Michigan Football: Predicting Wolverines win-loss record next season

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For the record, I don’t think the entire season will be played, but I’m giving my prediction assuming they are played.

To start, I’ll say the success, or lack thereof, will – unsurprisingly – be completely dependent on whoever discovers their name on the top of the depth chart under QB. Recently, Josh Gattis said all three quarterbacks – McCaffrey, Milton, and Cade McNamara – have an equal shot, which could have been a message to the kids that they need to work harder or no one is, indeed, nearing the throne.

Many assume Dylan will get the go, but Milton is a viable option, and since we haven’t seen much from Cade, I’ll opt-out on that discussion.

Regardless, if the line, consisting of four new guys, can execute some form of pass and run blocking, and a quarterback can throw mildly accurately, Michigan should be in good shape. The Wolverines have a tremendous amount of talent returning at WR in Nico Collins, Ronnie Bell, the underclassmen, and at tight end with Nick Eubanks et al.

At running back, the Wolverines are loaded, and it’s the same with the entire defense.

Should the UM offense and defense arrive on gameday confident and competent week-in and week-out, I’m thinking they win out until they meet P.J. Fleck in Minnesota, and they fall the second time when they land in Columbus.

Those two road games will have the Wolverines finish the season with a 10-2 record and heading to a warmer climate for an appearance at a prominent bowl game.