To All CFB Fans So Sure Harbaugh Would Fail at Michigan This Season. . .

[Ojb81]

*squirt*

 

[trojanfan12]

Thanks, Trojan. Most people underestimated the talent of the players Hoke left behind. The fact is that played right into Harbaugh's wheelhouse. He develops talent. Hoke recruited well but never developed (some say "squandered") the talent he had.

The bold is what most people (myself included) missed. Hoke wanted to bring Michigan back to power football and started recruiting those types of players, but as you point out, he didn't develop them. Power football is what Harbaugh is all about. So he definitely walked into a great situation for his style.

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Did anyone think he would?

 

[Rolltide94]

Yaaaaahn....congrats...still don't care.

 

[umichgradfan]

Did anyone think he would?

Hardly anyone--including many Michigan fans. And, except for a fluky blunder at the end of the game against Michigan State, Michigan would have only one loss. That's the way the football bounces.

 

[TheDayMan]

Was anyone so sure he would fail? I think most thought he'd turn them around, maybe not so soon, but I don't remember anyone saying he would fail.

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Hardly anyone--including many Michigan fans. And, except for a fluky blunder at the end of the game against Michigan State, Michigan would have only one loss. That's the way the football bounces.

Yep, agree totally. Like if Saban had started Coker in the Ole miss game instead of Bateman or if that pass that bounced funny had bounced into the hands of a defender instead of the WR that scored, we would be undefeated and possibly number 1 in the poll. Its odd how the ball bounces and changes the season, isnt it.

 

[Runeman]

Hardly anyone--including many Michigan fans. And, except for a fluky blunder at the end of the game against Michigan State, Michigan would have only one loss. That's the way the football bounces.

And the one loss was at the beginning of the year. That loss to State cost Michigan a shot at the playoff. State was soooo lucky. Everything on that play that could have gone wrong; went wrong.

 

[umichgradfan]

And the one loss was at the beginning of the year. That loss to State cost Michigan a shot at the playoff. State was soooo lucky. Everything on that play that could have gone wrong; went wrong.

Yup. Murphy's Law. . . and at the worst possible time.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Bama would still curb-stomp your team with little effort.

Perhaps we'll all have a chance to see it, assuming OSU doesn't beat Bama to it.

See us in basketball scrub!

 

[Innermind]

 

[BUD]

Fuck michigan

Fuck the not going to theplayoffs suckeyes

 

[Innermind]

I've heard talk in the media today that if Michigan beats Ohio State this week, and if Sparty makes the CCG and defeats Iowa, then Michigan will probably be chosen for the Rose Bowl over Iowa!

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Brady Hoke was 11-2 in his first year at Michigan after the mess that Rich Rod left, which was far worse than what Harbaugh inherited.

Yeah, but Hoke's first year schedule was like Iowa's this year.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

I've heard talk in the media today that if Michigan beats Ohio State this week, and if Sparty makes the CCG and defeats Iowa, then Michigan will probably be chosen for the Rose Bowl over Iowa!

Of course. Why would they want an Iowa team that can't even fill up their own stadium, despite the fact that they are 11-0 for the first time ever?

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Take THAT! Michigan has 9 wins with the opportunity for more. When I said Michigan would have at least 9 wins--CFB fans everywhere called me out--said I was crazy, considering the chaos Brady Hoke left behind and the lack of a great recruiting class in 2015. Well, it turns out I wasn't crazy at all. Michigan has proven to be a talented, mature team that Jim Harbaugh and his coaching team have developed into a winner. Told you so.

So it begins







The panic is palpable
Get the blue kool aid ready new gifs to follow

 

[umichgradfan]

Yeah, but Hoke's first year schedule was like Iowa's this year.

And, like the schedule Urban Meyer's first year at Ohio State.

 

[7Samurai13]

FIFY

Many have tried, few have succeeded lately. Damn refs.

Seriously though we fucked ourselves dropping the previous pass and playing not to lose in the previous drive.

 

[umichgradfan]

Many have tried, few have succeeded lately. Damn refs.

Seriously though we fucked ourselves dropping the previous pass and playing not to lose in the previous drive.

True. LOL.

 

[Across The Field]

Fuck the not going to theplayoffs suckeyes

Remember michigan's last national title? Neither do I.