Michigan Monday: Plays A Game, I'm Not Familar With

I watched two games Saturday Afternoon/Night: Michigan at Northwestern and OSU at MSU.  

These games were as different as Night and Day.

I can't believe the difference is how these 3 teams (Mich, MSU and OSU) are developing.  

• MSU is clearly at it's ceiling.   They had their best team last year and hit their max.   Urban and staff way out coached Dantonio.   MSU on Saturday night went from the playoffs to the Outback Bowl.  This is why Saban left MSU, their ceiling is nice but it isn't elite.

• OSU might have the best coaching staff in the league.   They had mostly a new offensive line and lost their best player on offense for the year a couple weeks before the season started.   They looked ugly early but continued to get better.  They took a young redshirt freshman and developed him into a QB that just beat MSU in East Lansing.  OSU still has the worst loss for all the 1 loss teams, but may end up in the Playoffs when everything is said and done.

• Michigan has a 5th year QB ,well you know the rest.   I think Shane has a nice upside, but he needed a redshirt year to learn.   I think his spot duty the past two years has done nothing but hurt his development in the long run. 

For those that are still supporting Brady Hoke and staff, I think watching both games on Saturday was a huge indicator on why he needs to be replaced.   I know it's hard to think that a Michigan win could get Brady Hoke another step closer to being fired, but that is exactly what happened on Saturday.

Michigan has one shot at getting to a bowl game and that's beating Maryland in two weeks.  Michigan at OSU is a scary thought. 

• Denard had two touchdowns in  London yesterday in a loss to the Cowboys.

• Michigan's famous walk-on Jordan Kovacs got some action at Ford Field on Sunday for the Dolphins.  He ran a fake punt for a first down but it was called back for illegal motion.

• A report from 24/7 said that Mike Shanahan might be interested in coaching Florida or Michigan next year (if the jobs are available).  Interesting, Michigan could do worse then a former Super Bowl winning head coach.  I would put him around the middle to the bottom of the Tier one candidate list.  He is 62, which means maybe 5 years in the role.