We won't - we can't -beat the "semi-pro" teams: OSU, Alabama, Georgia, or Clemson. And maybe Oklahoma and Texas A&M if Jimbo and the TAMU money men get their act figured out. I've accepted this.
I've also accepted a couple other things:
1) that the NCAA is going to allow there to be semi-pro teams, without penalty or consequence, and so I shouldn't be surprised that a sport played on a "slanted field" tends to result in one outcome occurring repeatedly; and
2) with a couple exceptions, our coaching staff is more "mercenary" than "family" as it was under Bo, Mo, and Lloyd (but at least they are somewhat competent, unlike RR's or Hoke's staffs). And some of this "ethic" certainly rubs off on the players, so I've also considered that the coaches and players on the field don't represent the university as much as they represent their own bank accounts.
Both of these things are what they are, and I can not change them, but as a consequence, I'm not going to give much of a shit if we win or lose.
I'm going to see how this new approach to Michigan football fandom works out for me this season.
Yes, but at least we'll have an defense this time.
And also, unlike the RichRod years, the Nefarious Lloyd Carr isn't trying to bring down Michigan football anymore. We saw what he was capable of: he transformed from being a bumbling, incompetent "worst football coach ever," to being a master Machiavellian manipulator, capable of causing our program to lose games and recruits, all through spreading rumors and other tactics which no one could even discover or fathom.
Don't underestimate the latter...
