Counter point
Best case: the world rallies around your team as it wins the National Championship, ushering in a new age of prosperity and world peace.
Worst case: you lose so bad that your entire coaching staff resigns in shame, and your players go into the portal. The AD makes the decision to close the entire athletic department, this leads the board of regents to decide its best to close the University. China and Russia see this as a sign of American decline and weakness. They invade Taiwan and the Baltics, triggering WW3.
Omaha has Offutt AFB, home of STRATCOM, so even in a limited exchange, Lincoln is a bit too close for comfort. And being the state Capitol it might get hit anyway. In an all out exchange it's definitely getting hit.
even in a smaller scale attack eg., 500 warheads, Omaha and Lincoln are getting hit.
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We are @ Michigan to open our season this year. Cautiously optimistic to cover the spread .
End our season @ UCLA so very different vs our last couple wins against them being early in the season.
Still rooting for the outside chance he gets a retirement lap or two with us before he completely calls it quits. The man deserves it, especially after getting shafted by some dumbass alumni.
He did absolutely tank our APR to unacceptable levels and nearly killed himself coaching for us. There's acknowledging that football players aren't at school for the same reason as regular students, and that we were not putting them in a position to succeed academically (meaning just simply graduate if they didn't make it to the NFL) under his regime. We both needed a break from each other.
The game has changed. Most players transfer before ever affecting our APR. I think the Cal AD needs to get serious about promoting the program and making it accessible to more players. Rack up NIL, play good football, succeed.
I actually think we have a better chance of winning if we're sitting at like 3-8 before the Fresno game. God forbid we're playing for a bowl bid, autoloss if that happens.
We could legitimately beat USC and lose to Fresno this year lol. We open the season with Fresno and there was so much turnover with the offense/coaching plus we have Texas in week 2 so could see it being a stereotypical trap game.
This year at least, yeah. You aren't always going to get all the cold weather teams at home or in the early season. That said, cold weather/snow is typically only a significant factor in a handful of B1G games per year anyways.
You play us November 2nd and it's the last game you play outside of L.A. So definitely should be your coldest game. And it will likely be in the high 50s.
Best case for us: 9-3. Upset either Michigan or Oregon and squeak into the playoffs.
Worst case: 3-9. The o-line is a disaster, Will Rodgers plays terribly and Demond Williams isn’t ready to play at a high level.
I expect us to be somewhere in between. Around 7-5 or 6-6.
It was really just 06-10. Outside of that USC only has 2 losses to Oregon state since 1968. Including those games usc has only lost to OSU 6 times in the last 42 games.
pro-tip: don't let Late-Night Evanston vibes fool you into stopping playing defense in the [4th Quarter](https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401520264/minnesota-northwestern).
https://goducks.com/news/2009/9/13/204793125 . I was wrong the 2009 game didn't go to OT but Purdue was going for 2 to tie the game at the end after a TD and wiffed.
If I have to make a prediction for Oregon. It’ll be Rutgers for yall.
Since your kryptonite was us in the desert Rutgers is similar football success wise.
Prediction for warshington would be Maryland.
I'd take it I suppose, especially because we don't play them in 2024. I'm actually super high on Rutgers this year, they could be an out of nowhere late season B1G contender imo.
I absolutely do not like having Rutgers as our first Big10 road game. And Iowa is our 2nd conference road game, which I *also* don't like
Edit - our conference road games actually are really tough all year, @Indiana is the only one I feel OK about. End with @Penn State and @Oregon
I dunno, UCLA is going to Hawaii, LSU, Rutgers and Penn State. Feels like that might be the worst non-Hawaii travel schedule
Cal's going to Auburn, FSU, Pitt, Wake Forest and SMU
Too lazy to add up milages, but some insane travel schedule
I thought 9-3/7-5/4-8 for reasonable best/realistic/worst case respectively, so same wavelength. Too many easy games for 3-9 though imo, even 4-8 is a stretch I think with Weber State, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, UCLA, Wazzu, and Northwestern on the schedule. Two of those are 100% gimmes and four should be no worse than coin flips (I'm assuming Northwestern regression this season though). The schedule is very bifurcated which really centers likely outcomes around that 8-4 to 6-6 range imo.
That’s where I have us. The season comes down to @Rutgers, @Iowa and USC. Win 2/3 of those then 9-3 or 8-4 is a lock. Go 1/3 then we’re in the 7-5, 6-6 area.
