When it's all said and done, an autopsy on the 2022 football season reveals that even if we had had an average coaching staff (i.e. like under Solich or Pelini) starting at the end of the 2021 season and the same players, the 2021 team would have likely finished 9-4 or 10-3. It's hard to believe that even average staff would not have made the team good enough to pull out wins against Northwestern, Georgia Southern, Purdue, Wisconsin, and Minnesota last season.
For 2023, the non-conference games would seem to be all cupcakes (even Colorado after Deion Frost figures out what level he's coaching and that you can't win at this level with all WRs). For the conference season, there isn't one team on the schedule that looks like they'll be better than last season and 2 of the teams are trading in good coaches for new coaches who aren't really any better and may be worse. Michigan seems to be the only team on the schedule that is clearly better than we are, even with our obvious deficiencies on the DL and OL.
I'll wait to see the spring game before I make a prediction on our record, but where it stands right now, it sure as hell seems like it'll be better than 4-8.
For 2023, the non-conference games would seem to be all cupcakes (even Colorado after Deion Frost figures out what level he's coaching and that you can't win at this level with all WRs). For the conference season, there isn't one team on the schedule that looks like they'll be better than last season and 2 of the teams are trading in good coaches for new coaches who aren't really any better and may be worse. Michigan seems to be the only team on the schedule that is clearly better than we are, even with our obvious deficiencies on the DL and OL.
I'll wait to see the spring game before I make a prediction on our record, but where it stands right now, it sure as hell seems like it'll be better than 4-8.
