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consider this: Harbaugh bad…

consider this: Harbaugh bad soup man good

Yeah I think virtually any…

Yeah I think virtually any DC worth their weight will rotate players for the sake of freshness. There are exceptions, be it absolute monster players that change the game (Bush) or high-importance guys that don't have a viable backup (Hudson, etc). The lack of dline rotation indicates what everyone else has seen and said; there is an alarmingly low amount of starter quality depth and that inhibits rotations.

Yeah I can't say the itch to…

Yeah I can't say the itch to find a different coach for greener pastures has ever been particularly appealing. Attempting to fire coaches upwards in a last ditch effort to live the glory days is a tried and true method to permanently resign a program to Above Average status, and most P5 teams could do a lot worse than harbaugh. 

 

That said, I'm not so sure Michigan's problems (or, at the very least, status) would be solved even with the discovery of a game changing quarterback. The interior line play, specifically on the defensive end, has rapidly declined since 2017, and bears no signs of improving in the future. Coordinator attrition seems to imply that Gattis I don't imagine will be around for longer than a year or two, leaving the fate of the current offense up in the air. And most notably, the 2017 class is appearing to be a bellwether for Michigan's increasing recruiting woes, given the massive attrition and rate of misses, which ultimately falls on coaching staff. 

I can generally agree with…

I can generally agree with this. Harbaugh is clearly a good enough coach to adapt and get the program to 10ish wins with solid recruiting. The dabo example gets brought up often and, at the very least, is worth consideration, albeit Clemson has a vastly easier conference schedule and has a better recruiting ground.

The issue is how exactly Michigan makes that leap from 'pretty good 10 win seasons and near top 10 recruiting' to playoff contention and loads of recruiting stars, which at this point unfortunately seems to be beating Ohio State.

I cannot wait for a third…

I cannot wait for a third string Bama team to lose to michigan by 10 so we can start a horrific offseason cycle of takes.

Kenpom gives 25% odds to to…

Kenpom gives 25% odds to to UM, and torvik gives a similar spread. Sagarin actually has michigan rated ahead of louisville so I imagine that would likely be projected as a tossup.

This essentially fits my…

This essentially fits my line of thinking. Sure, there exists a growing talent gap, but not anything severe enough to convince me that UM simply isn't equipped for the task. There have been multiple *extremely* close chances, and whether it be mistakes, or sheer statistical chance, the breaks haven't happened for UM yet.

Man, this is probably more…

Man, this is probably more unhinged than Defeated With Dignity. Affording any sort of moral imperative to players attending classes or not being paid is absurd in itself, as is pretending to trumpet this as an advantage over OSU. Could it not be that OSU simply is better at football-related activities and as a result is better-equipped for this game?

Mods are asleep time to…

Mods are asleep time to launch extremely awful posts

This becomes exponentially…

This becomes exponentially less neat the more it's posted, and by 500 different forum posters to add even more effect.

We should keep posting more…

We should keep posting more of these threads until morale improves.

Posted at 12:08 AM

Posted at 12:08 AM

if an inexperienced OSU QB…

if an inexperienced OSU QB is supposed to alleviate Michigan fan's fears over the Game I have a couple prior matchups ala 2014/17 to refer.

Counterpoint: it sucks and…

Counterpoint: it sucks and Michigan has nothing to gain.

Incredible set of blinders…

Incredible set of blinders to percieve Michigan as somehow above it all and filled with 'character' and 'dignity' as opposed to simply not being as good at recruiting as other programs.

Emery committed somewhat…

Emery committed somewhat surprisingly quickly to Georgia his junior year so it's not horribly surprising as well that he decommitted to look elsewhere, especially in the wake of LSU winning in convincing fashion.

The droves of posts about …

The droves of posts about 'losing to Purdue is Good, Actually' and other bits like that are extremely good as well.

He's somehow rebranded as a…

He's somehow rebranded as a normal woke guy with occasional sports takes. Twitter is wild