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Really? June 10th?

You're gonna lose

They are going to lose - by a lot. I am looking forward to watching Denard play 500 with the 'Bama defense.

You want to troll, do it in this thread. tia

http://247sports.com/Board/30/The-Official-Michigan-State-and-Michigan-Thread-2334707/1

Lil run around qbs don't work on bamas defense. Gonna be a long game

LOL - you've had two other Wolverines post and they both trolled.

Nonetheless, I honestly don't think UM has a shot in this game. UM had some fortunate luck last year and, while improved, they aren't good enough to beat 'Bama over 60 minutes. I think it'll be relatively low scoring in the 24-10 range.

Actually, I think it will depend on UM's defense. We cannot win a shootout against Alabama. IMO if Bama scores more than about 20 points, we will have a very tough time keeping pace.

This year will also feature, what, 3 returning starters on Alabama's defense? I like Michigan's chances with Denard going against Bama breaking in a new defense.

The back seven is great, the front four is hard to predict right now. Jibreel Black could be an animal at DT and all Michigan would need is Campbell to be a space eater and take up double teams. I'm excited to see what Roh does this season, could be very valuable to the final result of the season. Clark is a man child at WSDE, but puts his head down on some plays and makes bad reads. Him and Beyer could make a deadly duo though.

I honestly believe our big uglies will dominate this game on both offense and defense.

Running QBs have always given us trouble in the past (all of Sabans losses since 08 have been to dual threat QBs; Tebow, Garcia, Newton, Jefferson) but I don't see Denard having more than 70 yards rushing against us.

Score will seem relatively close until the 4th, then we break it open after we've worn Michigan down

This is what I'm worried about, especially your OL. We need to be able to stop your rushing game and force you to pass. I just don't know if we can do it. We are replacing our two best DL and with this being the first game of the season it's unlikely our new starters on the DL will be operating at 100%. We need to hope you have some similar issues, i.e. new starters who need a few games to begin to perform as well as the players they are replacing.

With Bama's strong offensive line ( 4 of 5 returning starters and 5* CyKo taking over at LT ) and RBs, plus Michigans new d- linemen, I think we'll run all over that D. And McCarron came on strong at the end of last year with a talented set of junior WRs I think we'll pass enough to keep the running game open. I see Bama scoring 31 on Michigan's D.

Much is made if Bama's losses on D but everyone save the Juco corners has seen significant PT. Our D will be top 5 in total D at season's end and Michigan will put up some points but IMO most will come after the game is decided. I think Michigan puts 17 up on our D, with 10 coming in the second half.