Michigan defense giving up almost 50 less yards/game than 2nd place defense

Their defense is very very good.

Say what you want about Penn State, but they have a good offense...what they did to them on Saturday was very impressive. Pass D is nasty

Actually, PSU’s offense has been a disappointment this year

McSorely has regressed it seems. They really miss Barkley and morehead.

To be honest, I wonder if Michigan’s defense is a bit inflated because of the shitty offenses and QBs they have faced

Lewerke, hornibrook? Having awful years

Maryland QB is arse too

Penn State doesn't have very many good players on offense this year. Their personnel is lacking.

Michigan will get exposed by Clemson or Alabama if they make the playoffs.

Their isn't a playoff caliber team in the Midwest this year including Notre Dame. The 1st Rd will be blowout city if either or both make it in.

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To be honest, I wonder if Michigan’s defense is a bit inflated because of the shitty offenses and QBs they have faced

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Had a couple pretty bad weather games too.

But Michigan clearly has a very talented defense regardless of who y’all play.

Not talking shite, but I'd be curious to see what our offense would look like with Book and Williams playing against you all. You all had Gary at full tilt back then as well.

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Michigan’s defense is a bit inflated because of the shitty offenses and QBs they have faced

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Your words, not mine.

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Abu, the ND game (and to a lesser extent our weird game against SMU) is the one that really stands out as the outlier

Although, UM did do well in 2nd half, but kelly called a criminally vanilla 2nd half which actually gave Mich a chance to tie Game with a minute left

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There are some ND pundits - and I wouldn't count myself among them - who think that Wimbush was a better match up against UM's D than Book regardless of how they've played this year. I don't really buy that, and Book's body of work this year has been stellar, but some people do think that.

We definitely went into a shell in the 2nd half, and it's not the first time we've done that, and it's also not the first time a critical special teams mistake kept an opponent we were more or less controlling in the game (see: Northwestern this past weekend, as another example).

I think the major difference between us and the rest of your schedule is that we have several really big (6'4"+), physical dudes with legitimate NFL futures out there catching balls for us (Boykin, Claypool, Jones, Kmet, etc.). I don't think anyone else on your schedule has had anywhere near the receiving corps we have, and that was the difference maker. Wimbush (and Book) are quick enough that they can make you pay if you only bring four and try to sit back in zone against our receivers.

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ND game (and to a lesser extent our weird game against SMU)

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Just looked at the Michigan box scores and those are the only two teams with over 300 yards of offense (by a combined 19 years). That is nuts.

Y'all held MSU to 94 yards.

I think Bama/Mich would look a lot like the LSU game.

There is a theory that only an Oklahoma squad might be able to take them out, but I think that would end up 50-30 Bama.
You're probably right that only Clemson has the firepower on both sides of the ball to compete.

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Our already shitty run game is going to get eaten up by Michigan.

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Ehh, let's see what happens. Meyer teams are known for laying an egg and then exploding. Nebraska wasn't a convincing win, but some things absolutely went the right direction in the run game

We shall see what kind of run game they can generate against MSU who is very good against the run as well.