2017 - 2018 college football
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What we really need to bump is Mark's thread. Classic fartan.
Stalker
I removed my teeth on purpose....if you catch my d
LOL did you see the write up MGOBLOG did on their opponent watch series for MSU?
http://mgoblog.com/content/opponent-watch-2017-preview-part-1#more
[FONT="]Last year:[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT="]3-9 (1-8 B1G), no bowl but retained dignity[/FONT]
[FONT="]Recap: To break the fourth wall, dear reader, let me bring you into my living room. I sit here with a Bell’s Two Hearted in hand. My fingers have been hovering over the keyboard for several minutes. No words have come. No snark. No jokes. No pity. Nothing. I've got nothing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Michigan State’s 2016 season and subsequent offseason were so impossibly cataclysmic that even now, 49 weeks removed from their struggling opening win over Furman, I still can’t fully grasp the thing. This was Michigan State as Icarus flying too close to the couch fire. It was Lockheed Martin programming an entire Big Ten football program in feet instead of meters. It was Captain Smith ramming a defending B1G Champion and College Football Playoff semifinalist directly into an iceberg as a string quartet played “Nearer My Brah To Thee.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]Surely I need not recount Sparty’s failures to you, but for convention requires that I do so anyway. They lost nine games. They lost an assistant and 5% of their scholarship players (including the cream of their best recruiting class in years) to unspeakably unpleasant criminal situations. On national signing day alone they lost one target to South Alabama, another target to a walk-on slot at Northwestern, and a commit to felony charges. They lost another half-dozen projected starters or contributors to, and I quote, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.[/FONT]
[FONT="]It’s hard to even identify the low point; on the field, it was proooooobably the loss to Illinois, though the four week stretch with losses to Indiana, BYU, Northwestern, and Maryland may be cumulatively worse. Meanwhile, the off-field stuff rivals any series of player-specific calamities I can recall for a single school. The only thing comparable was the fate that befell Mr. Burns' softball team. [/FONT]
[FONT="]But other than that, things are looking up in East Lansing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]When last we saw them:[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT="]This team is as frightening as: Hoooo boy. This is a dilemma. If this was an identical set of circumstances, returning talent and coaching at, say, Minnesota, they would be like a Fear Level 3. But out of sheer reflexive fear of reviving the #Disrespekt Monster, I’ll say Fear Level = 5[/FONT]
[FONT="]Michigan should worry about: LJ Scott ran for 139 yards on 22 carries against Michigan last year, and you will recall that those were definitely not garbage time carries.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Michigan can sleep soundly about: Michigan State registered eleven sacks last year. Eleven. That is one more than Michigan got from guys named Taco.[/FONT]
[FONT="]When they play Michigan:[/FONT]
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[FONT="]First game: vs. Bowling Green, noon, ESPNU[/FONT]
http://mgoblog.com/content/opponent-watch-2017-preview-part-1#more
[FONT="]Last year:[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[FONT="]Recap: To break the fourth wall, dear reader, let me bring you into my living room. I sit here with a Bell’s Two Hearted in hand. My fingers have been hovering over the keyboard for several minutes. No words have come. No snark. No jokes. No pity. Nothing. I've got nothing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Michigan State’s 2016 season and subsequent offseason were so impossibly cataclysmic that even now, 49 weeks removed from their struggling opening win over Furman, I still can’t fully grasp the thing. This was Michigan State as Icarus flying too close to the couch fire. It was Lockheed Martin programming an entire Big Ten football program in feet instead of meters. It was Captain Smith ramming a defending B1G Champion and College Football Playoff semifinalist directly into an iceberg as a string quartet played “Nearer My Brah To Thee.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]Surely I need not recount Sparty’s failures to you, but for convention requires that I do so anyway. They lost nine games. They lost an assistant and 5% of their scholarship players (including the cream of their best recruiting class in years) to unspeakably unpleasant criminal situations. On national signing day alone they lost one target to South Alabama, another target to a walk-on slot at Northwestern, and a commit to felony charges. They lost another half-dozen projected starters or contributors to, and I quote, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.[/FONT]
[FONT="]It’s hard to even identify the low point; on the field, it was proooooobably the loss to Illinois, though the four week stretch with losses to Indiana, BYU, Northwestern, and Maryland may be cumulatively worse. Meanwhile, the off-field stuff rivals any series of player-specific calamities I can recall for a single school. The only thing comparable was the fate that befell Mr. Burns' softball team. [/FONT]
[FONT="]But other than that, things are looking up in East Lansing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]When last we saw them:[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT][FONT="]This team is as frightening as: Hoooo boy. This is a dilemma. If this was an identical set of circumstances, returning talent and coaching at, say, Minnesota, they would be like a Fear Level 3. But out of sheer reflexive fear of reviving the #Disrespekt Monster, I’ll say Fear Level = 5[/FONT][FONT="]Michigan should worry about: LJ Scott ran for 139 yards on 22 carries against Michigan last year, and you will recall that those were definitely not garbage time carries.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Michigan can sleep soundly about: Michigan State registered eleven sacks last year. Eleven. That is one more than Michigan got from guys named Taco.[/FONT]
[FONT="]When they play Michigan:[/FONT]
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[FONT="]First game: vs. Bowling Green, noon, ESPNU[/FONT]
DetroitStyle
Club Member
Michigan landed a pair of 5 star DL recruits for 2018 this week 
hangemhigh
Club Member
Should be a good season for both UM and OSU. I'm curious to see how the off-season changes work for the Buckeyes. UM has a few question marks, but I'm sure they'll field the same tough squad that we're getting used to. I'm still not sure where I got the "shit-talker" tag....:dunno:
hangemhigh
Club Member
And we're off and running to the best time of the year....Gonna be an interesting season!
