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Originally Posted by zwem
Michigan wasn't going to compete for a national title that year. Anybody that follows Michigan football closely and isn't biased would have known that. I thought that team would go 11-2 because I knew that defense would give up points/yardage and it would cost them a game or two.
Everybody got all excited when Michigan went 11-2 in 2006. That team struggled to get by Ball State that year and Ball State actually had a chance to win that game. I think Michigan overachieved that year. Then they played an actual team in USC and got ran over in the Rose Bowl.
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So the Michigan media put them at #5 to start the year because why?
Oh yeah, that's because the PERCEPTION of Michigan was they were a legit threat. It was just that they couldn't, at that point, stop Troy Smith who was gone to the NFL.
Early on PERCEPTION is the key in College Football. Sure that means the polls are essentially worthless, but if Michigan wins that game and then finds a way to NOT get blown out by Oregon, they would have been right there probably. Why? Brand name.