Uof〽️ 10-1 heading into the “Game”
Who would of thought honestly Uof〽️ would be 10-1 heading into Ann Arbor to play OSU before the season started?
JH and the coaching staff and players have done a tremendous job this season.
Now it’s time to Win the “Game” so we can start recruiting like OSU, Clemson, UGA and Bama.
“Win the Game” that’s all that really matters at this point of the season.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:07 PM ^
*would have
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:08 PM ^
Thanks man your right would have.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:09 PM ^
*you're
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:21 PM ^
*would of
November 22nd, 2021 at 2:39 PM ^
*Yore wrong, "wood of"
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:05 AM ^
It's your right to call that out, FauxMo.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:08 PM ^
Exactly!
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:10 PM ^
I was pretty optimistic about an 8-4 record at the beginning of the season. The team certainly performed above my expectations and the football community should be proud.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:11 PM ^
I thought at best the would be 9-3 this year but was leaning more towards 8-4 too.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:29 PM ^
I agree the team has performed above expectations, but also many teams we've played have performed below expectations. Washington exploded, Indiana got hurt, Wisconsin couldn't survive the rough beginning of their schedule, and Penn State lost 3 in a row.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:54 PM ^
Takes like this suck. Give credit where its due. They will not have an asterisk next to their record after the season because the teams didnt live up to "standards"
They destroyed Washington, they went out the road and destroyed Wisconsin, They went on the road and beat Penn State.
If youre going to have this stance why dont you look at Georgia's record and nitpick it. Not all that impressive
November 22nd, 2021 at 2:06 PM ^
Both can be true; kudos to Harbaugh and the coaching staff + the players for absolutely pushing for excellence and kicking ass … while also acknowledging the path was more manageable with Penn State, Wisconsin, Washington, & Indiana scuffling.
November 22nd, 2021 at 3:31 PM ^
Yeah whatever. 10-1 is 10-1. We've only been in a spot this good three times in the last 15 years, 2006, 2016 & 2018. So I don't care if the schedule was somewhat easier than expected.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:10 PM ^
This needed a thread?
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:16 PM ^
Decided against starting a thread for this so I'll drop it here. A PSA brought to you by mGrowOld:
Screw the pain. Go Blue! Bring me a hammer.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:20 PM ^
Let’s overtake these assholes!!! Fuck Ohio!
November 22nd, 2021 at 2:29 PM ^
Had to upvote your avatar because I screen shot the same face - right as Zak Irvin's three went in to give Michigan a final minute lead vs Tulsa in the First Four.
Beilein thinking "great shot selection!"
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:25 PM ^
razor thin margins between being 11-0 and 7-4.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:29 PM ^
Tell that to Nebraska - razor thin margins between 3-8 and 11-0.
November 22nd, 2021 at 7:52 PM ^
A poster above says Wisconsin must be trash because we beat them badly. Now you are talking about razor think margins. Ignore those Spartans in Lansing. You will feel better.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:31 PM ^
I had them at worst 7-4, at best 9-2 at this point in the season. Based on the way they have played this year, if they play up to the level of their opponent, Michigan can win this game.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:32 PM ^
I had us ending up 10-3 after bowl season at the beginning of the season. This isn't nearly as surprising if you weren't committing seppuku after the covid season. The team has been recruiting well and has shown it to be at the 1b tier of the big ten east since Harbaugh first came on board.
Go blue! Let's finally take one home!
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:34 PM ^
A complete and unfettered ref fuck-job from 11-0...
November 22nd, 2021 at 3:00 PM ^
As well as Frames and Frost fuck ups from being 8-3. But such is life in football.
November 22nd, 2021 at 3:25 PM ^
At least those were their own doing that we benefitted from, the ref one was a 3rd party so it's so much worse.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:40 PM ^
My honest pre-season prediction was 6-6 so I'm beyond happy and have been enjoying this team every single time they take the field. This is one of the most fun seasons I can remember. If we end the year with a bowl win to go 11-2, I will refuse to acknowledge the part of the fan base that still chooses to deride the program. This has been a incredible season, revel in it. Go Blue.
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:44 PM ^
Who *woulda thought we’d be a football school again?
November 22nd, 2021 at 1:57 PM ^
I certainly did not. Enjoying some road victories for once.
November 22nd, 2021 at 2:03 PM ^
10-1 heading into The Game with all of your goals still in front of you. Probably should be 11-0, but it is what it is, and at worst it looks like you could end your season in Pasadena.
If you told me that was happening before the season started I would’ve told you that you were effing nuts. They’ve exceeded all expectations here. Regardless of the result on Saturday they should all be proud of themselves.
November 22nd, 2021 at 2:22 PM ^
A win tomorrow and the bullshit loss to the spartans becomes irrelavent. We have all our goals in front of us. We have a big game at home. A win and we get a division championship. One of 3 possible championships we can win. Dont fuck this up. WIN THE GAME!
November 22nd, 2021 at 3:33 PM ^
We could have lost Wisconsin. We could have lost Nebraska. And we could have lost Penn State. So I think it is disingenuous to only look at the bad luck from MSU and not point out that the team has had good luck/clutch plays that saved other close games.
November 22nd, 2021 at 3:48 PM ^
What luck played into blowing out Wisconsin? If you combine all the luck from those games, they still don't amount to a TD not being a TD for some reason that no one will understand.
November 22nd, 2021 at 2:19 PM ^
No one predicted this going into the season. It has been a pleasant surprise. But i said it when the season started, this was the only game on the schedule that matters. I was ok with an 8-4 season if it meant beating ohio state. Jim Harbaugh needs this win to finally shut up all the haters. Yes that includes me. I own up to my actions and i will be the first to admit i was wrong WHEN we upset the buckeyes this weekend in the big house. I cant wait!!
