Yeah, no. 2015 they were over-matched and you can say the same thing about 2018 and 2019.
But they should've won in 2016, and in 2017 that was a 1 point game going into the 4th QTR and Ohio State was without it's starting QB, and what happened in both those games? Jim Harbaugh and Don Brown's coaching absolutely shit the bed in those two games down the stretch.
WTF is Michigan hope machine? Like wtf are you even talking about? I seriously hate when people make up stupid little phrases to make themselves look smart. Dumbasses in the media do this constantly. So please just stop. Has nothing to do with some hypothetical hope machine. Harbaugh has worn out his welcome. It's that simple. He's getting paid $9 million a year if you include the annuity and other benefits- and he hasn't produced anything for that huge sum of money. All the little antics and all of his weirdo bullshit- the fans are growing tired of it. Shut the f up and win. The guy has gotten everything he's asked for in terms of money for himself and assistants- the Jordan uniforms, all the traveling and taking the entire team to Rome and South Africa and Paris- all of his satellite camps whatever the hell he wants the AD gives him. He effectively hasn't had a boss in his 5 years he's been at Michigan. And what does he have to show for his 5 years? He's got nothing but excuses to show for it. He's a false messiah. And a f$$king weirdo to boot. He's done his job, time to go.
Michigan was a 12-point underdog on the road that lost when a first-round draft pick came in off the bench in 2017. CRAZY.
And I'll explain the Michigan hope machine.
I've been on this board something like 13-14 years. And not one's optimism burns so bright and then burns out in such a fashion as Michigan's. It hasn't helped that I've seen the Rich Rod era and the Hoke era, but each time I've heard how this guy fits exactly what they want, and then it all goes to shit with how they feel about the coach.
This time, Michigan fans got the guy who led three great turnarounds. Who turned Stanford into a powerful team and led a team to a Super Bowl. He had a resume stupid good enough it seemed kinda crazy he took the damn job at all. And here we are at the same point.
But Josh Gattis or Don Brown is actually gonna be the answer? Nope. Just a different name I'll be hearing the same things about in five years. Shoot, maybe they can pay them less so I can hear about how they won't open the pocket books the new coach like they did for Jim.
It's tough shit. This is Michigan football, mostly bouncing between 9-11 wins with the occasional 8. The best coach in modern program history specialized in losing Rose Bowls and not outright winning the conference with 1-loss teams. And that was before the in-state talent gap became a chasm. For the most part, this is their station. They just got lucky when OSU hired some worse coaches.
I'll stop calling it the hope machine when I stop seeing over the top hope burn out over and over. IF they wanna try to fire their way through, fine, but no need to be surprised when it goes sideways. I'll stop calling it the hope machine when losing a 1-point lead as 12-point road underdog is taken in its proper context. FFS, you literally referred to Jimbo as a "
false messiah." When the new shiny football coach is hailed with the same term for the Lord God Himself, I'll be fine saying Michigan produces more hope than it can handle. 
