Trust Me
Coli Prophet
You guys are doing too much. There are 16 teams ranked ahead of us. Outside of like 5 of those teams, no one has this imaginary "elite talent gap." You can toss in USC as being unranked and up there. You spend so much time stressing out flaws that you ignore the flaws of every other team. It's like you guys think we're going to play Bama every game for the rest of the year. CALM DOWN. Yes, @Trust Me and @HNIC973 are exaggerating. I think most U of M fans are looking at you crazy right now.
We have flaws, like other teams do, but the most glaring ones are @LB and QB. Of course other positions can be upgraded. Having positions that need upgrades never stopped Bama from competing, or TCU and Oklahoma right now. What exactly do they have on defense? Michigan will be fine. Harbaugh was cautious and went with a veteran QB who has an incredibly limited skill set and everything else trickles down from there. People crowd the lines, receivers routes get predictable, etc. Speight being in for those few plays showed that. Remember this post after our next game.
I'm not sure how we're exaggerating. Everything we typed is true. Although, if I were to rank our deficiencies on this team, LB and QB play would be the top 2 like you say. The other issues we have (that I typed out) are legit. Other teams in the country might not be perfect (few teams EVER are) .. but I guarantee you the Bama's and the Oklahoma's, the TCU's and the USC's of the world dont have as many glaring holes as we do. They might be 'not so solid' at certain spots ... but not as many as we are. That's a fact.