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a Michigan D that returned only one starter. Please tell me we should be able to stop the Gator offense. How does horseface not have more talent than that on offense? Or is it coaching issues as well?

Two things.  Harbaugh is one of the best coaches around. I  think he has the potential to join Urban and Satan at the top.  And, according to the radio play by play guys Saturday (I was driving to Knoxville during that game), his DC, Don Brown, is the best in college football. They mentioned the fact that Michigan replaced 10(!) defensive starters but had come up with a weird 3x3 DL formation that was confusing the gators early in the game.  Additionally, I saw the SEC Network special last night where they follow a team all week, and this week it was Florida.  They showed a lot of the behind the scenes during the practice week, and a couple of the UF staff offensive coaches seem to be knuckleheads.  By which I mean, they just sounded really dumb, literally.  They would say something, and it would sound either really stupid or cliched or both.  Example...one of them started off a film session by spouting "Now is the present that leads to the future so be present now for  a better future".  Then repeated two different versions of the same dam thing.  You could see the players faces while he was talking. Ever see a husband look at his wife while she is saying something really dumb? (By which I mean, obviously he thinks it's stupid but is trying to keep a straight face so he can get laid sometime that week.   :naughty:) That's how they looked!

In short, the result Saturday was mostly coaching IMO.  Horse face might have been a good OC back in the day, but IMO he can't hire staff for shizzle.

I will add no. 2, which I think is less of a factor, which is lack of talent + bad luck at the critical QB position.  PED boy really screwed them over a couple years ago.  Now, I think this Felipe Frank guy that started Saturday is supposed to be talented, and he may grow into it, but I really think QB struggles are a distant second to coaching.