Rutger fan predicts 27-19 win over Michigan
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/placing-michigan-on-upset-alert.155518/
We’re 1-8, but I think we beat Michigan. There’s no question that Rutgers has struggled its first nine games, as our freshman QB struggled to acclimate to this level, we played lots of young players, and we struggled to find the right personnel on defense. Thankfully, we’ve played much better over the past two weeks, barely falling to Northwestern 18-15 during that time, and played competitively with Wisconsin.
This week, we’re ready to take things to the next level and defeat Michigan. Here’s why:
- After a big win vs PSU, this is the quintessential trap game, and Michigan will overlook Rutgers
- Michigan has so little respect for Rutgers, they run variations of the same power play over and over again, much of the time. They pull the backside guard, #50 350 pound OL Onwenu, who drills the LB in the hole. With Ash now taking the reigns on defense, The defense will be more effective against this play.
- Raheem “The Dream” Blackshear is ready to make a name for himself as one of college football’s biggest playmakers. I don’t think Michigan can stop him.
- Rutgers QB, Artur Sitkowski has an NFL future and will be the best quarterback in Saturday’s game, just like in 2014. Against Wisconsin, he threw for 261 yards and no interceptions.
- Rutgers defense played its best ball of the season these past two weeks and is poised to shut down Michigan, as Coach Chris Ash is now coaching the defense
- Michigan’s secondary is over matched against Rutgers receiving Corp, which also was the case in 2014.
- our young ones are ready to shine
I don’t doubt that Michigan will give us a good game, but it won’t be good enough.
Rutgers 27
Michigan 19
November 6th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
I thought 'Rutgers' was a variety of tomato plant. I was wrong. It is a strain of marijuana...the strongest one ever produced.
November 6th, 2018 at 10:02 AM ^
My favorite part was that he said our secondary is outmatched by their wr’s.
November 6th, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
He must be drinking that Heaven's Gate Kool-Aid
November 6th, 2018 at 10:38 AM ^
I laughed so hard I think I actually pulled a muscle.
November 6th, 2018 at 10:49 AM ^
I don't think we're going to lose to Rutgers, and I don't expect the game to be close.
However, as an old Michigan fan I'll just throw out these sad historical tidbits seared into my memory.
1976: 8-0 Michigan rolls into West Lafayette as the #1 team in the country, fresh off two straight shutouts of overmatched conference opponents Indiana and Minnesota. The Wolverines face a 3-5 Purdue team coming off three straight losses, including blowout defeats by OSU and MSU. This game has all the appearances of being a no-contest laugher for Michigan.
Purdue plays inspired ball while Michigan plays like ass, fumbling three times, Jim Smith drops a sure TD pass late in the game that would have clinched the victory, and then the normally reliable Tim Wood misses a very makeable FG at the end of the game. Purdue wins 16-14. Sports Illustrated titles its article about the mind-boggling defeat with the memorable "Michigan Chokes on a Boilermaker."
1977: 6-0 Michigan rolls into Minneapolis as the #1 team in the country, fresh off a 56-0 demolition of #14 Wisconsin. The Wolverines are a 21-point favorite over a 4-2 Gopher squad that they had beaten 45-0 the previous year. While Minnesota was a better team than the Purdue squad that upset Michigan the previous season, the game looks to be a relatively easy victory for a dominant Michigan squad.
Minnesota plays inspired ball while Michigan plays like ass. A big factor in the game was the fact that Minnesota turned on its sprinklers the day before the game, and doesn't turn them off until 11am on Saturday. The natural grass field was turned into a muddy morass, totally negating Michigan's speed to the outside, and the Wolverines slipped and slid all game long, gaining only 80 yards rushing, far below their season average. Most crucially, Michigan turns the ball over 5 times, which enables the Gophers to beat Michigan 16-0, the first shutout in the Schembechler era and the first since 1967.
November 6th, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^
I remember those games. Still don't understand games like that.
November 6th, 2018 at 11:28 AM ^
"Still don't understand games like that."
IMHO, the most significant factor in those two losses was turnovers—we fumbled three times against Purdue, including one by Lytle in the closing minutes that led directly to the winning FG by Purdue. We turned the ball over 5 times against Minnesota, and that's a recipe for losing to anybody.
If we turn the ball over 5 times against Rutgers without a similar number of takeaways by us, then anything can happen.
November 6th, 2018 at 12:18 PM ^
Turnovers will do it almost every time.
November 6th, 2018 at 11:28 AM ^
He makes a few good points, especially with Raheem "The Dream" Blackshear. I don't know who that is but it sounds polarizing.
This whole post is hilarious unless its serious
November 6th, 2018 at 12:05 PM ^
Somebody get this printed up and plastered all over the locker room. ;)
November 6th, 2018 at 8:57 PM ^
I seem to recall many Rutger fans predicting victory two years ago. So there's that.