Yeah, it’s me, the “basketball guy”, back for more. It’s time for my annual attempt to predict how the University of Michigan’s football season is going to go.
Last Season (2019)
My Prediction: 9-3 (6-3 in Big Ten)
Actual Results: 9-3 (6-3)
Comments: After doing a decent job predicting the 2018 season, I was perfect last season, including predicting which 3 teams Michigan would lose to.
This Season (2020)
My Prediction: 5-3 (5-3 in Big Ten)
Comments: The big story, of course, is the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why I’m making these predictions in mid-October instead of mid-August. For a while, it looked like there wasn’t going to be a Michigan football season at all for 2020, but now there is a conference-only 9-game schedule, starting October 23-24. The first 8 weeks are against scheduled opponents, 4 at home and 4 away, and the 9th week is called “Big Ten Championship Week”, where the #1 team in the East division plays the #1 team in the West division, the #2 team in the East plays the #2 team in the West, and so on. Since I have no idea who the opponent will be in Championship Week, I’m only predicting the 8 scheduled games. Just like last season, I’m predicting losses to Wisconsin, Penn State, and Ohio State.
Go Blue!