A Wolverine's legit ND Season Predictions

[Riddickulous]

Phork... seriously? We weren't ranked but we received votes in the AP before that season. Our new players on offense were a "once in a generation" talent at QB, 5 star RB, a young OL that was VERY highly touted... people thought .500 at worst.

You're seriously going to sit here and tell me you saw us going 3-9 with a loss to Navy for the first time in over 50 years? Sorry I don't buy that for a second.

I agree.

People were saying 8-4. Who could have known that James Aldridge was not the five-star player we thought he was? Who could have anticipated an offensive line being THAT bad, especially considering Weis was pleased with their progress?

 

[phork]

Very rarely can you start a freshman QB and get away with it. Especially with so many new players at key positions. I didn't think it would be that bad, but its not hard to see how it could end up that way.

 

[irish4ever]

Now I thought I smoked the good shit. Come on man, are you freeking kidding me? Even I didnt predict this bad of a season. I still say 8-4 MAYBE 9-3 if things go good, or 7-5 at worst case scenario.

Look at idiot's name that posted the shit! scUM wolverines are pretty much "shit for brains"! 5-7 record .... ha ha ha ha ha, what a freakin' moron! I hate scUM!!!!

 

[phork]

Just remember last year kids. We all had dreams of a 10+ win season and a BCS game. Charlies ascendency complete and we march on to a BCS title this year.

I told you after the Nevada game that it was going to be a long year. Keep yourself grounded is all I am saying. Fresh QB in a new system is going to take a bit to get used to. Especially in a real game situation.

Now saying that, if our D steps up even a little bit this year, you can probably expect some better performances against the lesser teams on our schedule.

 

[irishtrain]

Purdue- Win by atleast two TD's possibly more

Michigan- Win by a TD

At Mich St- Same as above

Stanford- Above

At BC- win by a fieldgoal or more

Pitt- TD or possible loss

Western Mich- Blowout win

Navy (in E.Ruth)- win by 1 TD or more

Tulsa- 3 TD's or more

Utah- 2 TD's or more

Army (Yankee Stadium)- Win by 2 TD's or more

At USC- By a fieldgoal or more. Possible loss

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Prediction 10-2 and a couple great plays at the end of games to win.

GO IRISH!!!!!

This guy gets it but I will say a loss to Utah-they are very very good, 9-3 Gator Bowl bid. 5-7 and you are saying Kelly has the absolute worst year of his coaching career-it aint happening. My three losses are Utah,southern cal (and it will be close-man I hate those guys) and BC at Chesnut Hill. If by chance they are able to step by BC and Utah and dont fool me at MSU they may beat USC. I say they lose 3 games.

 

[Riddickulous]

This guy gets it but I will say a loss to Utah-they are very very good, 9-3 Gator Bowl bid. 5-7 and you are saying Kelly has the absolute worst year of his coaching career-it aint happening. My three losses are Utah,southern cal (and it will be close-man I hate those guys) and BC at Chesnut Hill. If by chance they are able to step by BC and Utah and dont fool me at MSU they may beat USC. I say they lose 3 games.

It was would the second worst year in Kelly's career. In 2004, his Central Michigan team went 4-7.

 

[PatsandBostonfan1975]

Michigan fan predictions huh ?

Michigan fan predictions huh ?

Q: What do you get when you have a basement full of Michigan fans?
A: A Whine Cellar

 

[Riddickulous]

Q: What do you get when you have a basement full of Michigan fans?
A: A Whine Cellar

Save your insults for the Michigan Hate Thread, to be started the Sunday before the Michigan game, September 5th.

 

[PatsandBostonfan1975]

Save your insults for the Michigan Hate Thread, to be started the Sunday before the Michigan game, September 5th.

Sorry michigan hate will wait till then.

 

[phork]

Michigan Hate is always welcome.

 

[irish4ever]

Michigan Hate is always welcome.

It's like a daily prayer in my book! I hate those scUM #@/(%# more than ANY other cfb team!!!

 

[mokpra37]

Too much talent and better coaching

Too much talent and better coaching

ND has too much talent, the players are clearly in better shape and more motivated, and the coaching can only get better on game day. Here is what I see.

Win the games against teams with less talent and do it with authority:

Purdue 27-13
Michigan 28-14
Navy 28-16
Tulsa 38-17
W. Michigan 45-6
Army 41-10
Utah 27-17
Stanford 24-16
Of these, the closest games should be Utah and Stanford. I respect both teams, but the home advantage playing against teams traveling across the country has to help.

Take two of four from these teams with talent close to, even, or slightly better than ND:

Michigan St.
Pitt
USC (wouldn't be surprised if this is a loss. They still have slightly better talent and we travel from NY to LA from the weekend before to the game. Not easy. The Irish win at home in 2011!)
BC

10-2 but probably not in a BCS bowl based in computer rankings (especially with USC not in coaches poll.)

