Expectations of the new Michigan football season

Michigan Wolverine football fans are just coming off of a three year hell under the tutelage of Rich Rodriguez. We had some brief glimpses of promise in Denard Robinson, but it takes more than one man to make a team. Plus he still needs to work on his passing game. Mike Martin WAS the defense, but one man can't stop a train. Big Ten football is full of big players, and he needs help. Plus Rich just had no idea what it meant to go up against our nemeses Michigan State and Ohio State. We are especially bitter that Jim Tressel has beaten us seven years in a row. And now he may lose his job, so we can never regain face.

Brady Hoke is a breath of fresh air at Michigan. He is a Michigan man, having worked for the program in the past. He knows how to run a successful Big 10 team. More importantly, he understands how much we need to beat those Suckeyes. He is actively recruiting some new talent, such as Zach Banner all the way in Washington. He is bulking up the defense and not accepting just one new recruit for each position.

Following the spring football game, Hoke acknowledged that he still had the Grand Canyon to conquer. But fans are putting their faith into him and the promise that he shows. We expect to do better in the 2011 season. After all, it would be hard to get much worse, right?

Check out my spring football coverage:

New era begins at Michigan's spring football practice

Michigan spring game shows promise