October 7th, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
Said you and many against Nebraska and Maryland. Time to depants Wiscy.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:19 PM ^
Nebraska scared me but I said we’d roll over Maryland. I remember because Mike Damone called me an idiot for saying we’d “cover easy” over Maryland :-)
October 7th, 2018 at 7:37 PM ^
You just don't know Damone
October 7th, 2018 at 8:59 PM ^
A bit odd wouldn't you say!
October 8th, 2018 at 9:19 AM ^
YOU scare me.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:57 PM ^
It would be funny to go back and read the thread when the line for the Nebraska game came out. From what I remember, I'd say 90% of the people here were dumbfounded about us being favored by 18 and that it was waaaaaay too big. The majority thought we'd win by 10 (myself included...I was even a little nervous.)
We won by 46.
October 7th, 2018 at 8:27 PM ^
I thought we would cover vs Nebraska and Maryland. Although I also thought we would beat the spread every single game so that doesn’t mean much lol
October 7th, 2018 at 8:42 PM ^
I understand people's wariness, but this Michigan team is legit. This is not 2017. We have all kinds of evidence now that confirms it. Does that mean they will win out, or that they won't lose one that they shouldn't? No. But they are definitely head-and-shoulders above last year's team.
October 7th, 2018 at 10:32 PM ^
Also, it's a home game and we've been dominant there.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:14 PM ^
Really low. Expected Wisky would get more points.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:14 PM ^
I'd be taking Michigan to cover up to M -10...but I'm not a gambling man.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:12 PM ^
And that's a good thing. You'd go broke betting on Michigan.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:18 PM ^
Why do I have this feeling that the odds and lines on this game throughout the week will make me think of that line in Airplane! - "He's all over the place - 900 feet, up to 1,300 feet - what an asshole!" ?
October 8th, 2018 at 7:56 AM ^
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:18 PM ^
[Ed: Adrian. Oops] Martinez did just pass for almost 400 yards on them. This the same dude who passed for 22 against us. This ain’t the Wisconsin defense of yesteryear. I can see it from an outsiders perspective.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:22 PM ^
Adrian, but yes, this Wisconsin D is extremely sus.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
I dunno. Wisconsin is giving up 16 points per game. Giving up yards isn't translating into giving up points necessarily...
October 7th, 2018 at 10:10 PM ^
That's only because of who they've played. S&P has them at 55th overall defense despite a really good ppg - that's because they've given up a ton of yards to bad teams and a probably not going to stop those yards from translating to points against, say, S&P top 25 offenses. S&P's side of the ball metrics show what the team would be expected to give up to an average offense. They have Wisconsin at 27.8, which should tell you about the offenses they've played given that they're giving up only 16ppg.
October 8th, 2018 at 12:31 AM ^
1) Not sustainable to continue giving up a lot of yards and not get scored on more and
2) They've played a very weak schedule yet still given up a lot of yards. Does not bode well for legitimate teams as others have pointed out.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:58 PM ^
22 yards on 15 attempts, with a long of 32.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:27 PM ^
Martinez had 384 yards passing and Nebraska had a receiver go over 200 yards. Michigans passing game ought to come to life in this game!!
October 8th, 2018 at 12:17 AM ^
I hope, I think our upside is better if focus on passing this year. Running is going to be tough against our best opponents.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:32 PM ^
If we were healthy on the D-line I would say we cover easy. With Dwumfour and Kemp out this will be more of a challenge. If we can stop the run though we might roll them.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:34 PM ^
Do we know that Kemp is out?
October 7th, 2018 at 7:47 PM ^
No. We also don't know if this is the game Solomon will return for - he practiced last week.
October 7th, 2018 at 8:16 PM ^
Evans should be back as well to spell Higdon. Didn't look great in his limited time so far but the line has improved a lot since then. Hopefully we can get him loose out on the edge this week.
October 7th, 2018 at 11:01 PM ^
I would prefer Evans not take snaps from Tru. Tru has a well rounded game and his blocking has been very effective for this offense.
October 7th, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
What? Evans looked great in the final qtr vs ND. he was our only chance.
