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
I kind of wince at these comparisons. Let the 2015 team have its own legacy. Not everything has to be drawn back to Bo. Let's appreciate that we have a coach smart enough to get Dantonio to burn two timeouts near the end of a half simply by lining up Jabrill Peppers in two different positions or runs a FB trap off jet sweep action.
October 19th, 2015 at 11:34 AM ^
I'm sure Harbaugh will use it as an advantage, but I would like to get the taste of this loss out of our mouth with another win. The only other thing to help is highly unlikely (IU win over MSU). There's better odds of a sinkhole engulfing the Waste Management facility off the banks of the Red Cedar than IU winning that game.
October 19th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
Michigan's 2015 team is completely different than that 1969 team, aside from a first year head football coach and a loss to MSU (in 1969 the loss was @ Spartan Stadium btw).
That '69 MSU team ended up 4-6. 2015 MSU is anything but that.
MSU's path to the BIG title game now is only slightly more inconvenient than Michigan's, except the Spartans already have their butthair win over M in their back pocket.
Michigan has to win out AND the Spartans have to lose twice.
It's pretty much over.
Best case scenario for 2015 Michigan is 10-2. That's doable, just unlikely given what we've observed so far of both Michigan and Ohio State teams, particularly Michigan's offense.
A more likely finish for the Wolverines will be 9-3, which everyone should be happy with. Not satisfied, but happy.
As for MSU, they've gone 13-1, 11-2 and will probably go 11-1 again this year (2015). And they're going anywhere. Their recruiting for 2016 is arguably the best it has ever been under Dantonio.
October 19th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^