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UM starting to believe it can win Big Ten title
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jwinslow;1269282; said:toledoblade.com -- UM starting to believe it can win Big Ten title
UM starting to believe it can win Big Ten title
jwinslow;1269282; said:toledoblade.com -- UM starting to believe it can win Big Ten title
UM starting to believe it can win Big Ten title
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Lynn Henning
U-M can't be this weak
There were personal theories about Michigan coming into this autumn. They began with the fact U-M's personnel is at about the same level it has been for the past 40 years, which is to say good enough to win eight games.
Neither a spread offense nor Rich Rodriguez's arrival as head coach should have changed the big-picture issue there. The Wolverines have enough players and skill to win more games than they lose in 2008.
It simply would make the forecast more accurate if Michigan began winning some football games.
There are better teams to go against than ninth-ranked Wisconsin if a team's record is 1-2 and it has played thoroughly unimpressive football for three weeks. Then again, maybe not.
If this Michigan program is going to begin to take on Rodriguez's image and likeness, it probably needs to get its act together against a high-powered team. For that reason, and because I'm sticking with earlier assessments, the belief is that Michigan will win Saturday at Michigan Stadium, even if Steven Threet and Nick Sheridan remain the triggermen for an offense that needs a dramatically different director.
It's understandable why so many people say this is, at best, a 6-6 team. Nothing seems to jibe in the early going. The line play both ways has been unremarkable. There has been minimal crunch on defense, even if in late September it probably is the most skilled side of the ball for Michigan.
But it's impossible to believe Michigan is bad. Wisconsin, conversely, might not be that good, although its offensive line is so filled with rock and timber that it looks as if it is becoming a replica of those old Barry Alvarez offensive fronts of the '90s.
A punishing offensive line could be enough to put away Michigan on Saturday, no question. But there are enough similarities in the two teams, particularly at quarterback -- where Wisconsin is more or less undistinguished -- to provide a gut feeling that the dress rehearsals are over. There are too many blue-chippers wearing Michigan uniforms to continue this early season nonsense.
A bye week might have been exactly what Rodriguez's gang needed -- on top of a breakthrough victory, which, because of Michigan's inherent talent, seems to be in the stars for Saturday.
LightningRod;1270336; said:Pass the pipe.
But it's impossible to believe Michigan is bad. Wisconsin, conversely, might not be that good
There are too many blue-chippers wearing Michigan uniforms to continue this early season nonsense.
A bye week might have been exactly what Rodriguez's gang needed -- on top of a breakthrough victory, which, because of Michigan's inherent talent, seems to be in the stars for Saturday.
Dryden;1270422; said:Dear Michigan Beat Writers,
Last years more talented Michigan team lost to last years less talented Wisconsin team by 16.
One thing about Bielema: He beats the teams he's supposed to beat. He's 24-5 as the Badgers HC, with all five losses being on the road versus ranked opponents.
generaladm;1270950; said:Seeing as this is my 1000th post on BP, I've been racking my brain to come up with something poignant, timeless, and with a touch of universal truth. So here goes...
FUCK MICHIGAN !!!!!!!!
