Talk:2006 Michigan Wolverines football team

Opponent Rankings
Should opponent rankings be tabulated as the teams were ranked on the date of the contest, on a rolling basis, or at the season's end? Whichever method is used, shouldn't the tabulation recognize this variable as a footnote?
 * They do: "#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game." -TheMile 02:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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Rose Bowl Losses Prose
> Both times they lost to the following year's national champion, respectively USC and Texas.

> The first time they lost to the national champion USC. The second time was a loss to Texas.

I think the former is better prose; do you disagree, Bornagain? TheMile 11:31, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It is probably better prose than what I replaced it with, but it is confusing, placing information where it is not relevant. Maybe that fact can be added to a trivia section. Maybe the article can say that they lost to national champion USC and number 4 (or whatever it was after the game) Texas. Bornagain4 16:49, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Template for roster
Is having a template for the roster the best way to do that? Just curious before I add something similar to other articles. Why was this method chosen?--NMajdan &bull;talk 02:15, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Initially, it was just because the Lions and the rest of the NFL teams did that. Now that I'm finished, I think it was a good idea anyway, because it makes the main article less bulky. -TheMile 02:53, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I just don't know if creating a template is appropriate because it is not really a template. You could create a subpage, such as 2006 Michigan Wolverines football team/Roster and then link that page into the article. Same concept, but you're not utilizing a template.--NMajdan &bull;talk 13:14, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I guess I was wrong. On portals and user pages, you can create subpages and then link them into the main page. Guess you can't on normal pages. I had to create a template as well.--NMajdan &bull;talk 13:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Here is another idea for what we could do with the roster at the end of the season, when it will not need to be updated: How about taking a screenshot of it and then put it in as a PNG or other graphics format? It may not save room in terms of kilobytes, but it would still allow a one-line reference to the roster without a need for it to be in a template.  Pros?  Cons?  Johntex\talk 04:52, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That'd be fine with me, especially if adopted by many college football pages. Though, to play Devil's Advocate, that would break people's styles if they used a non-standard stylesheet.  -TheMile 14:36, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

One thing...
The schedule states that we will use the coaches poll. I think that maybe we should use the AP because of coaches bias, and when the BCS comes out should we use that or should we continue using the other poll? Leave any suggestions below... Bornagain4 20:39, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe we discussed in one of the other talk pages that since the AP poll no longer has an effect on the BCS, the Coaches Poll now has a bit more legitimacy since it still will be used in the BCS formula. When the BCS is released, we will then go by that.--NMajdan &bull;talk 20:44, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It is my personal opinion that the AP Poll has more legitimacy than both the Coaches Poll and the BCS, but I wil not put up a large fuss about this. Bornagain4 23:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, unfortunately, by its own choice, it has no say in who plays for the national title anymore. I think that it was we are looking for in this case.--NMajdan &bull;talk 00:47, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

It says that Michigan plays Wisconsin at home, but in Madison. Furthermore, if MSU is a challenging game, surely UM will be looking forward to exacting revenge on a Wisconsin team that barely beat them at Camp Randall last year. --Cliedl 16:57, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

stats?
I think it'd be appropriate to include some season stats, like rushing leaders, as well as team stats like yards allowed per game and all that good stuff. I've been looking for those numbers online and they're not the most readily available. I came here looking for them and couldn't find them, and I feel they'd be appropriate. - IstvanWolf 23:31, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Feel free to add them. I personally don't think they're worth adding, especially before the season ends, but I won't oppose it if they are added.  Here are some good sites for stats:  NCAA's Statistics and Michigan's Statistics -TheMile 04:43, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * If you feel like adding statistics to the page, there are a couple other pages that have detailed player stats on their pages such as 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team or you can view the WP:CFB template here.--NMajdan &bull;talk 14:54, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

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