Perhaps the BEST B1G Forum anywhere, here at College Football Fan Site, CFB51!!!

Final pregame thoughts:

I'm glad this will be the last time Michigan plays a regular season neutral site game for the foreseeable future, and hopefully these awful all maize uniforms never come back. I don't think this will be a blowout like the bowl game two years ago, but I wouldn't surprised if it is.

The biggest key is how successful Michigan is at running the ball. I think Evans is going to be very good, potentially all-BigTen this year with Higdon and Isaac being good backups at RB. The OLine is supposedly better at run-blocking than last year. Meanwhile, supposedly Florida's DLine is their strength along with some decent linebackers.

The wildcard of the game is Michigan's passing game. I think Speight will be ready but the OLine could struggle in pass-protection and the aforementioned RBs aren't as good in blocking as Smith was last year. Of course, the receivers are mostly inexperienced but talented, so I suspect shorter routes will be Michigan's primary passing plays. Avoiding 3rd-and-long situations will be important.

Defensively, I am feeling rather confident. The DLine should be able to create a lot of pressure and the LBs are strong against the run. The safeties are new starters, but both played well last year. The CBs are my main concern, but so long as the front 7 gets to the QB soon enough, that should mitigate that, though they'll still probably give up a few big plays.

Special teams were a major advantage for Michigan last year. The kicker, punter, and returners are all new, which is a concern, but the kicker and punter were both highly rated and there have been positive reports about them so far. I'm less optimistic that the new returners will be as good as Peppers and Lewis were, but as long as they catch the ball, I won't complain. The coverage teams were pretty good last year, and Michigan led the country in punt blocks, too, so that could be a big advantage. I understand that Florida has strong special teams, as well, though.

34-23 is my score prediction.

I will guess that the score is lower, more defense

first team to 21 wins

Yep.. I'm right there with. I have low expectations for Michigan's offense. The only reason I see a big point day is turnovers leading to easy touchdowns.

Speight is so underrated by UM fans.   You now have DPJ.  

Michigan will be fine on offense.  They put up at least 31 today.  

He's a decent an. He does a lot of things slightly above average but nothing great.
I rarely get excited about freshman receivers. The only one that I was excited about and remotely lived up to the hype was manningham.

For all the people who said Grant Perry isn't the caliber of player who should have had his sexual assault ignored, he showed why Harbaugh was 100% cool with ignoring it.

It was a veiled motivational technique for Callaway - describing what prison will be like.

Are UM fans nervous at all about the 5 FG attempts?  UM totally dominated in yardage, has a stout D, etc.....but shouldn't they have won by more than 16?  Or 9 without the final sack-fumble-TD?

Are UM fans nervous at all about the 5 FG attempts?  UM totally dominated in yardage, has a stout D, etc.....but shouldn't they have won by more than 16?  Or 9 without the final sack-fumble-TD?

You can't ignore the sack fumble td. That's like ignoring Speight's two pick 6's.
To your point, the lack of disparity on the scoreboard was concerning. The problem is clearly the qb position. What's concerning to me is there are not flashes of greatness. There is good play and then there is "don't make a mistake" play the remainder of the time. There's absolutely zero evidence of elite play or above average play at the QB position. Too many years of this song and dance in Ann Arbor. God I miss Denard.

The first half was very frustrating of course, and fortunately the defense continued to hold up in the second half. I would've thought that more of the drives would've ended with TDs than FGs, but there's enough time between now and the Penn State game to get that all resolved.