Quote Originally Posted by bookieassassin:
an exaggeration of course 1st of all.......
The question is....how good was a given team WHEN YOU PLAYED THEM......and what type of SPOT were they in vs the one YOU were in............
*regarding Michigan as an ELITE team > scrutiny resulting
5 home games to start
*terrible Hawaii off Australian road
*weak then UCF + QB hurt 2Q or so
*scrappy Col / QB out early 3Q > might have been tight...?
*Penn St....just struggled with Kent St + lost to Pitt + massive injuries on D right?.....about 10 points or more worse THEN
Wisky?....Fr QB making 2nd start or so?....tough team sure but also almost lost to Ga St at home...elite team?
THEN....looked like crap vs 3-9 /Sparty (-25) and mighty Indiana (-24).....lost to the 2 good teams you played .....beat up the bad ones.....lost to the Criminoles in the bowl as 7 pt fav
GLORIOUS to Michigan fans.....to me not so great.....esp considering all the great players they had .................
Maybe we have different definition for mirror fogging teams??
ELITE team????? Who said ELITE team??? Not sure what your definition is for a "team that fogs up a mirror", but for me, NOT an ELITE team, a decent, competitive team it seems. You say on one hand, Wisc, had second start QB but do not take into account Mich. at Ind. started O'Korn for the first time at UM. Mich had 50 rush attempts vs 16 passes against Indy, Ohio State had 50 rush attempts vs 21 passes against Indy with Barrett. Niether OSU or UM had over 100 yds passing against Indy and neither covered their spread. Maybe Indy not so bad against decent, competitive teams?
Sparty had Ohio State beat with a 2pt conversion, is Ohio State an ELITE team? (Not in my mind after Clemson game)
NO BIG 10 TEAM AN ELITE TEAM IN 2016.
Sparty scored late to make it close against UM, then try to rub it in with 2pt try that backfired, outcome never in doubt.
To me, Michigan not GLORIOUS team, back to being respectable, competitive team. Team that wins conference and at least plays for NC is GLORIOUS, ELITE team, nothing short. (Ohio State in 2014 an ELITE team)
Really see Michigan and Florida in same boat, rebuilding D's, some offensive pieces. UM returning QB, Gators returning WR's. Both teams last year lose games AWAY from home, UM by 1 &3 pts, Gators by double digit. Both teams decent, competitive teams.
I respect your opinion BA and your posts are the best here at Covers, no doubt. But sometimes I respectfully disagree, so who am I? ...............Just another opinion.
GL