What a rough year it was for Michigan fans in 2008. Now I know how Notre Dame and Michigan St fans feel every couple of years. Speaking for the entire Michigan Wolverine fan nation, please do not do that to us again this year. I am too young to have a heart attack and for my blood pressure to go through the roof. I understand we may be another year away from really competing, but can we please make a bowl game?! Us Michigan fans were spoiled for so many years and I think we took it for granted. Year after year we were playing in prestigious bowl games (and losing most years). This year I don’t need a prestigious bowl game. I don’t care if the game is in Detroit (actually that would be awesome and make the Motor City Bowl a game I might stay at for more than a quarter and not be completely wasted), Toronto, San Francisco or Florida. I don’t care if we are playing Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan (although that would be really, really cool and I probably would have already had a heart attack if the Eagles become bowl eligible), Western Michigan, Miami (OH), Ohio U, Ashland or Defiance. Just please make a bowl game. Let’s see what the all knowing one thinks the Wolverines will do:
September 5 – Western Michigan
The Tate Forcier/Denard Robinson era is officially underway. Thank God that puke stain Steven Threet is gone. He might be the only person to play at four Division 1 schools after Arizona St realizes he is awful and he transfers again. This game right here is my 1,000 * lock of the year. I know it is really early to be doing that, but I see Michigan as a 9.5 or 10 pt favorite. Western was a bowl team last year and Michigan wasn’t, but this is MICHIGAN and Western Michigan we are comparing. Rich Rod gets the boys ready to play and Michigan opens the season on a roll. Western will score late to make the score look closer than it actually is.
Final Score: Michigan 30 WMU 17
1-0
September 12 – Notre Dame
Notre Dame is going to come into this game big headed after consecutive wins @ Hawaii and at home against Nevada. Maybe Notre Dame should get in the WAC and their success rate would go up. But as was posted earlier, this is a good Notre Dame team. A team that Michigan can’t look past with Eastern Michigan next on the schedule and it will be a good game. Gone are the days when Michigan would beat Notre Dame 38-0 in 2003 and 2007. This is Charlie Weis’ program now and he won’t stand for any of that. But with the game being played in the Big House, Hulk Hogan folds under pressure and throws two picks and Michigan wins. Undefeated season???
Final Score: Michigan 27 Notre Dame 24
2-0
September 19 – Eastern Michigan
The battle for Washtenaw County bragging rights is upon us! Many of these players know each other and will be fired up to play this game. EMU will be looking to prove they can play with the big boys and they are no pushovers. Michigan will be looking to prove EMU is a pushover and trying to pad their stats. Rich Rod makes Ron English wish he was the D Coordinator for Michigan in this one. Michigan matches their season win total in the first three games of 2009.
Final Score: Michigan 51 EMU 17
3-0
September 26 – Indiana
I’m not sure if it is a good thing or not to have Indiana at the beginning of your schedule. You know you are going to beat them and 4-0 is a great start. But it might be better to have that game in the middle of the schedule as a break, or to have it at the end of the schedule to know you have a win in the bag. However you see it, Michigan gets a win on homecoming in getting prepared for the Spartans. I remember the years when you didn’t even have to watch this game, knowing Michigan was going to win. I’m looking forward to watching this one as it might be the last win of the season.
Final Score: Michigan 31 Indiana 10
4-0 (1-0)
October 3 @ Michigan St
I hate to say it, but these young Wolverines may not yet be ready to win in East Lansing. I wouldn’t be shocked to see Michigan win this game, but the chances aren’t great. Look for Michigan to keep this one closer than the experts think and maybe even pull off an upset (if you want to call it that). Spartans in a tight one.
Final Score: MSU 27 Michigan 24
4-1 (1-1)
October 10 @ Iowa
Just to review my ‘sleeper’ teams for 2009: NC St, Miami (FL), Washington (will be much improved but W/L won’t show it) and Iowa. Yes Iowa. It wouldn’t be uncommon for Michigan to go over to Iowa City and lose in years when we were Big Ten title contenders. We aren’t going to be contending for any Big Ten titles this year and football and we won’t be beating Iowa either. Look for this to be a 8:00 game to be one of Michigan’s ugliest games of the year. Come on, only two more wins to be bowl eligible!!!
Final Score: Iowa 27 Michigan 10
4-2 (1-2)
October 17 – Delaware St
Delaware St is coming off of a solid 5-6 season in the MEAC so this one should be a close one. With the way the Maize and Blue play down to their competition (see App St and Toledo), there is no such thing as sure win. With the App St and Toledo game fresh in the minds of the players and Rich Rod (he will be fired instantly if they lose to the Hornets), they won’t let it happen again. Michigan in a laugher.
