College Football

[Ycore Rixle]

Go Blue!

 

[Crothian]

First though we have Turtle Power!! MAryland verse VT toniught, time for Xath's team to earn their post season play. They need to win tonight and against Wake.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Well, all I hear at this time is Gamecock are getting Spurrier. All day, at work on TV, on the radio....ARRRRRRRRRRRRR!

 

[Crothian]

Ya that was a major Sportscenter story as well....

 

[Krieg]

Go Blue!

Don't make me slap you.

 

[fett527]

Ya, but that Purdue game was not good and Michigan is looking great.

I know the Purdue game seemed bleak, but think about it. The offense showed real promise for the first time, they actually had some real drives. The turnovers in the red zone did us in. Troy Smith has a chance here to solidify his hold on QB, he won't ;et it slip through his hands this week. The defense also did really well in the second half until Orton's last drive (damn soft coverage).

 

[Crothian]

And it's the Wolverines and not Purdue. Under Tressel the team playes better against them. Time to get ourselves an upset!!

 

[irdeggman]

Anything is possible - it is the game. Michigan has 2 true freshman trying to prove themselves to the world (and doing a pretty good job at it too).

Since this game will decide who goes to the Rose Bowl (imagine that ) it will without a doubt be down to the wire.

Something to think about though is a USC-Michigan championship game. Not likely, but real possible. IIRC this would be in the Rose Bowl not the BCS because they would be #1 & #2 (I could be wrong on this though).

Oh yeah - GO BLUE

(And I was a student when UoM had their other true freshman starting QB (Rick Leach - same number).

 

[drothgery]

Something to think about though is a USC-Michigan championship game. Not likely, but real possible. IIRC this would be in the Rose Bowl not the BCS because they would be #1 & #2 (I could be wrong on this though).

The BCS #1 and BCS #2 always play in the BCS title game. When the BCS was just the Bowl Alliance, the Big 10 and Pac 10 weren't part of the system.

USC-Michigan for everything is extremely unlikely. They could lose to Ohio State and make this whole discussion academic, but if this weren't a "rivalry game", we wouldn't even be considering the possiblity.

First, Oklahoma and Auburn have to both lose. That puts them on an semi-equal footing with Cal, Texas, Michigan, and Utah (Utah effectively has a 1-loss penalty by virtue of playing in the MWC; Boise effectively has a 2-loss penalty for playing the WAC, so they're not in this discussion, sorry).

Cal probably moves up to #2 if Auburn and OK go down. But let's suppose the pollsters aren't interested in a Cal/USC rematch (alternatively, Cal loses the Big Game), so they let someone else leapfrog them. And let's suppose pollsters just aren't willing to put an MWC team in the title game (alternatively, they lose to BYU). But unless Texas loses, they're going to stay ahead of Michigan. Michigan certainly leapfrogs Oklahoma if the Sooners lose (they have to play Baylor and the Big 12 North champ; losing either game pretty much knocks the Sooners to the bottom of 1-loss major conference teams), but I'm not sure they leapfrog Auburn (they've got to play Alabama and the SEC East champ; losing one of those games would be far less damaging).

So you'd need
1) Oklahoma must lose once.
2) Auburn must lose once, and probably must lose twice.
3) Cal must lose or be robbed by the pollsters.
4) Utah must lose or be robbed by the pollsters.
5) Texas probably must lose (if Michigan blows out Ohio State, and Texas beats A&M by a field goal, Michigan might leapfrog Texas).

I think it's safe to say Michigan's out of the national championship picture.

 

[fett527]

I think it's safe to say Michigan's out of the national championship picture.

Of course, they will lose tomorrow.