[socalstanfan1]

[quote author=winflop link=topic=13101.msg133845#msg133845 date=1444509748]
Michigan looks like the best team in the B1G.  Northwestern is still a Top 25 team but not in the same class.

No, they aren't.  They have no QB.  End of discussion.
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Please.  Not end of discussion, this is a discussion board. No need to be summarily dismissive of other's comments and give yourself the final word on a topic.

Miraculous that, somehow, Northwestern could get to 5-0 before today's loss while lacking a QB.  Yet, there they were, with victories over some admitted cupcakes (East Illinois and Ball State) but also over Stanford and Duke (currently 5-1).  This is Michigan's third consecutive shutout, including a shutout against BYU, who I think we can agree has a QB. Maybe this has more to do with Michigan's resurgence under Harbaugh than it does total incompetence at a single position on one team. 

I think that if we played Northwestern again, even if we played them in Evanston at the same time of day, we would win.  But first games of the year are notoriously dangerous, especially on the road against a team that is not a total pushover.  This is precisely why so many teams schedule totally overmatched opponents in order to work off some of the rust in the first week.  It is to our credit, and Northwestern's, that we had a significant game on the first week.  But, we clearly were not ready and paid the price. 

[socalstanfan1]

[quote author=winflop link=topic=13101.msg133845#msg133845 date=1444509748]
Michigan looks like the best team in the B1G.  Northwestern is still a Top 25 team but not in the same class.

No, they aren't.  They have no QB.  End of discussion.
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Please.  Not end of discussion, this is a discussion board. No need to be summarily dismissive of other's comments and give yourself the final word on a topic.

Miraculous that, somehow, Northwestern could get to 5-0 before today's loss while lacking a QB.  Yet, there they were, with victories over some admitted cupcakes (East Illinois and Ball State) but also over Stanford and Duke (currently 5-1).  This is Michigan's third consecutive shutout, including a shutout against BYU, who I think we can agree has a QB. Maybe this has more to do with Michigan's resurgence under Harbaugh than it does total incompetence at a single position on one team. 

I think that if we played Northwestern again, even if we played them in Evanston at the same time of day, we would win.  But first games of the year are notoriously dangerous, especially on the road against a team that is not a total pushover.  This is precisely why so many teams schedule totally overmatched opponents in order to work off some of the rust in the first week.  It is to our credit, and Northwestern's, that we had a significant game on the first week.  But, we clearly were not ready and paid the price.