 

[Wolverine1997]

Michigan Hate is always welcome.

That's cool. I'm still here though

Those are my honest predictions though. I got 11 of 12 Michigan games right last year.

Rip me if you want.

 

[Wolverine1997]

I'd like to see his "legit" Michigan season prediction.

I'll keep it short this time

UCONN- L close loss
At ND- W Michigan pull away in the 4th
Umass- W (blowout)
BGSU- W (good win)
At IU- W (good win)
MSU- L (could go either way. depending how offense is playing)
IOWA- L (lose by 2 TDS)
At PSU- L (rebuilding or not its AT PSU)
ILL- W (good win)
At PU- W (shootout)
Wisc- L (like last years game)
At OSU- L (Loaded, primed for a NC run)


6-6 and going to the Pizza Bowl. RR is fired, Harbaugh comes in I think.

 

[bmf175]

First you say you cant see ND winning more the 7-8 games. But in your "insightful" breakdown you have ND at 5-7 to end the season. Get it straight where are the 2-3 wins coming from. finishing a season with 7-8 wins is a huge difference from finishing with 5 wins... so pretty much you prediction is worthless. Stick to a point and prove it.

Preseason predictions, including yours, are about as useful as testicles on a mule. This is why they play the game every week. Because we dont know what the outcome will be. ND is on the way up. Thas all that can be said.

 

[NDinL.A.]

First you say you cant see ND winning more the 7-8 games. But in your "insightful" breakdown you have ND at 5-7 to end the season. Get it straight where are the 2-3 wins coming from. finishing a season with 7-8 wins is a huge difference from finishing with 5 wins... so pretty much you prediction is worthless. Stick to a point and prove it.

Preseason predictions, including yours, are about as useful as testicles on a mule. This is why they play the game every week. Because we dont know what the outcome will be. ND is on the way up. Thas all that can be said.

In is defense...he didn't start this thread, at least I don't think he did. I believe that a mod took his post from another thread and started a new thread for a better place for discussion. If I'm wrong I'll delete this paragraph.

I personally don't think his prediction is worthless. It's a fan giving his honest opinion of where we are as a program. I personally don't believe him and I think he is crazy, but how many of us would have jumped on him had he predicted this last season? I know I would have, as would many of you. And he would have been right. He might be right this season...although I highly. highly doubt it.

I think it's his honest, non-hating opinion. I mean, look at his Michigan prediction. He says they will be 6-6!!! And that's his team, so believe he's being honest. He's off his rocker LOL, but he's being honest.

As for preseason predictions being worthless, true, but we all do them...there's 3-4 threads here on different preseason predictions. I haven't participated myself, but it's what fans do during the offseason...

 

[]\/[GoBlue]

I'll keep it short this time

UCONN- L close loss
At ND- W Michigan pull away in the 4th
Umass- W (blowout)
BGSU- W (good win)
At IU- W (good win)
MSU- L (could go either way. depending how offense is playing)
IOWA- L (lose by 2 TDS)
At PSU- L (rebuilding or not its AT PSU)
ILL- W (good win)
At PU- W (shootout)
Wisc- L (like last years game)
At OSU- L (Loaded, primed for a NC run)


6-6 and going to the Pizza Bowl. RR is fired, Harbaugh comes in I think.

I disagree


UCONN-W Very possibly a loss
At ND- W
Umass- W
BGSU- W
At IU- W
MSU- W A must win for RR
IOWA- L
At PSU- I'm unsure of this game, if their freshman QB can guide their O then yes, if not...
ILL- W
At PU- W
Wisc- L
At OSU- W (While osu is obviously the better team, I cannot say that they will win...wouldn't be a true Michigan fan if I could )

 

[TDHeysus]

my '10-'11 wolverine prediction

my '10-'11 wolverine prediction

Jim Harbaugh

 

[Wolverine1997]

I disagree


UCONN-W Very possibly a loss
At ND- W
Umass- W
BGSU- W
At IU- W
MSU- W A must win for RR
IOWA- L
At PSU- I'm unsure of this game, if their freshman QB can guide their O then yes, if not...
ILL- W
At PU- W
Wisc- L
At OSU- W (While osu is obviously the better team, I cannot say that they will win...wouldn't be a true Michigan fan if I could )

I wish RichRod just ran the damn offense that was originally in place for the past 40 years. I truly believe that if they ran the original pro-style Michigan would've won 6 or 7 in 2008 and 7 or 8 in 2009 because we would've still had Mallet and Manningham.

I know they want to compete for NC's on a consistent basis, but 3-9 and 5-7 doesn't really seem like competing to me.

