31-29 Michigan Win Analysis

Michigan has not had a defensive score against Ohio State since Julius Curry's 50-yard interception return in Columbus in 2000. One of those would help.

Sounds good

I feel like they're gona lean on us, and every inch we give, its an inch we cant get back (thats what she said). There is no time in this game when we can take a play off, or 3rd and 19 and not be focused. That's what it takes to win rivalry games, and even more so against one that is better at what they do than we are at what we do.

I will always remember 2016, against OSU, more than for the bad spot, but because when we were up and JT Barrett couldnt move the offense even slightly and we were dominating towards victory, Peppers got caught with his head turned around and the defense wasn't set and barrett ran for 20+ yards and their offense started to move the ball from there. We can't have those moments. If John O'Korn can take us to the final whistle, this team can do it. 

WIN. WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

I have an unshakable feeling we are going to win this football game. I almost hesitate to type that in this forum, because this is a corner of the Internet where I can count on being mocked unmercifully for simply expressing the belief a team we all mutually root for will win its biggest game of the year. Not only will I get mocked by Buckeye fans, Sparty fans, SEC slappys and all the rest, folks wearing Maize and Blue will likely laugh the loudest. Many people here will be giddy when they read this, anxious to trot out the fancy stats, recent trends and all other varieties of spurious correlations to paint me as an idiot. Did we, as a fan base, used to possess a collective hubris that was way too large? Absolutely. But this knee-jerk swing to the other end of the pendulum is embarrassing to watch. I don't know how a lot of you look yourselves in the mirror. You've cowered through this football season like you cower through every season. "We dismantled Maryland, but you know what comes next." And that's from the fearless leader. This has become a place where everyone comes to hedge their bets by vomiting their endless stream of doubt into the black abyss that used to be a fun place to come interact with other Michigan fans. All so you can tell the people who are unfortunate enough to have to sit and watch The Game with you that you knew Ohio's passing game was too stout or that Cade's ability to complete passes 20 yards or longer would cost us the game - and you have the MGoBlog Board Comment to prove it. If that's the way it turns out, to paraphrase the Dude, "You're not wrong, you're just an asshole." In reality, we have a great shot at winning this game. Ryan Day is not Urban Meyer. This Ohio team is not the '85 Bears. A true freshman quarterback is going on the road to face a team with two of the best pass rushers in America. Don Brown is en route to Massachusetts. Most importantly, Jim Harbaugh is not mentally broken - instead, he's experiencing a resurgence that anyone not hiding under their couch every Saturday reading Steve Deace's Twitter feed can plainly see. I don't care if we've lost to them 25 years in a row, our team matches up well with their team this year. And all that matters is what happens this Saturday between the lines at the Big House. I invite you all to grow a set of balls and cheer on The Team. If you'd rather cling to BPONE like the superstitious, pagan religion it has become for you, I hear Deace is going to watch the new Ghostbusters movie on Saturday. Feel free to join his fat ass.

At the moment OSU is a 7.5 point favorite, it's crazy to say we should win as a touchdown+ dog at home. I would consider beating OSU this weekend the most shocking Michigan win since Rich Rod beat Wisconsin back in '08. 

Lot of 'ifs' in order to win. More 'likelies' in favor of OSU. That's why they're favored. Gotta wait and see.

It seems like — other than dropped passes — all of your other “things that could go wrong” are being blamed on other people. That is a failure of imagination. Those things could happen, sure, but the two teams themselves have many more ways to help/hurt their chances.

People sometimes forget, that before the famous "JT was short" spot, Michigan had Curtis Samuel dead to rights behind the line of scrimmage before Jabrill Peppers overran the play, and allowed Samuel to turn 3rd & 9 into 4th & 1. It helps to make your own luck, rather than depending on other people. If Peppers had made the tackle he usually makes, OSU would have been attempting a FG there.

my Ouija Board was inconclusive

my Tarot card reading was vague: 

"Your life lines are worn and weary, but Karma is on your side. Ye shall experience great elation in the future if you keep the faith.  Your wicked enemies were short and shall pay. Khaki pants shall undergo great inflation. Venus is sexually attracted to your soul."

The thing about it is, those refs dress up as three first round NFL draft pick receivers. Biggest screw job ever. 

not even close 42-23 Buckeyes.  They're scoring TDs while we score FGs 

I would give my middle nut for a victory in this game.

So basically if everything that always happens, happens, we're screwed...

Holding....#1 concern in my book for this game. As much as we need to pressure their QB, I'm sure there's going to be a lot of OSU holding. I hope the ref's are watching and calling the holds because if they let the holds go, we're doomed.

If anyone thinks Mich with get a "fair" shake from the B1G officials, this must be their first time watching football.

this is hysterical 

After much analysis and thought I have come to the conclusion if Michigan scores more points than Ohio state on Saturday when there is no time left on the clock and the game is over then Michigan wins. 

Also I believe Diversity is an old wooden ship from the civil war era.

Win the “Game”

Fuck Ohio!