Michigan Gets Georgia In College Football Playoff(!)
Well, here's the bracket:
- Alabama
- Michigan
- Georgia
- Cincinnati
Georgia was the SEC runner-up after an undefeated regular season but lost to Alabama 41-24 in the SEC championship game. Michigan will play them at the Orange Bowl in Miami on New Year's Eve.
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December 5th, 2021 at 12:44 PM ^
Does Georgia score 41 or less?
December 5th, 2021 at 3:00 PM ^
What does “raback it” mean? I’m afraid I missed the bus on this one
December 5th, 2021 at 6:52 PM ^
You must be new here.
It's a guarantee.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:36 PM ^
Need Michigan to pull off a win so that my UGA grad coworker doesn't get bragging rights.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:46 PM ^
Need them to win so Michigan can take over Indy again and finally a team from the north has the distance advantage.
Playing a Bama team in Indy vs. Atlanta or Dallas is huge. Especially since we just played there (seems like Bama always plays in the stadium where the NC game is either in the SEC Championship or in Week 1).
December 5th, 2021 at 12:37 PM ^
I like how we match up with UGA.. Should be a good defensive game
December 5th, 2021 at 1:18 PM ^
Agreed. last night 4-8pm was very informative.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:37 PM ^
Fine with the match up, pissed about location.
December 5th, 2021 at 2:23 PM ^
I think the players at least have a good attitude. When asked about who they expected/wanted to play, they just said that it doesn’t matter and bring it on.
December 5th, 2021 at 11:39 PM ^
If you're going to be playing football outdoors in January, Miami is not a bad place to do it. But I do get your point.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:37 PM ^
First and always, Go Blue! You did it! Made us proud. Make us prouder!
But eff that putting bama ahead at 1. They lost to an 8-4 team and struggled last few games. Also eff that putting Georgia at 3. Should be 4. Let’s shock the world (again)!
edit: also some Drake for the haters https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RubBzkZzpUA
December 5th, 2021 at 2:08 PM ^
I am not sure it really much matters. There is no way that the powers-that-be were going to match Alabama against Georgia in the semis; if Michigan had been ranked in the top spot, they simply would have put Georgia #4. This is NOT an easy match-up. Georgia is much, much better than they looked last night.
On the other hand, no one in the country is playing better than Michigan right now.
This has been one hell of a ride!
December 5th, 2021 at 2:11 PM ^
Agree! Eff that still ?
Georgia’s QB looked sHaKy yesterday- let’s see how he does with our D line.
December 5th, 2021 at 3:55 PM ^
people are also forgetting that their OT win against Auburn was in 4 OT which means they won on that shitty new 2-pt conversion sequence. It's as illegitimate of a win as you can get and should count as a 0.5 loss for them.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:37 PM ^
Go blue.
sec bias lives on
December 5th, 2021 at 12:49 PM ^
They are 9-1 against the top 40, we're 5-1. They have a better SOS and SOR.
Now SEC bias plays into that because they rank teams higher, thus more opportunities for top wins.
But let's not act like the B1G didn't have FIVE of the top 10 teams in the CFP rankings at one point.
Hell, Iowa was 2 and PSU was 4 at one point.
Those teams were NEVER that good. The SEC bias soundbite is real, but it doesn't apply this year. I'm sorry, we have to just be honest.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:51 PM ^
I also firmly believe Michigan is #1 if Bama wins like Baylor won yesterday.
But they didn't, they SMOKED the best team in the country for the entire year and a great defense.
I don't discredit that just like I don't discredit our win over OSU. Yeah it was at home, but we manhandled them!
December 5th, 2021 at 12:52 PM ^
They do not have a better SOS or SOR...
December 5th, 2021 at 1:04 PM ^
Yes they do...ESPN showed the graphic a billion times.
12-1 vs. 12-1
Bama is 1st in SOR (we are 2nd)
Bama is 4th in SOS (we are 21st)
Bama is 9-1 against the Top 40 (we are 5-1)
How did you miss this? And how are you talking with so much confidence when you're clearly wrong...old info that hadn't been updated? I'm genuinely curious.
They wouldn't stop putting the graphic up on TV (I assume you weren't able to watch the show).
December 5th, 2021 at 1:31 PM ^
Lol, “Top 40”. Unless Casey Casem is giving that list you can bet your ass 40 was chosen as the cut off number ex post to favor Alabama.
December 5th, 2021 at 1:39 PM ^
Yeah, Scoob, that ghost is creepy.
December 5th, 2021 at 3:58 PM ^
Here is the specific context of the W/L of both teams and their competition's FPI. Basically, the FPI appears to be extremely weighed toward something other than on field play, and in Top 15 matchups, M dominates Bama's schedule. Go Blue, beat Georgia.
Alabama:
W vs. 1 (Georgia), 17 (ole miss), 19 (Auburn), 20 (Miami), 22 (Tennessee), 23 (Miss St), 29 (Arkansas), 32 (Florida), 37 (LSU)
L vs. 15 (aTm)
Michigan:
W vs. 3 (Ohio State), 13 (Wisconsin), 14 (Penn St), 34 (Nebraska), 35 (Iowa)
L vs. 21 (MSU)
December 5th, 2021 at 1:47 PM ^
As much as I don't like the rankings, they really don't matter for much. What would be curious to see if Cincinnati where do they rank in terms of both.
