Podcast: What to watch for, predictions — Michigan vs. Oregon
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — On this episode of The Wolverine Podcast, Clayton Sayfie, Anthony Broome and Chris Balas preview Michigan Wolverines football vs. No. 1 Oregon, give final score predictions and pick Week 10 college football games against the spread in our “No Man Knows The Future” segment.
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Michigan is 3-16-1 all time against teams ranked No. 1 in the nation — and the Ducks stand atop college football at the moment. The last win was a victory over Miami (Florida) to open the 1984 season.
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“I was at that game in 1984,” Balas said of Michigan’s win over the Hurricanes. “That was really a defense led game, and Bernie Kosar threw 6 picks. [Linebacker] Rodney Lyles picked off 3 of them himself and that Michigan offense was terrible that game. But they found a way to win, right?
“We’ve been saying that about this Michigan few, maybe a few times, this year. Against USC, they weren’t terrible. In the second half they were terrible, and for much of that game they were terrible, but they got a miraculous run at the end of the game by [graduate] Kalel Mullings that won that football game, and then on Saturday did just enough in terms of a couple trick plays, they got enough from [senior] Davis Warren and just enough from [junior] Alex Orji in the run game to pull it out. I think that’s probably what has to happen here.
“They’ve gotta hold them to field goals, guys. Oregon is going to drive the field — I don’t think there’s any question about that — but it’s a matter of keeping them out of the end zone to have a chance to win this football game, which is something they haven’t done enough of.
“Otherwise, I don’t think this will be a Texas type game, but at the same time I think that Oregon is really good. They’ve improved, they’ve gotten a lot better and this is a challenge. Now if Michigan had lost to Michigan State going into this game, I would have guessed that this would be a blowout loss. Now, I think that maybe this rallies the troops a little bit.”
