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I can think of a couple…

I can think of a couple million reason$ why elite backs might choose OSU.

"I don't need to outrun the…

"I don't need to outrun the bear, I only need to outrun you."

I'm sure that is a very old joke but I only heard it for the first time when I saw "The Imitation Game" and I still chuckle every time I think of that line.

It is the second funniest joke I have ever heard in a non-comedy film right behind Little Bill's joke about Nebraska in "Unforgiven."

 

Agreed.

I think 9-3 is BEST…

Agreed.

I think 9-3 is BEST case scenario but 8-4 (and possibly 7-5) is actually more likely. UM's offense is probably going to suck donkey balls and the defense won't be as good as expected with the loss of every single defensive coach.

Texas, Oregon and OSU are basically auto-losses (even with Harbaugh back I think UM probably would have lost at least two of those) while USC and Washington (I can't believe UM is an 11 point favorite over Washington in Seattle...take the points and the Huskies) will be toss-ups.

I imagine this post will get heavily negged but I am pretty confident in my prediction of seeing UM struggle next season. I hope to be proven incorrect.

I already hit where you are…

I already hit where you are at after the 2016 screw job in Columbus. I was so livid over UM getting shafted by the officials in that game...and then I realized that none of it actually mattered. I watched college football for one last season in 2017 but haven't watched a game since that year. Additionally, I am now a VERY casual fan of UM football (that is the only sport I still pay any attention to btw) and I am MUCH happier as a result. 

Seeing UM these last three years has been strange for me because I have been so blase about it all. Before 2016, I would have been ecstatic with the wins over OSU, the Big Ten championships and trips to the playoffs culminating in the ultimate "high": A national championship season. But for me, my reaction has largely been "Well, isn't that nice for those young people (meaning the players on the team)."

I have actually decided to stop following UM altogether (it's a process and I am still weaning myself off of MGoBlog) as this is the perfect time to ride off into the sunset. As you stated re: NIL and transfer portal, college football feels no different than the professional game to me now and I lost interest in all professional sports a long time ago.

Harbaugh is gone, NIL and the portal have made the game little different than the pros, I am not a fan of the expanded playoffs and we appear to be moving to just a few super conferences. None of those things appeal to me, so I am signing off. Of course, we will see how I feel in late August.

This post was waaaayyy too…

This post was waaaayyy too level headed for an internet message board. You must be new here.

 



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Bypass the persuasion check…

Bypass the persuasion check and just cast Charm Person.

I would be down for this…

I would be down for this only if I can be assured that Seth does NOT see the DM as a "storyteller." Old-school DMs only please.

#B/XDnD4Eva  #AD&DRulz #JustSayNOToCritcalRole

Serious question: Couldn't…

Serious question: Couldn't Michigan still go after those guys? I don't think DeBoer would leave Bama as that is on par with Michigan as far as prestige but Washington doesn't compare to Michigan.

Have those guys signed binding contracts which would require a buyout?

This is the best laugh I…

This is the best laugh I have enjoyed in a while. Well done sir (or madam)!

While I agree that the…

While I agree that the yearly "Will he Stay or Will he Go" NFL flirtations by Harbaugh has hurt UM somewhat in recruiting, I think the bigger factor is UM's stance on NIL.

Not going the pay-for-play route that most of the teams who have finished ahead of UM in the recruiting rankings is still going to hold UM back even if they can maintain the success of the past three years.

This so much.

There are…

This so much.

There are many excellent coaches who are happy at their current jobs who would come running if UM offered them the job and 6-7 Million a year.

 

I completely understand why…

I completely understand why folks like on-campus games in the playoffs but I, personally, hate them. When you are deciding the national champion, I want the playing field to be as level as possible, thus I am opposed to having one team get the massive advantage of playing at home.

Additionally, I think in most years there are only about 5-6 teams who could legitimately make a viable claim to be the "best team" in the nation. This year may have been an exception as maybe 8 teams could have made a reasonable argument. Thus, I think 8 teams would have been the correct number.

EDIT: I forgot to mention vis a vis the "fairness" point that I hate having teams get "byes" as well. I really hate the 12 team format. 

I remember LOVING Gatlinburg…

I remember LOVING Gatlinburg when I was a kid going with my family. I went back a few years ago on my own as an adult and was completely underwhelmed. It was just so...tacky. 

I guess that makes it the DisneyWorld/Land of the Smokey Mountains.

This confused me as well but…

This confused me as well but I think it makes sense if you add in a "to" after "than": thus greater connection to Michigan than TO Harbaugh.

Meaning they are more connected to Michigan than they are connected to Harbaugh not that their connection to Michigan is greater than Harbaugh's connection to Michigan (which is kind of how it reads now).

