Ranking the November NCAAF Meltdowns we most want to see
November is always the critical month in college football - rivalry games, jockeying for playoff and bowl positioning, and often the fate of household name coaches is determined. Michigan is highly unlikely to factor into the CFP this year, but as Michigan and college football fans, there are a handful of key games/teams that bear close watching this year. Which of the 3 possibilities below are you most eager to see, and what are the chances:
1) OSU loses 3 of 4 in November (Iowa, MSU, and UM)
- Reason to be excited: Freaks out the entire state of Ohio, casts doubt in the minds of recruits about the coaching genius and staying power of Urban Meyer.
2) The Auburn Tigers pin losses on UGA (Sat) and Bama (Nov 25), as the road to the SEC Championship runs straight through Jordan-Hare Stadium
- Reason to be excited: All those smug SEC fans currently counting on 2 CFP bids face the prospect of none (or 1 max), as Auburn would have the opportunity under this scenario to beat UGA again in the SEC championship game
3) ND gets all the way to the last weekend as a top 3 team, only to have Stanford go all Bryce Love on them and dash their CFP hopes
- Reason to be excited: It's been too log since we've seen ol' Purple Face in his natural state, and yeah, F ND
November 7th, 2017 at 3:39 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 3:42 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 3:39 PM ^
because I hate Ohio State that much.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
Except I would love to see them lose all four of their remaining games.
It would require a snowstorm and a lot of lucky bounces for Illinois to beat Ohio State, though. Illinois is bad and should thank their lucky stars their non-conference schedule was weak enough to allow them a couple of wins.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:42 PM ^
OSU for sure. Let them run Urban out of town over a "down" 4 loss season.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:42 PM ^
The recent story about Bama players receiving money opens up pandora's box a la Ole Miss. The fallout would be fantastic to watch.
And I want the buckeyes to beat sparty, otherwise I'd pick #1.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:42 PM ^
ND is due for an upset I can feel it in my bone.
OSU's best chances for a loss are against that other Michigan school or us. Hopefully both...I think the 11W server would melt down quite literally.
No damn idea about the SEC they are awful as a conference.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 3:43 PM ^
I'd prefer to see OSU win this weekend and then lose twice.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:44 PM ^
OSU beats MSU
OSU, MSU and PSU lose all the other games
Michigan wins out
profit!
November 7th, 2017 at 4:25 PM ^
Not sure why anybody here would want Sparty to win the B1G east under any circumstances and if they someone win on Saturday they've a straight shot to the crown.
That would be beyond horrible.
November 7th, 2017 at 5:10 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 3:45 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
and you DO NOT list Sparty ? WTF (are you wearing your green and white?) They have at least 4 starters that are on parole from prison and no one gives a shit ? If they somehow win the B1G ... I will have a meltdown!
Go Blue!
November 7th, 2017 at 4:35 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 5:32 PM ^
But then the past decade happened.
November 7th, 2017 at 5:51 PM ^
I have no idea how you can do that. I root against sparty in everything and its primarily because I know family & friends who went there. They are unbelievably obnoxious and never root for Michigan. I hope they lose every game they play, even when they play OSU and ND.
November 7th, 2017 at 11:05 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 9:49 PM ^
isn't a thing and has never been a thing in all of the history. Families might be divided but the schools and fan bases are not. It's tempting to blame Dantonio but the seeds were sown way before Mork intensified the fake rivalry.
November 7th, 2017 at 4:11 PM ^
Not sure how you can say the Pac-12 is the most overrated conference in the NCAA when - by your own account - you have them last in the teams you want to have a November meltdown. The Pac-12 isn't overrated because they aren't even rated! By every measure, nobody is considering that conference good this year.
I think you need to look up the definition of overrated.
November 7th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
Option 1 is terrible because it puts Mark Dantonio in Indianapolis due to fluky wins for 2 out of 3 years.
No thanks. I'll be fine with a 2-2 OSU November, or if it has to be 1-3, lose to Illinois.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 3:48 PM ^
I'd like to see someone take a big creamy dump on Clemson
November 7th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^
You do realize that MSU beating OSU basically guarantees the Spartans will win the East, right?
