The Herd | Colin Cowherd make predict Michigan vs Washington on Monday game

The Herd | Colin Cowherd make predict Michigan vs Washington on Monday game

So um you know I’ve defended Michigan football they play for the Natty on Monday against Washington it’s I couldn’t tell the last time I cared this much about a national championship I’m really excited I have great respect uh for the Harbaugh family and Michigan football I’ve loved it since I was a kid

And I grew up a husky fan I do think Michigan’s the better team although I think Washington’s offense could be outplayed and they could still come back and win they have a great quarterback um JJ McCarthy is the Michigan quarterback and it’s interesting one of the things I

Wanted my daughter to go to Michigan and when she she asked me I said oh if I I said one of my favorite places I wish my kids would go to Michigan and they wanted to stay West Coast and uh Michigan is the number 21 best university in America and it’s the third

Best public school in America I have an agent from Michigan I’ve had lawyers have to help me sometimes in my life from Michigan I had a doctor from Michigan it’s just a profound school when I host this show if somebody’s gone to Michigan I almost always know know

Yeah they’ll be smart on the air they they produce a a bunch of really bright kids it’s a great University and um so when I hear about all this sign stealing and I see stuff on the internet look look the players they’re pointing at you see that in the NFL

Constantly with older smarter NFL teams is it adjusting or stealing uh JJ McCarthy uh talked about all the all the Scandal and all the finger pointing and it’s inspiring and motivating Michigan because everybody thinks they won that way we did things you know the right way as players it would uh be very

Unfortunate just to not get recognized for all the hard work that we put in and everything we accomplished over this last year whatever happened with just all the outside controversy is just out of our control and whatever the NCAA wants to do is out out of our control

But you know we’re going to appreciate the things we did control and the things we did accomplish things to consider Michigan is a great school on average their kids are really bright secondly this is an old college football team full of 22 and 23 and they price some 24-year-old somewhere on that roster

They had the second most returning starters so it is a very highq football team high IQ football team they adjust very well they’re a very good second half team they get almost no penalties there’s 130 division one programs in the country they had the third fewest

Penalties to play at that speed and with that level of regulated violence they’re almost never penalized they’re a great adjustment team in the second half they’re an old team 23 year olds returning starters everywhere if you look at their defense here’s a prime example they faced their four best teams

At the end of the year Penn State Ohio State Iowa Bama all after the Conor stallion story broke so we know there was no cheating then the they surrendered about 15 points a game and were pointing the entire time adjusting the entire time do you watch that Alabama Jaylen Monroe play Jaylen

Mil Ro play did you watch that play Michigan players knew exactly where it was going wouldn’t have done that if you had like 17 new starters so if if if when I hear about all this stuff Patriots had Spygate and deflate gate if it made Steeler and Colt fans

And fans sleep better at night and convince themselves that’s why they’re winning Super Bowls but Brady actually got better after deflate gate and won more Super Bowls and the Patriots won several Super Bowls after spy gate if Ohio State Buckeye fans want to convince themselves that’s why they’re getting hammered by Michigan

Bruh whatever get you to bed Connor stallions isn’t 1% of Michigan let me give you five things why they’re winning a great Super Bowl coach who’s created an incredibly physical culture a great defensive coordinator from the Ravens an NL firstr quarterback high-end recruits an old disciplined team that’s

Almost never penalized and this offense and defensive line especially the o line they’ve been building this puppy for four years that’s why they’re winning if it makes Buckeye fans sleep at night in Columbus good for you just like Colts Broncos Steelers Spygate fuzzy video deflate gate okay whatever but once we

Discovered the Connor stallion stuff they’re actually better they face better teams and they’re better I mean Buckeye fans have really convince themselves they really have it’s and that’s that’s what the Colts did on that deflate gate remember the Colts turned in the patriots who won Super Bowls after deflate gate one the

Colts is the Patriots Brady’s numbers actually went up that year so you can convince yourself of a lot of stuff we live in a world now of conspiracy wackos everywhere one of them quarterbacks the Jets I mean that’s the world we live in just conspiracy wackos everywhere men

Struggle looking in the mirror men struggle going to therapy and going wow maybe it’s me maybe my football team’s not as well coached maybe my football team doesn’t have the culture we don’t have a har ball our coach makes us finesse we don’t close games the winner

In the Ohio State Michigan game for I think it’s like 22 years in a row whoever rushes for more yards it’s one of the craziest stats in college football whoever rushes for more yards has won the game I think 22 years in a row last three years Michigan previous years Ohio State it

Wasn’t until Harbaugh built this bulldozzer o line This bulldozzer physicality culture hired a Ravens defensive coach finally hit at Michigan on a Star first round quarterback it all came together but hey deflate gate spy gate Conor stallions whatever makes you sleep at night I I had a buddy from Ohio

State Texas Jay you’re looking to run McCarthy out of Dallas if they lose this playoff game but you don’t understand how us Buckeye fans are upset with Ryan day oh Jesus because because we’ve lost to Michigan three years in a row and I I thought for a second like maybe it’s me

No but I still don’t get the Ryan Day St he dominates every other game he is losing to two programs Georgia and Michigan the two best programs in the country the last several years Alabama and Ohio State have an argument they’re like third he’s losing to two if McCarthy was only

Losing to the ners and maybe momes then you’d be like that’s ridiculous to fire him but no he’s losing sometimes in games in which they should win so the 12 team playoff is going to be awesome for job security right like they’re not Michigan and Ohio State probably won’t

Be set up to meet again until like the N by the way Ohio State’s going to make that 12 team playoff every year the rest of my life now they don’t I don’t know what their quarterback situation is right now like they’ll find one it’s Ohio State they’ll find one well that

Cam W defection to the NFL that was a surprise yeah St look at Ohio State’s offense left tackles wide receivers they’re going to get a quarterback I think their top two receivers are going pro Harrison and the other so they recruit four five star guys a year at

Wide receivers I I’m sure they’ll be fine they’ll be fine playoff team nobody knew who Kyle McCord was and all of a sudden you looked up I thought he was a pretty good player he’s good I didn’t think he was great against SRE Dame but that was like his third start or

Whatever yeah no do what was the question you asked me about playoff next year yeah who who’s going to be in it what’ you say Ohio state would you say lock 100% absolutely a lock Absol now Michigan’s different if Harbaugh left when when Harbaugh leaves yeah but but

But Ohio State’s a lock yeah yeah you could pencil in like six to seven team like Texas is going to be back there you and this by the way this Ohio State lost in the bowl game who cares no no it doesn’t matter you’re on your third string quarterback it doesn’t it means

Nothing it mean if it motivates you for next year that Ohio State loss to Missouri you