Not yoked.

Yeah, I think he just means he's not (yet) as muscular as Robinson.

Here's an embed of the photo in that tweet:

I think the difference is everyone is confidant that we will get the full ability out of our basketball players individually, even if that ceiling will change year to year.  i.e. when you lose 60% of your shooting, rebounding, assists, whatever to the NBA/graduation - you lower your expectations in terms of potential ceiling but know you will not be cheated.   Further you see a young team and you KNOW the team will be better 2+ months into the season from where it began because you have seen it repeatedly.

Football?  We don't know these things.  We assume some things but we don't have the track record.

In terms of excitement - this will always be a football school.  Always.  If given a choice between having 1 program be great and 1 be mediocre - I imagine 98% of fans would choose football over basketball. Everyone is excited for that opening run under the banner with the band playing and there is no similar moment in basketball.  But after 7 years of being beaten down (save for 2011) you tend to feel like Groundhog day - opening excitement, either beat ND or make it very competitive, generally beat up on bad Big 10 teams simply due to talent mismatch, get some hopes up that "hey this year is different", then watch one deficient unit (defense under RR, offense under BH) torpedo a season once facing above average to very good teams.  Plus a lack of individual improvement from game 2 to game 12. etc.

Hopefully this all changes this year - I don't think most people are expecting championships right now but even when UM basketball loses you see a well oiled machine that is having an off night.  You see obvious things go wrong for a night or two that you know can and WILL be corrected by the staff in short order.  You never question "chemistry" or "leadership" or whatever litany of excuse are rolled out annually for football nowadays.  You don't question that your coach is one of the top 10 in the nation and others look up to him in terms of being a tacticion and motivator.  And you never face teams that you don't feel like you have a chance against - in fact you mock Kenpom or analysts when they say "those young Wolverines will be lucky to stay in this one".

Simple parallel.  The OL and the C position are both complete unknowns with a bunch of guys we have no track record on.  But on one team I am sure that while we will be challenged at that black hole we'll figure it out and the coaching staff will compensate for any deficiency as the year  progresses.  The other team, most of us are dreading the impact that black hole can have on an otherwise interesting team.

Bottom line - the football program does not at this point have a track record of a team nearing its potential based on the players it brings in, while the basketball team not only matches but has been exceeding the potential based on the players it brings in.