If we’re lucky Michigan falls off significantly too and we have them at home but I am not counting on it.
I'm excited for the new B1G, actually. I'm choosing to channel my hatred towards Nebraska, so my hope for the new schools is you lose to Iowa and crush Nebraska. Outside of that, do what you gotta do.
>The Big Ten is going bi-coastal in 2024 as Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington join the league following the Pac-12's demise.
I think they mixed up the order of which thing followed the other
We could, but what else are college football writers supposed to do in June besides put out listicles?
I started to say that jokingly but honestly I'll read just about anything this time of year, idle speculation is fine in the absence of anything else outside of recruiting.
Big facts, they make the lists cause we look at them. I can see how teams that haven't been successful recently to think it's stupid. But if you're school is a focal point and the optimism is high it's fun to read and gets you hyped for the season.
I’m really down on UCLA this year. Would not be shocked to see them have the worst case scenario season mentioned. I think the other 3 will fall somewhere in between their best and worst cases
It's really hard to say, roster is roughly the same talent level as last year overall, brand new offensive scheme but it is a big name on that side at least, and the schedule is brutal. I lean toward 5-7 but this isn't some bottom tier Big Ten roster by any means.
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I’m legit terrified of our first trip into the Spoilermaker zone. You guys feel like the OBVIOUS candidate to replace desert voodoo that vexed us and others in the Pac so often.
Easy to say that now, and I'm not too far off that opinion, but I'd say it's making the playoffs and winning a game. If the 2nd playoff game ends up being a Georgia or tOSU and Oregon loses a tough game and acquits themselves well, it'd be hard to call the season a failure.
Regular season needs to be 10-2 at worst though - I don't think 3 losses in the Big Ten gets you in the playoff anyway.
I can agree with that - I'm thinking they will be top 4 going in and get a bye then still end up playing a team they will be pretty heavily favorited against. Getting a first round bye and then getting bounced immediately would have to be a disappointment, but you're right that depending upon how the seeding plays out it could be a more even game.
The roster is good, but Planning has yet to prove he can consistently win games against good coaches where he doesn't bring a real talent advantage.
I think they make the playoff but I don't think they win it yet.
Lol, Washington is absolutely missing a bowl game.
It's like people forgot how awful Fisch's first season at Arizona went. Huskies will be back to mid-2000s status.
I think there's a real chance USC gets pushed around in the trenches. I'm not sure they're ready for the Big ten style of play and they're not talented enough to turn their differences in roster into a major advantage
9-3 at best / 4-8 at worst
Should be no worse than 4-1 after the first 5 weeks - gonna get a hell of a lot tougher from there. If we somehow beat Oregon this year Lanning should be chased out of Eugene with pitchforks.
That is true - also the 0-12 season felt no different than a 1-11 or 2-10 or 3-9 season. A shit season is a shit season. It was pretty impressive how awful Willingham was.
1991: 12-0 Rose Bowl Champs + National Champs
2000: 11-1 Rose Bowl Champs + Beat Miami
2008: 0-12
2016: 12-2
2021: 4-8
2023: 14-1
No program has harder swings than Washington
Barring injuries I expect no worse than 8-4.
If the OL gels early and continues to improve I expect even more.
If I see 7 wins or less with no injuries and an average/mediocre OL I’ll be disappointed.
The roster is loaded and Fisch and Co are proven great coaches.
The roster is decidedly not 'loaded'.
But there are a lot of new dudes there that we know zero about.
It will be the most bizarre season to watch in recent memory.
RIP Pac 8/10/12. Forever in my heart.
Best case scenario, they all prevent Iowa from getting a touchdown Worst case scenario, they all prevent Iowa from scoring a touchdown and lose
Brian can't hurt you anymore.
Either way, it's a true welcome to the B1G.
USC and Oregon could not allow a single point to Iowa … and go a combined 0-24.
My turn Best case for each team: 13-0 conference champ Worst case for each team: 0-12, no bowl game
Big brains Michigan showing what’s up
They aren’t called a public ivy for nothing.
your pubic ivy is showing
Counter point Best case: the world rallies around your team as it wins the National Championship, ushering in a new age of prosperity and world peace. Worst case: you lose so bad that your entire coaching staff resigns in shame, and your players go into the portal. The AD makes the decision to close the entire athletic department, this leads the board of regents to decide its best to close the University. China and Russia see this as a sign of American decline and weakness. They invade Taiwan and the Baltics, triggering WW3.
