My Annual Muck Fichigan Post
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:21 am
Okay Meechigan fan,
Give me your picks.
I say Michigan 42 Iowa 13.
We are going to be without half our team due to injury and the starters that are playing are pretty banged up. Game is in the Big House (even though the Big House sounds more like a Library than a 100,000+ seat football stadium on gamedays compared to Kinnick), and we just cannot play on the road. On top of that, half our fucking team is injured. I've lost count of how many starters are either out or would be out with injury if we were playing a shitty opponent. At safety, we've got Marcus Paschal most likely back and he is one of the best safeties in the country. The problem is his 2 backups are out with injury (both of whom are quality backups) and he is not even close to 100% himself. On the offensive line, we're without our starting LT. We're moving Marshall Yanda to LT from RT and placing a walk-on in at RT that has very little experience. At center, we're still without our starting center. Defensive line is still banged up pretty good. Our best DT is questionable and he didn't play against IU. 2 of our 3 top ends are pretty banged up. Even our kicker is not completely healthy!
Michigan is a very physical team that has incredible talent and athleticism. We are a banged up team that doesn't have even close to as good of athletes as Michigan right now.
The one thing that is encouraging is the fact that, win or lose, we always play Michigan tough. 2-2 in the last 4 and all of the past 8 or 9 Iowa-Michigan games have been down to the wire (except 2002 when Iowa drilled Michigan 34-9). Most of those games Iowa actually blew a halftime or 4th quarter lead.
But still, I just think history will not help Iowa on Saturday. Michigan is playing too well to struggle with a team like Iowa right now.
Upsets do happen (see Indiana last week), but I am not expecting it. But still, I'll be cheering my ass off for the Hawks to pull the upset.
And win or lose.....
MUCK FICHIGAN!
Give me your picks.
I say Michigan 42 Iowa 13.
We are going to be without half our team due to injury and the starters that are playing are pretty banged up. Game is in the Big House (even though the Big House sounds more like a Library than a 100,000+ seat football stadium on gamedays compared to Kinnick), and we just cannot play on the road. On top of that, half our fucking team is injured. I've lost count of how many starters are either out or would be out with injury if we were playing a shitty opponent. At safety, we've got Marcus Paschal most likely back and he is one of the best safeties in the country. The problem is his 2 backups are out with injury (both of whom are quality backups) and he is not even close to 100% himself. On the offensive line, we're without our starting LT. We're moving Marshall Yanda to LT from RT and placing a walk-on in at RT that has very little experience. At center, we're still without our starting center. Defensive line is still banged up pretty good. Our best DT is questionable and he didn't play against IU. 2 of our 3 top ends are pretty banged up. Even our kicker is not completely healthy!
Michigan is a very physical team that has incredible talent and athleticism. We are a banged up team that doesn't have even close to as good of athletes as Michigan right now.
The one thing that is encouraging is the fact that, win or lose, we always play Michigan tough. 2-2 in the last 4 and all of the past 8 or 9 Iowa-Michigan games have been down to the wire (except 2002 when Iowa drilled Michigan 34-9). Most of those games Iowa actually blew a halftime or 4th quarter lead.
But still, I just think history will not help Iowa on Saturday. Michigan is playing too well to struggle with a team like Iowa right now.
Upsets do happen (see Indiana last week), but I am not expecting it. But still, I'll be cheering my ass off for the Hawks to pull the upset.
And win or lose.....
MUCK FICHIGAN!
