<p>"Thankfully as far as I know hockey has not changed much."</p>
<p><strong>Twitch</strong></p>
<p>Michigan underachieved so bad last year that Red almost retired as a result of it. We lost three players we weren't expecting to lose in the off season (Macvoy, Swystun, and technically Lewis), which means we're going to be lacking depth and having walk-ons from the club team playing 4th line. We also have a relatively untested goalie, as Billy proved last year he still wasn't ready for college hockey. So hopefully some things will get better...</p>
<p>"well, john stucco is a very experienced and high quality qb. he doesn't have the weapons he had last year (calhoun, orr), but he has the ability to challenge the Michigan D. I say UM wins 27-13."</p>
<p>A random poster on a message board who doesn't even use his own name, doesn't even write articles, rather makes posts, can not be considered an "analyst".</p>
<p>... unless i'm reading this wrong and this is an article written that was copied and pasted, but I don't know what author would say "Bucky" and "Brutus".</p>
<p>Yeah, Maguo is a freak! LOL!!! So Maguo, what do you predict for this coming trip to Gopher land? Personally, given the fact that Minnesota's defense is average and its offensive success depends on the run, I think Michigan is going to be able to score on Minnesota and keep Minnesota off the score boards. Final score will be 27-17.</p>
<p>He's copying his post from the Rivals forum, which is a well established website and forum covering college football and basketball, and also recruiting for each of those sports.</p>
<p>You get much better information online from blogs/message boards than you get from people writing articles, assuming you know where to look. You're placing way too much emphasis on a title and not enough emphasis on being able to recognize a competent analysis when you see one, no matter what the source.</p>
<p>Blogs and message board are people's opinions. One's who watch games, let their thoughts come out, and have biases. As evident by the OP's desire to get into the Badger Forum and his overzealous prediction of the Badger's finish in the Big Ten, and incorrect thoughts that Oden is going to sit out the entire year, it would be silly to think his opinion is worth .02. I can write 20 minutes of crap looking at statistics and rosters too, but does that make me better than anyone else? Do I actually have a press pass, can I actually go into the locker room, talk to the players? Do people actually pay for my opinion? That's the difference between a message board poster and someone who is a writer. One has credibility, the other doesn't.</p>
<p>This Michigan team is more dominant than others I have seen...and yet, it scares me more than most others. Our offense just isn't clicking. I am afraid that unless something improves drastically on offense, we will lose a game we aren't supposed to lose sometime in the next 4 weeks. So far, our Defense has been very solid. We are allowing an NCAA best 50 yards rushing per game, thereby neutralizing opposing offenses. This week, we will be playing a Minnesota that depends on its rushing game, so I do not see too much trouble, especially considering that Minnesota took the little Brown Jug last year. We Wolveirnes love Jugs. We want out Jugs back. So I personally cannot imagine losing to Minnesota. But MSU, Iowa and PSU are all very good and could give us some serious trouble if our Offense is not clicking.</p>
<p>MSU, PSU, and Iowa won't be problems. All have had their problems this year. Iowa should have lost to Syracuse, and has looked less than impressive in wins agains Illinois and Iowa State. I honestly don't think they're that good. MSU has a bi-polar personality, everyone saw it tonight. They did the same thing the last time they came to the Big House. Penn State doesn't have an offense this year. Morelli isn't accurate at all. Michigan also has a history of owning MSU and PSU the last decade. If they get through this 4 game stretch, they play 3 JV games before playing the Varsity team (OSU), they should be prepared. But Michigan always finds a way to blow it. I'm thinking Penn State COULD be the game, but I have them going 11-0 into Columbus.</p>
<p>I hope you are right A2Wolves. 11-0 sounds good. But like you said, Michigan always seems to have a brain fart against a less than steallar team. Generally speaking, it happens against Wisconsin, Minnesota, MSU, Iowa or Northwestern. </p>
<p>A #1 vs #2 OSU vs Michigan game would be awesome. I am flying to te US on November 17-20, so I will get to see the game!</p>
<p>Well, in 1997, I flew from Germany to Detroit to watch the Michigan OSU game. I paid $700 for the plane ticket and $800 for the game ticket! LOL!!! Yeah, we Wolverines are nuts, but it was worth every penny. </p>
<p>This year, I have no intention of going to Columbus for the game. I will be in NYC and will watch it at ESPN Zone...or from my hotel room.</p>
<p>Lots of times sportswriters do articles without ever going into the lockerroom/talking to people/bothering to get the facts, and are biased in terms of trying to create stories where they don't exist. Tons of sportswriters seem to think there's a huge movement against Lloyd Carr and that he'll get fired if he doesn't have a stellar year, and all of their articles have been based on false speculation and bias, without using any of their special privilege. Sports Illustrated had an absolutely awful article on Phil Kessel where they made all these accusations about him being an attention whore, and never once cited any information to back it up. In fact, actual interviews with him say "I'm a quiet guy and like to stay in the background". Tons of sportwriters/analysts seem to think that Notre Dame football is amazing despite almost nothing but evidence to the contrary.</p>
<p>I think you skipped the whole part about "if you know where to look". And the whole part about "having a title doesn't mean you know what the hell you're doing".</p>