Michigan vs Washington Prediction, Game Preview

Michigan vs Washington prediction and game preview. Saturday, September 11

Michigan vs Washington prediction and game preview.


Michigan vs Washington Broadcast

Date: Saturday, September 11
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
Network: ABC

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Why Washington Will Win

Washington is better than that.

No, really. It is.

There’s no excuse for a team with the talent to challenge for the Pac-12 title to lose to any FCS team, but to be a wee bit fair, Montana 1) has a killer D and 2) is coached by Bobby Hauck, a fantastic head coach who’s been dominant with the program.

Yeah, whatever – you don’t lose to the FCS team 13-7.

If there’s any silver lining in that, now Washington is really, really, really, really mad – and desperate.

The O line is better than it played, the D did its job allowing under 250 yards of total Grizzly offense, and Dylan Morris is a better quarterback than he showed.

Michigan’s top WR Ronnie Bell is out for the year with a knee injury, and there’s no chance the Wolverine ground game averages close to eight yards per carry like it did against Western Michigan, but …

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Why Michigan Will Win

Don’t just blow off Michigan’s 47-14 performance as a victory over a MAC team.

More people than you might think thought Western Michigan was going to easily cover, if not pull off the upset.

Cade McNamara didn’t have to push himself, but he hit 9-of-11 passes for 136 yards and two scores. It’s not time to put him in the Tom Brady category quite yet, but that’s exactly what the everyone needed to see out of a Michigan quarterback.

No, the Wolverines aren’t running for 335 yards on this U-Dub D, but it will blast away and put the focus on stopping all the options in the rotation. Even with out Bell, as long as McNamara can hit the throws that are there, the O will move.

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What’s Going To Happen

This will be the Washington we all thought we were getting – if it had done what it was supposed to do against Montana.

Points and yards are going to be impossible to come by with both defenses taking over. The Washington D will be stronger than the Michigan version, but the Washington O will turn the ball over that one extra time to be the difference in a stressful, tough battle.

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Michigan vs Washington Prediction, Line

Michigan 23, Washington 20
Line: Michigan -6.5, o/u: 48.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

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Must See Rating: 4.5

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Michigan vs Washington Fearless Prediction, Game Preview, Preseason Version

Michigan vs Washington early preseason fearless prediction and game preview.

Michigan vs Washington early preseason fearless prediction and game preview.


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How crazy is it to try predicting a college football game months in advance when 1) there wasn’t any spring ball, 2) there aren’t any real depth charts to go off of, 3) no one has ANY clue how to get sports going again, and 4) we don’t even know what the 2020 season is going to be?

Just crazy enough to potentially get some fantastic values on the early lines.

You can bet now at BetMGM on a whole lot of college football games – including going really insane looking at lines in November – with the possibility of hitting something big.

We’ll be diving in a whole lot deeper when we do this for real just before the season – crossing fingers that there is one. But for now …

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Michigan vs Washington Broadcast

Date: Saturday, September 5
Game Time: COMING
Venue: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA
Network: COMING

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Michigan vs Washington Game Preview: Preseason Version


Why Michigan Will Win

The running attack won’t go off, but it should be effective enough to at least control the game.

Michigan might have lost some key guys to the next level, but the ground game that started to blast away over the second half of last season should be able to keep it all going despite the talent on the UW defensive line.

At the very least, even if the numbers aren’t massive – the Huskies should be able to keep the Wolverines from going off on the ground – there should be just enough pop to ease in new starting quarterback Dylan McCaffrey – assuming he beats out Joe Milton.

Zach Charbonnet just needs to come up with positive yards on first downs, and he should be able to do that.

Washington has to break in a new starting quarterback, too, but Jacob Sirmon  gets to deal with a reloaded Wolverine defense gets back just enough to be terrific right away.

However …

Why Washington Will Win

Michigan loses a whole lot of key parts to last year’s puzzle.

The running game will be good, but now it has to go on without Cesar Ruiz, Jon Runyan, Ben Bredeson, and Michael Onwenu on the line. This foursome helped the offense turn things around a bit with a big attitude over a long stretch.

It’s Michigan. The pass rush will be fine, but Michael Danna, Josh Uche, and Khaleke Hudson are dong from the front seven.

For Washington’s side, there’s a strong group returning on defense, especially for a young secondary with a whole lot of talent. Overall, it’s going to be a young team returning, but …

What’s Going To Happen

Jimmy Lake will get his first win as the new Washington head coach thanks to a jacked up D that’s going to spend most of the day in the Michigan backfield.

The Washington offense might sputter a bit too often with a rebuilding offensive line and with Sirmon working with a whole lot of new parts to the receiving corps, but the home atmosphere and several big stops by the Dawg secondary will be enough to help pull this off.

Michigan vs Washington Prediction, Line: Preseason Version

Washington 23, Michigan 20
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Michigan -2.5
Money Line: Michigan -132, Washington +110
ATS Preseason Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 4

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