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UMSkeletor said...
It's not about being a fan of the conference, it's abut the fact that the Big Ten reputation matters in terms of determining our success as far as recruiting (what, you don't think the SEC's recruiting benefits from its reputation?) and rankings, which ultimately affect our chances to play for championships, are concerned.
Programs like Arkansas or Auburn, well below us in the pecking order of college football, know thanks to the SEC reputation that a good year in-conference nearly automatically means a top 10 ranking and possible BCS bid and a conference championship nearly automatically a chance at the national title.
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UMSkeletor said...
Have to say you see a team like Louisville which is never high in recruiting rankings and has gone through a bunch of coaches take Florida to the woodshed and it makes you wonder. We play South Carolina (without their best offensive player) and we're happy just to be in it and "hang with" a good SEC team.
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Frank C said...
I think we need to look at context.
This was Louisville's 3rd year under Charlie Strong. With tonight's win in the Sugar Bowl against Florida, Louisville finished 11-2.
But look at Strong's first 2 seasons at Louisville. In 2010, Louisville went 7-6 (3-4 in the Big East) with a 31-28 bowl win over a 8-4 Southern Miss team. In 2011, Louisville went 7-6 (5-2 in the Big East) with a 31-24 bowl loss to a 7-5 NC State team.
By comparison, Brady Hoke has fared much better in his first two seasons. And frankly I think we did more than "just hang" with South Carolina. We should've won that game.
There is a reason that year 3 is used by many to judge a coach. Most coaches that win a National Championship do so in year 3 (or year 4 in some cases). Howard Schnellenberger of the Miami Hurricanes is the only one that I can think of who won his a National Championship in year 5 but he essentially built the program out of nothing after Lou Saban.
Hence, I will use next season to judge Brady Hoke at Michigan. Next year Michigan has a favorable schedule and our coaches will have many of the players needed to run their preferred system.
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I don't think Louisville is better than us. I mean Louisville just put up a great performance on the day. And that's more what made me jealous. When was the last time Michigan went out to play a team better than us, more talented etc., and just outperformed them, dominated them on the day? The closest thing maybe was beating Florida in 07 but then that Florida team was a 9-3 Florida too.
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Damn last 25 seconds or the SEC would be staring 4 loss bowl season straight in the face
1st play both halfs
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