I think my colleague summed it up well in his post. I just don’t have much to say about this game. Yes it is huge. Let me count the ways:
1. Hart, Henne, and Long’s legacies are on the line.
2. The Lloyd Carr legacy (currently 6-6 vs. OSU) is on the line.
3. As if OSU doesn’t have enough momentum in this series, can you imagine if they win tomorrow?
4. An outright Big 10 championship and trip to the Rose Bowl is on the line.
5. It’s our last major recruiting weekend for the season and recruits have been waiting to see what happens in this game.
Etc., etc., etc.!
But previewing the game is impossible since you don’t know what UM has at QB and RB. I’m not at all saying that UM would beat OSU tomorrow with a completely healthy Henne and Hart. I’m saying that it’s very hard to break the game down in advance when so much of the game will be determined by a fragile injury situation with both sides. For instance, what is the use of breaking down the two teams at running back? Hart or Beenie could be out of the game in the first quarter thus completely changing things. Plus, given how Henne and Hart have missed so much time recently it’s hard to give a real assessment as to where Michigan is at right now. We haven’t scene them with their full complement of players. And, it doesn’t help that a different UM and OSU team showed up last week then the previous two months so what are we to make of that? And now there is a full blown coaching situation at Michigan. How will that affect the maize and blue? Will it be win one for Lloyd or will it be a big distraction.
1. Hart, Henne, and Long’s legacies are on the line.
2. The Lloyd Carr legacy (currently 6-6 vs. OSU) is on the line.
3. As if OSU doesn’t have enough momentum in this series, can you imagine if they win tomorrow?
4. An outright Big 10 championship and trip to the Rose Bowl is on the line.
5. It’s our last major recruiting weekend for the season and recruits have been waiting to see what happens in this game.
Etc., etc., etc.!
But previewing the game is impossible since you don’t know what UM has at QB and RB. I’m not at all saying that UM would beat OSU tomorrow with a completely healthy Henne and Hart. I’m saying that it’s very hard to break the game down in advance when so much of the game will be determined by a fragile injury situation with both sides. For instance, what is the use of breaking down the two teams at running back? Hart or Beenie could be out of the game in the first quarter thus completely changing things. Plus, given how Henne and Hart have missed so much time recently it’s hard to give a real assessment as to where Michigan is at right now. We haven’t scene them with their full complement of players. And, it doesn’t help that a different UM and OSU team showed up last week then the previous two months so what are we to make of that? And now there is a full blown coaching situation at Michigan. How will that affect the maize and blue? Will it be win one for Lloyd or will it be a big distraction.
So we’ll see what happens Saturday with MUCH on the line and then we’ll go from there. I’ll be excited for future Michigan-OSU games that don’t involve crazy injury situations, dead legends or sudden head coach retirements. Until then…
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