Yes, they blow. The South Florida Bulls just won in Auburn. They're not the best Big East team. They're not the second best Big East team. They're not the third best Big East team. They're the 4th best Big East team. Meanwhile, VT, the ACC's supposed best team, got smacked around all over in another SEC venue tonight.
big home favorites back to back weeks, lose twice. the worst part was that not only did they not bounce back from being embarrassed, but they got blown out. talented team whose season is over
Michigan's problem is they've been getting by for so long with one idea of how to play, and they finally ran out of players that run that system. No one in that secondary is intimidating at all, their corners are physical, but not mutli-dimensional like the Halls/Woodsons of the past, Crable's out of position as it is, so they don't have that dominant passrusher, it just goes on and on. Who even knows what's wrong with that offense, they should be one of the best out there. It's like there's no chemistry, even though the core has been starting together for 2-3 years already.
that loss to App. State really screwed with their heads. i doubt they will recover. you can bet the program is going to get revamped.
Yeah that is a big blow. I wonder how big the psychological factor played for them? This is the problem with the college system, you lose one game early when your team isn't firing on all cylinders and you are done even if you finish the season playing the best football in the country. Michigan lost the first game, and threw in the towel, I guess.
no, that is the problem with the perception of college football because it isn't a guarantee one or two teams are going to go undefeated. at the end if there is a slew of 1 loss teams, one loss teams have a shot. the 2006 National Championship Florida Gators ring a bell? fans are allowed to have that narrow, pessimistic view because they aren't on the field playing, but teams cannot. they have a responsibility to play hard to win every week, knowing, embracing and relishing the fact that the only thing they can control is how they play, and if they play hard they will put themselves in the best position to succeed at the end. a team that has accepted the narrow view that one loss ends the season reflects poor coaching, not any problem with college football as a whole.
Right, but if you lose early you drop far. If you lose a game at 12-0, going to 12-1 you don't drop as far.
not neccessarily. but even so, if you then play great, you can easily make your way back up the polls. its is well known that if you are going to lose, lose early in college football, because if your loss comes at the end of the season, you are screwed.
I didn't think this need it's own thread so I put it here.: Henne listed as week-to-week after injury against Oregon Associated Press Updated: September 10, 2007, 2:21 PM ET http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3012933 ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Injured Michigan quarterback Chad Henne will not play against Notre Dame. Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr did not provide a timetable for Henne's return, listing him Monday as week-to-week. The senior was knocked out of the second half of Saturday's 39-7 loss to Oregon. Freshman Ryan Mallett will start against the Fighting Irish on Saturday at home in a matchup of storied teams with 0-2 records. "This test will be different than any he's had," Carr said. "But I can guarantee you that he's not intimidated." Carr declined to confirm Saturday's ABC-TV report that Michigan trainer Paul Schmidt said Henne had a lower-leg injury. The senior struggled in his first 1? games as the Wolverines opened with two losses at home for the first time since 1959. Henne was 12-of-23 for 172 yards with a touchdown and an interception, a pass that sailed into double coverage on the opening drive against Oregon. In the opener, he was 19-of-37 for 233 yards with a score and an interception in Appalachian State territory. Henne connected with Adrian Arrington late in the first quarter against Oregon, giving Michigan a 7-3 lead and tying a school record. It was the senior quarterback's 72nd touchdown pass, tying John Navarre. Mallett started the second half and threw an interception midway through the third quarter. He finished with six completions in 17 attempts for 49 yards. The freshman from Texarkana, Texas enrolled at Michigan in January and participated in spring practice. "That helps a lot," offensive tackle Jake Long said. "It's kind of like he's a redshirt freshman."
You don't drop far based on your record, it's based on who you lose to and how bad you got beat. So if Michigan had lost to Ohio State by one, they may have only dropped 5 or 6 spots. But, since it was Appalachian State, they dropped from 5 to like 31.
I hate both teams, but since I want Michigan to not be 0-3 going into the Penn State game, I have to be a Wolverine fan for this week. They can still be a very dangerous team on a week to week basis.
