Saturday, September 02, 2006
[875] Of celebrating the return of college football
Michigan is up against Vanderbilt later today at the Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor . My verdict is that Vanderbilt won't last long under the Wolverine assault.

To celebrate the return of college football, let's revisit the 2004 Wolverine-Spartan match; the match that I will forever remember.



More of this season from MGoBlog:

Vanderbilt is the opener. Without Jay Cutler the Commodores pose little threat.

CMU isn't playing Michigan State and will therefore lose. Pass-rushing demon Dan Bazuin will provide a stiff test for Michigan tackles and an indication of how prepared they are for...

@ Notre Dame, a small Catholic school of no importance in northern Indiana.

The Big Ten schedule opens up at home versus Wisconsin, who has no returning anything on offense aside from John Stocco. Their defense appears to be stiff against the run but still dodgy in the passing game. If Henne is on it should be a non-terrifying Michigan victory.

Michigan ends up @ Minnesota next, where Michigan's run defense will be thoroughly tested no matter how many running backs the Gophers lose in the meantime. The offense should not be nearly as tested, thought it would be nice if Rueben Riley blocked Steve Davis this year.

A pissed-off Drew Stanton, who is rumoured to have teammates, rolls into town next. Stanton is a major trap game for Michigan, as he should be able to score on anyone. Tense moments.

Michigan then must venture @ Penn State to face approximately 110,000 people who would drink Lloyd Carr's blood from a chalice made out of the skull of a Big Ten referee if given half a chance. If Penn State's offensive line comes together by this point in the year, this will be a knock-down, drag-out affair. Otherwise it will be Anthony Morelli eating grass.

Iowa frightens me.

Northwestern's Fun 'n' Run offense is next; unfortunately for the Wildcats their defense must accompany them.

Ball State and @ Indiana are also schools of no importance in Indiana, though Ball State did produce David Letterman.

@ Ohio State is The Game.


Let the game begins!

p/s - Michigan 27 - 7 Vanderbilt:

The way the Wolverines started, it looked like it might be an easy day.

Michigan drove 81 yards on the opening kickoff -- with a nice mix of the run and pass -- and scored on a 19-yard run when Kevin Grady went right and sliced across the defense with a cutback.

After forcing Nickson to fumble, the Wolverines had to settle for a 10-0 lead on their third drive after a pass for a first down at the 1 was overturned by review.


Next is Central Michigan. Oh, I see a slaughtering.
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