November 7th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^
MSU is eliminated with a loss this weekend unless Ohio State loses to Illinois at home (lol).
OSU wins any possible tiebreakers over MSU if they beat them this weekend.
For Michigan's tiny chances, we need MSU AND PSU to both lose one more in the last few weeks.
If OSU wins this weekend, it's likely that they're still going to Indy even if they lose The Game.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
Obviously having OSU metldown would be great.
The other likely scenario I want to see is Auburn beat Georgia. Alabama beat Auburn. Alabama beat Georgia. Alabama is not going to lose more than one game so they are in the playoff for sure. That would give every other SEC team at least two losses and would end the ridiculous two SEC teams in the playoffs talk.
November 7th, 2017 at 4:03 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 3:57 PM ^
I think most Michigan fans want max chaos. So:
OSU beats MSU
Auburn beats Georgia and Alabama
Stanford beats Washington
Notre Dame beats Miami
Stanford beats Notre Dame
Michigan wins out
Auburn wins SEC Championship Game
Clemson stumbles against FSU, South Carolina, or ACC Championship game
Oklahoma wins out regular season, then loses Big 12 championship game to _____ (whoever wins the tiebreaker between Okla St, WVU, TCU, ISU)
USC loses to UCLA, but then wins Pac-12 Championship game over Stanford
Conference Champs would be:
ACC: If chaos ensues, either 2 loss Clemson, or 1 (or 2) loss Miami
B1G: I can't sort out the tiebreakers, but OSU beats MSU, then loses to 1 loss Wisconsin in the B1G Championship game. So 1 loss Wisconsin is B1G Champs
Big-12: 2 or 3 loss Okla St, WVU, TCU, or ISU upsets Oklahoma in the Championship game.
Pac-12: 3 loss USC beats Stanford to win the Pac-12, with a resume of only two big wins (both over Stanford)
SEC: 2 loss Auburn wins out, then beats Georgia again to win the SEC Championship game.
Notre Dame finishes with 2 losses, Georgia and Stanford
None of this means Michigan even sniffs the playoffs, but this would be the a huge headache for the CFP committee. Good luck.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
Watching Mork go down over systemic PED use in his program, or straight up payola, would be epic. Not having to deal with his classless sore winner routine (and sadly having him pull off upsets on the regular) would be a major relief.
November 7th, 2017 at 4:34 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
You people are so mean.
November 7th, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 4:14 PM ^
I thought the polo team was funny! I assume it was just a funny joke and nothing more.
November 7th, 2017 at 5:15 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 6:38 PM ^
I'm sure the OSU women's water polo team is pretty mean. Those ladies could kick my butt!
November 7th, 2017 at 4:18 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 4:53 PM ^
I just don't feel safe around Buckeye Chuck or comfortable with his "You People" talk.
/ MadRealWorld'd /
November 7th, 2017 at 6:37 PM ^
I figured you'd be even more offended if I put you in the same category as me. ;-)
November 7th, 2017 at 7:06 PM ^
Same category as you.
November 7th, 2017 at 4:32 PM ^
Open up your goddamn playbook against MSU for once and maybe we'd be approximately 27% nicer.
November 7th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^
November 7th, 2017 at 6:34 PM ^
I'm wishing for exactly that. Handing the ball to running backs would be nice too.
November 8th, 2017 at 10:08 AM ^
That hasn't always worked (See 2015). That was my point.
November 8th, 2017 at 8:41 PM ^
My point was that vs. MSU in 2015 OSU didn't hand it to Zeke. They closed up the playbook and ran QB draws repeatedly. In OSU's recent losses, a common theme has been more rushes from Barrett than RBs.
When RB carries > Barrett's carries = OSU often wins
When RB carries < Barrett's carries = OSU often loses
November 9th, 2017 at 1:57 PM ^
Teams don't necessarily win when they run. Rather, they run when they're winning.
Throw the ball against MSU's piss poor DB's and prosper. Please.
November 7th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^