Anthony

Michigan Fan 〽️🏈

[Anthony @Kappy264]

@georgelettice69 I mean I just watched mid major all star Yaxel Lendeborg help lead Michigan to a national title…

[Anthony @Kappy264]

@michigandaily Will this be a reprint poster that will be available for purchase like 2023 football was?

[Pitless @pitlessball]

2026 Yaxel Lendeborg

[Michigan Men's Basketball @umichbball]

SING IT! 🗣️

[Michigan Men's Basketball @umichbball]

BIG TEN CHAMPS!

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

What a game. What a moment

[John Beilein @JohnBeilein]

Great win in every way. We were ready to play with a fabulous plan.
Love the way we withstood their second half run and showed we were the better team. Always good to win at Breslin #goblue

[Anthony @Kappy264]

@gamingtailgate Dynamic pipelines, discipline/suspensions/probation like the PS2 days, and ability to keep recruiting and trying to flip prospects.

[Hawkeye Football @HawkeyeFootball]

You sure about that? 😏

[Michigan Football @UMichFootball]

Michigan fans, meet Coach Whittingham. Let’s get to work! 〽️

[Anthony @Kappy264]

@itsAntWright Touchdown on that last one if link looks inside instead of going to the outside guy Haynes was going to block.

[Anthony @Kappy264]

@TheGrantPerry Why do you think the offense of Michigan came out in so many condensed looks against Oklahoma? Spreading them out would’ve made it harder for the defense to disguise coverages and pressure? Is that something that we will see moving forward to help Bryce out?

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

JJ McCarthy is 64-3 as a starting QB dating back to high school

[George Stoia III @GeorgeStoia]

John Mateer on Bryce Underwood: “He played a really good defense today. That defense makes our practice really, really difficult because I never know what’s going on. So I can’t imagine being a young quarterback trying to play that defense. He’s super talented. He was rolling out, making throws. He’s a lot better than I was as a freshman. That’s why he was rated the way he is. You can tell he’s a confident kid. He put up a good fight. That’s not the end of his career and he’s going to be a very, very good quarterback.”

[THE RED RANGER @THEREDRANGER3]

Don’t be upset at Michigan or the NCAA

James Franklin, Ryan Day, Nick Saban and Kalen deboer.

All had opportunities to show America that Michigan only won the national championship by “cheating”

[THE RED RANGER @THEREDRANGER3]

American soldiers getting ready to defeat the red coats

[FOX College Football @CFBONFOX]

This was one of the hardest entrances of the 2024 season 🔥

(via ByAZuniga/X)

[Scott Bell @sbell021]

One year after going 3-17 in Big Ten play, the Michigan Wolverines are now atop the conference standings midway through February after beating No. 7 Purdue. Give Dusty May a blank check.

[Anthony @Kappy264]

@UrbanFamilyFarm @DetroitPodcast The Rams gave up an extra 1st round pick for the Lions to take him…

[Connor Stalions @cpstalions]

Now that the Big Ten is 4-1 vs the SEC in bowl games, I think it’s time we have a serious discussion. Strength of Schedule is a completely flawed metric that begins and ends with a biased opinion and should be taken with a grain of salt.

It begins with a biased pre-season ranking, which influences an initial strength of schedule, then is effected by minimal cross-conference games, and compares conferences that don’t even have the same amount of conference games being played, as well as teams who have drastically different schedules within those conferences.

Biased pre-season rankings.
There is no logical reason why pre-season rankings exist, other than orchestrated drama to increase TV ratings. The CFP system got this right by not ranking teams until November. HOWEVER, the CFP does take into account Strength of Schedule, which traces back to the biased pre-season rankings. If it weren’t, then who’s to argue that the MAC isn’t the best conference (e.g. NIU beating Notre Dame) that faced a few upsets (e.g. Ohio State upsetting Akron) and not the other way around? Obviously we all think it’s the other way around, and that’s an extreme, but the point is it traces back to a human opinion from pre-season expectations.

Minimal cross-conference games.
They’re all games between an unknown placed team from one conference vs another (e.g. future SEC’s 4th place Alabama defeating B1G’s future 15th place Wisconsin, or the future B1G’s 9th place USC defeating SEC’s future 7th place LSU) early in the season to set a preconceived notion that one conference is better than the other without truly knowing anything about each conference yet — not to mention teams evolve throughout the season.

The ACC and SEC only have 8 conference games… by choice.
Half the SEC plays a P4 opponent rival (e.g. UGA-GT, SC-Clemson, etc.) to fool you into thinking they schedule tough Out-of-Conference opponents. But let’s not forget, that’s just the equivalent of a Big Ten’s 9th conference opponent. And the other half schedules an FCS opponent before their rival.

Half of the SEC schedules are only 67% P4 and include an FCS opponent. The other half is 75% P4 and also includes an FCS opponent. While half of the B1G schedules are 83% P4 with no FCS opponent. And the other half is 75% P4 with no FCS opponent. Both types of B1G schedules are objectively more difficult than either type of SEC schedule. Don’t let UGA-GT “out of conference” games fool you. That’s just the equivalent of a 9th Big Ten (or Big 12) conference game.

Some teams have easier schedules than others… by draw. Within their own conference that is. For example, 7 of Michigan’s 9 conference opponents were bowl eligible, while only 5 of Penn State’s 9 conference opponents were bowl eligible. And then all 8 of LSU’s conference opponents were bowl eligible, while only 5 of Georgia’s conference opponents were eligible. Am I arguing LSU would beat Georgia and Michigan would beat Penn State? Well… maybe yes to the later. But the point is, we’ll never know… and that’s even within a conference.

Example Comparisons
Let’s look at Michigan & Bama’s four Out-of -Conference games (well… Michigan’s 3 OOC games and then their first conference game), for example.
🐘: USF, WKU, Mercer and Wisconsin. (Only 2 bowl opponents and an FCS opponent).
〽️: Fresno, Texas, Ark St, and USC (All 4 bowl opponents).

Now let’s compare some key SEC & B1G schedules broken down by # of opponents.

# of Bowl Eligible Reg. Szn Opponents:
Michigan: 10
Texas: 9
Ohio State: 8
Alabama: 8
Penn State: 7
Georgia: 7
Tennessee: 7

# of Playoff-Bound Reg. Szn Opponents:
Michigan: 4
Ohio State: 3
Georgia: 3
Alabama: 2
Texas: 1
Penn State: 1
Tennessee: 1