/too lazy to Google
December 5th, 2021 at 2:00 PM ^
Ah good old top 40. Reminds me of those two dickheads last night on ESPN college final. They had 8 helmets on the desk at the end for helmet stickers guess the only helmet not out there? Joey Galloway and hair gel can fuck right off. Galloway had Michigan 3. Sometimes these guys are to much. Much like a guy on a Michigan board saying that a team that needed a miracle against Penn St fodder Auburn is the best. They had a great game against a team that hasnt been tested. Bama is us if we surrounded the OSU game with barely wins.
December 5th, 2021 at 2:55 PM ^
Just so everyone knows, I ranked my kids the #1 and #2 best puzzle finishers in the world, then I beat them, so I'm the best puzzle finisher.
See how that works? The people who make the rankings then use those same rankings to justify their shit selections. There's no common pool of opponents so conference champions should be playing each other to determine a national champion.
December 5th, 2021 at 5:16 PM ^
Can you do the Rubick's Cube?
December 5th, 2021 at 5:29 PM ^
Dude, you seem kind of angry.
December 5th, 2021 at 7:09 PM ^
Those are not computer strength of schedule adjusted near as I can tell. The numbers supporting Alabama are based on one of the human polls which underrate the Big10's middle tier and overrate the SEC's every tier. PSU, Nebraska, and Purdue get a lot more respect from the computers than they do from the media. Michigan is pretty damn even with Georgia and Alabama. The consensus is these teams are general peers and then there is a gap.
Georgia on the road in a night game and then Alabama at home. This is going to be good. Maybe the Wolverines can vanquish all the ghosts (less playing on the west coast which seems to require an additional TD.) There was a time under Moeller / Carr (maybe) when Michigan owned the SEC.
December 5th, 2021 at 1:38 PM ^
who gives a shit about top 40? my guess is bama played several teams between 25-40, else they wouldn't use that stat.
December 5th, 2021 at 3:40 PM ^
"Top 40" is completely arbitrary and has nothing to do with the CFP rankings.
December 5th, 2021 at 3:45 PM ^
Why the arbitrary "top 40" cut off?
December 5th, 2021 at 12:38 PM ^
Destiny is calling me.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:58 PM ^
Open up my eager eyes
December 5th, 2021 at 1:05 PM ^
'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:38 PM ^
Bring 'em on! After our performance the last two weeks, there is no team we can't beat. And Georgia looked thoroughly unimpressive yesterday.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:39 PM ^
Cincinnati is gonna get steam rolled.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:41 PM ^
Fickle will choke on his pickle.
December 5th, 2021 at 1:24 PM ^
Yep. I'm glad they made it, but if this game ends within 30 points I'll be surprised
December 5th, 2021 at 4:10 PM ^
Seven years ago people said alabama would beat the buckeyes badly since they had a 3rd string qb playing in his second game ever. Remember who won that game? Don't count out Cincy and Ridder.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:39 PM ^
Georgia is beatable. However, you have to beat them the opposite way we want to play. You won't beat them running straight at them. You have to spread them out and beat them on the edges and over their heads.
We are getting better at this. Iowa was good practice for this. We did our diligence and tried to run straight at them. But when that was not working, we adjusted and attacked them on the edges and over their heads. This was something that it looked like we couldn't / wouldn't do early in the season.
But not now.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:46 PM ^
I was thinking the exact same thing, yesterday. That game looked like a warm-up for Georgia and we crushed it.
December 5th, 2021 at 1:07 PM ^
Absolutely! I don't love getting them after a loss, would rather them have won a close game, but it's the playoff...you have to go out and play your best game.
And I believe our best game is better than theirs by a hair. If our defense plays lights out, I think we can put some points on them. Huge IF, but that's why you play the games.
December 5th, 2021 at 1:39 PM ^
you mean exactly how we crushed iowa?
December 5th, 2021 at 3:01 PM ^
Yes. although we will need to accelerate the adjustment quicker. Iowa was no threat on offense, so we got away with some poor drives. Georgia will not give us that luxury.
December 6th, 2021 at 10:57 AM ^
Except UGA has a more than competent offense compared to Iowa's travesty and their defense is even better than Iowa's
December 6th, 2021 at 10:58 AM ^
Except UGA has a more than competent offense compared to Iowa's travesty and their defense is even better than Iowa's
December 5th, 2021 at 12:40 PM ^
Tickets bought and secured. It's time to join the Michigan faithful in rooting on our team. Let's Go Blue.
December 5th, 2021 at 12:41 PM ^
When do they announce the game times? Our game is clearly the ratings getter of the two, does that make it more likely we play at 3 or 7?
December 5th, 2021 at 12:46 PM ^
I cannot imagine the game involving Cincinnati gets the prime time slot, but that's just a guess.
December 5th, 2021 at 1:00 PM ^
Right I guess my question, I never watch these New Year’s Eve games, is on a Friday, an official holiday, which time slot counts as “prime time?” Obviously I’m only one person but if I were a neutral, which finally I am not, I’d be more likely to watch the 3pm game. But is that not usual the way the TV bigwigs see it?
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