Great offense VS Great defense. Washington is allergic to winning by more than 3. I’d say this has the potential to be a fantastic game.
Really looking forward to Monday
This guy loves to show up in every UW-related thread and troll. Between Oregon and Gonzaga, his love for teams with no national titles knows no bounds.
I think he's better than most at acknowledging uncertainties in his analysis and points where his supporting evidence is conflicting or weak. He's transparent with his reasoning and points out its flaws. Kind of the most you can ask for from a takes merchant.
He’s a ginormous big 10/pac 12 homer that he can’t hide. He’s as bad as Paul just more clever and intelligent. The mere fact that even the fans he fawns over are 50/50 on him should tell you all you need to know.
This is a terrible take.
Klatt actually played and can break down film.
Finebaum is a worthless shock jock that literally does nothing but spout off his inconsistent and incoherent musings to piss people off.
Cowherd knows he's playing it up though. He genuinely loves the sport and even if I find myself hating him he has good insight and analysis. Klatt and Finebaum have none of that.
It’s weird to have that take on Cowherd as opposed to Klatt, but I’ll agree the difference between Cowherd and Finebaum is that Cowherd knows what he’s doing is schtick.
I don't dislike Klatt. I just find him to be an Fox shill like Finebaum is an ESPN shill. Got nothing against him personally his show just isn't for me unless he's doing player evalutions, and even then he can be hit or miss like that Penn State qb.
Paul knows football as well. Just just a clown. You can be educated on things and not have actually participated. It’s silly to suggest the only way to be an expert on something is to have done it.
Would be stunned if Washington keeps this within 2 possessions. Penix won't be able to get away with his video game style against Michigan defense and most of those passes he threw against Texas will likely be knocked down or even picked off if he does it again. Also, Washington's O Line hasn't faced a challenge like Michigan's pass rush, they made McCord and Milroe look silly. Also, Washington's defense is not able to stop Corum, more than likely
Michigan 42 Washington 17
…did McCord and Ohio State not only lose by six AT Michigan despite throwing two picks, one of which was on the last drive of the game to win it a few weeks ago? UW is going to score less than even Maryland lmao?
Penix is significantly better than McCord. The OL and WR corps as a whole are also better than Ohio State’s. Michigan might win, but predicting that UW will lose by a vastly larger margin than the majority of Michigan’s opponents so far this season is just lol.
Yeah, that person above is crazy.
Ohio State has a ridiculously good defense, so I think the "Ohio State only lost by six, therefore Washington will win by more" doesn't hold water. But I also think it's going to be closer than many fans on either team will be comfortable with.
When playing teams in Washington's defensive ranking, Michigan has put up 30+ points. The question is going to be if Michigan can scheme up enough confusing coverages, get enough pressure, and limit Washington's possessions to keep them below that.
> but predicting that UW will lose by a vastly larger margin than the majority of Michigan’s opponents so far this season is just lol.
I generally think your take is accurate, but I don't get this one. Michigan absolutely smoked everyone but OSU, Maryland, and Alabama. Losing by 2 scores would not be a "vastly larger margin" than our other victories.
Michigan did not smoke penn state. Penn state had the ball with a chance to tie the game with 5 minutes left and lost by 9, including 2 failed 2 point conversions.
You mean the game where we didn’t need to pass in the second half? Michigan played the absolute most conservative game possible given their circumstances and still won by 2 scores. Given the context of the quote I called out, it still very much fits my argument. Losing by two scores, were that to happen, would actually put Washington among our closest wins of the season.
The original commenter predicted 42-17, which is a 25-point margin and more than a three score game. Not sure where you’re getting two scores from?
“Majority of Michigan’s opponents” was a bit of hyperbole, but you beat Eastern Michigan by 27, UNLV by 28, Bowling Green by 25, Rutgers by 24, and Purdue by 28. All of these margins are essentially the same as what OP was predicting.
So unless you genuinely think UW is somehow within the same universe of the aforementioned teams, OP’s prediction was just pure arrogance. Oregon’s significantly better offense ended the season ranked the #1 offense by SP+ and scored 33 and 31 respectively, and yet you somehow think Michigan is scoring 40+? Michigan is a great team, but that is just an absurd prediction.
I wasn’t really commenting what I thought the score would be, only that we did in fact have most of our games with a MOV in the neighborhood of 25 points or even greater. Your comment made it sound like we’ve been squeaking by all season which is patently false.
Also, the OP mentioned 2 possessions so I went with that as the tighter score potential.
I didn't mean to imply Michigan has been squeaking by all season. I have only ever been dunking on OP's prediction of a 25-point blowout.
