re: Jim Harbaugh is 47-12 against teams not named Ohio State

quote:

---

So surely California, Texas, and Florida schools are winning titles every year, right? No chance a team in lowly South Carolina with their 57 NFL players (only 8 more than Michigan) can win a title.

---

Just pointing out it's an uphill climb for Michigan in their battle with Ohio St. Of course it's not impossible. But they are at a disadvantage.

MI produces fewer top players than OH, and UM has to fight with MSU for those few; as opposed to OSU having OH to itself (in terms of P5 competitors).

CA has a big #, but all 12 Pac-12 teams (plus many national brands) slice up the pie pretty good. If states like AZ, OR, and WA produced more top players, that would help the CA teams a great deal.

FL and TX have a similar thing going.

You're right about Clemson being the exception, though. But you have to remember, before Dabo, Clemson had not won 10 games since 1990. Dabo has climbed that uphill climb. The question is, can Harbaugh do it too? So far the answer is no.