Michigan -8.5 vs Indiana

[thewolverines24]

For several years as a kid, Ann Arbor Boy Scouts (which I was one) got to see games free in exchange for escorting feeble old alums to their seats. After everyone was seated we?d sit on the stadium steps and watch the game.

So you hauled in the "down in front" crowd.

 

[thewolverines24]

Heard the MSU allotment returned was out of ordinary and compared to the past two prior games vs MSU in A2, there was far less green and white than normal.

They suck donkey balls, so I wasn't surprised by that one.

 

[tinselwolverine]

So you hauled in the "down in front" crowd.

I don?t think so, not really.

Generally feeble old people don?t like to spend a lot of time standing.

Especially Michigan alums.

They like to sit and sip Chardonnay.

 

[thewolverines24]

I don?t think so, not really.

Generally feeble old people don?t like to spend a lot of time standing.

Especially Michigan alums.

They like to sit and sip Chardonnay.

That was my point. You brought in the fans who don't want to stand and tell everyone else "down in front".

 

[tinselwolverine]

Oh.

I see now.

Not like the “down in front” crowd who can’t see.

That’s why they tell everyone in front of them “down in front.”

 

[GoBlueInAtlanta]

I feel more confident about both Indiana and OSU this year than I did last year. This year's team is getting better each week whereas last year's team started to play worse each of the last 3-4 weeks. I agree with Champ in that, as of right now, Michigan looks like the 2nd best team in the league. The first half of the year they looked like the 5th or 6th best team at best.

I think that loss to OSU last year might have been the best thing that could happen to them. Don Brown has made the adjustment to mixing in zone coverage instead of stubbornly playing man 99% of the time, Harbaugh hired someone who is familiar with modern offenses even though he wants to run a manball offense and now that they're all on the same page they're peaking at the right time. The thing that stood out to me more than anything else Jim said was that Gattis and the offensive staff not only knew how to attack MSU. but they even game planned for the adjustments that MSU would make in response to what Michigan was trying to do and they were right on almost all of them. That's impressive and encouraging, because we've been saying for years that MSU and OSU seem to be 1 step ahead of us every year.

Another encouraging thing to come out is Gattis saying that they have started to spend time each week preparing for OSU. That's something that Meyer and Tressell always did and our coaches stubbornly refused to do.

And I get that there are 1000 variables to consider, but OSU just gave up 21 points to Rutgers. They're not impossible to beat. The margin for error is razor-thin playing them but the way Michigan has played on both sides of the ball for the last 3 games, the game is in A2 and the fact that the coaches have been putting extra emphasis on this game make me think that this is the year that it can all come together. I'm not predicting a win just yet, but everyone seems to already assume that the game is a lost cause and I don't see it that way.

This goes along with what was reported early in the season. It was said that Harbaugh would ask the team after the game if they played well enough that game to beat the better teams on their schedule. He was thinking in that vein when he hired Gattis back in the spring, knowing that the "old mentality" was no longer good enough to beat the best teams in the conference.

 

[rumseyhouse77]

Michigan better be ready. IU always plays them tough. Especially at home.

 

[Monster]

Where's the prediction thread?

Michigan- 38
IU - 10

 

[TheVictors]

Where's the prediction thread?

Michigan- 38
IU - 10

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