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I am not sure that any strategy at Michigan is going to consistently beat OSU.  It does look like the smashmouth strategy at least is beating everyone else and giving them a chance to be competitive with OSU.  I think JH sticks with it no matter what happens against OSU.....

Indeed winning the Big 10 every year is a big ask. Should he lose to tOSU this year, I agree that JH will probably not change his approach. However, I am pretty sure he really doesn't want another string of 5 straight losses to them. I think it will depend a lot on how sustainable the power football approach turns out to be. If he can continue to have a great defense and OL, he will stick with it, at least for a while. In his early years at Michigan, he was a "good but not great" program. He would lose a few games to teams other than tOSU and then lose to tOSU. If he ends up back there, I think he will indeed change his approach, because Michigan's expectations are higher than that.

[Goose]

I am not sure that any strategy at Michigan is going to consistently beat OSU.  It does look like the smashmouth strategy at least is beating everyone else and giving them a chance to be competitive with OSU.  I think JH sticks with it no matter what happens against OSU.....

Indeed winning the Big 10 every year is a big ask. Should he lose to tOSU this year, I agree that JH will probably not change his approach. However, I am pretty sure he really doesn't want another string of 5 straight losses to them. I think it will depend a lot on how sustainable the power football approach turns out to be. If he can continue to have a great defense and OL, he will stick with it, at least for a while. In his early years at Michigan, he was a "good but not great" program. He would lose a few games to teams other than tOSU and then lose to tOSU. If he ends up back there, I think he will indeed change his approach, because Michigan's expectations are higher than that.