From Clayton Sayfie of
TheWolverine:
U-M is currently on a bye week and has Michigan State, Indiana and Ohio State remaining on the regular season schedule. The Wolverines fell 62-39 to OSU last season, and Brown was asked what his defense needs to do to compete with the Buckeyes come Nov. 30.
"I think we just need to stay true to form," Brown said. "I think we’ve done a good job of giving our guys stuff on a week to week basis where they’re probably wondering, ‘Why are we practicing this play? Why are we practicing that play?’ So, we’ve done a good job of keeping their hands in it without really telling them their hands are in it. But, they know.
"It’s another year, it’s a different group. They better be careful now because we’re hitting our stride too. This is a two-way street, and I know our guys will be ready in three weeks."
I just want to say, I called the shit out of this as soon as Michigan beat Notre Dame. The Wolverines were always, absolutely going to win the rest of their games and find themselves in the top-10 with wayyyyyyy too much confidence heading into
The Game.
But they may well be quite a bit ahead of schedule.
"They better be careful now because we’re hitting our stride too. This is a two-way street..."
The smugness just radiates from that quote, it's unbelievable. They string together half a game against Penn State, beat the paperiest of paper tigers in Notre Dame and play a deceptively close game against Maryland and you'd think they were the '72 Dolphins now.
Maybe you are hitting your stride – I'll buy that. But it's in the same way that a 350-pound fellow with a blown out knee also has a maximum speed – it doesn't mean he's ever going to hang with an olympic sprinter.
Though I do find it interesting that after years of having their asses kicked by a team that practices for
The Game a little bit the entire season, Michigan is finally trying to do the same thing. The problem is that's not really a great equalizer if a) the team your chasing has already been doing that for years and b) is decidedly better than you.