 

[ACamp1900]

I love how UM guys are more scared of UCONN than ND.... really??

can't wait to shit stomp them

 

[DirtySecret]

I disagree


UCONN-W Very possibly a loss
At ND- W
Umass- W
BGSU- W
At IU- W
MSU- W A must win for RR
IOWA- L
At PSU- I'm unsure of this game, if their freshman QB can guide their O then yes, if not...
ILL- W
At PU- W
Wisc- L
At OSU- W (While osu is obviously the better team, I cannot say that they will win...wouldn't be a true Michigan fan if I could )

Mich comes 6-0 out the gate. Yea right! With what defense do you guys have? You guys are a 3 point favorite against Uconn and a 7 point underdog against ND as of now in vegas books. You're not coming out the gate winning 6 straight.

 

[NDPhilly]

I disagree


UCONN-W Very possibly a loss
At ND- W
Umass- W
BGSU- W
At IU- W
MSU- W A must win for RR
IOWA- L
At PSU- I'm unsure of this game, if their freshman QB can guide their O then yes, if not...
ILL- W
At PU- W
Wisc- L
At OSU- W (While osu is obviously the better team, I cannot say that they will win...wouldn't be a true Michigan fan if I could )

Are you High!! No way they go 10-2 or 9-3. What defense do they have

 

[Freeman Ara]

UM fans this year sound like we did last year.

 

[nd1]

it good to hype ur team but u gone slap crazy.

 

[NDOM]

It's actually possible for Michigan to start 6-0. Look at how easy those games are. Umass? BGSU? Indiana? MSU? Those are all patsies. Uconn is overrated in my opinion. And Michigan ALWAYS plays us tough. If they start off by beating Uconn AND us, they would have momentum and very well COULD start 6-0.

 

[Riddickulous]

It's actually possible for Michigan to start 6-0. Look at how easy those games are. Umass? BGSU? Indiana? MSU? Those are all patsies. Uconn is overrated in my opinion. And Michigan ALWAYS plays us tough. If they start off by beating Uconn AND us, they would have momentum and very well COULD start 6-0.

Sound familiar, anyone?

Think Notre Dame 2009. We had an "easy" schedule that we absolutely could not win less than 8 or 9 games with. Terrible defense, great offense, 6-6.

And Michigan, unlike us, does not have superstuds at their skill positions. Forcier/Robinson <<<<<<<<< Clausen. Legion of untested RBs < Allen. Stonum/Roundtree <<<<<<<<<< Tate/Floyd. In fact, Tate had more yards receiving than Michigan's top four receivers combined. He had as many receiving touchdowns as the entire Michigan receiving corps!

The Michigan offense is not going to average 469 yards and 30 points a game. They're not making it close and fighting back from as many as two to three score deficits in every game.

With that terrible defense, they're gonna need some breaks if they're gonna start anywhere close to 6-0.

 

[ACamp1900]

anything is possible... anything... they could start 0-6... any team could be any team then lose the next week to anyone but to expect it is something else... and I straight laugh at

"UCONN at home??? Man that's a hard game to call... followed by Notre Dame on the road???... ah, that's an easy W... mark it down."

clueless

 

[NDinL.A.]

It's actually possible for Michigan to start 6-0. Look at how easy those games are. Umass? BGSU? Indiana? MSU? Those are all patsies. Uconn is overrated in my opinion. And Michigan ALWAYS plays us tough. If they start off by beating Uconn AND us, they would have momentum and very well COULD start 6-0.

Sorry NDOM, maybe you hate MSU 'cause you're from Michigan, but they are NOT a patsie. No way. They always give ND a tough game, winning many times, but even more pertinent, they beat Michigan last year. They have lost some players, but it's not like Michigan brings back a loaded roster coming off a great season. That game will be tough.

And even if UConn is overrated, they are an up coming program that, even though new to D1 football, has been to many bowl games and has beaten or given fits to teams just as good as this Michigan team. Whoever wins this game, it won't be a surprise to me b/c there are good arguments on either side.

 

[phork]

I wish RichRod just ran the damn offense that was originally in place for the past 40 years. I truly believe that if they ran the original pro-style Michigan would've won 6 or 7 in 2008 and 7 or 8 in 2009 because we would've still had Mallet and Manningham.

I know they want to compete for NC's on a consistent basis, but 3-9 and 5-7 doesn't really seem like competing to me.

Then they would have stuck with Lloyd Carr. They hired RichRod to bring an updated offense, and to compete with tOSU.

 

[]\/[GoBlue]

There is nothing wrong with UMs offence, and if their D improves by much it will be very easy to start 6-0. The hardest game being MSU/UCON followed by ND, that is by no means a slap in the face, just an opinion. ND is starting with a new coach, a new QB, and the loss of Tate, so you'll forgive me if I don't feel ND will be as good as MSU, or U of M this year. Those that remember me will remember that I felt ND was the better team last year, so don't call me too high.

While I hope for a 6-0 start, a 3-3 start is also not out of the realm of possibilities for me. But I'm coming into this year more optimistic than perhaps I should.