Monday Bold Prediction Thread.

They do not set another UM record for penaties in a game.

all 2nd half 2010 Wisconsin game and runs the ball 30 straight plays.  This results in 10 consecutive 3 & outs and we lose 27-0.

Incidentally, this will be my 6th straight trip to Happy Valley for the Michigan / PSU game.  2-3 record so far, so hoping to even it up.  Not feeling great, but you never know! 

If we have 2 offensive passing plays go for 30+ yards in this game, we win. JOK, we ask so little of you. 

 

Throws 4 td bombs on trick plays. O'korn goes 12-24 75 yards 4 picks. We still lose

• Our assistant coaches' wives and significant others will be hotter than Penn State's.  Ergo, our position groups will be coached by more confident and competent coaches, and thus play better.
   
• The white out crowd is so snockered by kickoff that they assume they are cheering for the team wearing all white, causing confusion on the field and the inability of McSorley to audible at the line, and Michigan wins.
   
• Rashan Gary gets called for targeting even though it is a clean tackle on Barkley who has the ball and is not hit in the head.  The officials review it, reverse the call, but still hit Gary with a b.s. personal foul call for fifteen yards and an automatic first down.  McSorley follows up with an INT that Hill returns for a pick six.  Franklin's head literally explodes.

I fall asleep after the first quarter as opposed to halftime as usual.

is plotting with his sister to set up a Daenerys v. Night King mega-fight that will leave everybody dead (including all of the Dragons) and Cersei and a King of her choosing will sit on the Iron Throne while Tyrion serves as Lord of Casterly Rock, the only thing he really ever wanted to begin with.

Our boys will play inspired, defense will hold their own most of the game, not a blow out not as close as the score indicates. But for those thinking we can right the ship offensively with our line and quarterback troubles, sorry but those things don't get fixed in a week. Heck if you gave our current personnel on the line and at quarterback all the time in the world, I still think they don't figure it out. Just have to accept that we're an average team. Pretty dang good defense, pretty dang lousy offense, not really elite in any category except kicking field goals I guess. This is probably a 9-4 team that will have its share of rough patches as we've seen, but hopefully the youth continues to improve during bowl season to give us hope that we can win the conference next year. Lastly, Penn State is by no means a world beater, but they're solid, are at home and have the best player in cfb.

mich wins all remaining games on schedule 12-0, 4 FGs each game.

Quin Norden wins Heisman.

We then lose to Alabama in title game 6-0.

We are nonetheless happy.

 

Michigan plays surprisingly close, makes a few too many mistakes.  Loses by 13.  Mgoblog becomes a pit of unbearable sadness lamenting why our dream coach sucks so bad.  It becomes apparent that way too many people hinge their self-worth on the performance of their favorite football team

Cut down on the penalties and have zero turnovers and we have a great shot. 17-10.

Everyone not named Saquan sucks. 24-13 Blue

3 opportunities for me to look awesome Saturday

• Karan Rushing yards > Saquon rushing yards
• PSU does not score in 4th quarter.
• We get something like this again, but with Mo Hurst rubbing his belly.

I say Peters comes in at halftime...and we cover spread, and win.

Against Purdue and Michigan wins 17 to 14

I think O'Korn throws three picks, by design. Then he tracks the DB downfield, strips the ball, and returns it for a touchdown.

and Debbie Downers on this blog, there sure are a lot of predictions here for UM to win. Just sayin.

 

For what it is worth I'm a homer too and feel like somehow we win this game, at Penn State, at night. My mind and my heart are in a battle.

Bold predictions:

 

Michigan is ahead by 3 scores at some point in the game

McSorely throws 2 INT's

Barkley gets hurt in the first half after their o line misses a block or two and doesnt return the rest of the game

Michigan wins 27-10

Dr. Blitz and Associates hold the bad guys to under 200 yards of total offense (<60 yds rushing, <140 passing) and to 10 points total.

Rashan ends McSorley, turning PSU into a sole rushing attack.  Don Brown feasts.

O'Korn throws 3 Int's setting up a short field for PSU and we lose 21-6.  I don't see us getting into the end zone this week.

O'Korn goes 4-10 for 45 yds & 1 td in the 1st half. 10-7 deficit. Harbaugh listens to MGoBlog and gives Peters the 2nd half start. Peters loses a fumble on a bad snap, throws back to back pick sixes. Harbaugh goes back to O'Korn to finish the game. O'Korn runs for a td, Higdon gets 1, Evans gets 1, plus 2 field goals. Final: UM 34 - PSU 24

I appreciate the optimism but I don't think it's a simple as saying " we have more". You have to look at th bodies of work and Penn St is humming and we are simply offensively incompetent with no relief in sight. I see a 27-10 Penn st win and I hope to be wrong. In a good way wrong.

I'm going with UM 27- psu 10

I haven't watched much PSU. Trace is fantastic? Did he really get better? That guy doesn't really concern me.

pistol with 22 personnel and runs wild on PSU with power/gap but then settles for 5 Nordin FGs. Franklin is confused all night. UM 22 PSU 17

The defense keeps us in the game until late in the 4th quarter, then they collapse from exhaustion due to a hugely lopsided time of possession stat and we lose. Barkley gets a long run late that make an otherwise pedestrian day look better.

We haven't beaten anyone ranked higher than us since Harbaugh arrived. I hope that changes Saturday!

Prediction - the bitching about the reffing with be non-stop by the middle of the first quarter - and rightly so.

What my head tells me - Defense steps up to the plate, reduces Barkley to a mostly pedestrian night through three quarters. McSorely is under duress for a good portion of the night but makes some plays. He hits one of his trademark chuck and pray jump balls for a TD, and we all lose our shit over it. The offense stalls over and over, can't drive the length of the field consistently, and constantly puts the defense in bad spots. A LOT of false starts in a very loud environment. The defense is gassed by the 4th, and Barkley breaks off a 60 yd TD run to go up 28-14 and effectively put the game away.. Game ends on an O'Korn pick. 

What my heart tells me - The offense looks like it's slowly starting to settle a little bit more. Higdon picks up some good runs here and there to keep the chains moving and keeps the defense rested. O'Korn hits a couple passes here and there, but still not much to strike fear into PSU's secondary. Just enough to keep the offense somewhat balanced. The difference comes with the defense being rested. They can repeatedly shut Barkley down and pick off a pair of McSorely passes, one that also sets up a short field and a Higdon TD run. 

Game is tied 21-21 with under 4 mins to go and PSU is driving. But Barkley has an uncharacteristic fumble around the Michigan 25 and Michigan recovers. Michigan is able to drive to the PSU 37, due in part to one more "how the fuck did he escape that sack" move from O'Korn and throws to DPJ, who comes down with a beautiful catch to convert on 3rd down. With 2 seconds left, Harbaugh sends Nordin out to deliver the final knife in the jugular: a 54 yard game winning field goal. PSU fans are stunned, Franklin shits himself, and the Michigan contingent proudly chants throughout the stadium: We Own. Penn State. 

Quinn Nordin 18 P 14

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