Michigan 47, NOTRE DAME 21(final)

OSUBuckeye4Life · #1 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 09:10 PM

Michigan at Notre DameSEPTEMBER 16 The Irish looked scary good in ripping Penn State, while Michigan has been less than impressive in its wins. The Wolverines will get up for this one, but ND is just too much for Lloyd Carr's bunch.

Notre Dame 40, Michigan 17

After seeing that I HAD to make a thread.

NFBuck · #2 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 09:23 PM

Sadly, I don't think thats far off. I said last week that I thought ND was gonna throttle scUM. The M*ch*g*n pass defense looks rather pedestrian, so that Irish passing attack will probably slice them up, and new coordinator or not, that scUM offense is still very vanilla. Besides, LLLLoyd Carr is still running things, and he's lost how many straight road openers? Don't see a change this year.

OSUBuckeye4Life · #3 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by NFBuck

Sadly, I don't think thats far off. I said last week that I thought ND was gonna throttle scUM. The M*ch*g*n pass defense looks rather pedestrian, so that Irish passing attack will probably slice them up, and new coordinator or not, that scUM offense is still very vanilla. Besides, LLLLoyd Carr is still running things, and he's lost how many straight road openers? Don't see a change this year.

For no other reason Michigan is better than Penn State.

Also, I think Michigan has an advantage on both sides of the line in the trenches......

I think that prediction is a bit excessive.

scooter1369 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 09:30 PM

I see Lllloyd Carr struggling to keep his composure this weekend.

His seat is getting warm in Ann Arbor and Notre Dame is about to add fuel to the fire.

Michigan - 20
Notre Dame - 36

MrMan0202 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 09:42 PM

These games are very rarely blowouts or lopsided with the exception of that 2003 game. I don't see it being 40-17 for either team. I see this game coming down to a FG or a TD. Michigan's D last season held ND to it's lowest point total and yardage output in 2005, with 17 points and 252 yards respectively, and really one of their touchdowns was one of those luck of the Irish things. On a 3rd down Samardja made a miraculous catch for a touchdown off a tip in the end-zone. Notre Dame's 2006 version of there offense might be better than 2005's, but Michigan's 2006 Defense is better than that 2005 version. Michigan has a big advantage in the trenches here, especially along the defensive line. However, Carr is the head coach at that school which means he's going to go into a shell and play conservative, which will come back to bite him and Notre Dame wins by a touchdown or FG.

Honestly, I don't get why people say Michigan has looked unimpressive. Their offensive and defensive lines have physically just beat down two teams and these games were never in any doubt despite all the drops, missed assignments, and alot of the other errors that you see from teams early on in the season. Michigan hasn't even thrown the ball down the field and have faced 8 and 9 in the box and still have been able to run the ball effectively with their zone blocking scheme.

ntd · #6 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 09:45 PM

I'll be rooting for Michigan to help the Big10's image...

28-24 scUM

Oneshot · #7 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006, 10:07 PM

ND wasn't that impressive over Penn State.

Yes, Morelli was exposed to be the mediocre QB he always was... The Penn defense was ripped to shreds... by early draft picks, not by an amazing Quinn.

Michigan is a better team.