Redder

I have no idea why the NCAA allows this practice. But I can't fault coaches for over signing as long as the NCAA allows it.

Exactly a week till the big day and ranked outside the top 30.

No. 6 in the Big Ten. Not good.

What better things are there to talk about with football in late January?

Our number of players keep decreasing as the 1990s become farther away

Here is my opinion 1.Pelini- Very mediocre obviously. That's not to mention his off the field actions. I think he deserved to be fired, but sadly I think he's our best coach since Osborne. Since Pelini took over a team that had 2 losing seasons in 4 years while Solich took over a team that had won 3 NCs in 4 years, I put him higher than Solich. 2.Solich A lot of people here seem to think he was a good coach, but I don't see why he should be considered any better than our version of Larry Coker. (Who everybody cites as the best example of taking down a great program.) Actually I think Solich is worse than our version of Coker since Coker won one nearly two national titles and finished with a higher win % than Solich. And Coker didn't inherit a program that had won national titles in 3 of the previous 4 years either. 3.Riley- Pretty big gap between him and Solich. Solich and Pelini were at least respectable coaches, but I'm not sure Riley is. However, he hasn't coached long enough to put him on the Callahan bad level. 4. Bill Callahan- God awful coach

Playoff appearances

I looked at a few historical math ratings and most have Michigan #4 for that year. Behind not only us but also UF and Tennessee. Sagarin says we would have won by 15 on a neutral field vs Michigan that year. One reason for the ridiculous split seems to be that Michigan beat a lot of teams who were overrated at the time they played them. In their season opener, they beat #7 Colorado, which seemed a lot less impressive by the time CU finished 5-6. In game 2, they beat a ranked Notre Dame team by 7 points, but ND went on to go 5-7. Michigan's big win where they rose to no.1 was when they beat undefeated Penn State 34-8. That is definitely not a bad result but seemed a lot less impressive when PSU finished the year by losing to Michigan State by 38 and Florida by 15. Michigan also beat then no.4 Ohio State by 6, but OSU proved itself overrated when they got blown out in their bowl. Poll voters usually seem to take into account how highly regarded a team was when you played them and don't seem to check later on if that opponent proved themselves to be overrated. In the Rose Bowl, Michigan faced a WSU team that was more on par with a typical Holiday Bowl team and won by 5. WSU was cheated by the officials out of having one more play from the Michigan 15 or 20 yard line. Meanwhile, we beat a far better Tennessee team by 25.

Oh fantastic(not). This is the worst BCS conference division except possibly the ACC Coastal.