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Send Michigan to the BCS Championship
By drunkie mcdramaqueen, December 2nd, 2006 | RSS feed | Digg this story | Make del.icio.us

I’m watching the USC and UCLA game right now, and I think it’s time for college football fans to rise up and say what everyone’s been thinking all year:

USC does not deserve to play in the national championship.

Michigan does. Do I need to remind you that their only loss this year came by three points, AT Ohio State???

Michigan deserves to play in the national championship, but no one likes a rematch so they’re most likely headed to the Rose Bowl.There are three teams right now that are garnering talk of playing in the BCS title game: USC, Michigan and Florida.

USC LOST to Oregon State, only won by six to Washington State, six to Washington, seven to Arizona State and very well might lose to UCLA.

Florida lost to a good, ranked Auburn team; barely beat a ranked Tennessee; and barely beat Georgia, Vanderbilt and South Carolina. They also played in one of the toughest conferences in the country (the SEC) and appear to be on their way to winning the championship.

Then there’s Michigan. Though the Big 10 isn’t the toughest of conferences, they’ve still managed quality wins over then #2 Notre Dame and Wisconsin. And, to pound you over the head with this some more: their ONLY loss was by just three points AT Ohio State.

When you have multiple teams with one loss all vying for a spot in the championship game, you go with the team with the toughest loss. That team is Michigan. The only reason people don’t want to see them is because for some reason no one likes a rematch. Michigan actually went down a spot in the BCS WITHOUT even playing.

Well I’m here to tell you: I like rematches. I like them a lot. They’re like the good kind of movie sequels (like Back to the Future). If Michigan were Back the the Future and USC were Cruel Intentions and Florida were American Pie, I don’t think we’d be disputing this. Michigan would be safely in the championship—ready and willing to defend Marty McFly’s honor.

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2 Responses to “Send Michigan to the BCS Championship”

» By Sebastian, December 2nd, 2006 at 7:58 pm

When it comes to the national title, I’d like for teams to at least get a shot at it, which is why I’d like to see at least the eight BCS teams make it into a playoff of some sort. Translating that to the current system, however, means that I’d probably prefer if Florida had a chance, particularly since they won the SEC. Yes, Michigan beat #2 Notre Dame, but I don’t think anyone would claim that Notre Dame truly deserved that ranking. Michigan beat Wisconsin, but Wisconsin doesn’t have any big wins on their resume. Yes, Michigan’s only loss was to Ohio State at Ohio State, but it’s hard for me not to think of that as their shot. I’d actually prefer seeing Michigan / Ohio State again, being a Big Ten alumnus, but it’s hard not to wonder what more Florida had to do besides run the table.

» By dja, December 2nd, 2006 at 8:25 pm

To be honest, the more I think about it the more I think Florida should get a chance. Mostly I was just pissed that USC was generating so much praise for what I think has been a hugely overrated season. Now that they’re safely out of the picture, I can say I wouldn’t be opposed at all to seeing Florida get in. They won one of the toughest conferences in the country with wins over Arkansas, LSU, Auburn, Tennessee and a pretty good Georgia team. My vote still goes to Michigan for the simple fact that they’re a major conference team whos only loss came to the team ranked #1 in the country. But I can’t honestly say Florida doesn’t deserve a chance.