November 26th, 2023 at 4:09 PM ^
Thanks for sharing! Just win, Iowa on deck!
November 26th, 2023 at 4:43 PM ^
Beat Iowa, CFP committee would love to not include Michigan
November 26th, 2023 at 5:08 PM ^
I don't know if I agree with you. The NCAA might like to exclude Michigan. The B1G certainly would were it in their power. But the CFP committee hasn't seemed terribly biased against us all year.
November 26th, 2023 at 5:55 PM ^
I have to disagree with Go for two, too. Warde Manuel is on the CFP committee - that means something. Despite the events of the last 1-1/2 months, it seems to me that the CFP committee will love having Michigan in the playoff, and the B1G absolutely would not want Michigan to be excluded from the CFP.
These committees and conference governing bodies, etc., are as much about power and money as about their allegedly core mission to crown the undisputed national FB champion. Follow the money. Michigan has one of the largest bodies of living alumni and fan bases that care and travel in the country. Michigan in the CFP means greater attention, more revenue from countless sources (gate-TV-ads-merch), and maybe even more this year especially with all the attention since mid-October. People also love to hate on Harbaugh - they will watch just to see him. Negative attention is still attention.
Same with the B1G - with Michigan in, all 14 teams make bank. The B1G would love to have as many conference teams in as possible.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:08 PM ^
there IS an irony that the financial interests in all the other bastard schools are for us to be in the playoff and advance since it helps line all of their pockets.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:08 PM ^
Yep. Watch Pettiti and his minions try to play nice all of a sudden.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:12 PM ^
Can't wait to see Petitti have to give the championship trophy to Harbaugh next Saturday night!
November 26th, 2023 at 6:17 PM ^
If ANYONE accepts that trophy from him,
it should be Sherrone Moore
He can thank Mr Petite for the big raise he has coming his way
November 26th, 2023 at 7:53 PM ^
What you write is true, which is why the league doing what it did was so baffling! It makes no sense other than they expected OSU to be in and would therefore still get the same payout. The league - all 13 other teams and the administration in Chicago, wanted OSU to win that game. They didn't not care about which one - they cared plenty. They cared so much that they fabricated a line of bullshit and fucked us over.
Michigan needs to remember that forever. Michigan needs to stop rolling over because of that.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:10 PM ^
Most notable to me… good shit, Jedd!
November 26th, 2023 at 4:11 PM ^
Also, would like to see Ga, M and FSU hold serve. Should guarantee M avoids Oregon. They look like the most challenging match up for M.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:18 PM ^
I don’t think there’s anyway FSU should they make it in not get the 4 seed. They would need to throttle Louisville who is much better than the team FSU just struggled with.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:45 PM ^
Beat Louisville. they'll be 3 seed. No way a one loss team of Oregon or Texas jumps undefeated FSU.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:04 PM ^
Not if Washington beats Oregon, but sounds like you think that game is a forgone conclusion.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:31 PM ^
Unfortunately I think Louisville has a good shot at winning that game.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:13 PM ^
I am curious to see how CFP committee ranks OSU tomorrow. Behind Texas and Bama or in front of them. Behind Oregon or ahead of them.
Regardless, glad to see the signgate crap is winding down.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:25 PM ^
Nothing would surprise me but I don’t see how Ohio slots in above Texas. They would have the best win and the loss to Oklahoma is pretty comparable to the loss against Michigan.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:32 PM ^
Don't know how much that matters for Bama and Oregon, since they both have the opportunity to beat a team ahead of them next week.
It is not great feeling that a second SEC team or OSU could get into the CFP if a former Michigan QB has a good game next week.
November 26th, 2023 at 7:56 PM ^
And which former Michigan QB would this be?
November 26th, 2023 at 5:20 PM ^
They will slot behind Bama and Texas. They need Bama higher to prop up UGA and if Bama is in top 7 Texas will be too. My wild guess:
1. UGA
2. UM
3. Wash
4. FSU
5. Oregon
6. Texas
7. Bama
8. OSU
November 26th, 2023 at 6:05 PM ^
This need to prop up GA is an interesting take.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:40 PM ^
My best guess is they rank OSU ahead of them, but obviously they jump OSU if they win their respective conference championships. OSU with the best loss should probably be ranked ahead of the other 1 loss teams, but winning their conference championships would push them ahead.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:16 PM ^
As I posted in the other thread, after beating 7-5 Maryland by 8 points we dropped from 2 to 3 in both polls.
After kicking a walk-off field goal to squeak by 5-7 Washington State, Washington moved up to 2 in both polls, up one in the AP and two in the Coaches.
The cognitive dissonance is thundering.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:19 PM ^
MI vs everybody…
November 26th, 2023 at 4:39 PM ^
They jumped Ohio State, who lost this weekend (at least until Gene Smith gets the Big Ten to clean the matter up), and they jumped Florida State, who recently lost their starting QB and then this week were trailing the carcass of 5-7 Florida in the 4th quarter.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:35 PM ^
Washington moved up to 2 in both polls, up one in the AP and two in the Coaches.
They're 3rd in both polls.
