We're baaaack. The 2022 edition of Fee Fi Foe Film makes its grand return this week with a pair of pieces that are going to be pretty ugly. By many measures, Hawaii is one of the worst teams Michigan has played in some time, perhaps all the way back to UMass in 2012. The Rainbow Warriors are 0-2 with two blowout losses against teams that projected to be not great or even very bad this season. And yet, this piece is the better side of the football. Strap in, and get ready. The Film: Hawaii has played two games already this season, having played in Week 0 and Week 1. That left us with two options, the former against Vanderbilt and the latter against Western Kentucky. Though WKU may be the better team (time will tell), Vanderbilt is (allegedly) a Power 5 school and has a more talented roster. Neither team is remotely analogous to Michigan but Vanderbilt is probably closer, even if just on the margins. Besides, the decision was made for me due to availability of the film: the Van
We're baaaack. The 2022 edition of Fee Fi Foe Film makes its grand return this week with a pair of pieces that are going to be pretty ugly. By many measures, Hawaii is one of the worst teams Michigan has played in some time, perhaps all the way back to UMass in 2012. The Rainbow Warriors are 0-2 with two blowout losses against teams that projected to be not great or even very bad this season. And yet, this piece is the better side of the football. Strap in, and get ready. The Film: Hawaii has played two games already this season, having played in Week 0 and Week 1. That left us with two options, the former against Vanderbilt and the latter against Western Kentucky. Though WKU may be the better team (time will tell), Vanderbilt is (allegedly) a Power 5 school and has a more talented roster. Neither team is remotely analogous to Michigan but Vanderbilt is probably closer, even if just on the margins. Besides, the decision was made for me due to availability of the film: the
Previously: Quarterback, Running Backs, Receivers Welcome to Opponent Preview week! Next week is the real preview week of Michigan Football, but this week will be mostly about the opponents, as I've got four more The Enemy pieces lined up, and I believe we should have the conclusion to Opponent Watch as well. If you like reading about Michigan's opponents, this is the week for you. We are now on to the offensive line, which is a little bit longer of a piece because there are more names to talk about. I provide the depth chart below each team, showing the starters and a couple reserves who may see the field or are of note. Ideally, these are the first up at guard or tackle. A quick note about the format: bold refers to a returning starter while italics refers to a starter at another school who has transferred in. For this piece, I lean heavily on PFF grades for the non-conference teams because traditional stats don't exist for OL and I didn't really watch any of