<p>same ole sparties</p>
<p>Nebraska pulls of the close win and will most likely end up in the Rose Bowl.</p>
<p>^^^Go away ■■■■■!</p>
<p>I feel like the law of averages has to catch up with Nebraska. They’ve needed a late comeback against State, NW, Wisconsin, and Denard happened to hurt his funny bone against them. If anything is right in this world they should drop at least one game, hopefully.</p>
<p>Edit: Not to mention some terrible calls in yesterday’s game. I still don’t understand how that pick-6 got called back.</p>
<p>All that matters is what Michigan does in the next three games. If we can win out, we finish 9-3 and ranked among the top 20 and will at least go to the Capital One Bowl.</p>
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Nebraska/ UCLA rematch… haha!</p>
<p>UCB, now wouldn’t that be something? This seems unlikely though; I don’t see see either Stanford or USC totally imploding if we assume that Oregon will play for the Natty and Oregon State will play in the Rose Bowl.</p>
<p>What a game! It was ugly, but I’ll take it. Devin Gardner will be a worthy starting QB next season, which really puts my mind at ease. The offense is responding well to him and he is making pretty good decisions for a relatively inexperienced QB. Even with a couple of costly brain farts (roughing the passer), we still manaed to be a pretty decent Northwestern team. Too bad PSU could not keep up its end of the bargain! Any way, we should be able to overcome Iowa next week, but the trip to OSU looks pretty rough.</p>
<p>After disposing of Iowa, we are now ready for what should be a barn burner. The two headed monster of Denard and Devin and the improved play of Roundtree and Gallon will surely put points on the board. Ohio will have a lot to watch for. Even after a triple reverse and a handoff - option pitch against Iowa, you can be sure Borgess hasn’t shown much of the Denard/Devin playbook. Expect a play where Denard starts to run and then passes.</p>
<p>It was too bad to see Fitz go down early; he’ll be missed. I was one that was down on Fitz but he certainly was coming back into form and then down he goes. </p>
<p>No doubt in Ohio Stadium, it will be a tough environment but nobody will be able to take there eyes off “the game”.</p>
<p>This game will be fun to watch. If the offense clicks, Michigan will be hard to stop. This said, OSU runs the option, and our Defense has struggled agains it all season. I expect a high scoring game.</p>
<p>One things is certain, our three losses this season have all been on the road against the #1, #2 and #17 teams in the country. Two of those losses could have gone either way. Michigan’s record is very deceptive.</p>
<p>Both teams have hardly a defense, with Michigan being slightly better.
Both teams have decent offenses, with OSU being slightly better(Braxton Miller potential Heisman winner).</p>
<p>Should be a close game I predict and enjoyable, especially with Gardner and Robinson alternating QB</p>
<p>60 Minutes, the very famous news program, had a nice story on the state of college football this evening. Michigan was featured prominently.</p>
<p>[Has</a> college football become a campus commodity? - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57551556/has-college-football-become-a-campus-commodity/]Has”>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57551556/has-college-football-become-a-campus-commodity/)</p>
<p>[Behind</a> the scenes with Michigan football - 60 Minutes - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50135339n]Behind”>http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50135339n)</p>
<p>Forever Alone, do you watch or follow college football at all? If you did I think you would realize that Michigan’s D is actually very good this year. We are 12th in yards per game overall and we have the best pass D in the country. Just saying.</p>
<p>ThisIsMichigan, have you been watching any of this year’s games? Terrible defense against Alabama and Airforce. It looked like the Defense was improving against Notre Dame, Purdue, Illinois, and MSU. But ND has a weak offense with their Freshman QB Golson. Then MSU, Purdue, and Illinois have been completely terrible this year. That illusion was shattered while playing NU, although the D didn’t step up until they reached OT.</p>
<p>ForeverAlone, Michigan’s Defense lost its entire DL to graduation this year. You could not expect the Defense to be dominant from the first game. It obviously needed a couple of games to gel. Besides, Alabama and Air Force both have solid offenses. But since the Air Force game, Michigan’s defense has played well with the exception of the Northwestern game and Northwestern is a pretty solid team with a very dangerous and mobile QB. Notre Dame’s offense is not explosive, but it has been effective all season, and we held them to just 13 points, despite turning the ball over 6 times. Only one other team held Notre Dame to less than 20 points. Michigan definitely has a very good defense this year.</p>
<p>And Braxton Miller is indeed excellent, but his being a Heisman candidate has more to do with the competition he has faced than his talent. Let us be honest, if OSU played games against Alabama in Dallas and at Notre Dame instead of playing a very weak non-conference schedule (all in Columbus), I am not sure that OSU would be 11-0 or that Miller would have been as impresive. We’ll see on Saturday I suppose, but Michigan’s losses this season were all on the road, and two of those three losses were against teams that will likely play each other for the national championship in January.</p>
<p>yes I’ve watched the game. I’ve been to every home game this year. This team doen’t " have hardly a defense". I’m sorry you are clearly wrong here</p>
<p>Now that MD and RU are in the B1G… it’s a total joke football conference. Yes, we’ll bring money in. But what happened to tradition? Geographical rivalries? College football is losing everything that once made it great. It’s not an amateur sport anymore… I think it’s getting more commercialized than the NFL at this point.</p>
<p>Agree completely, SoccerWolf. Like everything has become- a sterilized commodity with no identity.</p>
<p>Please beat OSU. Please. I do not want this undefeated season on their record. </p>
<p>And come on Big 10. Why?</p>
<p>Notre Dame refused to join, and 14-team conferences are required for the new system. I would have preferred had Notre Dame and Pitt joined the Big 10, but Notre Dame felt a stronger kinship with the ACC and Colorado did with the Pac 12, Texas A&M with the SEC etc… None of those make any sense. At least Nebraska joining the Big 10 made some sense. Chicago (one can always dream), Missouri, Notre Dame and Pitt all made sense too.</p>
<p>Adding Rutgers and Maryland makes no sense as far as rivalry or tradition goes. But at least Rutgers and Maryland are located in areas with large Michigan alum networks. There are 30,000 Michigan alums living in the tri-state area and another 15,000 living in DC. As it stands, Michigan is considered one of the most prestigious universities in NYC and DC. With this new move, Michigan’s repuation will be enhanced in those locales. </p>
<p>I suspect that most conferences will grow to 16 teams. Hopefully, the remaining two teams will make more sense as far as tradition goes. Ideally, Chicago and Notre Dame, but most likely Pitt and Missouri.</p>
<p>Regardless, the regular season must increase to 13 regular season games with just 2 non-conference teams. That way, each member of each conference play 11 of the 13 conference teams. Even if conferences grow to 16 teams, each team would play 11 of 15 conference members. Playing 8 conference games is simply not enough.</p>