Can Michigan handle it, or will it be another Indiana situation that gives OSU a winning gameplan? Are these teams good enough to be 'trap' games? Indiana and Maryland will be hungry, desperate teams. In years past, I have this feeling that Michigan had bad luck with scheduling, and this at least didn't do the team any favors. Do teams tend to lose more often against 'hard' teams the week after they play another 'hard' team? It makes sense to me that it would since time to coach college players is a major constraint, and the less you need to focus on a given opponent, the less time you can spend on a future one. Is there scheme similarity that will make games easier or harder prior to games against the relatively hard teams?
In addition to any feedback on my thoughts above, here are some things I don't really know about that could be interesting to discuss: PSU/Maryland the week before is also about a push compared to the Michigan/Indiana matchup-maybe slightly in Michigan's favor since PSU/Maryland is a rivalry game.MSU might have a slight advantage with a bye, but Michigan's bye week followed by a borderline D2 NW team the week after is closer to a push-arguably in Michigan's favor for reasons mentioned above.OSU/MSU the week before The Game is definitely a harder draw for OSU, though I remember hearing that MSU runs a similar offense to Michigan.
The game after the bye is against NW, which is a virtual bye that should see backups get snaps for at least a half against nominally B1G competition and an opportunity to live-fire some technique and whatever Michigan was working on during the bye week (though hopefully not trot out any strategic wrinkles).
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