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Originally Posted by BuckeyeMike80
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.
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Yeah, brand name had something to do it with it just like any other big time college football program. They went 11-2 the previous year and had a lot of their starters coming back. That is why they were ranked high. The 2006 season was just a smoke screen and Michigan wasn't really that good.