Florida sportswriter on Harbaugh: 'All sizzle, no steak'

For the nice bulletin board material :)

Not that this needs a serious response, but taking a 5-7 team to back-to-back 10-3 records in the same division as Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan State is very different than taking a 7-5 team to 9-4 and 10-4 in a division that's had one ten-win team in those two years combined. 

Over the last two years, the SEC East has collectively gone 95-83. The B1G East has collectively gone 103-77, and that's with Rutgers being a drain on all that is good and holy. The SEC East might be the worst division in any P5 conference, yet this guy is stacking up Harbaugh and McElwain's records like it's apples to apples.

is wrong: Harbaugh has a proven track record, plain and simple. Nothing would please me more than to shut up all my Florida relatives with a huge win.

But going into the game thinking Michigan stomps Florida could be a mistake. We really are young, which increases our margin for error. And both coaches are likely to play conservatively, given the circumstances, which may assure a close game. I assume we win, but there's a reason oddsmakers are trying to lure over-confident M fans. 

They gonna write about? Florida's players removed? McElwain's infirmities? Despite the inevitable biased reffing calls, Michigan is going to win convincingly on a nationally-televised stage. These writers need to sell ad space. That and positioning themselves to cover the Rutgers beat. Meh.

Any article about Harbaugh that contains the word "antics" should be dismissed with the same blithe contempt that one should exercise for any article about millenials that contains the phrase "participation trophies"  (Or any article about millenials in general, but that's grist for another mill)

Everyone is scared, period. With that said, we need to beat OSU DAMMIT

if Harbaugh is "all sizzle, no steak," does that make McElwain "all splash, no shark"?

Yawn.

Nothing to shake my fist at.  

Coachspeak and clickbait are outrageous now?  

I hate local newspaper (and TV) websites.  So many ads and scripts and crap you can't even load the page.

Big fan of the roster response. That's fantastic!

laughing off these petty, jealous criticisms to being mildly annoyed. I now hope we crush them mercilessly 48-0 giving them their worst loss of the season with our Florida guys Karan and McDoom scoring three TD's each and with candid comments from Florida players at the end of the season expressing that Michigan was the hardest hitting team they played all season.

Harbaugh in wins

3 decided by 1 score or less (one OT win)

17 Decided by more than 1 score

average win margin 28.4 pts

Harbaugh in Losses

5 decided by 1 score or less (One OT loss) (average of 3.2 pts excludes OSU)

1 Decided by more than 1 score 

average margin of loss 7.5 pts (most due to loss to OSU)

On top of what he did at Stanford and San Fran? 

Yeah, I'm not seeing the big issue here. 

Yaaaawn. Jehu just shitted on the secondary again.

At the column until I looked at the picture of Matt Baker.

sounds very SEC-like from an observer who hopes rather than assures how this matchup might turn out. If I were to comment on the outcome of Harbaugh's first two seasons, the first proved his chops as a coach, winning a couple of games he probably shouldn't have and losing one he never shiould have. I mean a few more plays made and Michigan beats Utah.

The most disappointing loss in the Harbaugh tenure is  MSU followed by Iowa and Ohio State last yare.

Michigan has only been out of one contest since his hire, and that was the second half against the Buckeyes. When you lose three games by a combined 5 points including a last second loss to Florida rival Florida State in the Orange Bowl, methinks this guy is stretching McElwain's record to a rather thin point by endeavoring to compare a rainout with a cupcake opponent as the reason why Florida hasn't hit 20 wins with their current coach over the last two seasons.

And actually it was that same team that barely lost those three last year which whipped the Gatoers butt the year before with a transfer qb at the helm returning from injury in that bowl game in Florida's backyard for crying out loud. I mean it's not like the Gators haven't had home field advantage in these matchups.

What's more, I find it preposterous that someone would ignore Harbaugh's history both as college and pro coach in making any assertions that would suggest that the Gators have any edge whatsover from a coaching standpoint. And remember, the Gators OC is the same one who worked for Michigan under the last coach Harbaugh replaced. So, there's that as well.

All shark and no teeth.

People who hate on Harbaugh as a coach convienently like to leave out his success at Stanford and his success in the NFL and they only focus on his two years at Michigan.

Harbaughs ENTIRE coaching career he has taken teams that sucked and turned them into contenders. He did it with Stanford. He did it with the 49ers. He is doing it with Michigan. He didnt get lucky 3 times. He created this success.

Two 10 win seasons is good. If a few years down the line Harbaugh still hasnt made the CFP or won a Big Ten ship THEN it will be understandable to criticize, but now? No. Its too early in his career at UM. He is finally getting his players in.

As a long-time lurker-first-time poster- I'm not sure if I'm in-bounds or not by saying this is an absolute no-brainier at -4. We have a returning starter at QB which is worth at least at TD over whatever UF is throwing out there and we have belly-rubs and Gary. Our weaknesses are masked. Wager with confidence. We look back and laugh at this line end of season.