UM has enough physical talent to beat OSU...the question is...

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Do we have the mental toughness to win this game..? And, by mental toughness I mean the coaches as well as the players.

Some reasons why we can...and why we might not...

1) QB...UM finally has a QB with talent...and more importantly..GUTS..to make the right plays. Is Shea perfect...of course not...but he IS a gamer who I believe can lead the UM offense to a victory in a tough road game. The ND game...and the NW game...both prove it IMO...

2) Don Brown...IMO, Brown faces huge pressure in this game to prove his defense can get the job done. Last night IU gashed us because we could not get home with our pressures...Our LBs, Bush included, got caught up in the wash and did not get to the QB...

Failure to get the QB in the backfield led to us getting killed with QB escapes and late crossing pass routes...How Brown addresses this issue vs. OSU will determine the outcome IMO.

3) Can our offense control the ball enough to keep OSU off the field? THIS is the second biggest question next to Brown...We have to keep OSU's defense off balance enough to NOT keep 7-8 guys in the box to stop the run.

If UM answers the above questions successfully...we win the game.

 

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