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Michigan -4 over UW.

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  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,358 Founders Club

    Alabama played their best game against Georgia but were completely outclassed by a shitty Auburn team the week before that.

    Washington played their best game against Oregon but were completely outclassed by a shitty Washington State team the week before that.

    Rivalry games. Sometimes they just matter more.
  • RTD
    RTD Member Posts: 837
    edited January 2024
    Penix is the key, stop the sloppy coordinator ego bullshit. Harbaugh has literally never won this game. Why would in come over a generational talent in Penix? It shouldn’t.
  • jecornel
    jecornel Member Posts: 9,737
    This. Dump that wildcat bullshit.

    A man gots to know his limitations

    No more macho ball. Let the O line protect Penix and don't try to muscle the Wolverines like they did the Texas middle

    If you're running get the edge. Fuck the wildcat or obvious runs

    Throw it over them

  • RTD
    RTD Member Posts: 837
    When the Dawgs have been legit they hold over Michigan. The Dawgs are legit again so there you go.
  • PostGameOrangeSlices
    PostGameOrangeSlices Member Posts: 27,924
    whlinder said:

    I wish I had the confidence that you all do.

    I’m not confident, definitely less confident than Texas. Harbaugh is better than Sark and Michigan also thinks they are a team of destiny with their self inflicted scandals. They are confident and tuff.

    The good news is Harbaugh has never won the last game. He had what, 4 downs from the 10 yard line to win a Super Bowl and didn’t.

    Deboner has won the last game. 3 times.

    I am supremely confident.

    Michigan has not played a "good" offense all year. Bama and Ohio State are rated in the 40s.

    UW had to play Oregon x2, Texas, Arizona, USC...hell even WSU has a solid offense.
  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,358 Founders Club
    edited January 2024

    Alabama was a dumpy mess of a team that trailed this year in the 2nd half of 7(!) of its 14 games. It also had a tight end playing quarterback. Michigan could have easily lost to that dumpy Bama team even with Bama’s center having the yips.

    Michigan’s other marquee win dropped the stinker of the bowl season against Missouri.

    Washington is better but this game will come down to whether Penix can be accurate with the football. It’s not a foregone conclusion but I like our odds.

    To be fair, Alabama came together as the season progressed. They were playing very well at the end of the season. They beat an excellent Georgia team and almost beat an excellent Michigan team. Also, due to injury, opt-outs and portal entries, tOSU that played Mizzou was not the same as tOSU that played Michigan. tOSU that played Michigan would likely have smoked Mizzou. Kirby Smart was right to question the bowl system after Georgia's embarrassingly bad blowout win over FSU in the face of injuries, opt-outs and portal entries that gutted FSU.

    IMO Michigan will be the best team Washington has faced in years. Perhaps the best since Alabama in 2016. I agree with your take that matchups matter a lot. The key matchup IMO is their? D-line vs our? O-line. If we? win that battle, we? will control the pace of the game to our? advantage.
    UW handled the shit out of Texas DLine. Smacked those fat bitches across the face for 3 hours. Michigan is not at their level.

    Fuck Michigan. They are not near Alabama's 2016 level. Corum, McCarthy, and Wilson are excellent college players but are B+ talent. Texas cooked UW with speed and Michigan has less of that.

    They will be methodical, however. And UW sucks against the run.

    People underrate how dominant UW is on the offensive side. Crazy talent.

    EWIWBI
    Michigan has a much better pass rush than Texas, they're a better team than Texas. And I agree they're not Alabama 2016, just likely the best team the Huskies have faced since Alabama 2016. They're beatable, for sure, but make no mistake, this will be the biggest challenge of the year for the Huskies. The same can be said of Michigan though. They haven't faced an O-line, quarterback or wide receiving corps like UW's.