It's a battle between what we've got in hand after two games, which this is a very reasonable assessment of, versus a smart coaching staff and a winning culture within the building, which we know having been on the other side of it for so many years just has a way of finding wins.
Sadly tho back then they still took the tv timeouts (for radio coverage) but yes they were shorter & the game was quicker.
When are they coming back?
The thing with our schedule is that we have a ton of 50/50 games with our easiest ones on the road. Nothing that happened in these first 2 weeks really changed that. It’s not like the teams on our schedule suddenly turned into playoff teams. Is it possible we lose every single one of them? I mean anything is possible but we could say that about anything. How I see it we have a much better offense than expected and a significantly worse defense than expected. That doesn’t quite resonate as a 2 win season to me like a team with a significantly worse offense and defense would. This team is significantly better than that and we should know that- we’ve seen what 2 win teams look like. This isn’t that.
Would you believe 3-9?
agree . 6-6 is how I see it now
I’d take 6-6 with this defense. But sadly, I think it’s closer to 4-8.
We watched most of the OkSt-Oregon game Saturday before and during the Illini game at the bar. OK State was solid. Though shockling, the win was no fluke. The Oregon fumble on its final possession was an own goal but otherwise, each time Oregon punched, OK State punched back. Harder, on balance.
I too do not believe it was a fluke. Ok. State earned it. Great for them. However, here is my theory. Michigan is 2-0. We all know that they should be 1-1 but that did not work out so, the first game they pretty much showed up and should have lost. The second game, they showed up to play. It showed. Unfortunately, that is a good football team. Oregon is loaded with NFL prospects. They have not showed up yet. When they do, pity who is across from them. Many people are saying that they are Penn State from last year. I think we need to pump the brakes a little. Let's see where they are at in a couple of weeks. That team if playing on all cylinders is a National Championship contender. If they do keep plunging, I would say that Lanning's days could be numbered. Remember, they have virtually everyone back from last year.
Solid observation ^^^.
Even crazier, OkSt lost to Tulsa in their first game.
convincingly
