playoff chaos aside - What team would you most like to see us play in a bowl game?

Wisconsin.  A solid non conf foe.

Florida, show everyone which team has the real best hirein CFB last year.

Traditional powers, great setting, huge audience.  What's not to like.  It  is also a good match-up for us.

Into the Rose Bowl and play Stanford or USC.  Most likely scenario puts Michigan into the Citrus Bowl against Florida, Georgia, LSU.  I think I'd rather play an SEC school and beat them at this point in time.

USC.  I'll watch their cheerleaders.  

How does everyone think we would do against the Irish?

I would be afraid of their ability to run up-tempo like Indiana. Even if that's not how they normally play they have the ability. To me they are a Indiana team with more of a dual-threat quarterback and better defense. I think we could lose this match up as of right now, but will have a better idea after we play Ohio St.

Thoughts?

would be my first choice agianst whoever in the PAC12. After that, Florida would be a tough but exciting matchup. I think playing Ole Miss would be fun, and something new. Fournette scares me too much to want to play LSU.

But there would be something fun about a Notre Dame vs Michigan Rose Bowl.

Teams that'd be fun to face: USC, Stanford, Notre Dame, LSU, Ole Miss, Florida State

Not fun: Florida

Florida is boring.

Someone beatable.

I know there is an argument for "a good game" but unless you're playing in the final four, to me its a chance for more practices and hopefully a big win to last us through the offseason and a semi-ridiculous trophy to put in the case. Maybe I'm still affected by the Bo years where we didn't have a great winning percentage in bowl games but personally I'll take the easiest available foe.

Ray Charles is on my mind, so I'm going with Georgia. 

Historically good team I've always liked, and we haven't played them in forever.

I'm going with USC. We haven't played the,m, and I think we could win that game. I also like the idea of playing Georgia. 

Love to see Lewis shutdown Treadwell.

Other mentions.  LSU.  Georgia. Arizona. Notre Dame.  I don't want to play Florida in a home game for them.  F that entire state.

promised to Pac 12 and Big 10 teams during the years that it's a non-playoff bowl?  If so, no Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl this year.

I'd be satisfied with playing them in the "Nearest Meijer parking lot or high school football field Bowl" though.

/still a little raw about last year

There's been a question on the board a couple times recently about "what is your favorite "other" college team? This season is setting up for me to possibly get a matchup of Michigan vs. one of my "other" favorites. 

If we win out and ND loses to Stanford, there's a good chance that makes us the 4 seed against Clemson, one of my "favorites." My fandom goes way farther back than Dabo ... I've always liked the tiger paw and death valley and the Woody Hayes punch. 

If we lose to OSU, we would still have a very outside shot at a NY6 bowl if enough teams finish with 2 losses ... but one of them would probably need to be MSU (meaning they lose to both OSU and PSU). Or, Iowa loses to Nebraska and in the B1G championship game and the committee puts Michigan into the NY6 instead. There is not way there will be four B1G NY6 teams even though MSU, OSU, Iowa and UM might be among the top 12 teams. In THAT scenario I'd like to see us play Notre Dame ... but ND is not one of those "other" favorites. 

If we get shut out of the NY6 and end up in the Citrus or Outback, there's a good chance we could see LSU, which would be another favorite. (Same reason as Clemson, mostly aesthetics but also Les.)

And, if we were to go to the Holiday Bowl instead (not sure where that ranks now in terms of pecking order, is it above the Outback now?) then UM-USC or UM-Stanford would be pretty cool. Of course having Harbaugh play his old team in his old city would make for a nice story. 

Southern Cal or Stanford. Or ND if somehow that worked out.

But honestly as long as it's the Rose Bowl, it could be Kansas for all I care.

Michigan State.  Fuck your miricle puntinterceptionrunbackgift.

I want to beat them so badly they close the university.

Realistic answer - Florida.  We would absolutely roll them.

University of Chicago.

I know that it won't happen, but your question didn't limit the answer to games that might happen. 

I really want to see us line up against Sparty with some non-Big10 refs.  Sparty "won" on a bad combo of poor officiating (that did impact the outcome) and a total fluke play.  I would like to see newly improved Rudock and company hang 50 on those bastards.

Stanford in the Rose Bowl or LSU in the Peach Bowl.