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2010 TSUN News (in-season)

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Jaxbuck;1775091; said:
8 wins if everything goes perfect. I disagree but I can see at least see the argument.

What happens if a repeat of last year occurs and;
the offense is slowed down a bit by better defenses
the QB gets hurt
the defense stays just as shitty

All the Indiana's of the world have to do is keep the offense around 30 and they have a very reasonable chance at victory. The teams that play defense well and can run the ball are going to be very tough for tsun to beat(Wis, MSU, OSU, PSU).
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You can add Illinois to that list as well. While Juice is gone, Scheelhaase is a mobile QB and their RB (LeShour) is a beast. MSU has not one, but two pretty damn good RBs and a QB who gave them fits last year as well.
 
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I think 8 wins is realistic for scUM. They should start out the year 5-0 beating Bowling Green and then Indiana.

Believe it or not, most of their games after that are swing games IMHO.

MSU- Power running game and good LBers win this game for Sparty. I just can't see Michigan matching the intensity.
Iowa- I have no idea. Seriously. Iowa is a complete mystery to me. I'll give them the W simply because their defensive line?
BYE
@PSU- Team in transition. I think this one is a close game. I'll still call it a loss
Illinois- Win, and the loss that sends Zook packin'.
@Purdue- Win, although a high scoring, terrible display of defense.
Wisky- Loss. Not the team you want to play before Ohio State either.
@OSU- Loss.

I've given them 7 wins I think they will be favored in. I think that they could potentially upset PSU, and maybe MSU or Iowa.


*All of this goes to shit if Denard Robinson gets hurt.
 
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southcampus;1775094; said:
I think 8 wins is realistic for scUM.
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The last thing I'll say on that is it would require them to match the last 2 seasons worth of B10 wins this year with arguably the worst defense of any of the 3 years.

Another point I'd make is that Sholess Joe is averaging 25 carries a game. That doesn't count any of the other ways he takes hits as a QB. I'm willing to bet 30+ hits a game @ >6ft and >180Lbs = >12 games fully healthy. If when he goes down or is much less effective from injury they are completely fucked.

Lastly, even with a fully healthy sholess Joe defensive coordinators will adjust to RR's scheme better than RR will adjust to the DC's moves. As they get into the B10 those DC's will have better athletes to stop tsuns offense with. They will not average 30+ ppg this year in B10 play. They will probably end up like they did last year closer to 20ppg than 30.

I hope they don't get to 8 and I don't think they can get to 8 but if they do its still a win because it will keep RR more than likely. As long as OSU stomps a mud hole in their ass I'm good.
 
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southcampus;1775094; said:
I think 8 wins is realistic for scUM. They should start out the year 5-0 beating Bowling Green and then Indiana.

Believe it or not, most of their games after that are swing games IMHO.

MSU- Power running game and good LBers win this game for Sparty. I just can't see Michigan matching the intensity.
Iowa- I have no idea. Seriously. Iowa is a complete mystery to me. I'll give them the W simply because their defensive line?
BYE
@PSU- Team in transition. I think this one is a close game. I'll still call it a loss
Illinois- Win, and the loss that sends Zook packin'.
@Purdue- Win, although a high scoring, terrible display of defense.
Wisky- Loss. Not the team you want to play before Ohio State either.
@OSU- Loss.

I've given them 7 wins I think they will be favored in. I think that they could potentially upset PSU, and maybe MSU or Iowa.


*All of this goes to shit if Denard Robinson gets hurt.
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I wouldn't call the Indiana game an automatic win at this point. I have that game a s a coin-flip as both teams are similar in that they have no defense and a good offense.

I simply don't think UM has any guaranteed wins when they get into Big 10 play. Every team will be able to score 25+ points on UM and then it just becomes a matter of forcing UM into errors on offense, which they are prone to do.

At best I think UM goes 7-5. 8-4 is possible, but I'd be less surprised to see 6-6.

You have to play defense in this league and UM has the worst I've seen.
 
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DA-Bucks;1775108; said:
I simply don't think UM has any guaranteed wins when they get into Big 10 play. Every team will be able to score 25+ points on UM and then it just becomes a matter of forcing UM into errors on offense, which they are prone to do.
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I know what you're saying, but in three games we've only turned the ball over 1 time. So far so good in regards to the turnover battle this season.
 
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WolverineMike;1775186; said:
I know what you're saying, but in three games we've only turned the ball over 1 time. So far so good in regards to the turnover battle this season.
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Against three teams without the hint of a defense. IIRC, turnovers weren't a problem last season until you got into B10 play...
 
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**Actually ZMiles304, #15 ...**

Since U-M's #14 ... then that'd make UMass #15 ... slightly ahead of ND and thus ahead-as-well of MSU who lost to ND but for yet-again clock-cheating.
I mean, that's how it works, right? Poll-votes are scientifically-based, right?
ZMiles304 wrote: so we gave up 439 yards and 37 points to #69. Is this supposed to make me feel better or worse?
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This in response to a thread linking to Sagarin's rankings that have umass at #69 and scUM at #14. Fucking hell, Thomas. :slappy:
 
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WolverineMike;1775186; said:
I know what you're saying, but in three games we've only turned the ball over 1 time. So far so good in regards to the turnover battle this season.
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...and you've still barely beaten two of the three teams on your schedule this year. Forget about games like OSU, Wisconsin, Iowa, etc. When the ball stops bouncing UM's way, losses to BG, Indiana and Illinois could certainly happen.
 
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Jaxbuck;1775107; said:
The last thing I'll say on that is it would require them to match the last 2 seasons worth of B10 wins this year with arguably the worst defense of any of the 3 years.

Another point I'd make is that Sholess Joe is averaging 25 carries a game. That doesn't count any of the other ways he takes hits as a QB. I'm willing to bet 30+ hits a game @ >6ft and >180Lbs = >12 games fully healthy. If when he goes down or is much less effective from injury they are completely fucked.

Lastly, even with a fully healthy sholess Joe defensive coordinators will adjust to RR's scheme better than RR will adjust to the DC's moves. As they get into the B10 those DC's will have better athletes to stop tsuns offense with. They will not average 30+ ppg this year in B10 play. They will probably end up like they did last year closer to 20ppg than 30.

I hope they don't get to 8 and I don't think they can get to 8 but if they do its still a win because it will keep RR more than likely. As long as OSU stomps a mud hole in their ass I'm good.
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I respectfully think you've reversed the ">" and "<" signs here. He's not over 6 feet and over 180 lbs, and he won't be healthy for more than 12 games.
 
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