Citrus Bowl - Optimistic takes thread

Agree. Not just for Michigan, but college football in general. I want to see more top 25 level teams against each other.

I want to see this staff beat a good team not in the Big House. Been a LONG time Since I saw that last. Beating up on a junk team is irrelevant. For all of you who think we have the right staff, lets see. You got 3ish weeks to plan. We don’t keep JH/Brown/Gattis to win 7/8 games and beat up on the bad big ten teams. We could use a big win. This program needs it. We as fans need it lol.

Right. Dumb out of context sentiment. You guys are playing... Bama! In the Citrus Bowl! Oh so we lost to osu again... 

There's a difference between OSU and Alabama this year, and honestly my guess is OSU would put a hurting on Alabama if they played.  Maybe I just happened to catch a couple of random Alabama games this year, but when I did I saw a team with a lot of talent but it was really young and prone to mistakes.  And that was with Tua at QB, a Heisman-level QB.  They're better than Michigan but I think people are ignoring just how good this OSU team is and how they seem to have UM's number in a way that maybe other teams don't quite.

When I said last summer "I want to be playing Alabama in January!" . . . I should have been more specific.

Yep, it's very possible the most fun any of us will have around this game is to be optimistic during the build up and right until kickoff. Go ahead and let loose and think of all the ways we might win. It's fun. If we get crushed then we get crushed. Life will go on.  

For the national media it’s about anytime they can mock Michigan and call us overrated. Michigan wins a game and they underperformed. Michigan loses the game and the talk is always about how Jim can’t coach, the players are bad, and the fan base is delusional. Talking badly about Michigan isn’t just reserved for Ohio State and The Big Ten, it’s any time they get a chance. Especially for Finebaum who will talk about this matchup as much, if not more, than the playoffs. 

I totally agree. So many people in our fan base are saying beating Alabama will changed the narrative about the Michigan program.

NO!!!!!!

It's about defeating OSU and winning the Big 10 Championship and possibly making the playoff.

I mean, that's how Michigan changes the narrative about their program. Some of our fans are now just hoping and digging for other ways to do it, but it's not going to really work.

It would be great if Michigan defeats Alabama, but it's not going to change the main narratives about the program.

They still can't beat OSU and they still can't win the Big 10. 

Edit: I apologize. I forgot this was suppose to be the optimistic posts thread.  

It might not change the whole narrative, but beating Alabama and Saban would be a nice bullet point in regards to recruiting, momentum for next year, etc. 

Beating ND hit the pause button on the criticism until OSU.  It didn't change the narrative because we've been through this before with beating ND.

Beating Alabama would pause the criticism until next season.  I never want to experience another offseason like the one after we lost to South Carolina.

Not true. It will change the narrative that "Michigan (under Harbaugh) can only beat up on weak teams, but loses to good ones" to simply "Michigan has an Ohio State problem it still needs to fix."

A win against Bama would do much to boost confidence among players, recruits, and fans that there is a way and that our goals can be attained.

Us: "Let's change the narrative!"

You: Sploosh.

I would not be optimistic about marrying someone who doesn't like football.