Will Howard is not a…

Will Howard is not a question mark. He is a good (not great) QB with multiple years as a starter at a Power Five program. Michigan would be incredibly fortunate to have a Will Howard on the roster next year.

If UM doesn't get a decent QB from the portal for 2024, I think 8 wins is the ceiling next year for Michigan. Losses to OSU, Oregon and Texas would be all but guaranteed and I suspect a loss to Washington (and maybe USC) would be likely. 

I get the feeling (and that…

I get the feeling (and that is all it is, a feeling) that a significant number of UM grads (especially the wealthier ones) consider themselves to be "above" being interested enough in sports to support an NIL collective. They probably are donating to NPR and their local PBS station but not the athletic department or an NIL.

Pass the scones, Jeeves.

EDIT: The fact that UM is on the same NIL level as Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and Vanderbilt is massively disappointing. Assuming these projections are correct, of course.

OSU's NIL slushfund/warchest…

OSU's NIL slushfund/warchest must be absolutely massive! 20 Million, perhaps?

Add in the money they spent to keep Smith and Houstan in their 2024 class, the portal guys they have added and the two elite 2025 commits they just got and the amount of money flowing out of the coffers of OSU must be staggering.

Of course, all of this is completely above board. Nothing to see here.

LaDarius Henderson? Or do we…

LaDarius Henderson? Or do we think he won't get drafted now? That would really suck for him as I believe he was considered to be a likely 2nd day pick when he left ASU.

Sometimes it is the people…

Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.

This quote from the Imitation Game film has been resonating with me since Monday evening vis a vis the 2023 Michigan Wolverines.

I know UM was actually ranked pretty highly at the beginning of the season and considered a "good" team but most pundits kept turning back to those blue chip ratios and pointing out that UM just didn't have enough elite talent to compete against the likes of OSU, Bama and Georgia to win it all.

I assume that these early…

I assume that these early favorites for winning the national championship are most likely driven by recruiting rankings. Who are the teams who land multiple 5* and lots of Top 100 recruits every year: Georgia, Alabama and OSU.

All of this is done completely legitimately, of course. No breaking of NCAA rules by these paragons of virtue.

The fact that Sign-gate made pretty much the whole nation turn against UM as "cHEaTerS!" declaring UM's title "tainted" when the aforementioned teams (as well as most of the SEC, Clemson, Oregon) have been buying elite talent (aka cheating) for decades which gives those teams a massive competitive advantage has really soured me on college football.

Yep. 

UM actually could…

Yep. 

UM actually could have had a better scoring average than Washington but they chose to play the three non-conference games like NFL pre-season games. Washington put up huge numbers against Boise State and Tulsa (Penix played deep into the 4th quarter in every Washington game this season) while UM put up very pedestrian yardage and scoring numbers against their non-conference opponents because they rested their starters by the middle of the 3rd quarter and did lots of unusual lineups and play calling in those pre-season games.

I thought it was kind of hilarious how the narrative before the championship game was Washington had this unstoppable offense but they only averaged 1.6 ppg more than UM on offense while putting up video game numbers in their non-conference schedule and they played in a defense is optional league.

Well, I like your confidence…

Well, I like your confidence, but unless every guy who can come back does come back I have a hard time seeing UM finishing better than 10-2 against that schedule next season.

Going better than 2-2 against @OSU, @Washington, Oregon and Texas would be a pretty surprising result IMO. Again, I am assuming a fair number of players leave for the NFL who could potentially return; should most of them elect to come back, the calculus changes.

Oh sweet summer child. Let…

Oh sweet summer child. Let me introduce you to a man named Jim Harbaugh.

Let me guess, LaQuan…

Let me guess, LaQuan Tredwells mini fridge from his Ole Miss dorm room?

I don't give two shits about…

I don't give two shits about the Detroit Lions (I was a Steelers fan back when I cared about Pro Football), so pretty obviously...Michigan.

I think you are incorrectly assuming that most people on here will be Lions fans, which I doubt, while I feel confident in assuming that pretty much everyone (except the few fans of other teams who peruse these boards) is a Michigan fan.

University of Washington…

University of Washington started their Winter Quarter on January 3rd, so I assume that the team had to fly back to show up for classes.

(Insert joke about football players actually showing up for classes here.)

Your ideas intrigue me and I…

Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Is Sally Struthers available…

Is Sally Struthers available? She could lead the fundraising marathon.

Jim Delany is a UM fan?

Jim Delany is a UM fan?

I'm guessing he is banking…

I'm guessing he is banking on the now obvious decision tree utilized by the NCAA:

Is Michigan somehow involved? 

    TRUE: apply rules in most draconian manner possible...hell, make up new ones to screw UM over just for shits and giggles.

    FALSE: shrug shoulders and rubber stamp request/ignore obvious rules infraction.

Agreed.

I actually liked…

Agreed.

