Would like to hear thoughts on Michigan in light of the following:
1. Michigan defense is ranked higher than South Carolina but the Gamecocks D is pretty good. In games where the better D has not won in this year's bowl games I believe 2 were in games where the defenses were ranked not far apart.
2. The Outback Bowl is not where the Wolverines aspired to be when the season started. Will they be fully focused and give max effort?
3. With the bowl in Tampa the crowd is likely to be heavily garnett and black.
4. The list of players out for this game for each team was much longer for UM than USC. Many more draftable players for Michigan.
5. UM's starting a QB who hasn't played in a couple of months and was out due to a serious concussion. Offenses have shown to be off due to the layoff anyway. This would seem to make a pedestrian UM offense even more so.
Don't get me wrong, I think Michigan wins as they are the more talented team, but 8 points is alot of to lay in a low scoring game.
Agree/disagree?