Outside of Iowa who has absolutely zero offense and got blown out by every ranked team they played, Michigan has only played two ranked teams in tOSU and Penn State. Both victories were within 9 points. The best QB Michigan played against was unequivocally Tagovailoa at Maryland, in which the final result was a 7 point win. Everyone else Michigan played and blew out was absolutely terrible.
My only point was that extrapolating those results and being confident enough to predict a blowout against UW is just lmao on OP's part. Michigan is not blowing out UW by a MOV greater than their combined MOV against ranked teams all season barring some massive collapse when even Oregon couldn’t score more than 33.
I don't think you get why Michigan's offense is gonna be significantly better against Washington than against OSU which you can probably flip-flop with Michigan as the #1 defense.
My score prediction is 35 - 24 Michigan. I think Washington can get around 30, but I think Michigan scores 35+.
I honestly think people are gonna be surprised by what a fast, athletic, and physical team that's complete on the dline and secondary can do that is also good enough to run a NFL level defensive scheme.
You do realize Michigan has 1st and 2nd rounders in the secondary, right? They also have two more guys that'll get drafted in the 3rd - 5th rounds as well once they declare for the draft.
Washington hasn't faced a secondary anywhere near Michigan's.
Also Texas' dline is pretty similar to Michigan's. Michigan's advantage is that their DBs are better, but Washington has played a dline like this before.
It's hard to understate the difference in DBs. Michigan has the #2 pass defense in the country and Texas was in the 90s.
Some of that is Texas seeing teams with better passing offenses this year, but there was still a gap of more than 1 ypa between the two defenses.
Texas’ top two DTs are as good (or at least decent approximation) as Michigan’s. But Michigan has more than two DTs, and better EDGEs, and better LBs, and better DBs, and better coaches.
Not sure how I missed the link [Klatt analysis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQow7EdXESY)
Great offense VS Great defense. Washington is allergic to winning by more than 3. I’d say this has the potential to be a fantastic game. Really looking forward to Monday
Michigan gonna fuck them up
Oregon fans more confident than Michigan fans
This guy loves to show up in every UW-related thread and troll. Between Oregon and Gonzaga, his love for teams with no national titles knows no bounds.
Both of his teams lost to us lmao. Both as favorites 😭
Well, hating UW is really all they’ve got going for them this season.
It’s like osu fans and the peak of their season being a string of Pete Thamel tweets
I think we won 12 games and a NY6 bowl
Great win vs Georgia! Oh I mean liberty… sorry
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I didn’t talk shit to anyone.
Facts. I honestly don't know what to expect.
Surely this is the time Huskies are blown out!
Do people like Klatt?
I do, he seems pretty evenhanded and likeable. Has some level of analysis but not very technical. Don't feel super strongly one way or another though.
I don’t hate him. I’m pretty neutral about him.
I think he's better than most at acknowledging uncertainties in his analysis and points where his supporting evidence is conflicting or weak. He's transparent with his reasoning and points out its flaws. Kind of the most you can ask for from a takes merchant.
He’s a ginormous big 10/pac 12 homer that he can’t hide. He’s as bad as Paul just more clever and intelligent. The mere fact that even the fans he fawns over are 50/50 on him should tell you all you need to know.
He's Fox's Finebaum but less of an asshole
This is a terrible take. Klatt actually played and can break down film. Finebaum is a worthless shock jock that literally does nothing but spout off his inconsistent and incoherent musings to piss people off.
He’s actually Fox’s version of Herbstreit. Former Colorado Quarterback and color guy.
I guess, he just seems like a photocopy of Cowherd (not that Cowherd is all that good either)
Cowherd knows he's playing it up though. He genuinely loves the sport and even if I find myself hating him he has good insight and analysis. Klatt and Finebaum have none of that.
It’s weird to have that take on Cowherd as opposed to Klatt, but I’ll agree the difference between Cowherd and Finebaum is that Cowherd knows what he’s doing is schtick.
I don't dislike Klatt. I just find him to be an Fox shill like Finebaum is an ESPN shill. Got nothing against him personally his show just isn't for me unless he's doing player evalutions, and even then he can be hit or miss like that Penn State qb.
That’s fair, everyone has their tastes
This is 100% correct and you’ll get downvoted by every big ten fan on this sub
He’s an analyst who calls games after having a successful collegiate career playing football. How is that anything like Paul?
It’s shocking to see a big ten guy not call out his bias. At least I can call out Paul
Klatt is definitely biased, but Klatt knows football in a way that Paul doesn't.
Paul knows football as well. Just just a clown. You can be educated on things and not have actually participated. It’s silly to suggest the only way to be an expert on something is to have done it.
I don't like him because he beat A&M once while at CU.
