Pathway for Michigan to play in the Rose Bowl
Simply put:
- if Wisconsin beats Minnesota,
- OSU beats PSU and the B1G West champion, and
- Michigan beats OSU and Indiana,
Michigan should be considered the best of the two-loss runners-up (Minnesota, Wisconsin, PSU, Michigan).
A lot of ifs, but a far from impossible scenario.
November 17th, 2019 at 6:28 PM ^
How bout we just worry about beating the buckeyes and let the rest fall into place. The committee can send Michigan to a bowl game against Florida again for all I care. The bowl game is beating OSU period !
November 17th, 2019 at 6:30 PM ^
Do you think we even need OSU to beat PSU? I very much doubt PSU will win that game, but if they do, and win the B1G Championship Game, they would have a strong argument for the playoff as a 1-loss B1G Champion that defeated OSU. We would win the tiebreaker with OSU based on head-to-head play. (Assuming, obviously, that we beat OSU.)
November 17th, 2019 at 8:42 PM ^
PSU is getting slaughtered in that game.
November 17th, 2019 at 9:50 PM ^
PSU will be watching the Big Ten Championship game on TV right next to us on the couch. James Franklin will bring the nachos.
November 17th, 2019 at 11:24 PM ^
Jalapenos on mine, Frames.
November 17th, 2019 at 6:39 PM ^
I think I will be excited for any bowl game. At this time last year we thought we were going to the playoffs and then the OSU game happened and the season felt like it was a waste. I don’t think too many people cared about the bowl game, including some of the players. This year feels different. Even if we lose to OSU and finish with a worse regular season record than last year, I will still be excited for the bowl game. Things seem to be trending up and good showing in the bowl game will give us some momentum going into next year.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:59 PM ^
Who do we have to sit out the bowl game to take the excitement right out of it -Uche? Even Patterson?
November 17th, 2019 at 9:31 PM ^
Highly doubt Patterson sits. Super competitive .... one of the (many) under-appreciated aspects of his game.
November 18th, 2019 at 5:31 AM ^
Why would Patterson sit out the bowl game?
November 18th, 2019 at 12:03 PM ^
If he continues to finish really strong, he may want to just avoid getting hurt. I expect he'll play too, but BPONE.
November 17th, 2019 at 6:48 PM ^
I love bowl games that Michigan is in. The more-prestigious the bowl, the better -- but I enjoy them all.
November 17th, 2019 at 6:51 PM ^
A Michigan vs. Florida Rose Bowl
November 17th, 2019 at 7:25 PM ^
Umm...right...win out and we go to the Rose Bowl.
November 17th, 2019 at 7:35 PM ^
It really is this simple. Don’t over think it!
November 17th, 2019 at 8:03 PM ^
Except if Penn St has the same record they'll go.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:23 PM ^
There is no precedent to support that. The tie doesn't automatically go to the winner of the head to head. Hell, Penn state won the big ten AND beat OSU in 2016 and still got left out of the playoffs for them. A 10-2 Michigan team that just beat OSU would absolutely get in over Penn state. Rose bowl would want it, networks would want it, everyone would want it. The hype would be uncontrollable
November 17th, 2019 at 8:24 PM ^
Now realizing you're a penn state fan so I'm sorry I wasted logic and reasoning on you
November 17th, 2019 at 8:59 PM ^
I'm not a Penn St fan.
November 17th, 2019 at 9:12 PM ^
With both of their losses coming after Michigan’s. No, Penn State would NOT go in this scenario.
November 18th, 2019 at 6:31 AM ^
How do you know?
November 17th, 2019 at 8:02 PM ^
There was this thing on tv a few weeks ago, called a football game. It was those Michigan's vs the Penn St's.
The Penn Sts won. They will go to the Rose Bowl ahead of Michigan. Seems fair and square.
I guess you need to win if you want to control your destiny.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:13 PM ^
Possible, but not likely. 10-2 PSU would likely be ranked around 12-13. 10-2 Michigan, 7-8. If both are 10-2, it would be very surprising if PSU went.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:22 PM ^
I suppose you, as a Michigan fan, want to believe that. So which Bowl would Penn St go to?
November 17th, 2019 at 8:28 PM ^
Remember when Penn state beat OSU, won the big ten and still got left out of the playoffs for Ohio state? Wonder why that was. Probably because football isn't "fair and square"
November 17th, 2019 at 8:56 PM ^
Penn St lost to Pitt and Michigan. They didn't belong in.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:12 PM ^
You added way more conditionals than necessary. If Michigan wins out, they're going to the Rose Bowl. It doesn't matter what anybody else does.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:22 PM ^
Except Penn St.
November 18th, 2019 at 5:35 AM ^
This just isn’t true man. That isn’t how it works. Head to head has very little impact in bowl selections. I think if this scenario played out, Penn State will go to the Orange and play Georgia or Florida.
November 18th, 2019 at 6:30 AM ^
Penn St could go to the Rose Bowl. Right?
November 18th, 2019 at 9:02 AM ^
If OSU is in the CFP, then the next highest ranked B1G team goes. Could be Michigan, could be Ped State, could be Wiscy, could be Minnesota. The fact that Ped State beat Michigan won't matter if OSU beats Ped State and Michigan beats OSU.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:35 PM ^
Just beat OSU and good things will come including more top 100 recruits to boot.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:41 PM ^
IF Michigan beats Indy and OSU there is the possibility that Oregon, Alabama, LSU, and Clemson gets the playoff slots. OSU could head to Pasadena
November 17th, 2019 at 11:27 PM ^
That scenario would have the silver lining of keeping Brutus out of the playoff.
November 18th, 2019 at 2:03 AM ^
I don't think Bama is in over OSU there, no way. Weak schedule and no conference championship.
HOWEVER, there is a scenario. If Georgia beats LSU in a close game, both are in at 12-1 each over OSU. Clemson is in undefeated. Then it'd come down to OSU vs. Oklahoma vs. Oregon/Utah. OSU probably still gets it, but not certain. They didn't play anybody non-conference and their Big Ten West crossovers were relatively weak.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:49 PM ^
Aside from Michigan beating OSU, this IS the most likely scenario. But from what I've seen from Michigan post 1st half PSU, I like our chances of taking down the Buckeyes.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
Just beat OSU and I couldn’t care less what bowl Michigan ends up in.
November 17th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
It's not just 1 team in the way to the Rose Bowl, or 2 teams. It's 3.
November 17th, 2019 at 9:28 PM ^
Michigan beats OSU, and still ends up playing Florida in some non-major bowl. Return of the BPONE.
November 17th, 2019 at 10:08 PM ^
This a defeatist attitude. Fuck BPONE. If we beat both IU and OSU we will get a NY6 bowl. NY6 does not equal "non-major bowl".
November 17th, 2019 at 10:46 PM ^
Michigan should be considered the best of the two-loss runners-up (Minnesota, Wisconsin, PSU, Michigan).
Why?
November 18th, 2019 at 8:57 AM ^
Beating OSU.
November 17th, 2019 at 10:47 PM ^
Beat Indiana
November 18th, 2019 at 12:09 AM ^
Love it! I'm buying my Rose Bowl tic's now, because I think we're winning our next two regardless of who we're playing. Go Blue!
November 18th, 2019 at 1:23 PM ^
Yeah, we have to hope for Minnesota to lose.