Guess the Rose Bowl Score + Bonus, Guess the UW/UT Score

Submitted by XM - Mt 1822 on December 31st, 2023 at 12:23 PM

Mates,

Be the envy of all your friends, adored by media and celebrities alike, and guess the score to the Rose Bowl.  I note that Michigan is still a 1 1/2 point favorite.  

Bonus:  Sugar bowl has #3 Texas as a 4 pt favorite over #2 UW.   Guess that score, too.

Happy New Year,

XM

p.s.  The Lions got jobbed worse than I have ever seen.  Someone said the 1972 Moscow Olympics, and that seems about right. 

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AlbanyBlue

December 31st, 2023 at 12:28 PM ^

If Michigan has an aggressive gameplan utilizing all weapons from the start, they win: Michigan 23, Alabama 20.

If Michigan plays too conservatively, they lose. Alabama 20, Michigan 13.

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getsome

December 31st, 2023 at 1:39 PM ^

agreed, tough call.

harbaugh has his best team with his best QB and best shot at a ring - he also needs to break some tendencies, which hes struggled to do over the years, for the O to get there.  

to will it into existence ill predict mccarthy has 9 carries 60 yards and somehow gets to 200 passing, D gets 2 turnovers which is the difference - michigan wins 25-22.

texas beats wash 37-30

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AlbanyBlue

December 31st, 2023 at 2:38 PM ^

GS -- yeah, I honestly don't know. 2021-23 Me has seen Jim improve his offensive-side coaching quite a bit, but 2015-2020 Me looks at M's horrid postseason performance. 21-23 Me salivates at our killer defense, but 15-20 Me looks at our difficulties with mobile QBs and tempo.

I just don't know. But I do think that it's as much on the coaching staff as it is on the players.

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wildbackdunesman

December 31st, 2023 at 12:57 PM ^

Bama is the best team left and will outplay us for much of the game. But I have to believe. Our front 7 will make good use of their hands stripping balls and swatting down passes. We'll get some fortuitous turn overs.

Michigan 31 Alabama 30

Texas 38 Washington 28

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MacGyver

December 31st, 2023 at 1:14 PM ^

Rose Bowl: 21-16 Michigan (same score as the last time I was at the Rose Bowl)

Sugar Bowl: 38-31 Texas (same score as the first time I was at the Rose Bowl when Michigan beat Washington).

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MRunner73

December 31st, 2023 at 1:17 PM ^

Mich 27 'Bama 24.

Texas 42 Wash 39.

In '72 it was the USA Men's BB team that got jobbed by the refs which gave the USSR something like 3 chances with 6 sec to go in each possessions to score the winning bucket. (Correct me if I'm wrong) Also Dave Wottle from Bowling Green (OH) won the 800M gold when he passed two Kenyian runners with 50M to go. Frank Shorter also won the Marathon god medal.

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XM - Mt 1822

December 31st, 2023 at 4:20 PM ^

the interweb tells me that the game was played in munich, not moscow.  

as to the rose bowl, i really don't have a prediction other than the idea that until and unless we prove we can beat a fully weaponized dark-money SEC team, i will presume we won't.  i guess i shouldn't have been shocked about the stat that bama has as many 5*'s as the entire B10, combined.  ridiculous.  hopefully NIL will eat away at that advantage, but even if it does, it won't happen by 5:00 EST, tomorrow. 

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