I actually liked Howard as a possible transfer to UM as I think he is better than anyone UM has on the roster other than JJ but I don't see him lighting it up at OSU.

I think he'll put up pretty decent numbers just from being in OSU's system and throwing to their litany of 5* WRs but I would be shocked if he was better than McCord 2023.

 

Sounds like an obvious …

Sounds like an obvious "intent to deceive" situation by Harbaugh here. 15 yard penalty.

UM wins a nail biter: 31-28.

UM wins a nail biter: 31-28.

That fact is the biggest…

That fact is the biggest thing that gives me pause about the game because it is pretty much exactly the same story as TCU last season.

Hopefully, UM does to Washington what Georgia did to TCU.

I can't help but wonder how…

I can't help but wonder how bad Bama's backup centers must be for that young man to be their best option.

Woof.

Washington is my second…

Washington is my second favorite college football team (a distant second), so I am thrilled that UM and UW will be playing each other for the title. I want Michigan to win it all but if they do lose at least I will not have to watch Bama or Texas win it all as I can't stand either program.

...he says Georgia's is more…

...he says Georgia's is more complex but Michigan is more physical.

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Why is he opting out of…

Why is he opting out of playing in Maryland's bowl game if he isn't planning on preparing for the NFL but is instead trying to weasel an extra year of college eligibility from the NCAA?

Weird.

I LOVE the blooper reel for…

I LOVE the blooper reel for this scene. Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus's reactions to Stiller's line readings for this piece of dialogue are hilarious. Even the extras were frequently laughing.

I am usually a huge hater of spin off shows but, man, a "The Costanzas" spin off from Seinfeld would have been amazing. Jerry Stiller, Jason Alexander and Estelle Harris were *chef's kiss* comedy gold. 

RE: JJ and the TD passing…

RE: JJ and the TD passing record. It is crazy that he had 18 TD's after game 8 and only threw one more TD in the last 5 games.

Absolutely crazy.

(Obviously, this was a brilliant ploy by the staff to entice JJ to come back for his final season to set the record.)

College football has much…

College football has much more of an NFL model now with recruiting analogous to the Draft, and the transfer portal similar to free agency.

Which is precisely why my interest in college football is quickly waning. I stopped following the NFL about 15 years ago and have found myself less and less interested in the college game as it has become more "professional."

I know this simply amounts to "old man yells at cloud" but...damn...I sure miss the "good old days" of college football when it "felt" more wholesome and pure.

(Btw, I am all for players getting paid as they are the "product" driving all the revenue but it has definitely tainted the game in an idescribable way for me.)

Correct.

Michigan is still…

Correct.

Michigan is still playing for a National Championship and not too many guys are going to bolt at this point. As soon as that is no longer the case, I expect to see many more players from UM enter the portal (probably in the portal corridor after Spring practice).

Northwestern was probably…

Northwestern was probably the biggest surprise in college football this year (for me). I was expecting them to go 2-10. So, even though I would have liked to see Harbaugh get Big 10 coach of the year it certainly made sense to award it to NW's interim (now permanent) coach whose name I still don't know.

Nebraska was worse than I expected (I had predicted 7-5) but they were legitimately close to finishing 7-5. They just had sooooo many turnovers this season resulting in many close losses...for what seems like the fifth season in a row.

USC only surprised me a little. I was expecting 8-4 for them this season and the only game they lost which I expected them to win was against UCLA. They were a paper tiger in 2022 because they missed BOTH Washington and Oregon. The best teams they beat in 22 were Oregon St and ND who both finished 8-4 in the regular season.

EDIT: I should point out that I was WAAAAY off on Wisconsin. I thought that they would win the Western division going 9-3 with a tiebreaker win over 9-3 Iowa. Wisco was so much worse than I expected.

It was for MEN only


Or was…

It was for MEN only

Or was is Just for Men...in which case, why wasn't Ryan "Karen" Day present?

 

While the term “dead period” makes it seem like all recruiting stops during this time, that’s actually not the case. Athletes and coaches are still allowed to communicate via phone, email, social media and other digital communication channels. While NCAA Division 1 programs are prohibited from conducting any in-person recruiting, D1 college coaches can still contact student-athletes via digital forms of communication during the dead period.

Apparently, not a violation.

Wasn't that the first video…

Wasn't that the first video ever played on MTV?

Harbaugh and Michigan DID…

Harbaugh and Michigan DID beat OSU in 2016; they just had the game stolen from them by corrupt officials.

Unfortunately, everyone but Michigan fans seem to have forgotten the massive screw job UM endured that day.

#NeverForget

Maybe they realize Day isn’t…

Maybe they realize Day isn’t a very good coach?

Cristobal says, "Hold my beer."

What is a defensive skill…

What is a defensive skill player? I don't think I have ever heard the term applied to the defense.