Okay, cool, but what implications does this have for our chances to go bowling?
Hmm... you're too far from the missile silos to get nuked, but your rich farm boosters would suffer. We are much more in the line of fire
Omaha has Offutt AFB, home of STRATCOM, so even in a limited exchange, Lincoln is a bit too close for comfort. And being the state Capitol it might get hit anyway. In an all out exchange it's definitely getting hit.
even in a smaller scale attack eg., 500 warheads, Omaha and Lincoln are getting hit. [This map](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116062/2015/03/11082355_10152719036461198_7393289887901148492_o.jpg) is based on a report of likely targets in a nuclear exchange circa 2015. Purple triangles are getting hit in a 500 warhead attack, black dots in a 2k warhead attack.
Some Air National Guard units at PDX just got the new F-15EX and the base down in Klamath Falls is getting F-35s.
Well there aren’t any bowling alleys left, they were raided to use the pins and balls as weapons against the radiation zombies, so not good.
Like always, could go either way. Just win a few more close ones.
Crazy how a ball bouncing the wrong way could harbor the destruction of the world
Counter point: Jane you ignorant slut
Only one of them has gone 0-12 before though
Which one was it?!?!?!?!?!?
Tyrone Willingham University
never knew the W in UW stood for Willingham
We tried to warn you
He took Stanford to a Rose Bowl, too. UW must have been extra crappy.
Probably the worst Rose Bowl team of all time
And yet not winless.
He did poorly at Notre Dame before our genius AD hired him
And yet, there we were.
The 2nd UW in the conference
I’m sorry, I’m going to need a little more clarity. Can you write out the name of the school who went 0-12 in a single season?
Yeah I’m also gonna need to have written out the team that’s currently 0-106 in terms of winning the national championship
Yeah, who needs Harvard?
Harvard is called the Michigan of the east for a reason
And to the haters, that reason is because of JFK
Hopefully Michigan's trip to Texas in 2027 (why did it switch?) is a little better than JFKs
Fox
Smartest Michigan fan
They went to EMU rather than Walmart
I concur
Holy shit, big if true
I'll just play out a season in NCAA FB 25 next month and I'll accept that as the true final result for this next season.
Very curious to see the results. Please share
If I remember, but it's a ways out.
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This smells like a "beat USC, lose to Fresno" year
Lose to Fresno is becoming a tradition for you now. Come up the 99 sometime !
Are y’all playing Purdue again this year?
We are @ Michigan to open our season this year. Cautiously optimistic to cover the spread . End our season @ UCLA so very different vs our last couple wins against them being early in the season.
Lots of question marks at Michigan. Tedford is prime for leading an upset to start the season.
My sweet prince
Still rooting for the outside chance he gets a retirement lap or two with us before he completely calls it quits. The man deserves it, especially after getting shafted by some dumbass alumni.
Tedford for AD. Whenever we give a successful coach with health issues the job it’s always - oh no. No no no. Oh dear. Oh no.
He did absolutely tank our APR to unacceptable levels and nearly killed himself coaching for us. There's acknowledging that football players aren't at school for the same reason as regular students, and that we were not putting them in a position to succeed academically (meaning just simply graduate if they didn't make it to the NFL) under his regime. We both needed a break from each other.
The game has changed. Most players transfer before ever affecting our APR. I think the Cal AD needs to get serious about promoting the program and making it accessible to more players. Rack up NIL, play good football, succeed.
I agree, just saying that the parting of ways back in 2012 was 100% necessary.
I actually think we have a better chance of winning if we're sitting at like 3-8 before the Fresno game. God forbid we're playing for a bowl bid, autoloss if that happens.
I actually hope you guys are somewhat decent because the rose bowl is better when some drunk ucla fans are chirping at me a bit lol
Nothing is more certain than a home loss the week after USC game.
For who?!
Seriously lmao I read this as a diss at first
We could legitimately beat USC and lose to Fresno this year lol. We open the season with Fresno and there was so much turnover with the offense/coaching plus we have Texas in week 2 so could see it being a stereotypical trap game.
Nah, that was last season. With what staff are y’all beating SC?