November 26th, 2023 at 7:57 PM ^
31-24 = 7 points
November 26th, 2023 at 4:16 PM ^
I’d like to see OSU and PSU beat Bama and Texas.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:22 PM ^
I’d like to see OSU lose to whichever team they play. PSU is irrelevant.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:23 PM ^
Why?!? Fuck the Big Ten.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:49 PM ^
For teams not in the playoffs bowl games are interesting more to see who sits out then the games. I'd be stunned if Harrison plays in a bowl game if they miss the playoffs.
Iowa and LSU have a pretty good chance of being paired in the Citrus Bowl. Watching the LSU offense go against Iowa's defense would be fun but I'm guessing Jayden Daniels has played his last game for LSU.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:21 PM ^
One AP voter (Scott Springer, affiliated with Cincinnati) ranked a 9-3 Notre Dame at #10... ahead of Ole Miss, Penn State, Oklahoma, Iowa, Louisville, LSU, Ok State, Tulane and undefeated Liberty.
Quite a choice.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:33 PM ^
Was wondering how a 3 loss ND team is ranked 15. Thankful knowing we might just have the best team in the country this year. Georgia Tech lost to Bowling Green this year and gave Georgia all they could handle. Beat Iowa !
November 26th, 2023 at 4:22 PM ^
The CFP will keep OSU ahead of Bama and UT because they would rather have a 1-loss OSU in the CFP than a 2-loss non-champion. But they won't want to look dumb for promoting a team that benefited from not playing.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:26 PM ^
I hate that during this whole era of dominance where we're 37-3, 3 wins over OSU, a win away from 3 straight Big Ten titles and CFP appearances, we haven't been able to crawl into the number 1 spot even once. And unless Georgia loses to Bama we won't this year unless we just go and do something crazy like win it all!
November 26th, 2023 at 4:58 PM ^
I also find this annoying, particularly during the stretches when we clearly looked like the best team in the country.
Look at us complaining about being ranked 2nd. My how times have changed.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:08 PM ^
Feels bad, but in the best way possible.
November 26th, 2023 at 5:07 PM ^
I was also hoping that after we beat OSU for the third time in a row, some of their commits that we’re considering both schools would reconsider their choice
November 26th, 2023 at 4:28 PM ^
Gotta root for FSU against Louisville. FSU losing is the only plausible way I see that OSU gets in, barring some unlikely outcome in either the Big Ten and SEC title games. No matter what happens in the Pac12 title game, one of those teams should be in.
November 26th, 2023 at 5:01 PM ^
Even if Michigan were to lose to Iowa, no way OSU gets in ahead of us after we just beat them. Washington Oregon winner should also be in. Georgia or Alabama. Maybe both if Alabama wins given SEC bias? If FSU wins, that ends the discussion. Really an extremely long shot for OSU.
November 26th, 2023 at 5:25 PM ^
Texas would get in before osu IMO
November 26th, 2023 at 6:04 PM ^
I am not sold on Florida State. Them losing to Louisville is a real possibility.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:29 PM ^
I imagine the CFP will look the same. And that’s good if you don’t want OSU getting in. Texas and Bama might be behind, but they have ways to improve their resume. OSU can’t.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:39 PM ^
And that’s good if you don’t want OSU getting in.
If I don't want OSU getting in (I don't), how is them being ranked above other teams a good thing?
It's true that Bama and UT would jump them with a win next week, but they would 100% stay behind OSU if they lose. If they start out above OSU, you might have a chance they'd stay ahead of OSU despite losing in a championship game.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:54 PM ^
Most important thing was for OSU to fall behind a 1 loss Oregon. That means that there might be a chance that a one loss Washington would stay ahead of OSU.
I don’t think you can argue on merit that two loss Texas or Bama would deserve to be ahead of one loss OSU. So that’s a non starter.
November 26th, 2023 at 7:01 PM ^
There’s the argument from at least Alabama win its division (OSU didn’t win jack), and you shouldn’t penalize Alabama/Texas for playing in a CCG and reward OSU for sitting at home watching.
I agree with you it’s more likely OSU would be selected than a two-loss team, but I don’t think it’s beyond argument.
November 26th, 2023 at 8:24 PM ^
They punished USC for playing an extra game last year. If the number of losses is equal, I don’t think they punish a team for the extra game. So Georgia and Washington might be ahead of them even if they lose like TCU was last season. Not so sure on FSU as their Qb is out for the year and they don’t have as high quality wins as any of the other potential one loss teams have.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:29 PM ^
It's great to see the Suckeyes are ranked below Oregon amongst the 1 loss teams.
Would like to see the CFP Committee do the same.
November 26th, 2023 at 4:35 PM ^
Ever since divisions were announced it has amazed me to no end that the West was consistently up for grabs, if teams could rise to be only just slightly better than mediocre, and yet every year without fail they'd not only refuse to find any success on the field, they'd seemingly have competitions to see who could be the biggest embarrassment, leaving fucking Iowa to win by default every season. Once upon a time Wisconsin could be relied upon to rush for 300 yards a game, Nebraska still played actual football, Illinois got a handful of players drafted every year, now they're devolved into doormats.
November 26th, 2023 at 5:01 PM ^
Wisconsin is the one that surprised me the most. Alvarez had a good thing going up there and they slowly pissed it away because they were too fucking cheap to pay their coaches and assistants.
I wonder if Nebraska regrets firing Pelini?