OT: Utah Loses to Arizona

Submitted by BursleyHall82 on

This was one of the chips we needed to fall, right? So the Pac-12 doesn't have a one-loss team left. They're out.

alum96

November 15th, 2015 at 1:47 AM ^

Yes we needed that

If Stanford beats ND your playoff is

  1. Clemson
  2. Bama
  3. Big 12 champ
  4. Big 10 or P12 champ

Now a 2 loss UM (if it wins out) has a legit argument vs winner of P12 who will have 2 losses at best.

ND must fall! Go Boston College or Stanford. 

Ironically P12 is now UMs biggest fan because Iowa or oSU or MSu winning out means they are frozen out.  Only a 2 loss UM gives them an argument.

ak47

November 15th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^

Not that Michigan wouldn't have an argument but if Utah is a 2 loss pac 12 champ they almost certainly get in over us due to a head to head win. I think we'd want Stanford to be the champ over utah, even though they would have to have a win over nd for us to even have a shot.

Humen

November 15th, 2015 at 1:47 AM ^

In the 3rd quarter, AZ's starting QB, Anu Solomon, took a big hit. He was shaking his head and looked a bit off balance. The refs cleared the play to begin, but RR called a time out and was bitching the refs out so he could remove Solomon. Sure enough, Solomon came out and was not cleared to go back in the game. 

ak47

November 15th, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^

You act like other teams involved don't play games. The further you go up the harder it gets to jump teams. Teams that would stay in front of us if they win out. Clemson Florida or Bama Oklahoma or Oklahoma state ND Michigan state We could easily win out and miss the playoffs. Hell we could win out and not even go to the big Gen championship. Plus teams behind us could still jump us. Are we so sure a 1 loss tcu or Baylor team that wins out and wins the big 12 wouldn't get in over us. A 2 loss utah pac 12 champ gets in over us because of a head to head victory. We still need a bunch of help and won't be locking anything in.

Michology 101

November 15th, 2015 at 2:32 AM ^

I know we looked bad today... at least on defense. The playoffs would be like the lotto for us. You have to be in it, to possibly go against the odds and win it. What if we suddenly got hot? Heck, that's what OSU did last year. Did anybody think they were one of the four best teams or deserved to be in the playoffs around this time last year?

hazardc

November 15th, 2015 at 2:55 AM ^

I just cannot buy into this mindset. Seriously? Win one of those games and you're in the championship game, win both and you have the second ever playoff trophy. 

 

This mindset is "Hey guys let's aim for mediocre, I do not want a shot at greatness."

 

I am not saying this team is going to make it, the team has taken a beating as of late. With the defense we had going into big ten play, I would have had a lot more faith, but yet that faith remains. The faith in "we can win one more game."  This is a thought I have every week, and if Michigan happens to be a two loss team that finishes off TWO top 5-7 opponents in their last two games.... What the fuck kind of competitior wants to go for "not the national championship, give us the pizza bowl... better yet give us the kohler bowl....  

 

 

Glennsta

November 15th, 2015 at 8:25 AM ^

I recognize that we have a pretty good team. But we lost 2 games.  We need to take care of the things we can take care of.

Main focus is to win the next 2 games.  If we get to Indy, great.  Win there, still better.

Don't get ahead of ourselves.  The game v. IU shows how easy it is to have a bad day and possibly lose it all.

BigBlue02

November 15th, 2015 at 3:13 AM ^

RichRod has beaten a top ten team all 4 years he has coached at Arizona. Pretty impressive for a basketball school

michfan23

November 15th, 2015 at 7:53 AM ^

Congrats to Arizona. RR always seems to have one big win in him every year, except for when he was at Michigan. But let's not get it twisted here, he wins one big game and drops 3-4 other games that his team should either win or compete in. Good job tonight, but let's not go praising a man who caused havoc at Michigan.
Side note: just in case you're wondering. Even though I'm very negative towards RR, no one pissed in my Cheerios this morning.



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hazardc

November 15th, 2015 at 8:49 PM ^

He beat Oregon two times in a row before losing to them in the Pac12 championship game last year.  If they had beaten Oregon for the THIRD time in a row, arizona would have been in the playoff last year.  They were one win away from the playoff. That is nothing to "meh" about.   I'm just glad he's on the west coast and we don't have to deal with the drama and bs chatter that would come with having to play arizona.  I liked the dude, so it's nice to be able to watch their games at night.  

Nothing more to say about RR anymore, we have the coach everyone always wanted, and a lot of us made a paycheck just for placing an easy and relatively small bet when the networks were still derping about the NFL. (not that they've stopped) ... We all knew it was happening before the "insiders" did. 

 

 

 

This year his team has been off, but the whole PAC seems like a clusterfuck. I can't even tell if any of them are REALLY good or if they're all just kinda playing some coinflip no-defense football. 

 

 

MGoDillon

November 15th, 2015 at 8:27 AM ^

Only bad part about this all is:

So now the two teams we've lose to have lost to

- a 5-6 Nebraska team

- a 6-5 Arizona team

- a 7-3 USC team.



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Blue Durham

November 15th, 2015 at 9:02 AM ^

I am not as sure as most around here that Michigan is going to continue be the top ranked 2-loss team and that they will be ranked higher than a couple of 1 loss teams. I also don't think that a 2-loss PAC 12 team is automatically out.

Yes, the Utah loss is good for Michigan's chances, but all 4 of Michigan's out-of-conference opponents lost (BYU to Missouri 20-16, Oregon State to 54-24, and UNLV to Colorado State 49-35).  Strength of schedule is going to take a hit.

bronxblue

November 15th, 2015 at 9:25 AM ^

Oregon State and UNLV were always anchors, and UM beat them both handily. BYU lost a close road game to an SEC team, and Utah lost to an average Pac 12 team. I don't see either of those results dramatically reshaping the SoS. If UM wins out they have a strong segment for a playoff spot, and it doesn't much matter what the earlier teams in the schedule so.