October 8th, 2018 at 9:03 AM ^
SIAP - What's the status on Hutchinson? I don't think he's played the last few weeks. Is he hurt?
October 8th, 2018 at 9:15 AM ^
My bad...I see that he did play a few snaps this past weekend. It's Monday...
October 7th, 2018 at 7:48 PM ^
You're just making up facts about who will or will not play next week.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:56 PM ^
I never said I know that they are out, but they were injured today and there is a chance they miss time. I am sorry if it is hard for you to acknowledge that.
October 7th, 2018 at 11:28 PM ^
You said they are out. That's a definitive statement. If you don't know something for sure, you don't phrase it the way you did.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:38 PM ^
I don't gamble, but that's larger than I thought it'd be. Apparently, Michigan's performances, and home field, have made believers out of the oddsmakers. With Wisconsin's defense being less than stellar, while their offense trends towards being one-dimensional, an argument can definitely be made that Michigan wins this game easily. I won't make that argument, though. I see a tough fought game with slightly more offense than 2016, but with a similar result. Wisconsin's running game is better. However, I trust Michigan's defense, quarterback, and passing attack more.
A late td puts this game away for Michigan 31-17
October 7th, 2018 at 7:46 PM ^
That's my score prediction as well, though I think we will get to that score differently.
Michigan goes into the half up 24-7 on 200 yards and 2 TDs from Shea's arm, sits on Wiscy in the second half.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:54 PM ^
I'd definitely enjoy that route to victory. Tight games are not necessarily good for me... I am sort of a Nervous Bird. LOL
October 7th, 2018 at 7:54 PM ^
*Doubled somehow*
October 7th, 2018 at 8:17 PM ^
Scared it didn’t work the first time?
October 7th, 2018 at 9:00 PM ^
Shaky hands?
October 8th, 2018 at 1:59 AM ^
That would be a nice change from our current pattern of "give up the first quarter and then slowly come to life before pulling away after halftime." For my blood pressure, anyway.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:52 PM ^
If 2016 Michigan had had Quinn Nordin they would have won that game by at least thirteen points.
October 7th, 2018 at 7:57 PM ^
That's right! I had forgotten that we missed 3 field goals that game. O'Neill missed the first 2, and after he was pulled the other guy missed a short one. Am I remembering that correctly?
October 7th, 2018 at 8:00 PM ^
O'Neill was a punter (on the previous year's team). Kenny Allen was our PK. Allen was normally reliable but had a rough day against UW for whatever reason.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
Ahh, the old memory is fading. Yes, O'Neill was the 'trouble-with-the-snap' guy. Kenny Allen, from Fenton by the way, pulled double duty on the 2016 team. He was both a decent punter and a decent fg kicker. I'm surprised that he didn't latch on with an NFL team. Maybe he should call the Packers in the morning.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
Ahh, the old memory is fading. Yes, O'Neill was the 'trouble-with-the-snap' guy. Kenny Allen, from Fenton by the way, pulled double duty on the 2016 team. He was both a decent punter and a decent fg kicker. I'm surprised that he didn't latch on with an NFL team. Maybe he should call the Packers in the morning.
October 7th, 2018 at 8:00 PM ^
No, O'Neill never kicked FGs. Kenny Allen missed all 3.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:11 PM ^
I thought Kenny Allen missed too, and the back up (whose name escapes me...) missed the third. That game gave me heartburn, though I never felt like we were going to lose.
EDIT: Thank you Wild...
October 7th, 2018 at 8:28 PM ^
I forgot all about that. That Wiscy team was good and playing good. I'd say easily better than their team this year. Michigan could've opened that game up. That was like the first time that Speight connected on a deep pass to any receiver that year and we all thought the offense was going to become untouchable. Man I'm glad Shea is there now. I'd be pulling my hair out if old Wilton was still there taking the majority of the snaps.
October 8th, 2018 at 1:50 PM ^
I mean, if Michigan just had normal Kenny Allen that game, they would have won comfortably. He was 0-2 that game (and the coaches probably yanked him too quickly) and 19/21 in all other games that year. In fact, he would go on to make ALL 15 of his FGs after that game.
Pretty sure he is the most accurate Michigan kicker in history at over 80 percent.
Just a fluky game.