Final Score: Michigan 42 Delaware St 3
5-2 (1-2)
October 24 – Penn St
For Michigan to go to a decent bowl game (which isn’t what we are asking for….just any bowl game will do), they will have to win two of the next four games. We had Penn St’s number up until last year. And even last year, we were WINNING at halftime and went on to get outscored by like 50 and lose and blow the cover for anybody that might have had Michigan plus a ton and thought it was in the bag. Not that I know anyone that had Michigan in that game or anything. Penn St will be the second or third best team in the Big Ten this year. Michigan will be the fifth to seventh best team. I know any team can win on any given day, but Michigan will have to catch lightning in a bottle to win this one.
Final Score: Penn St. 31 Michigan 20
5-3 (1-3)
October 31 @ Illinois
I never wish bad health on anyone, but I sure hope Juice Williams isn’t going to be playing in this game. He has lit up the Maize and Blue the past two years and had me having flashbacks of what Donovan McNabb did to us in 1998. But look for defensive coordinator Greg Robinson to pull some tricks out of his hat and limit Mr. Williams. This is one of those games that Michigan fans are scratching their head afterwards wondering how did they just do that. In my upset special pick of the year….
Final Score: Michigan 24 Illinois 17
6-3 (2-3)
November 7 – Purdue
The Boilermakers made our defense look very, very bad last year. Never should a Michigan team give up 48 pts to any team that went 4-8. Michigan fans want to forget about last year, but just can’t. Not until the first game of the season. And Michigan fans won’t be able to forget about the 48-42 loss to the Boilermakers until after they defeat them.
Final Score: Michigan 30 Purdue 17
7-3 (3-3)
November 14 @ Wisconsin
Games in November against any team other than Ohio St are usually won by the Badgers. With these teams alternating wins the past four seasons, it is Wiskey’s turn to win. They will win and it will be an ugly, boring game to watch. Hopefully since they have defeated Michigan in recent history, there won’t be any fatalities like there were in 1993. Act like you’ve been there before Badger fans.
Final Score: Wiskey 17 Michigan 13
7-4 (3-4)
November 21 – Ohio St
I know I had the wish for a bowl game and Michigan will be bowl eligible going into this game. So since that wish was granted, I’m looking for another wish. Please, please, please can this game be close? Can we have some meaningful football in the 2nd half? Can there be enough hope for Michigan to win so we can have our Michigan – Ohio St? I’m not sure that we have a chance to win this one, actually I know we have no chance, but I think it will be closer this year. If not, this will be another reason for Rich Rod’s firing, even after a seven win season. Keep talking Buckeye fan. The momentum meter is definitely on your side. But wait, the Wolverines will be back soon.
Final Score: Ohio St 20 Michigan 13
7-5 (3-5)
A 7 win season may be a ballsy prediction, but Michigan will be much improved. They aren’t quite on the level of a Penn St or Ohio St, but as Spartan fans like to say, they have ‘closed the gap.’ 2010 is our year….look out Horseshoe.
:cripwalk:
September 5 – Western Michigan
The Tate Forcier/Denard Robinson era is officially underway. Thank God that puke stain Steven Threet is gone. He might be the only person to play at four Division 1 schools after Arizona St realizes he is awful and he transfers again. This game right here is my 1,000 * lock of the year. I know it is really early to be doing that, but I see Michigan as a 9.5 or 10 pt favorite. Western was a bowl team last year and Michigan wasn’t, but this is MICHIGAN and Western Michigan we are comparing. Rich Rod gets the boys ready to play and Michigan opens the season on a roll. Western will score late to make the score look closer than it actually is.
Final Score: Michigan 30 WMU 17
1-0
September 12 – Notre Dame
Notre Dame is going to come into this game big headed after consecutive wins @ Hawaii and at home against Nevada. Maybe Notre Dame should get in the WAC and their success rate would go up. But as was posted earlier, this is a good Notre Dame team. A team that Michigan can’t look past with Eastern Michigan next on the schedule and it will be a good game. Gone are the days when Michigan would beat Notre Dame 38-0 in 2003 and 2007. This is Charlie Weis’ program now and he won’t stand for any of that. But with the game being played in the Big House, Hulk Hogan folds under pressure and throws two picks and Michigan wins. Undefeated season???
Final Score: Michigan 27 Notre Dame 24
2-0
September 19 – Eastern Michigan
The battle for Washtenaw County bragging rights is upon us! Many of these players know each other and will be fired up to play this game. EMU will be looking to prove they can play with the big boys and they are no pushovers. Michigan will be looking to prove EMU is a pushover and trying to pad their stats. Rich Rod makes Ron English wish he was the D Coordinator for Michigan in this one. Michigan matches their season win total in the first three games of 2009.
