What’s your greatest hope for the upcoming season?
Mine is that Michigan has found the formula to beat the best teams in the country by combining top-notch practice techniques, all-in player led leadership, unparalleled strategic planning that exploits opponents’ weaknesses, and talent that can compete with anyone. This hope would include Michigan managing to beat both primary rivals including osu in Columbus en route to back-to-back B1G championships. It is worth pointing out that our head coach is the defending national coach of the year. This team is going to be very good, and I am pumped to watch them.
Ronnie Bell comes out and becomes a Heisman finalist. Cade leaves with back to back B1G championships. The Spartan's have some reason to cry (This is a low bar to clear) at the end of the season.
Beat OSU, MSU, PSU, and win a bowl game. whatever the F game it is... just end the season with a fucking win. title game or not.
My greatest hope for the season is that we slayed our demons on 11/27/21 and we go into the Snakepit and whip tOSU so bad that the Buckeyes get booed off their own field. A corollary to that is Ryan Day feels the heat in C-Bus and scurries off to the NFL.
Also, East Lansing A & M loses all their games and Mel Tucker's benefactors have huge buyers' remorse.
Oh, one more thing. A mental edge over osu - something we havent had in 20+ years. Winning in columbus and beating stroud up would give this program and confidence something it hasnt had in decades... an expectation of greatness, not just "hope".. and in many years.. not just "hope" to contend!
If Michigan somehow manages to win in Columbus next Fall, I have to believe heads will roll by Monday morning. Not Day's, I doubt they go that far, but position coaches and coordinators could very well be on the chopping block.
OSU has every reason to be confident heading in, but for the first time in a very long time, all the pressure is on them heading into The Game. All the pressure is on them to respond to last year's beating and return the favor. If they don't, there will be a citywide meltdown. Half the state will be calling for Day's job, Stroud will be the town pariah (whether he deserves to be or not, that's what you sign up for as OSU's QB), and Gene Smith will be wrangled up and tied to the first train heading out of town.
Last year's win put a huge blow into OSU's psychological edge over Michigan. A win next year? That shatters whatever is left of it.
Beat ohio
My hope is similar to years past. I want us to win the games we should and be competitive against the top Big team like OSU, PSU, Wisconsin and always beat MSU.
My biggest concern for '22 is replacing Hassan Haskins. The man was a beast who didn't fumble and was able to get the tough yards. Our offense should be at least as good as last year if we hang on to the ball.
We have a national title level offense. Position players galore, a returning B1G championship QB, and a backup QB with seemingly even more upside than the incumbent starter. O-line is stacked, but the loss of Haskin’s thunder is the only real hole I see on that side of the ball. The Corum -Edwards duo should be something spectacular, and now adding back Ronnie Bell to a WR corp with Andrel Anthony and Roman Wilson….wow.
If we don’t run into a generational defense like Georgia last year (essentially all NFL 1st and 2nd round draft picks) and we keep our foot on the gas, the offense should be lights out.
On the other side of the ball…there are concerns. We can’t expect to just replace the edge rush that Hutchinson and Ojabo brought. I’m hoping the middle of the D-line develops and becomes a penetrating force and the back 7 is improved.
My expectation is a B1G championship and a playoff birth…from there, anything can happen. That said, the season really hinges on the development of the defense, and we’ll probably have to win some shootouts earlier in the year as the D gains its footing.
Hopefully OSU is as soft as last year and continues to play like a Big 12 team.
To beat ohio state in Columbus.
Yes. Beat OSU and everyone else on the schedule.
My hope is that the defense doesn't take (much of) a step back at all. If the defense can perform about the same, we can definitely repeat the success of last year.
UM prevails in the toilet bowl.. 43-26 :)
Well outside of winning a lot, and beating OSU at the shoe... I really hope Jim is good to his word and does not start another freakin soap opera again when the last game is finished.
Undefeated until OSU then competative game with tOSU.
With the opposite result of 2016. The football gods owe UM for that one..
I hope it is a good season, it's likely to be my last in Michigan Stadium after 52 years. At least the last as a season ticket holder. I think that this is a good year to end it, maybe last year would have been better but i wasn't prepared.