BIG 10 minus Ohio St in the Playoff

Hell Ohio State’s record is 3-4

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BIG 10 minus Ohio St in the Playoff

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So Michigan. You meant to say Michigan

Michigan is a fraud.

The only elite team Harbaugh has ever beaten at Michigan is Ohio State. That's it. They schedule no P5 teams in their non conf and play no one in the conf outside of Ohio State. They have a 1 game season and use all their prep for the Buckeyes.

The media covering the upcoming Rose Bowl are acting like this is some titanic matchup...I don't see it. I think ppl are going to be really dissapointed with how boring this game ends up being.

The only shot Michigan has in making this a tight game is if Milroe struggles and our run game doesn't step up.

Michigan O line has a few guys weighing around 280 lbs. They don't have any speed on their roster. I smell a beatdown coming.

But hey maybe I'm wrong. Won't be the first time.

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But “muh SEC is down this year and should be watching these shite conferences compete for a title from the sideline.”

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I think FSU should have gotten in by finishing 13-0.

If we are going to pretend losses in the regular season don’t matter, then we should just break away and only play ourselves. There is no reason to let little conferences into the CFB subdivision if they are going to be disqualified from the playoff despite going undefeated.

Nope. Bama

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Michigan is favored though. It’s one of the more surprising lines I’ve ever seen. ESPN’s matchup predictor has MI at 56%

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That's huge. Saban is hard enough to beat but a pissed off underdog Saban is something they don't want any part of. I still don't get the betting line

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ESPN’s matchup predictor has MI at 56%.

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Which is driven by FPI that really overvalues Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State.

Penn State is 3 in FPI.

FPI is heavily influenced by game control. Those three teams have dominated the rest of the conference by so much while playing minimal quality OOC games that they get overvalued. The only quality OOC games for the 3 of them are OSU-ND and PSU-WVU.

Most computer models over value Michigan just like they did Oregon for dominating weak opponents.

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I think everyone, myself included, thinks FSU should be in.

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This reality amounts to ESPN's equivalent of a Bud Light decision.

Just when you might have thought that Disney/ESPN had nothing more left to screw up, they unapologetically promote the undercutting of an undefeated P5 program.

As RG III simply put it, "you can't trump undefeated."

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It's insanity.

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If a team goes to the playoffs, the share is in the neighborhood of 70 million.

The Orange Bowl share is 14 million.

Leaving an undefeated P5 team out amounts to a screw job of "historic" proportions. Every knowledgeable college football fan across the entire nation knows it.

In a way, I’m glad this happened to further prove a larger playoff is necessary. This year, I believe there are 6 top tier teams who can win a Natty, then there is everyone else.