As someone who has been kind of a Michigan fan since I was little guy back in the late 70's, I can say without reservation this might be one of the worst looking teams since the Brady Hoke / Rich Rod days. Yes they were starting a True Freshmen QB, but that team was flat as on old Coke. They might finish 7-5 again or worse. A red flag that should've been raised by the sports talking heads before their game with Oklahoma is the fact they didn't exactly look that strong against New Mexico the week before. I thought they were going to come in much stronger against OU, but after that performance against New Mexico I was like hold the phone. This is why I am no where close to being on the OU is back train and neither should Sooner fans. It kind of reminds me of the year we beat Norte Dame at home in OT and everyone including the sports media though we were back to later just crater because Norte Dame turned out to be a dud.
The jury is still out on Bama this year. I know some people wrote them off because of their performance against Florida State. But FSU might turn out to be pretty good this year. We will see how their season evolves.