The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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FROM OUR READERS • I see it the opposite. In my opinion, we [the Buckeyes] have been better on the road than at home. I would go Oklahoma and then Michigan, MSU and then Wisconsin. All tough games. I think we score on Oklahoma and they will score too. I THINK Michigan's defense will be tops in the country so there will be less margin for error in that game. OSU coaches feel the same way. Even in the spring in private practices, it was Oklahoma in the beginning and Michigan at the end of every practice. The OSU coaches recognize the pecking order. Andre1978 • I think it's important to look at the WHEN, as far as when these games take place, too. At Oklahoma has to be No. 1 because the Sooners should have a good team, it's in Norman and it's the third game of the season after replacing a TON of starters. From there, in my humble opinion, it is Michigan at No. 2. They play at MSU, but that will be the next-to-the-last game of the season for them, so their young starters will have done some serious growing up/developing. On top of that, Michigan will be better than MSU. This game could be reversed with their No. 3 most difficult, since it's a road game vs. a home game with Michigan. The Wisconsin game is last no matter what: At Oklahoma Michigan At MSU At Wisconsin Yost24 • Forty percent of college basketball players transfer sometime before their junior year. That number doesn't include kids who go pro or transfer later (there were somewhere around 130 grad transfers the last two years). Player move- ment in college basketball is a thing people need to get used to — it doesn't mean the same thing as heavy transfer rates in football. Maybe you guys talked about this when John Beilein said it initially, but I thought it may be informative given the recent conversation. Beilein actually undersold it a little bit. jizzard19 SEND YOUR LETTERS TO: Wolverine Letters • P.O. Box 1304 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Or e-mail: jborton@thewolverine.com Letters may be edited for clarity or length.