5-7 in 2018?
I was talking with a friend I trust on things related to Michigan football and he laid out what I thought was a fairly convincing scenario in which we go 5-7 this year, with losses to ND, Nebraska, Maryland, Wisconsin, MSU, Penn State, and OSU.
The crux of his argument boils down to the OL failing to develop significantly (they need to be a lot better), Shea is not ruled eligible and Peters continues his performance from the South Carolina game. An opening loss to Notre Dame makes the mgocommunity restless and there are calls for McCaffrey, who is pushed into the starting job and doesn't show to be demonstrably better than Peters. Our inability to pass protect puts all of our QBs in a bad spot, and we still can't run the ball when we need to. Wide receivers continue to drop key passes on third downs, failing to develop one iota under Pep/McElwain. We defense our way to 5 wins but against tougher teams we stumble, and we go 0-3 against the rivals.
I wanted to throw this up to the mgoboard and see what you all think, if this is just an outlier position or if it sounds realistic or plausible.
February 16th, 2018 at 4:27 PM ^
We started asking for Peters well before we finally got him. Harbaugh is not about to start listening to the mgocommunity.
February 16th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
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February 16th, 2018 at 4:30 PM ^
1. this thread is awful and you should be ashamed of yourself
2. You've mentioned in replies to said shitty thread that it is because you are "depressed"....Never be depressed over a football game, especially one you have no control over
3. Laying out a worst case scenario in February is moronic
4. even 5-7 would be better than 3-9 :)
February 16th, 2018 at 4:33 PM ^
February 16th, 2018 at 5:01 PM ^
Of course you do.
February 16th, 2018 at 10:16 PM ^
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February 16th, 2018 at 4:43 PM ^
my three testicles that we don't go 5-7 this year.
February 16th, 2018 at 4:44 PM ^
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February 16th, 2018 at 5:00 PM ^
I think people are giving Nebraska a little too much credit at this point. I'm sure Frost will have them up to speed within 2-3 years, but he's inheriting a train wreck of a program. Much like he got with UCF when he first got there and inherited an 0-12 program.
I think they'll finish a modest 6-6 or 7-5 next year, and they won't really be clicking on all cylinders until maybe 2019 or 2020.
February 16th, 2018 at 5:12 PM ^
but they may get lucky in a game or two and pull off wins that people didn't see coming.
February 16th, 2018 at 6:09 PM ^
When we were going over the schedule of events on a conference call before the teams arrival, we were mainly talking to their travel guy but Frost was on the call (HC’s rarely have anything to say, they pay a guy to take care of all of this).
When we got to team arrival, Frost stopped the speaker and said “please don’t play the fight song, we don’t have much fight this year.”
February 16th, 2018 at 5:07 PM ^
1. We're not losing to Maryland. The others have a case but we're not losing all of the others either. We're going to win some that people didn't think we would (looking at you ND).
2. What about Harbaugh last year makes you think that he would push someone out before they were ready regardless of the mgocommunity's comnplaints? People screamed for O'Korn and O'Korn only came in because he had to. The next game after Purdue we found out why he had not been in yet. People then screamed for Peters and Harbaugh held him to after PSU whe he thought Peters was ready. No way Harbaugh is going to buckle to pressure and throw McCaffrey out before Harbaugh thinks he is ready.
Your friend's thinking is bad and he should feel bad.
February 16th, 2018 at 5:23 PM ^
well at least it is well-sourced
February 16th, 2018 at 5:40 PM ^
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February 16th, 2018 at 6:07 PM ^
February 16th, 2018 at 6:16 PM ^
This place is becoming toxic. That was the dumbest fucking post yet.
February 18th, 2018 at 5:29 AM ^
The toxicity is in the reactions. You people are pathetic, ignorant, McCarthyistic and hypocritical pieces of shit. If there's a worse group of people anywhere it would be a shock.
February 16th, 2018 at 6:17 PM ^
Well this is stupid.
February 16th, 2018 at 6:39 PM ^
with the same titles?
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February 16th, 2018 at 6:50 PM ^
so it's clearly a logical step that the team will get significantly worse as it becomes more experienced.
Also, the impact of this disappointing recruiting class would only be felt ca. 2020-2021 IF it's not corrected in the upcoming classes and IF the players in this class don't develop into good players (like you know lesser rated guys often enough do for all those other teams who don't even sniff the recruits you'd like to sign).
And now that he works for Michigan, I'd really like to point out that it wasn't him on that photo. And while he didn't react well to that meme, consider this is a gentleman in his mid 50s and thus is not likely to have the internet savvy to know how to deal with that crap.
I'd also like to call back to the time when another previous Florida coach was (a) the subject of memes mocking him and (b) widely derided..and then went on to do a pretty solid job in another place (and McElwain won't even be asked to do as much as he will not be a HC, just a part of a brain trust really).
February 16th, 2018 at 8:15 PM ^
I wasted more time to re-read your post. I normally do not name call or bully folks online but man you are a idiot for posting that shit and your imaginary friend can suck a D cuz he's a fuckin moron. Thanx for being a dipshit and pissing everyone off. Go play parcheesi or masturbate maybe sit in the sunshine. I don't know how to spell parcheesi
February 18th, 2018 at 5:33 AM ^
Andy, you're an illiterate moron without an original thought or the ability to have one, as well as an asshole.
February 16th, 2018 at 8:18 PM ^
February 16th, 2018 at 8:24 PM ^
We will return so many starters and our defense was elite last year.
You honestly see us losing to Maryland at home on top of 6 more games?
Yes we have to go on the road to MSU and OSU. However, last year we had to go on the road to PSU and Wisconsin...those all flip...I'd call that a net wash. The addition of Notre Dame will be a tougher game than Florida, but Nebraska wasn't good last year...we get them at home...and there is a good chance Frost won't have them firing on all cylinders in his 4th game.
February 16th, 2018 at 9:06 PM ^
February 18th, 2018 at 5:37 AM ^
Yo pd, why don't you chew off your own fist and let the op shove it up your own disgusting ass and seal with a kiss and in industrial strength staple gun? That would be the best thing you've ever done.
February 16th, 2018 at 9:11 PM ^
8 wins is the floor.
February 16th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
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February 18th, 2018 at 5:44 AM ^
Hey Gives Up The Losing Play Whenever It's Winning Time Soda, what number were you in line for the famous Reebok Bandwagon Jumping Pumps?
February 16th, 2018 at 9:38 PM ^
February 18th, 2018 at 5:46 AM ^
Yo imgobluezero, there's a pile of shit on your fa... oh, that's just your face.
February 16th, 2018 at 10:00 PM ^
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February 16th, 2018 at 11:05 PM ^
Your trusted friend is poisoning your mind. Best to dump him off at the next curb.
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