After visiting Ann Arbor for observe on Wednesday, Massive Ten Community analyst Gerry DiNardo tweeted some excessive reward for the Michigan Wolverines. On Friday, now that he’s seen all 14 groups within the Massive Ten, he’s not backing down.
DiNardo is emphatic that Michigan soccer shouldn’t be solely a menace within the Massive Ten East, however that it’s essentially the most balanced workforce within the division — extra so than Ohio State.
In breaking down the division, he reiterated that he doesn’t see both the Wolverines nor Buckeyes dominating the opposite within the foreseeable future, whereas noting that OSU has some defensive work to do that 12 months.
“Michigan, to me, is the story of the East,” DiNardo stated. “Ohio State, in all probability nonetheless essentially the most expertise, however not by a lot, however they’ve issues on protection that they’ve to unravel. I believe Michigan might be the extra balanced workforce offensively and defensively, despite the fact that they’ve had some modifications in coordinators. However the workforce is so well-built. Everyone knows the domination of Ohio State till final 12 months, however I’m predicting there received’t be domination by both a type of groups. I believe it’ll be again to what I at all times known as the 10-year battle, Michigan was 5-4-1 from 69-78 if I’m not mistaken. I see these two groups again in that sort of competitors.”
In fact, Michigan’s schedule is favorable this 12 months, but it surely performs OSU on the street in Columbus, the place it hasn’t performed since 2018.