| Michigan's D-line has to prove it can stop the run (something that even last year's set of draftees had trouble with from time to time). Losing that amount of talent is never easy to replace. But obviously their offense should hum.
If it was all about talent, then USC should run away with it. But it's not. My Huskers have a legitimate shot in 2.5 weeks in Lincoln (a game which I'll be at!). The team always plays alot better at home, and you can mark it down that there will be no conservative play calling like there was last year. USC having pretty unproven talent at the WR and RB position helps.
Do yourselves a favor a look for the youtube clip of Pat White making fun of Pitt's panther growl sound of effect. Probably the funniest thing you'll see all week. It's titled something like "Pat White is unimpressed with your growling"
Rutgers is not going to be as good as they were last year. Same thing with Wake Forest. Both those teams got nearly every bounce to go their way last year to set up they're impressive runs. That won't happen two years in row. Both will probably continue to be better than they've been traditionally, but they aren't anywhere near the elites. It's only a matter of time before Schiano and Grobe get lured to bigger schools, and then both schools will likely return to their also-ran status. |