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The sad part is that so much hinges on one key position. But if Drake is competent (ie....not Kaliakmanis, Croft.....) the team has a shot to be solid. If Drake excels the bar goes up quite a ways but for a redshirt freshman getting first taste of action it is wise to temper expectations...

Above .500 in conference is a good baseline. 5 conference wins essentially guarantees a bowl game as well and a 7-8 win season at minimum.

Success today would be a bowl game and being competitive against everyone on our schedule considering we are breaking in a new QB with very little experience. But to me, the definition of a successful season is always in flux because things change over the course of the year and expectations...

Feels like Bateman is really coming into his own and becoming a focal point for Jackson. Hopefully he can stay healthy and keep making strides.

Great opportunity for him to show what he can do. neither of the other guys have looked very good. Would be awesome if Max is able to find a way to make it on the final roster.

Said in another thread that I understand the concept of not punishing the current players/coaches for the sins of previous players/coaches......but I stand by the opinion that any punishment without a post season band isn't a punishment. Plus, in this current landscape, anyone that doesn't like...

I do get the tough spot where you are punishing a team for the actions of people who are no longer associated with the team. That said, in this era players can easily move to another school so if they don't like the ban then they can transfer. Any punishment that doesn't involve a post season...

Any punishment that doesn't involve a post season ban of some kind isn't really a punishment. As others have said this is just a slap on the wrist. 20 million sounds like an impressive fine but for a place like Michigan it isn't that big a deal in the grand scheme of things. And like the...

Pre-season bowl projections.....one of the most worthless of all the worthless preseason predictions that get published this time of year..... :) I still think it would be interesting but tedious as hell to track these predictions to see if they even get a single matchup prediction right...

Well said.....will fall on deaf ears as everyone continues to focus on money but he isn't wrong. It sucks that most of the talk around college football and basketball isn't about what is happening on the field/court, it is all about money and lawsuits. So much of what used to make college...

I mean sure.....they are in year 20 of a 2 year rebuilding plan.....but hey....even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.....

That and Fleck isn't one to try and run it up against non-conf opponents. We win the games but the final score is often closer then a lot of fans would like to see.

It will be very interesting to see how his NFL career unfolds. As a first round or early round pick he had massive bust potential.....as a fifth round guy who has to work and earn his spot anything is possible. He clearly has a lot of raw talent, the question that will get answered is if he...

WR is going to be a very interesting position to watch this year to see how it shakes out. Tracy feels like the safest guess but think it could go any number of ways.

Damn that sucks.....good news is that he was really impressive prior to the injury so he should get a chance to earn his spot back once he is recovered next season. But sucks to have his season end before it even had a chance to get started.

Ben Utecht should absolutely be on this list over BSF. I can't ever unlink Maroney and MB3.....same with Setterstrom and Eslinger. So I would bump Cobb down at RB and Andries down at OL to make room for those two.

Bingo....many of the games against Iowa under Fleck easily could have gone the other way and unfortunately we have made more mistakes than they have in those crucial moments. If you only focus on W/L record.....Fleck has not done well against Iowa at all. But that record does not reflect the...

Cracks me up that there are still people hanging onto the ultra conservative narrative. We won’t ever be mistaken for for an air raid team but we are far from the service academy offense some love to pretend we run.

I agree on Indiana....disagree on Illinois. If there is a darkhorse to win the conference it is them or Michigan based on their schedules (on paper as of today, obviously things can and will change once games get going). But look at this schedule.....Illinois is primed for a season like the...

Good point. Thankfully we are getting closer to the end of filler season where these worthless lists and rankings get published all the time. Once camp starts up there is actual news to start following with teams.