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Another year of Rich Rodriguez, and another disappointing season for the Wolverines. Good thing that's over, more on that later tonight. But that's not what this post is about, I'm here to review the Wolverines season, and give it a final grade. The Bearded Take on the 2010 Michigan Wolverine Football season is coming at you riiiiiiight NOW
Much like 2009, the Wolverines got off to a hot start and had everyone excited for a possible run at the Big Ten title. Denard Robinson was putting up Heisman Trophy numbers and there was a ton of hype coming out of Ann Arbor...
But also like 09, the season went bad as soon as the Wolverines played the Spartans. Michigan put up a ton of yards against State, but only 17 points. This sparked a three-game losing streak as they lost to Iowa and Penn State. Penn State was led by walk-on sophomore Matt Mcgloin, who eventual became the starter, but at the time was young and dumb. But Michigans stellar defense made him look like Joe Montana.
Michigan managed to beat Illinois 67-65 in triple overtime. Yet again, the defense was terrible. They got bowl eligible with this win then beat Purdue on the road. Rich Rod's job looked like it could be saved if they at least showed up against OSU and Wisconsin to close out the season.
But it didn't, Michigan got stomped in both games, losing to Wisconsin 48-28 and Ohio State 37-7. Embarrassing performances for the Wolverines.
But despite all this, they were bowling. They had a chance to redeem the season, and get a bowl win for the first time under Rich Rod. But once again, Michigan got stomped, losing 52-14.
Overal, Rich Rod progressed, increasing his win total by two, just like the year before (3 wins, 5 wins, 7 wins.) And the offense has gotten better every year, so there were signs of progress made by the Wolverines. A dynamic offense with a quarterback that's faster than every other player on the field, which is something to build around.
But the defense got worse every year. And there were no signs of any future improvements coming with the lack of recruits Rich Rod got for the defense. The defense set records for suck last year, breaking Michigan records for pretty much every category that's bad, (points allowed, yards per game) and everyone said no way could it be worse... and yet it managed to break all those records. It was worse than the year before.
Well obviously it would be easy to throw up an F for a final grade, especially since I refuse to lose my old Michigan standard of winning (Rose Bowl or bust.) unlike pretty much everyone of my Michigan friends, that just wanted to go bowling... C'mon what happened to the Michigan standard??
But I digress, I could easily say they failed, but they did improve from a year ago, they did get seven wins, and they did go bowling... But come on, this season should have been so much better and that defense is so painful that I actually have to turn off Michigan games for the first time in my life.
The Bearded Season Grade for the Michigan Wolverines: D-
They improved offensively, and they went bowling... But this season was a disaster filled with turmoil and no defense. An absolute embarrassment for the winningest program in the history of college football.
Much like 2009, the Wolverines got off to a hot start and had everyone excited for a possible run at the Big Ten title. Denard Robinson was putting up Heisman Trophy numbers and there was a ton of hype coming out of Ann Arbor...
But also like 09, the season went bad as soon as the Wolverines played the Spartans. Michigan put up a ton of yards against State, but only 17 points. This sparked a three-game losing streak as they lost to Iowa and Penn State. Penn State was led by walk-on sophomore Matt Mcgloin, who eventual became the starter, but at the time was young and dumb. But Michigans stellar defense made him look like Joe Montana.
Michigan managed to beat Illinois 67-65 in triple overtime. Yet again, the defense was terrible. They got bowl eligible with this win then beat Purdue on the road. Rich Rod's job looked like it could be saved if they at least showed up against OSU and Wisconsin to close out the season.
But it didn't, Michigan got stomped in both games, losing to Wisconsin 48-28 and Ohio State 37-7. Embarrassing performances for the Wolverines.
But despite all this, they were bowling. They had a chance to redeem the season, and get a bowl win for the first time under Rich Rod. But once again, Michigan got stomped, losing 52-14.
Overal, Rich Rod progressed, increasing his win total by two, just like the year before (3 wins, 5 wins, 7 wins.) And the offense has gotten better every year, so there were signs of progress made by the Wolverines. A dynamic offense with a quarterback that's faster than every other player on the field, which is something to build around.
But the defense got worse every year. And there were no signs of any future improvements coming with the lack of recruits Rich Rod got for the defense. The defense set records for suck last year, breaking Michigan records for pretty much every category that's bad, (points allowed, yards per game) and everyone said no way could it be worse... and yet it managed to break all those records. It was worse than the year before.
Well obviously it would be easy to throw up an F for a final grade, especially since I refuse to lose my old Michigan standard of winning (Rose Bowl or bust.) unlike pretty much everyone of my Michigan friends, that just wanted to go bowling... C'mon what happened to the Michigan standard??
But I digress, I could easily say they failed, but they did improve from a year ago, they did get seven wins, and they did go bowling... But come on, this season should have been so much better and that defense is so painful that I actually have to turn off Michigan games for the first time in my life.
The Bearded Season Grade for the Michigan Wolverines: D-
They improved offensively, and they went bowling... But this season was a disaster filled with turmoil and no defense. An absolute embarrassment for the winningest program in the history of college football.
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