November 22nd, 2021 at 2:38 PM ^
Under Harbaugh, 10-1 ended up being 10-3 as in the 2018 season. He's lost his last 2 games the next year while not 10-1.
I don't mean to throw cold water on this and I'll go one game at a time so here's hoping that THIS YEAR, they break that drought!
November 22nd, 2021 at 3:33 PM ^
I just want to beat OSU so damn bad. I've only ever seen it once. Devin Gardner's heroics and 2016 were so damn heartbreaking. This team would be my favorite team ever if they somehow pulled it off, especially after last year and all the shit they've gone through.
November 22nd, 2021 at 3:50 PM ^
Huh? What? We're done. Congrats to the team on a successful 10-1 season! Unfortunately we're not quite in the top 4, so now we get to wait and find out what bowl game we're invited to.
November 22nd, 2021 at 4:29 PM ^
My 15 year old son and I are coming up to Ann Arbor for the first time this weekend. It’s a bucket list for us. Hopefully it’s a good game go Bucks!!
November 22nd, 2021 at 5:34 PM ^
Down voted because your posting history shows that you took your same son (then 13) to the 2019 game in Ann Arbor.
November 22nd, 2021 at 6:14 PM ^
We wasn’t able to make it then had a family emergency. But will be there Saturday.
November 22nd, 2021 at 6:58 PM ^
Wtf. What in his post would prompt you to check his posting history and verify?
November 23rd, 2021 at 9:52 AM ^
I hope you and your son have a wonderful trip up, enjoy the hospitality, the atmosphere, and everything that is a late November game in Ann Arbor. I also hope you both come down with an acute case of laryngitis during the game and then make a safe, yet quiet trip back where, as you eventually rediscover your voices, neither of you can help but ask yourselves over and over and over, "What have we been doing with our lives? ... Was it all for... that? There really is a better way, isn't there...?"
Go Blue.
November 22nd, 2021 at 4:30 PM ^
A ton of players poured their heart and soul into this program and deserved to go out on top.. but something about Aiden Hutchsinson. Maybe it was the surprised come back and everyone was so sure he played his last game for Michigan last season. But man if Michigan pulls this off Saturday is hope there's two men carried off on the shoulders of their teammates. Aiden & coach Harbaugh
November 22nd, 2021 at 5:04 PM ^
I honestly don't even think we would need to win this Saturday in order to boost recruiting. If we could simply win a frickin bowl game for once and go into the off-season with 11 wins (a Harbaugh first here at Michigan) and actual positive momentum for next year I think that would REALLY help.
People like to talk about Dabo taking 8 years to FINALLY get over the hump at Clemson, but they conveniently leave out that Dabo won 10 games in his third season and never won LESS than 10 games since then until this year. So yeah, he didn't win a national championship until year 8, but he won 10, 11, 11, 10, & 14 games and THEN year 8 he won 14 games and the national championship. You really think he would have gotten over the hump if he followed up his first 10 win season with an 8 win season? Then 10 wins, then 9 wins? Then 2 wins? Lol not a chance. He consistently won 10+ games which allowed him to build a championship caliber team. That's called building momentum and that's how you start drawing better recruits.
Winning 10 games then following that up with downer seasons constantly will kill any and all recruiting momentum. If Harbaugh can simply start winning 10-11 games (even with a loss to OSU every season) every single year then that alone would set this program apart from the rest of the conference (sans OSU) and that's how you finally get over the hump. It's his constant downswings that's torpedo'd our chances at taking that next step thus far.
I fully expect to lose and lose big on Saturday...but to me beating OSU this year was never a realistic, attainable goal anyways. Winning the bowl game, getting that 11th win, and carrying positive momentum into the off-season for the first time since the end of 2015 is the attainable goal I hope we achieve at the end of this season.
November 22nd, 2021 at 5:43 PM ^
I honestly think we've done enough to stabilize recruiting. Kids want to feel like they are going somewhere where they will "have a shot" to play for it all.
We have that shot this weekend. So we're one of maybe 10 teams that can say that. That should be enough to convince a lot of kids this is a good program if they like the other stuff.
Obviously a win, a Big Ten title, and a playoff appearance would be stratospheric. But not every kid can go to OSU or Alabama. And after them and maybe 3 or 4 other schools, are there really better situations than ours?
This will also get better for us if there is playoff expansion, because we are one of the teams that will benefit the most from it, since we won't be completely blocked by OSU every year.
November 22nd, 2021 at 8:49 PM ^
It’s really odd you look at the Iron Bowl and Auburn still beats Bama here and there. For Michigan to struggle for 20 years now it’s really head scratching.
November 22nd, 2021 at 8:58 PM ^
Yeah...and even Iowa and Purdue have had Ws over very good OSU teams -- and in BLOWOUT fashion -- since we last won the damn game at all, and THAT win was over a lousy OSU squad that finished 6-7 after their bowl loss, and even THAT win was in a close game, where OSU had the ball at the end of the game with the chance to reclaim the lead and win.
Still, we all know that OSU will always play their best game against Michigan. That's just the way it is. It'd be nice to reciprocate that for a change.
November 22nd, 2021 at 8:50 PM ^
Before the season began, I predicted 7-5. I am very happy to have been so wrong.
That said, expectations for me certainly began to shift after we won in Madison. Wait...we WON that game? Hmmm. Well...maybe things might go a little better than I thought they would. We won in Happy Valley, too? Well, shit. Maybe Jimmy is truly onto something here.
I gotta admit that now, finishing at 10-2, while still a VERY good season, would be a disappointment, though.
It's all there, right in front of us. Can we actually TAKE it, for a change? Remains to be seen.