CMRivdogs Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Bottom line is always $$$$. Alabama fans travel better than FSU. Alabama also gets better TV ratings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Bill Connely of ESPN ranked the top 40 CFP teams ever based off of his metrics and Michigan is currently number 7 overall 1 spot behind 2021 UGA. He had 2021 UM at number 28 and last years team at number 23. Btw coming in at dead last was the 2015 MSU team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: Btw coming in at dead last was the 2015 MSU team. When Michigan scores on its opening drive, I've already decided to text all my MSU friends "wow scoring against Alabama in the playoff sure is easy, huh guys!?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Are they worried Ryan Day hacked their tablets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 37 minutes ago, Deleterious said: Are they worried Ryan Day hacked their tablets? I can think of no logical reason that A + B = C here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 6 hours ago, Deleterious said: Are they worried Ryan Day hacked their tablets? I think George Helow told them what the Dharma Initiative is really up to at Michigan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 The more I think the less sense it makes…. Even in the midst of the scandal…. Was Michigan stealing its own video? Why would you be unable to watch Michigan on a tablet? Or are you saying that your video is of Michigan’s signs and Alabama is restricting that because of the scandal? The last one is the only one that makes a modicum of sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microline133 Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 It's an attempt to create a story leading up to the game; a story that hopefully generates questions for UM players and coaches, and potentially offers some distraction from the task at hand. Nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 like the helow hiring, its gamesmanship by saban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 11 hours ago, buddha said: like the helow hiring, its gamesmanship by saban. This bush league psych out stuff. Laughable, man – HA HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Kinda kills the Saban PSYOPS theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 i still have a hard time seeing michigan winning this game. nick saban is not ryan day. he's not going to turtle when the going gets tough. and bama - like georgia - is loaded at the skill positions in ways michigan is not. bama is like penn state, only with a good offense and a great head coach. michigan will have to play very well, bama will need to turn the ball over, and we'll need some luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 52 minutes ago, buddha said: i still have a hard time seeing michigan winning this game. nick saban is not ryan day. he's not going to turtle when the going gets tough. and bama - like georgia - is loaded at the skill positions in ways michigan is not. bama is like penn state, only with a good offense and a great head coach. michigan will have to play very well, bama will need to turn the ball over, and we'll need some luck. I have an easier time seeing Michigan winning this game than I had seeing Michigan beating Georgia two years ago. I’m not going to defend Ryan Day, but Ohio State this year didn’t turtle like they did the last two years. They went punch for punch and just turned the ball over too many times. This is probably the worst Alabama team in five years. Which says a lot for how great that program is. Their WRs are not Jerry Jeudy, Jamo, or Henry Ruggs and their RBs are not Jahmyr Gibbs or Derrick Henry. They’re still very good, but they’re not an NFL caliber team. Milroe is very good, but turnover prone. If Michigan plays the brand of mistake-free football that got them this far, and capitalizes on Milroe’s mistake(s), I think it will be a one-possession game either direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 59 minutes ago, buddha said: i still have a hard time seeing michigan winning this game. Yeah - I retain a lot of built in "B1G doesn't play the same brand of football" bias, but objectively I have to admit that M under Harbaugh has turned a kind of corner recently - they do play bigger and better than they used to. Is it enough to close the gap, esp without an adequate replacement for Zinter? Does seem doubtful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 This makes me happy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 best uniforms in sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 I need to focus on this game to distract me from the criminality occurring in the NFL. Go Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MichiganCardinal Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 This is the first year (for me at least) where this game has felt bigger than The Game. That doesn't make intuitive sense, given this is a playoff and The Game is not, but I think there is something to be said for how the program has evolved. The last two years, the season was a huge success after Michigan beat Ohio State and didn't collapse in the Big Ten Championship. Anything beyond that was gravy. This year it feels like the season depends more on this game tonight (and hopefully next Monday too) than it did against Ohio State. While Ohio State always matters, there's a been there, done that feeling to beating Ohio State now, and that winning this - winning a semifinal, beating the SEC, going to the National Championship - is now the real next barrier for Michigan football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP_Fan Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I’d really love to see ESPN meltdown if Michigan can win this one. The hate and slander they’ve shown toward Michigan is out of control. It’s time to shut everyone up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongbit Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I wish you guys a lot of luck today. For as much **** that I give, I honestly hope that Michigan can win today and next week. Enjoy these days as it seems inevitable this time that Harbaugh is really leaving. Add that with the changing conference and no longer having a cakewalk schedule and it could be a long, long time before Michigan is in this position again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Hongbit said: I wish you guys a lot of luck today. For as much **** that I give, I honestly hope that Michigan can win today and next week. Enjoy these days as it seems inevitable this time that Harbaugh is really leaving. Add that with the changing conference and no longer having a cakewalk schedule and it could be a long, long time before Michigan is in this position again. lol, even when you say something nice about michigan you have to throw a shot in there too. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) Have we beaten Alabama since Brady? EDIT.....nope. Lost in 2012 and 2020 Edited January 1 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 nope. played them in a rich rod year to open the season in jerry world and were embarassed. played them in a bowl game in shea patterson land and were good for the first half and then alabama decided to play and whupped michigan in the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongbit Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 24 minutes ago, buddha said: lol, even when you say something nice about michigan you have to throw a shot in there too. 🙂 It comes down to the expectation that Sharrone Moore will be the next coach. Seems like a good guy but not ready for a job this big. Marcus Freeman part 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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