It was sarcasm, and I threw in 2017 because if you talk to any Michigan fan, that was "practically a win if not for John O'Korn, WE WERE AHEAD 14-0 IN THE SECOND QUARTER!"
I don't have a lot of respect for Michigan's program, or ours at this point, because neither is serious about winning the way the Big 5 (Bama, Clemson, LSU, OSU, Oklahoma) are. You can probably throw Georgia in there too. It's not OK to go 10-3 at Ohio State, even if you win the Sugar Bowl and split two games with your arch-rival. It's not OK to go 11-2 three times in four years at OU, even if you win the Big 12 and a couple Sugar Bowls. Those programs are fucking serious about winning.
We're not, and neither is Michigan, so it turns out that all of the pinkie-extending, tut-tutting, prison-pussy-facial-hair Gen X enablers in our fan base got what they squeed about in the lead up to the 2005 Rose Bowl ("we're just like Michigan!!!! they're just like us!!!!! OU is Ohio State, Ohio State is OU!"). We are indeed Michigan. We're a bloated, fart-sniffing, "man weren't the 1970s great" blueblood happily ensconced on the second tier of CFB programs, happier to Lose with Dignity than get down in the mud and compete, and even more happily counting our revenue championships.