Updated Bowl Projections
They arn't good'n, I tell ya.
ESPN B1G projections
Bowl | Talking Head 1 | Talking Head 2 |
Cotton | No B1G team | State vs Alabama |
Fiesta | State vs Oklahoma | No B1G team |
Capital One | Ohio vs LSU | Wisconsin vs Mississippi |
Outback | Nebraska vs Florida | Ohio vs Florida |
TaxSlayer | Wisconsin vs South Carolina | No B1G team |
Holiday | Iowa vs UCLA | Nebraska vs Arizona State |
Pinstripe | Michigan vs Louisville | Michigan vs Louisville |
Music City | No B1G team | Iowa vs Tennessee |
San Fran | Minnesota vs Arizona State | Maryland vs UCLA |
Quick Lane | Rutgers vs Boston College | Minnesota vs Syracuse |
Heart of Dallas | Maryland vs UTSA | Illinois vs Rice |
SB Nation
Bowl | Pick |
Fiesta | State vs USC |
Capital One | Michigan(!) vs LSU |
Outback | Ohio vs South Carolina |
TaxSlayer | Iowa vs Florida |
Holiday | Wisconsin vs Arizona |
Pinstripe | Maryland vs Pittsburgh |
San Fran | Nebraska vs UCLA |
Quick Lane | Minnesota vs Duke |
CBS
Bowl | Pick |
Fiesta | State vs UCLA |
Capital One | Ohio vs LSU |
Outback | Wisconsin vs South Carolina |
TaxSlayer | Iowa vs Florida |
Holiday | Nebraska vs Washington |
Pinstripe | Maryland vs Pittsburgh |
San Fran | Michigan vs Arizona State |
Heart of Dallas | Minnesota vs Marshall |
September 7th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
Way too early.
2007 was two of these WTF, knock the wind out of you, make you sick types of losses to start the season, and it ended with playing Ohio State for the conference championship, which a healthy QB may have helped win.
Save us all the time though of reading about how "that team had..." or "but this team..." and all that other bullcrap. None of it refutes the very simple truth that you just don't know as much as you think you know about a team two weeks into the season.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
Not sure what you're talking about...we only lost one game at the beginning of 2007 before we beat Notre Dame 38-0 in week 2. You must be thinking of a different year.
September 7th, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^
Man, I'm 0-2 in people detecting my sarcasm tonight. Do I need to make it more obvious?
September 7th, 2014 at 10:48 PM ^
Who gives a rat's ass? That 2007 Michigan team was one of the many but probably the biggest underachiever in Lloyd's tenure. He should have been ashamed of himself the way we blew those first two games after we were picked to win the national title by a ton of people.
I don't consider a 9-4 season a successful one at Michigan and I don't get why so many people on here do. The big ten is a garbage pile this year and we still won't win it which is hilarious and incredibly frustrating at the same time.
September 8th, 2014 at 1:21 AM ^
+1,000,000
September 8th, 2014 at 1:43 AM ^
After Oregon, that 2007 team played with more heart and character than any Lloyd team since 2003. Riddled with injuries (starting with Henne, who was throwing on one leg and a bum shoulder by the end), and the constant calls for Lloyd's head, they pulled off something great in the end.
September 8th, 2014 at 4:20 AM ^
UMxWolverines: I agree with everything in your post and would like to tell you why so many Michigan fans consider 9-4 a successful season. Note that I am using the word "we" to denote the Michgan fanbase in general.
It is because Lloyd Carr avearged 3.1 losses per year and was considered a "success." 9-3 every year was enough to keep the stadium full and the donations coming in. Every year we would talk about how "this is the year we get another National Championship" and every year after Jim Tressel got to Columbus, we would be disappointed at the end of the year. We rationalized three Rose Bowl losses in four years by being happy the team got there.
After The Horror and The Debacle, we finally got fed up, but the attempt to bring the program into the 21st century was derailed by factors that we have rehashed over and over. Now, we are so desperate that we would consider 9-3 with a bowl loss for 9-4 to be a successful season.
However, I have never agreed with the "we." I started becoming disgruntled with the results in about 2002 and started using a 9-3 regular season as my default "prediction."
Right now, the program is "leaders and best" in song only. They use the wrong century's offense. The AD is such a clown that no great coach will seriously consider working for him. And yes, the program is still paying for the actions of so-called 'Michigan Men" who told HS coaches not to send their players to Michigan.
Worse yet, the idiots who put their personal agendas above the program also allowed Sparty to gain leverage and traction. Rich Rod was recruiting with both hands tied behind his back and Brady Hoke was given the job of trying to retool a 21st century team for 20th century football while his first year of recruiting was basically a joke due to the hiring debacle.
The program is at a classic crossroads. It is close to finally becoming good again but it is also close to becoming a dumpster fire. This season is going to determine what happens for about the next five to ten years.
My hope: keep Brady Hoke but give him a spread OC. We can't afford another "rebuilding job."
September 7th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
September 8th, 2014 at 8:49 AM ^
I was kidding.
September 7th, 2014 at 8:57 PM ^
I dont understand the negativity, neckbrace jokes can be a lot of fun.
September 7th, 2014 at 8:59 PM ^
bowls.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:04 PM ^
So long as Doug Nussmeier is our interim HC during it, couldn't care less where the fuck we play.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:32 PM ^
What makes you think Nuss will be a better HC than Hoke or anyone else? He has zero experience at that level. Also, if we're complaining about coaching, it's not like the offense (Nuss' area) really lit up the scoreboard last night...
Obviously I'm not trying to denounce him two games into his tenure here at Michigan, but it's a bit premature to annoint him as the next head coach.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:07 PM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 11:29 PM ^
That sounds like a good plan to me
September 8th, 2014 at 9:27 AM ^
I suppose I don't understand - with all that has gone on in the interim since the search in 2011 - the continued pining for Jim Harbaugh. Four years removed and a relatively successful stint at Stanford and in the NFL later, it simply doesn't seem lke this is a realistic notion, and indeed, I don't even know that it would be universally popular here.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
with Michigan facing Arizona.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:29 PM ^
It would lose a ton of sparkle to the bowl reps because if Michigan is in that game, it will most likely be with an interim head coach.
September 7th, 2014 at 10:28 PM ^
Could be the masochistic side...
September 8th, 2014 at 12:22 AM ^
That was a label in the old system...right?
September 7th, 2014 at 10:24 PM ^
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September 7th, 2014 at 10:35 PM ^
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September 7th, 2014 at 10:55 PM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 10:59 PM ^
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September 7th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
that scored 26 points against the Univeristy of Texas at San Antonio and won by 3?
September 7th, 2014 at 11:11 PM ^
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September 7th, 2014 at 10:54 PM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 11:06 PM ^
I'd rather not go to a bowl! This is all around depressing. Time to get this season over with and get the new coach in ASAP after the OSU game!
September 8th, 2014 at 1:22 AM ^
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September 8th, 2014 at 10:21 AM ^
That sounds about right with our inability to win a road game and our expected "drop a home game we should win" like Nebraska a year ago. 7-5 or 8-4 should surprise no one after the debacle in South Bend.
September 8th, 2014 at 11:33 AM ^
Pinstripe or lower sounds about right.
I cannot see this team winning more than 6 to 7 games.