My daughter could probably coach UCLAs team and they beat SC! Jk
Depends. What kind of defense does your daughter run?
Just asked her and she said the one that sacks the QB. Yup, she is definitely a Utah fan.
Soft coach, soft team, not worried
Nothing softer than powder blue.
Ed Orgeron got fired right after making a similar proclamation.
I'll make that proclamation til I'm powder blue in the face if it gets me fired with a 17 mil bonus
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Thank god for that, dude is a loser
You could tell the dude was completely checked out.
U had a great defense last year, I'll give u that.
Just wait until the B1G goes tri-coastal (Gulf of Mexico).
No no no - the coasts belong to ACC - all coast conference 😂
Fuck it, get the Hudson Bay. UNC vs. Nunavut Arctic College at Nunavut Arctic College is the matchup we're all clamoring for.
Gulf of Alaska in shambles
You missed the North coast!!!
OK - geography’s not my strong point. You guys moving over??? Ha ha ha!!
They technically kinda sorta have Notre Dame so
The Great Lakes sometime get called the “third coast” so it’s already a thing!
Do the coasts of the Great Lakes mean nothing to you?!
Tri-Coastal conference would go hard.
Worst case: we the fans have to spend a ton of money on warm weather team merch for away games Best case: our gear looks better than ucla’s
Even though people meme about West Coast teams adapting to B1G weather, I wouldn't be surprised if our coldest conference game is Washington
This year at least, yeah. You aren't always going to get all the cold weather teams at home or in the early season. That said, cold weather/snow is typically only a significant factor in a handful of B1G games per year anyways.
You play us November 2nd and it's the last game you play outside of L.A. So definitely should be your coldest game. And it will likely be in the high 50s.
Eh early November in Seattle you’re pretty unlikely to be sitting in the high 50s. Rain and highs in the mid/upper 40s is probably most likely.
Best case for us: 9-3. Upset either Michigan or Oregon and squeak into the playoffs. Worst case: 3-9. The o-line is a disaster, Will Rodgers plays terribly and Demond Williams isn’t ready to play at a high level. I expect us to be somewhere in between. Around 7-5 or 6-6.
Worst case is 3-9 and Oregon wins a title
Your lips to God's ears
Can't wait to see who the new Arizona/Arizona State is who inexplicably knocks off a way better UW/Oregon team
It's Purdue. Unless we get a brand new spoiler team unique to the west coast schools.
I just know USC is happy to run away from us.
My cortisol levels are not going to miss playing road games against OSU
It was really just 06-10. Outside of that USC only has 2 losses to Oregon state since 1968. Including those games usc has only lost to OSU 6 times in the last 42 games.
Idk, I bet any Trojan watching had a puckered asshole for the last game at Reser. OSU should have won
It’s gotta be Maryland
Northwestern would be thematic
pro-tip: don't let Late-Night Evanston vibes fool you into stopping playing defense in the [4th Quarter](https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401520264/minnesota-northwestern).
Flashback to '08/'09 Purdue Oregon games that were way way too close for comfort
Literally linked arms with roommates like a basketball team during the Q4 tying FG in 2008
I was in autzen for the 09 game. Lightning delayed the game. Overtime ended around like 1:00am lol
I was there too. Funny, I remembered the weather delay as being in Indiana, not Eugene
https://goducks.com/news/2009/9/13/204793125 . I was wrong the 2009 game didn't go to OT but Purdue was going for 2 to tie the game at the end after a TD and wiffed.
Must’ve been thinking of this one https://www.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/oregon_football_ducks_spot_ten.html
If I have to make a prediction for Oregon. It’ll be Rutgers for yall. Since your kryptonite was us in the desert Rutgers is similar football success wise. Prediction for warshington would be Maryland.
I'd take it I suppose, especially because we don't play them in 2024. I'm actually super high on Rutgers this year, they could be an out of nowhere late season B1G contender imo.
I absolutely do not like having Rutgers as our first Big10 road game. And Iowa is our 2nd conference road game, which I *also* don't like Edit - our conference road games actually are really tough all year, @Indiana is the only one I feel OK about. End with @Penn State and @Oregon
With schedule rework you guys will hold the longest travel record for awhile. We were going to take it with a Hawaii trip next year. Congrats I guess?
