Michigan Football: HARBAUGH
Alright, the season starts in a month and I cannot effing wait. Bump this as necessary.
The schedule this year is full of highs and lows. A I-AA team to start (the defending national champ, but still), followed by Oregon, Notre Dame, and Penn State in succession. 6 relative cakewalks (should be, at least)in Northwestern, Eastern Michigan, Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan State precede the final two tough games with Wisconsin and OSU. Certainly doable, but by no means easy.
Two big events today:
1. Michigan extends contract to play ND through 2031. Jesus Christ, that is a ridiculously long time. I guess it means we should have a solid OOC opponent for a long time, but I wouldn't have minded a little more variety in the UM schedule in the next 25 years. Oh well.
2. Sam McGuffie committed to Michigan. He is the #1 ranked All-Purpose back for the class of 2008 and looks sick. Check out this video:
Anyway, any discussion of this or any new topics would be great. Go Blue, baby.
Looking forward to a fun finish to crootin season with Underwood in the fold. Seems likely they get a couple more flips to close. And then it's portal crootin season. Get a few pieces there and suddenly next season is looking promising.
Always good to get a W versus Sparty. Looked pretty grim in the first quarter, but good job of not folding.
Yep. When Michigan sux they only have one job. Beat sparty. If they do that I'm happy (or as happy as I can be considering the situation). Sucking is a viable excuse to lose to Ohio State or Penn State or Oregon, etc but it's NEVER a viable excuse to lose to sparty. The onus is on even a crap Michigan team to get that job done.
Looking forward to a fun finish to crootin season with Underwood in the fold. Seems likely they get a couple more flips to close. And then it's portal crootin season. Get a few pieces there and suddenly next season is looking promising.
In August I would have projected this season to suck and 2025 to be even worse given the talent we're losing. Now that we've got Underwood, IOW now that Michigan has FINALLY shown they're ready to spend $$ and even outbid the big boys, the sky is the limit. We can be a playoff contender, even a national title contender, next year!!! Getting Underwood correlates so strongly with having a strong portal class it's pretty much impossible to not be super optimistic right now. Michigan is seriously BACK!!
In August I would have projected this season to suck and 2025 to be even worse given the talent we're losing. Now that we've got Underwood, IOW now that Michigan has FINALLY shown they're ready to spend $$ and even outbid the big boys, the sky is the limit. We can be a playoff contender, even a national title contender, next year!!! Getting Underwood correlates so strongly with having a strong portal class it's pretty much impossible to not be super optimistic right now. Michigan is seriousl
I don't think Underwood is going to be good enough as a true freshman for it to be an elite offense if he's the starter. But if someone is available in the portal, maybe.
Also, hopefully we'll never know how Michigan would have done in the portal without Underwood being on board, but I suspect they would have done well regardless. It's just a completely different situation than last year and I'm optimistic that they'll get some legit guys who can start and not just depth pieces.
I don't think Underwood is going to be good enough as a true freshman for it to be an elite offense if he's the starter. But if someone is available in the portal, maybe.
Also, hopefully we'll never know how Michigan would have done in the portal without Underwood being on board, but I suspect they would have done well regardless. It's just a completely different situation than last year and I'm optimistic that they'll get some legit guys who can start and not just depth pieces.
I agree that the portal class was gonna be good regardless. Even if we didn't get Underwood, the very fact that we made a serious run at him showed to the college football world Michigan was finally taking this football thing seriously. It was officially a new era of Michigan football the instant they did that. The fact that they actually got Underwood is pure delicious frosting.
Well how about that. LOL Ohio State. Did I see the correctly that the best team $20 million could buy did not manage to make a single first down in the 4th quarter?
Can't say that I much care about the bowl game, but maybe if LSU gags against Oklahoma we could be matched up with them, in which case I might have to go.
Time to close the recruiting class strong, hit the portal hard, and bring on some elite offensive minds either as assistants or analysts.
Well how about that. LOL Ohio State. Did I see the correctly that the best team $20 million could buy did not manage to make a single first down in the 4th quarter?
Can't say that I much care about the bowl game, but maybe if LSU gags against Oklahoma we could be matched up with them, in which case I might have to go.
Time to close the recruiting class strong, hit the portal hard, and bring on some elite offensive minds either as assistants or analysts.
Probably not a popular take, but this is no loner a magical 3 year run for me. It's a magical 4 year run now! I dont care what our record is. Beating Ohio State made the whole season for me. Especially THAT Ohio State team with their Avengers super-roster. This is the most inspiring Michigan win I have ever seen. These young men are legends forever.
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The sick part is a 7 game winning streak is now plausible. Obviously not likely when you do the calculator/march madness math but very VERY plausible. This was their one auto-win vs us. Their one layup and THEY MISSED IT!!! We will be a much better team next year and we're at home. I know Ohio State doesn't rebuild they reload blah blah blah but man they are losing so much. Next year has to be a significant drop off for them. Even without really knowing much about either team's 2025 roster, given the opposite trends, you'd have to put Michigan as a slight favorite at home next year. And then Underwood is fully activated by 2026. 2025-2027 not looking good for the Buckeyes my friend!
I just can't decide how far they have to go in the playoffs for Day to keep his job. Win it all, sure, he stays. Bomb out in the first game at home against Tennessee? Welllllll it's time for a change since the bucknuts will be PISSED. In between? Dunno.
I think Tenn is a matchup nightmare for Ohio State. Tenn's defense is as good as Michigan's but their offense is obviously way better. Plus it will be cold and there might be a breeze. OSU is ****ed!!!!
My guess. They lose to Tenn and Day is gone. I think it's dumb tho. As an AD or whoever has the real power I would never fire a coach who makes the playoffs. EVER. Just completely irrational to fire him especially when he's winning 85%+, but honestly when you lose 4 in a row to Michigan, all rational arguments are probably invalid. If Ohio st makes the final 4 Day is safe imo. What happens if they lose to Oregon? And would the nature of the loss factor in? Getting blown out by Ore or losing to a last second FG....would that matter? IDK. That's the permutation that has me perplexed.
I think Tenn is a matchup nightmare for Ohio State. Tenn's defense is as good as Michigan's but their offense is obviously way better. Plus it will be cold and there might be a breeze. OSU is ****ed!!!!
My guess. They lose to Tenn and Day is gone. I think it's dumb tho. As an AD or whoever has the real power I would never fire a coach who makes the playoffs. EVER. Just completely irrational to fire him especially when he's winning 85%+, but honestly when you lose 4 in a row to Michigan, al
Hope you haven’t been betting these ILP. Your analysis has been, how should we say, “off.”