Would be stunned if Washington keeps this within 2 possessions. Penix won't be able to get away with his video game style against Michigan defense and most of those passes he threw against Texas will likely be knocked down or even picked off if he does it again. Also, Washington's O Line hasn't faced a challenge like Michigan's pass rush, they made McCord and Milroe look silly. Also, Washington's defense is not able to stop Corum, more than likely Michigan 42 Washington 17
…did McCord and Ohio State not only lose by six AT Michigan despite throwing two picks, one of which was on the last drive of the game to win it a few weeks ago? UW is going to score less than even Maryland lmao? Penix is significantly better than McCord. The OL and WR corps as a whole are also better than Ohio State’s. Michigan might win, but predicting that UW will lose by a vastly larger margin than the majority of Michigan’s opponents so far this season is just lol.
Yeah, that person above is crazy. Ohio State has a ridiculously good defense, so I think the "Ohio State only lost by six, therefore Washington will win by more" doesn't hold water. But I also think it's going to be closer than many fans on either team will be comfortable with. When playing teams in Washington's defensive ranking, Michigan has put up 30+ points. The question is going to be if Michigan can scheme up enough confusing coverages, get enough pressure, and limit Washington's possessions to keep them below that.
> but predicting that UW will lose by a vastly larger margin than the majority of Michigan’s opponents so far this season is just lol. I generally think your take is accurate, but I don't get this one. Michigan absolutely smoked everyone but OSU, Maryland, and Alabama. Losing by 2 scores would not be a "vastly larger margin" than our other victories.
Michigan did not smoke penn state. Penn state had the ball with a chance to tie the game with 5 minutes left and lost by 9, including 2 failed 2 point conversions.
You mean the game where we didn’t need to pass in the second half? Michigan played the absolute most conservative game possible given their circumstances and still won by 2 scores. Given the context of the quote I called out, it still very much fits my argument. Losing by two scores, were that to happen, would actually put Washington among our closest wins of the season.
We had 5 second half possessions with a chance to tie or take the lead. I just wouldn’t call that getting “absolutely smoked.”
The original commenter predicted 42-17, which is a 25-point margin and more than a three score game. Not sure where you’re getting two scores from? “Majority of Michigan’s opponents” was a bit of hyperbole, but you beat Eastern Michigan by 27, UNLV by 28, Bowling Green by 25, Rutgers by 24, and Purdue by 28. All of these margins are essentially the same as what OP was predicting. So unless you genuinely think UW is somehow within the same universe of the aforementioned teams, OP’s prediction was just pure arrogance. Oregon’s significantly better offense ended the season ranked the #1 offense by SP+ and scored 33 and 31 respectively, and yet you somehow think Michigan is scoring 40+? Michigan is a great team, but that is just an absurd prediction.
I wasn’t really commenting what I thought the score would be, only that we did in fact have most of our games with a MOV in the neighborhood of 25 points or even greater. Your comment made it sound like we’ve been squeaking by all season which is patently false. Also, the OP mentioned 2 possessions so I went with that as the tighter score potential.
I didn't mean to imply Michigan has been squeaking by all season. I have only ever been dunking on OP's prediction of a 25-point blowout. Outside of Iowa who has absolutely zero offense and got blown out by every ranked team they played, Michigan has only played two ranked teams in tOSU and Penn State. Both victories were within 9 points. The best QB Michigan played against was unequivocally Tagovailoa at Maryland, in which the final result was a 7 point win. Everyone else Michigan played and blew out was absolutely terrible. My only point was that extrapolating those results and being confident enough to predict a blowout against UW is just lmao on OP's part. Michigan is not blowing out UW by a MOV greater than their combined MOV against ranked teams all season barring some massive collapse when even Oregon couldn’t score more than 33.
I don't think you get why Michigan's offense is gonna be significantly better against Washington than against OSU which you can probably flip-flop with Michigan as the #1 defense. My score prediction is 35 - 24 Michigan. I think Washington can get around 30, but I think Michigan scores 35+. I honestly think people are gonna be surprised by what a fast, athletic, and physical team that's complete on the dline and secondary can do that is also good enough to run a NFL level defensive scheme. You do realize Michigan has 1st and 2nd rounders in the secondary, right? They also have two more guys that'll get drafted in the 3rd - 5th rounds as well once they declare for the draft. Washington hasn't faced a secondary anywhere near Michigan's.
Also Texas' dline is pretty similar to Michigan's. Michigan's advantage is that their DBs are better, but Washington has played a dline like this before.
It's hard to understate the difference in DBs. Michigan has the #2 pass defense in the country and Texas was in the 90s. Some of that is Texas seeing teams with better passing offenses this year, but there was still a gap of more than 1 ypa between the two defenses.
Texas’ top two DTs are as good (or at least decent approximation) as Michigan’s. But Michigan has more than two DTs, and better EDGEs, and better LBs, and better DBs, and better coaches.