Final Score: Michigan 51 EMU 17
3-0
September 26 – Indiana
I’m not sure if it is a good thing or not to have Indiana at the beginning of your schedule. You know you are going to beat them and 4-0 is a great start. But it might be better to have that game in the middle of the schedule as a break, or to have it at the end of the schedule to know you have a win in the bag. However you see it, Michigan gets a win on homecoming in getting prepared for the Spartans. I remember the years when you didn’t even have to watch this game, knowing Michigan was going to win. I’m looking forward to watching this one as it might be the last win of the season.
Final Score: Michigan 31 Indiana 10
4-0 (1-0)
October 3 @ Michigan St
I hate to say it, but these young Wolverines may not yet be ready to win in East Lansing. I wouldn’t be shocked to see Michigan win this game, but the chances aren’t great. Look for Michigan to keep this one closer than the experts think and maybe even pull off an upset (if you want to call it that). Spartans in a tight one.
Final Score: MSU 27 Michigan 24
4-1 (1-1)
October 10 @ Iowa
Just to review my ‘sleeper’ teams for 2009: NC St, Miami (FL), Washington (will be much improved but W/L won’t show it) and Iowa. Yes Iowa. It wouldn’t be uncommon for Michigan to go over to Iowa City and lose in years when we were Big Ten title contenders. We aren’t going to be contending for any Big Ten titles this year and football and we won’t be beating Iowa either. Look for this to be a 8:00 game to be one of Michigan’s ugliest games of the year. Come on, only two more wins to be bowl eligible!!!
Final Score: Iowa 27 Michigan 10
4-2 (1-2)
October 17 – Delaware St
Delaware St is coming off of a solid 5-6 season in the MEAC so this one should be a close one. With the way the Maize and Blue play down to their competition (see App St and Toledo), there is no such thing as sure win. With the App St and Toledo game fresh in the minds of the players and Rich Rod (he will be fired instantly if they lose to the Hornets), they won’t let it happen again. Michigan in a laugher.
Final Score: Michigan 42 Delaware St 3
5-2 (1-2)
October 24 – Penn St
For Michigan to go to a decent bowl game (which isn’t what we are asking for….just any bowl game will do), they will have to win two of the next four games. We had Penn St’s number up until last year. And even last year, we were WINNING at halftime and went on to get outscored by like 50 and lose and blow the cover for anybody that might have had Michigan plus a ton and thought it was in the bag. Not that I know anyone that had Michigan in that game or anything. Penn St will be the second or third best team in the Big Ten this year. Michigan will be the fifth to seventh best team. I know any team can win on any given day, but Michigan will have to catch lightning in a bottle to win this one.
Final Score: Penn St. 31 Michigan 20
5-3 (1-3)
October 31 @ Illinois
I never wish bad health on anyone, but I sure hope Juice Williams isn’t going to be playing in this game. He has lit up the Maize and Blue the past two years and had me having flashbacks of what Donovan McNabb did to us in 1998. But look for defensive coordinator Greg Robinson to pull some tricks out of his hat and limit Mr. Williams. This is one of those games that Michigan fans are scratching their head afterwards wondering how did they just do that. In my upset special pick of the year….
Final Score: Michigan 24 Illinois 17
6-3 (2-3)
November 7 – Purdue
The Boilermakers made our defense look very, very bad last year. Never should a Michigan team give up 48 pts to any team that went 4-8. Michigan fans want to forget about last year, but just can’t. Not until the first game of the season. And Michigan fans won’t be able to forget about the 48-42 loss to the Boilermakers until after they defeat them.
Final Score: Michigan 30 Purdue 17
7-3 (3-3)
November 14 @ Wisconsin
Games in November against any team other than Ohio St are usually won by the Badgers. With these teams alternating wins the past four seasons, it is Wiskey’s turn to win. They will win and it will be an ugly, boring game to watch. Hopefully since they have defeated Michigan in recent history, there won’t be any fatalities like there were in 1993. Act like you’ve been there before Badger fans.
Final Score: Wiskey 17 Michigan 13
7-4 (3-4)
November 21 – Ohio St
I know I had the wish for a bowl game and Michigan will be bowl eligible going into this game. So since that wish was granted, I’m looking for another wish. Please, please, please can this game be close? Can we have some meaningful football in the 2nd half? Can there be enough hope for Michigan to win so we can have our Michigan – Ohio St? I’m not sure that we have a chance to win this one, actually I know we have no chance, but I think it will be closer this year. If not, this will be another reason for Rich Rod’s firing, even after a seven win season. Keep talking Buckeye fan. The momentum meter is definitely on your side. But wait, the Wolverines will be back soon.
Final Score: Ohio St 20 Michigan 13
7-5 (3-5)
A 7 win season may be a ballsy prediction, but Michigan will be much improved. They aren’t quite on the level of a Penn St or Ohio St, but as Spartan fans like to say, they have ‘closed the gap.’ 2010 is our year….look out Horseshoe.
:cripwalk:
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