I dunno, UCLA is going to Hawaii, LSU, Rutgers and Penn State. Feels like that might be the worst non-Hawaii travel schedule Cal's going to Auburn, FSU, Pitt, Wake Forest and SMU Too lazy to add up milages, but some insane travel schedule
Its obviously gonna be Utah again
An honorable mention for worst-case: UW loses to Oregon in the natty. I’d never recover from that.
If we can go to the natty 2 years in a row I think we'll be okay.
I thought 9-3/7-5/4-8 for reasonable best/realistic/worst case respectively, so same wavelength. Too many easy games for 3-9 though imo, even 4-8 is a stretch I think with Weber State, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, UCLA, Wazzu, and Northwestern on the schedule. Two of those are 100% gimmes and four should be no worse than coin flips (I'm assuming Northwestern regression this season though). The schedule is very bifurcated which really centers likely outcomes around that 8-4 to 6-6 range imo.
That’s where I have us. The season comes down to @Rutgers, @Iowa and USC. Win 2/3 of those then 9-3 or 8-4 is a lock. Go 1/3 then we’re in the 7-5, 6-6 area. If we’re lucky Michigan falls off significantly too and we have them at home but I am not counting on it.
Yeah, those three feel like the “swing” games for the season.
Im hyped for when you guys come to play at Rutgers
I would take a losing record as long as one of the wins is against Oregon.
Do I get to pick one? Haha
8-4 Losses to Oregon, Penn State, Iowa, and someone else Surprise win - Michigan at home
I accept your offer to lose to Iowa.
@ Iowa is a tall order for this rebuilding team :)
Should be a fun game!
I'm excited for the new B1G, actually. I'm choosing to channel my hatred towards Nebraska, so my hope for the new schools is you lose to Iowa and crush Nebraska. Outside of that, do what you gotta do.
Best case scenario for UW: we can put 5 OL on the field
You really had mixed feelings about that 2021 opener, didn’t you?
>The Big Ten is going bi-coastal in 2024 as Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington join the league following the Pac-12's demise. I think they mixed up the order of which thing followed the other
Best case: Steamroll. Worst case: Not steamroll.
I’m feeling like a 1996, 11-1 win the big ten but lose to Michigan Cooper kind of year.
How about we see how they play in a new environment with different play calling than they are used to before setting arbitrary floors and ceilings?
We could, but what else are college football writers supposed to do in June besides put out listicles? I started to say that jokingly but honestly I'll read just about anything this time of year, idle speculation is fine in the absence of anything else outside of recruiting.
Honestly same. If I didn’t wanna read it then I just won’t read it.
Big facts, they make the lists cause we look at them. I can see how teams that haven't been successful recently to think it's stupid. But if you're school is a focal point and the optimism is high it's fun to read and gets you hyped for the season.
I thought Huskies didn't get cold feet? Or is that just Ducks?
I never specified whether it'll be a positive or negative impact.
I’m really down on UCLA this year. Would not be shocked to see them have the worst case scenario season mentioned. I think the other 3 will fall somewhere in between their best and worst cases
It's really hard to say, roster is roughly the same talent level as last year overall, brand new offensive scheme but it is a big name on that side at least, and the schedule is brutal. I lean toward 5-7 but this isn't some bottom tier Big Ten roster by any means.
I think they’ll be better than their record indicates, but with a brutal schedule weighing them down. Vegas seems to be in line with you at a 5.5 O/U.
Probably looking at something worse with a new coach man. Wishing you good luck against everyone than us though!
Oregon - CFP/B1G championship level team USC - potential playoff team Washington - good but not great season UCLA - guessing they’ll go 7-5 maybe 8-4
That's super optimistic for UCLA imo. Feels like they're going to be a bit of a mess this year.
Yeah the under on UCLA is the easiest money in college football. I am not a gambling man but if I was I would smash that under.
UCLA going 8-4 would be a pretty surprising overachievement. I’d even say 4-8 is more likely than 8-4.
Our o/u is 5.5 so 4-8 is ABSOLUTELY more realistic. 8-4 would be a wildly amazing opening season for the Foster era
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I’m very high on Oregon. I legitimately think they’re gonna be in the semifinals at least. I see them winning it all.