I think Michigan starts slow with the young class of players, but then get it dialed against Cin, AF, and Purdue.
These players, while young, are hand picked to fit Harbaugh's system. They will be good this year, but they will be nat'l champ contenders next season.
vs FL - L
vs Cin - W
vs Air Force - W
@ Purdue - W
vs MSU - W
@ IN - W
@ PSU - W
vs Rut - W
vs Min - W
@ MD - W
@ WI - L
vs OSU - W
These players, while young, are hand picked to fit Harbaugh's system. They will be good this year, but they will be nat'l champ contenders next season.
vs FL - L
vs Cin - W
vs Air Force - W
@ Purdue - W
vs MSU - W
@ IN - W
@ PSU - W
vs Rut - W
vs Min - W
@ MD - W
@ WI - L
vs OSU - W
Stalker
I removed my teeth on purpose....if you catch my d
The bump that made me pick UM over FL was the suspensions and turmoil around the QB situation. They also lost quite a bit of their team as well. I think it'll be close (not 41-7) but UM will win.
PSU is last years Iowa. Doesn't matter if we should beat them, it's a tough place to play during a white out at night.
I think that's a very fair assessment. I waived back and forth on PSU, I could very easily be wrong on that pick.
Swifster
Forum Member
OK, let's get the season going. If Florida didn't have all the suspensions, I'd go with the Gators beating the Stink Bears.
UM
vs FL - W
vs Cin - W
vs Air Force - W
@ Purdue - W
vs MSU - L
@ IN - W
@ PSU - L
vs Rut - W
vs Min - W
@ MD - W
@ WI - W
vs OSU - L
Final Record: 9-3
OSU
@ IN - W
vs OK - W
vs Army - W
vs UNLV - W
vs Rut - W
vs MD - W
@ Neb - W
vs PSU - W
@ IA - W
vs MSU - W
vs IL - W
@ UM - W
Final Record 12-0
MSU
vs BG - W
vs W Mich - W
vs ND - L
vs IA - W
@ UM - W
@ MN - L
vs IN - W
vs PSU - L
@ OSU - L
vs MD - W
@ Rut - W
Final Record 8-4
UM
vs FL - W
vs Cin - W
vs Air Force - W
@ Purdue - W
vs MSU - L
@ IN - W
@ PSU - L
vs Rut - W
vs Min - W
@ MD - W
@ WI - W
vs OSU - L
Final Record: 9-3
OSU
@ IN - W
vs OK - W
vs Army - W
vs UNLV - W
vs Rut - W
vs MD - W
@ Neb - W
vs PSU - W
@ IA - W
vs MSU - W
vs IL - W
@ UM - W
Final Record 12-0
MSU
vs BG - W
vs W Mich - W
vs ND - L
vs IA - W
@ UM - W
@ MN - L
vs IN - W
vs PSU - L
@ OSU - L
vs MD - W
@ Rut - W
Final Record 8-4
DetroitStyle
Club Member
vs FL - W
vs Cin - W
vs Air Force - W
@ Purdue - W
vs MSU - W
@ IN - W
@ PSU - W
vs Rut - W
vs Min - W
@ MD - W
@ WI - L
vs OSU - W
I see the games at Penn State and Wisconsin as the defining ones for the season. I think they will win one and lose one... I went with the early win and late season loss because it's more devastating to the season overall and that's just Murphy's Law
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vs Cin - W
vs Air Force - W
@ Purdue - W
vs MSU - W
@ IN - W
@ PSU - W
vs Rut - W
vs Min - W
@ MD - W
@ WI - L
vs OSU - W
I see the games at Penn State and Wisconsin as the defining ones for the season. I think they will win one and lose one... I went with the early win and late season loss because it's more devastating to the season overall and that's just Murphy's Law
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Can I change my picks? :lol:
DetroitStyle
Club Member
Michigan defense looks scary
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