Let us talk about Michigan's schedule for a second. I'm not saying this changes much, but some of the teams are better than people gave us credit for.
Damn! The overall schedule did look bad but that stat is bad. The opponent's offensive performances have been....."offensive".....or maybe "non offensive". One my try to justify poor offensive performance by saying those team's opponents had great defenses. I don't think that old dog will hunt though.
This is quite literally akin to asking a trivia question of where a founding member of the KKK is from with a picture at an mlb game right after Floyd OD’d, which I’m sure you’d be bothered by.
In 15 total games played, UNLV and Rutgers are a combined 0-3 vs. teams that are .500 or better. Neither of those teams are remotely close to being ranked. Rutgers will finish the year likely 1-3 at best, while UNLV is 2-3 at best. Just stop.
Sure. It’s a wild thing to do at a sporting event.
Its just like, read the room.
The Iowa TD drive was ~45 yards and over 30 of them came via penalty. The defensive PI was questionable (I highly doubt IA with an aggressive defense wants it continuously called that tight) and unsportsman like conduct where both sides were slightly breaking rules and should've let play out on what would've been a third down stop and it's likely ultra conservative Kirk kicks the FG (maybe, maybe not)
Let's not get crazy here. Go look at the list of teams the two you mentioned have played. UNLV's best win is what.........Vanderbilt? Rutgers best win is.............Michigan State? (who they had to come back from 18 points down to beat)
Something like this, and one of the announcers said during the game that Penn State would have the one up if this happened.
It's a big deal to MSU. It will harm them financially and reputation.
I agree wholeheartedly. Trying to talk up Michigan's schedule as anything other than soft up to this point, would be like trying to say Ohio State has an elite offense like year's past.
Not to kick Rutgers, as they are vastly better than in year's past, but they are still a bottom feeder. Iowa is a possibility, as they struggle to even get first down's. I think Maryland blows them out.
Bingo, or like saying michigan hasn't been cheating since 2021. None of that would be true.
Regular Season DATE OPPONENT RESULT W-L (CONF) HI PASS HI RUSH HI REC Sat, Sep 2 vs East Carolina
W30-3 1-0 (0-0) McCarthy 280 Corum 73 Wilson 78 Sat, Sep 9 vs UNLV
W35-7 2-0 (0-0) McCarthy 278 Corum 80 Wilson 89 Sat, Sep 16 vs Bowling Green
W31-6 3-0 (0-0) McCarthy 143 Corum 101 Johnson 71 Sat, Sep 23 vs Rutgers
W31-7 4-0 (1-0) McCarthy 214 Corum 97 Loveland 75 Sat, Sep 30 @ Nebraska
W45-7 5-0 (2-0) McCarthy 156 Corum 74 Wilson 58 Sat, Oct 7 @ Minnesota
W52-10 6-0 (3-0) McCarthy 219 Corum 69 Johnson 86 Sat, Oct 14 vs Indiana
W52-7 7-0 (4-0) McCarthy 222 Hall 58 Loveland 80 Sat, Oct 21 @ Michigan State
W49-0 8-0 (5-0) McCarthy 287 Corum 59 Barner 99
You can only play who is on your schedule, but it is getting ridiculous. I'm sure with this schedule -- no one thought Nebraska and Michigan State would be dumpster fires. That being said -- I hope we have a game where we are tested before we played PSU and OSU.