Fuck em in the ass. Fuck em in the mouth. Fuck em in their gouged out eye sockets. Fuck em in their putrid vaginas. I would say fuck em in their ear canals, but the only fuckers with cocks small enough to do that play for fucking Michigan. Fuck em till they beg to die just to end the pain and humiliation, agree to stop, and then yell "Sike!" as you continue to fuck em harder and more mercilessly than before. Fuck their hillrat 3rd choice of a head coach and his ex-stripper wife. Fuck Mike Barwis, his self-fellating boasting that his team practices movement "on a three-dimensional plane" (like anyone exercises on a two-dimensional plane, get a fucking clue, douchbag!), his fucking pet wolves, and his labored Jim Rome-esque gravelly tough guy voice. Fuck their abominable meteor crater of a stadium, and the key-jingling fuckheads who still think that their team fucking matters. Fuck their stupid fucking winged helmets and their new winged road jerseys. Fuck the Fab Five and their fucking black socks. Fuck Mike "0-4" Hart and all the shit talking that he couldn't fucking back up. Fuck Tom Brady for subjecting all of us to his baby mama drama. Fuck Desmond Howard's showboating ass. Fuck their claim to 185 National Championships that they found in Cracker Jacks boxes. Fuck Tim Biakubatuka for having the one good fucking game of his whole fucking career at the absolute worst fucking time. Fuck their nose-in-the-air attitude that they are God's gift to academics, while they graduate football players who can't fucking read. Fuck Gerald Ford. Fuck Lllllloyd Carr's half time interview temper tantrums. Fuck their annoying, lame excuse for a fight song. Fuck the Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin should boot all their bed and breakfast ownig asses into the lake. Fuck Derek Jeeter, Madonna, Nick Lachey, and anyone else who tries to jump on the UM bandwagon just because they drove thru UM's campus once. Fuck Nick Lachey again, that ear canal fucker. Fuck their mangy, flea-ridden marmot joke of a mascot. Fuck the Unabomber and Ann Coulter...at the same time. Fuck anything and everthing that has anything to do with that abortion of a state north of the Ohio border, that school that tries to pompously present itself as the Harvard of Canada, and any entity that identifies itself with the word "Michigan". Fuck em. Fuckemfuckemfuckemfuckemfuckem. FUCK MICHIGAN!!!
That is all.
generaladm;1270950; said:Seeing as this is my 1000th post on BP, I've been racking my brain to come up with something poignant, timeless, and with a touch of universal truth. So here goes...
That is all.
generaladm;1270950; said:Seeing as this is my 1000th post on BP, I've been racking my brain to come up with something poignant, timeless, and with a touch of universal truth. So here goes...
Don't hold back now... Tell us how you REALLY feel...generaladm;1270950; said:Seeing as this is my 1000th post on BP, I've been racking my brain to come up with something poignant, timeless, and with a touch of universal truth. So here goes...
FUCK MICHIGAN !!!!!!!
Fuck em in the ass. Fuck em in the mouth. Fuck em in their gouged out eye sockets. Fuck em in their putrid vaginas. I would say fuck em in their ear canals, but the only fuckers with cocks small enough to do that play for fucking Michigan. Fuck em till they beg to die just to end the pain and humiliation, agree to stop, and then yell "Sike!" as you continue to fuck em harder and more mercilessly than before. Fuck their hillrat 3rd choice of a head coach and his ex-stripper wife. Fuck Mike Barwis, his self-fellating boasting that his team practices movement "on a three-dimensional plane" (like anyone exercises on a two-dimensional plane, get a fucking clue, douchebag!), his fucking pet wolves, and his labored Jim Rome-esque gravelly tough guy voice. Fuck their abominable meteor crater of a stadium, and the key-jingling fuckheads who still think that their team fucking matters. Fuck their stupid fucking winged helmets and their new winged road jerseys. Fuck the Fab Five and their fucking black socks. Fuck Mike "0-4" Hart and all the shit talking that he couldn't fucking back up. Fuck Tom Brady for subjecting all of us to his baby mama drama. Fuck Desmond Howard's showboating ass. Fuck their claim to 185 National Championships that they found in Cracker Jacks boxes. Fuck Tim Biakubatuka for having the one good fucking game of his whole fucking career at the absolute worst fucking time. Fuck their nose-in-the-air attitude that they are God's gift to academics, while they graduate football players who can't fucking read. Fuck Gerald Ford. Fuck Lllllloyd Carr's half time interview temper tantrums. Fuck their annoying, lame excuse for a fight song. Fuck the Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin should fucking boot all their bed and breakfast owning asses into the lake. Fuck Derek Jeeter, Madonna, Nick Lachey, and anyone else who tries to jump on the UM bandwagon just because they drove thru UM's campus once. Fuck Nick Lachey again, that ear canal fucker. Fuck their mangy, flea-ridden marmot joke of a mascot. Fuck the Unabomber and Ann Coulter...at the same time. Fuck anything and everthing that has anything to do with that abortion of a state north of the Ohio border, that school that tries to pompously present itself as the Harvard of Canada, and any entity that identifies itself with the word "Michigan". Fuck em. Fuckemfuckemfuckemfuckemfuckem. FUCK MICHIGAN!!!
That is all.