People are really underestimating how much the loss of Minter is going to mean for the defense. A great DC and a decent DC is the difference between 11 wins and 7 wins for most teams, especially when the defense is going to be doing most of the heavy lifting.
Mullings will likely be the workhorse back. Edwards is a complimentary back who can break off a long run, but the majority of the time he's just running into the pile and that's it. He was averaging under 4ypc last year before the NCG against the dogshit Washington defense, and he needed those two long runs just to get to 4.2ypc on the season, which considering it's college and they had that elite OL, is also dogshit. I see he's gaining weight this offseason to prepare for a larger load, but that may also zap some of his open field speed that made him useful to begin with.
Nah, not exactly. If they were to repeat it would still not be as exciting as last season to me. I'm not even excited for other teams I root for in college football that aren't Michigan. I think it's the whole change of conferences besides the transfer portal and NIL. The transfer portal & NIL didn't bother me, but all these conferences changing schools & losing a power conference is a bit overboard.
Orji is a phenomenal athlete, and while he's not going to lead the nation in passing, he still is a concern on the ground. It'll dramatically alter their offense though, and if he doesn't add the passing dimension, they'll have a lot of 3-and-outs. I also see those 4 losses, but other upsets can also happen. If they lose any of their key defenders to injury, that's going to be crippling.
Change has been the constant in CFB for like 30 years, this is just the latest iteration. I'm with you in that I'd like to see them go back to the 6 BCS conferences, but that's not happening. I do love the 12 team playoff though. It's going to add a lot of intrigue to the postseason this year.
Lack of excitement must have to do with the guilt of cheating
so i'm listening/reading a deep dive of the UT vs UM game.. UM is replacing 3 out of 5 players out of it's secondary. Their two DTs are the strength of their defense.. the edges are solid (w/ the addition of the kid from Coastal Carolina)
Yeah they are minimizing the losses in the secondary, which will be a problem when they're playing teams like Texas, Oregon, Ohio State, and USC.
Yeah the second he faces an athletic defense who can throw multiple coverages at him, he's toast. Even if they were able to make the change to a spread option Denard-type offense, that offense clearly had its limitations. I can't see a scenario where they end up with one consistent starter for the whole season, and none of the options really scream optimism at this point.
Wrong. Not just for Michigan but college football as a whole. These changes are ruining the reasons I loved the sport. Just seems like minor league NFL as losing some traditions.
I can't blame them for changing due to the difference in revenue. What sucks imho is the size of the conferences. I'm an old school "Get off my lawn" guy. I still best way to way to crown the conference champion is for all of them to play each other every year. But I guess CCGs changed how conferences decide their champion regardless of size.
But didn't USC suck most of those years? I'm having a hard time remembering the last time USC WAS good.
To be fair, USC had some real crap years during BK's time at ND. Out of his 8 wins, only 2 were against USC when they had double digit wins.
