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2013 University of Michigan Football Season Predictions

2013 University of Michigan Football Season Predictions

Drew Montag

7 August 2013

Wow, football season is right around the corner; time for my annual UM football predictions. Sure, I’m the “basketball guy” at UMGoBlue.com, but I’m also a big football fan, and I’ve been going to UM games since 1974.

Last season, I didn’t do as well as usual at predicting the games. I thought we’d beat Notre Dame (close), and Ohio State (not as close). I got the rest of my predictions right.

So, how is Michigan going to do this season? I’m thinking “pretty well”. I’m expecting the offense to be a little bit better than last season, the defense to be quite a bit better, and the special teams to be about the same as last season.

Here are my predictions for the 2013 season:

Date Opponent W/L Record Comments
08/31 Central Michigan Win 1-0 On the positive side: UM is obviously better. On the negative side: breaking in a new O-line, first game jitters. This one will be closer than expected.
09/07 Notre Dame Win 2-0 Under The Lights II: Big game, big stage, big improvement. A solid win.
09/14 Akron Win 3-0 Another MAC team, another victory. An easy game, everyone plays.
09/21 at Connecticut (East Hartford, CT) Win 4-0 The first road game of the season is always tough, and this one will be close.
09/28 Bye There are 2 byes this season!
10/05 Minnesota Win 5-0 (1-0) Minnesota is better than last year, but still beatable.
10/12 at Penn State Win 6-0 (2-0) The Sandusky Sanctions hurt PSU’s depth. UM wins a close one.
10/19 Indiana Win 7-0 (3-0) Indiana is better than last year, but not nearly enough.
10/26 Bye An excellent time for a bye week.
11/02 at Michigan State Win 8-0 (4-0) The biggest game of the year. It’s tough to win in East Lansing, but Michigan’s got the team to do it.
11/09 Nebraska Loss 8-1 (4-1) This is already developing into quite a rivalry. Michigan loses a heartbreaker.
11/16 at Northwestern Win 9-1 (5-1) Michigan barely beat Northwestern in Ann Arbor last season, so expect a dogfight.
11/23 at Iowa Win 10-1 (6-1) The only easy road game of the season.
11/30 Ohio State Loss 10-2 (6-2) I hate to lose to Ohio 2 years in a row, but they’ve got too many weapons.

That should be good enough for a tie for 1st place in the Legends division of the Big Ten, but not a place in the B1G Championship game. It will be good enough for a good New Year’s Day bowl game, probably another BCS game.

It’s possible that UM might beat Nebraska, but I doubt it.

Michigan has 5 games that they should win (Central Michigan, Akron, Minnesota, Indiana, and Iowa), 5 “toss up” games (Notre Dame, Connecticut, Penn State, Michigan State, and Northwestern), and 2 that they will be lucky to win (Nebraska and Ohio State). I’ve got them winning all 5 “toss up” games (10-2), but if they only win 3 of the 5 “toss up” games, they’ll be 8-4, which is just OK.

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2013 Michigan Wolverines Football Schedule

Next Game Saturday November 2 East Lansing
Michigan State 3:30 p.m. ET TV B10
Discussion
Date Opponent TV Locatiion Time
Sat., Aug. 31 Michigan 59 CMU 9 B10  Michigan Stadium 3:30 p.m. ET
Sat., Sep. 7 Michigan 41 Notre Dame 30 ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 Michigan Stadium 8:00 p.m. ET
Sat., Sep. 14 Michigan 28 Akron 24 B10  Michigan Stadium Noon ET
Sat., Sep. 21 Michigan 24 UConn 21  TBA East Hartford, Conn. 8:00 p.m. ET
Sat., Oct. 5 Michigan 42 Minnesota 13 ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 Michigan Stadium 3:30 p.m. ET
Sat., Oct. 12 Penn State 43  Michigan40  4OT ESPN or ESPN2 State College, Pa. 5:00 p.m. ET
Sat., Oct. 19 Michigan 63 Indiana 47 B10  Michigan Stadium 3:30 p.m. ET
Sat., Nov. 2 at Michigan State  ABC East Lansing, Mich. 3:30 p.m. ET
Sat., Nov. 9 vs. Nebraska  TBA Michigan Stadium 3:30 p.m. ET
Sat., Nov. 16 at Northwestern  TBA Evanston, Ill. TBA
Sat., Nov. 23 at Iowa  TBA Iowa City, Iowa TBA
Sat., Nov. 30 vs. Ohio State  TBA Michigan Stadium TBA
Sat., Dec. 7 B10 Championship Game Fox Sports Indianapolis, Ind. TBA

 

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July 4th-Declaration of Independence

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America 

WHEN in the Course of human Events,

it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.

WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness — That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness…

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

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