3 Reasons Michigan Football will beat Spartans, one reason it won’t

The QB/HC advantage

When you compare Michigan football to Michigan State, the Wolverines have the talent advantage basically across the board.

The Spartans have some solid guys on defense and they are ranked 35th in the 247 team talent rankings for 2020, but it’s hard to find a position where they’d get the edge over Michigan.

Yet, if you look at the quarterback position, Michigan should have a big advantage this week with Joe Milton at quarterback going up against Rocky Lombardi, who threw for over 300 yards last week but also tossed two interceptions against Rutgers.

Milton, on the other hand, was 15-of-22 and accounted for two touchdowns. He was poised and in his second start, he should be even better, which is scary thought for Michigan State.

And even though people want to criticize Jim Harbaugh, it’s clear that the Wolverines have the edge at head coach going into this one. Tucker didn’t have his team ready to go last week, while Harbaugh’s club went on the road and beat a ranked team by 25 points.

Michigan has been working together as a team throughout this pandemic and even when the activities were voluntary, players stuck together and that’s a testament to the head coach too.

The Wolverines have the edge at basically every position, but when your team has the better quarterback and the better coach, that’s a huge advantage all by itself.