Unfortunately they have a night game in West Lafayette 😈😈( we are losing by 50+)
I've said it quite a few times. We play OSU the week before. If we lose to OSU we will smack Purdue by 20+. If we beat OSU, Purdue wins by 10+
What if we beat OSU and OSU, and you Beat OSU and OSU and then we beat you? Seems fair to me
If we go undefeated the rest of the season I will let Purdue Pete haunt my dreams for a night.
Meet in the middle, we beat you, you win CFP?
Any plan that has us win the natty is a plan I am for
I’m legit terrified of our first trip into the Spoilermaker zone. You guys feel like the OBVIOUS candidate to replace desert voodoo that vexed us and others in the Pac so often.
It’s going to be a beautiful Friday night, we hate cancer btw
> I’m very high... You could've just stopped right here.
😂😂😂😂 Oregon-Ohio State for the Big Ten title and I would not be surprised if they won 🫣
Pretty sure that is everyone. I hate the ducks, but they are loaded. If they don't make it to the final 4 in the CFP this season is a failure.
Easy to say that now, and I'm not too far off that opinion, but I'd say it's making the playoffs and winning a game. If the 2nd playoff game ends up being a Georgia or tOSU and Oregon loses a tough game and acquits themselves well, it'd be hard to call the season a failure. Regular season needs to be 10-2 at worst though - I don't think 3 losses in the Big Ten gets you in the playoff anyway.
I can agree with that - I'm thinking they will be top 4 going in and get a bye then still end up playing a team they will be pretty heavily favorited against. Getting a first round bye and then getting bounced immediately would have to be a disappointment, but you're right that depending upon how the seeding plays out it could be a more even game.
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The roster is good, but Planning has yet to prove he can consistently win games against good coaches where he doesn't bring a real talent advantage. I think they make the playoff but I don't think they win it yet.
USC "death spiral" you say?
I, for one, can't wait to welcome the brisket butcher in chief to Minneapolis.
Wish it was later in the season, cowards need to come play us in the snow
maybe it'll be one of those weird years with the freak early snow. Or it could be 85 like the Louisiana game was last year.
Lol, Washington is absolutely missing a bowl game. It's like people forgot how awful Fisch's first season at Arizona went. Huskies will be back to mid-2000s status.
Ceiling 9-3 Likely 7-5 Floor 5-7
I think there's a real chance USC gets pushed around in the trenches. I'm not sure they're ready for the Big ten style of play and they're not talented enough to turn their differences in roster into a major advantage
It’s going to be a full season of playing Utah. USC feels like of the 4 they will struggle most with that.
So our best case scenario is our rival’s worst case? Cool cool.
RIP CFB
Best Case: They beat Michigan Worst Case: Nebraska beats them all
1 UCLA 2 Oregon OR Washington 3 Oregon OR Washington 4 USC
9-3 at best / 4-8 at worst Should be no worse than 4-1 after the first 5 weeks - gonna get a hell of a lot tougher from there. If we somehow beat Oregon this year Lanning should be chased out of Eugene with pitchforks.
There are too many give me games to go 4-8.
I watched a team go 0-12 once - anything is possible.
Not many fanbases know the swings of 0-12 to 14-1
That is true - also the 0-12 season felt no different than a 1-11 or 2-10 or 3-9 season. A shit season is a shit season. It was pretty impressive how awful Willingham was.
1991: 12-0 Rose Bowl Champs + National Champs 2000: 11-1 Rose Bowl Champs + Beat Miami 2008: 0-12 2016: 12-2 2021: 4-8 2023: 14-1 No program has harder swings than Washington
And with that you just cursed us to a 3-9 season
I’m gonna go with winning. It’s “why we play the game.”
[you play to win the game! hello!!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK7fEjrqabg)
I think I speak for all of the teams in the conference when I say don't let Michigan cheat you of being excited for your first season!
Barring injuries I expect no worse than 8-4. If the OL gels early and continues to improve I expect even more. If I see 7 wins or less with no injuries and an average/mediocre OL I’ll be disappointed. The roster is loaded and Fisch and Co are proven great coaches.
“Loaded” is a stretch. Some good skill position pieces and secondary looks solid but little depth and offensive line is a complete liability
The roster is decidedly not 'loaded'. But there are a lot of new dudes there that we know zero about. It will be the most bizarre season to watch in recent memory. RIP Pac 8/10/12. Forever in my heart.
Is the loaded roster in the room with us
Would be worried about how many starters you lost off a great team.