November 6th, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^
As long as we keep on winning like we have been, S&P won't be the only ones who have us as 1!
November 6th, 2016 at 1:56 PM ^
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November 6th, 2016 at 2:00 PM ^
If our offense continues to climb, we may not need our defense to be #1.
Great defense or not, I did not think we could just go into Columbus and play defense and field position and win an old fashioned Bo - Woody 10 - 7 game.
OSU's offense is too good. We will have to keep pace. We need to count on 30 points to win The Game.
I feel much more confident we can do that now.
November 6th, 2016 at 2:08 PM ^
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November 6th, 2016 at 2:35 PM ^
And Wisconsin held them to 23 in regulation.
November 6th, 2016 at 2:42 PM ^
30 should do it then . . .
November 6th, 2016 at 2:53 PM ^
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November 6th, 2016 at 3:08 PM ^
November 6th, 2016 at 3:19 PM ^
Actually they scored 26 in 2012.
They did score 42 in 2013 but their defense was atrocious - we were a 2-point conversion away from beating them.
In 2014, their future national championship team scored 35 offensive points and got seven on a fumble recovery. They struggled to put away our 5-win team.
In 2015 they rose to the occasion, playing probably their best game of the season. But that's really the only time they've done that under Meyer.
November 6th, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^
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November 6th, 2016 at 2:01 PM ^
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November 6th, 2016 at 2:04 PM ^
Have you ever seen anything like that, where an offense just keeps getting materially better week after week . . . and you know it will continue?
We saw some of that last year, in the difference between the start of the year and the end of the year, and then again in the difference between the end of the season and the bowl game.
Harbaugh is truly amazing.
November 6th, 2016 at 2:08 PM ^
November 6th, 2016 at 2:29 PM ^
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November 6th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
November 6th, 2016 at 7:48 PM ^
of a Bo Schembechler coached team.
It irritated me to know end that Lloyd, Rich Rod, and Hoke were incapable of duplicating that trait.
November 6th, 2016 at 2:03 PM ^
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Only goal and stats that truly matters the rest of the way. Like a thoroughbred on a race, sight should only be straightforward to the finish, everything else is just a distraction.
November 6th, 2016 at 2:03 PM ^
November 6th, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^
November 6th, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^
if you look at the S&P+ Scoring margin numbers:
Tier 1 --- Alabama & Michigan
Tier 2 --- Clemson, Louisville, Ohio State & Washington
Tier 3 --- Others
Does fit my intuition.
November 6th, 2016 at 3:27 PM ^
I agree. S&P matches what Im seeing.
November 6th, 2016 at 2:06 PM ^
This is terrible, our defense slipped from 1.7 to 4.1. Completely unacceptable.
November 6th, 2016 at 2:22 PM ^
November 6th, 2016 at 3:43 PM ^
rather than anything we did. Since all the rankings are connected, the performances of the teams we've played and the teams they've played will affect their offensive rankings, and therefore our defensive rankings.
November 6th, 2016 at 4:44 PM ^
Could be the yards put up by Maryland, even though they didn't score many points from that.
November 6th, 2016 at 2:31 PM ^
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November 6th, 2016 at 2:42 PM ^
Connelly computes that via the weights "44% place-kicking, 24% punting, 14% kickoffs, 14% kickoff returns, and 3% punt returns." Argue with those weights if you will, but that's what he's come up with after doing some math on his end.
http://www.footballstudyhall.com/2016/1/7/10725318/college-football-spe…
As of last week (probably didn't change too much after this week) --- Michigan was rated in the 100s in both place-kicking and punting. Obviously the missed FGs vs. Wisconsin influence the place-kicking ranking. As for punting, Connelly really values both punts inside the 20 and punts that induce a fair catch: U-M ranks somewhat low on a percentage basis in both those stats.
http://www.footballstudyhall.com/pages/2016-michigan-advanced-statistic…
Given that's 68% of the ranking, the overall S&P+ Special Teams ranking is going to be low.
November 6th, 2016 at 3:09 PM ^
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November 6th, 2016 at 5:39 PM ^
Once you reach 1,000 MGoPoints, you will be pleased to find you can also delete the posts of those with fewer points.
Once you reach 10,000 MGoPoints, I understand you can backdate your own posts, and insert them into the message chain wherever you want. But I haven't enough points to try that feature yet.
November 6th, 2016 at 2:40 PM ^
Remarkable that undefeated Clemson and Washington are behind Louisville and Ohio by S&P+.
November 6th, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^
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November 6th, 2016 at 9:43 PM ^
I noticed that Wisconsin, Colorado, and Penn State are ranked 3rd, 8th, and 15th respectively in Def S&P+ and we put up 14, 45, and 49 points in those games. While the defense gets the headlines, the offense is growing and getting more and more efficient.
Beat Iowa!
November 7th, 2016 at 6:47 AM ^
Without Jim Harbaugh following up Bo Schembechler and his assistants turned head coaches. I am not sure how long this team would have been relegated to floating in the sea of mediocrity. Thank You Jim Harbaugh I can't say enough to show my respect for you and the shoulders you are standing on.. And As Always Go Blue!!