Updated bowl projections.....

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

Ira said there were a lot of bowl game reps in the booth at yesterday's game. 

Michigan vs USC in a California bowl game.......most would think the Rose Bowl. 

Sigh. 

 

ESPN

Bowl Talking Head 1 Talking Head 2
Fiesta State vs South Carolina Wisconsin vs Notre Dame
Cotton No B1G team State vs Baylor
Capital One Wisconsin vs Miss. State Ohio vs Miss. State
Outback Ohio vs Mississippi Nebraska vs LSU
TaxSlayer No B1G team Penn State vs Mississippi
Holiday Nebraska vs Stanford Iowa vs UCLA
Pinstripe Penn State vs Ga Tech Maryland vs Ga Tech
Music City Iowa vs Tennessee No B1G team
Independence Michigan vs Pittsburgh No B1G team
San Fran Maryland vs Arizona State Michigan vs USC
Quick Lane Minnesota vs North Carolina Rutgers vs BC
Heart of Dallas Illinois vs UAB Indiana vs UTEP

What the hell is Duck Commander? 

 

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Bowl Pick
Cotton State vs Baylor
Capital One Wisconsin vs Georgia
Outback Ohio vs Missouri
TaxSlayer Iowa vs South Carolina
Holiday Nebraska vs USC
Pinstripe Michigan vs Pittsburgh
San Fran Penn State vs Arizona State
Quick Lane Indiana vs North Carolina

 

Yeah, yeah, I know. "who cares about bowl games?"

EDIT: fixed

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acnumber1

September 21st, 2014 at 7:03 PM ^

I'm guessing talking head 2 has Wisconsin in the playoff?

 

edit: but then they would be in the Rose or Sugar...maybe he has them not qualifying for a bowl?  Odd.'

 

edit 2: and now I see you've changed it and Wisconsin is listed...nevermind

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SFBlue

September 21st, 2014 at 5:46 PM ^

This is very similar to last week's.  Only now these bowl projections seem optimistic to me.  I suppose Michigan may very well beat Northwestern, Maryland, Rutgers, Indiana, and maybe even Minnesota, to get to 7-5.  And if they do, that has meaning, and while I won't be bragging about it, exactly, I will appreciate the effort it took to pull it off.  It just seems so out of reach, at the moment. 

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LSAClassOf2000

September 21st, 2014 at 6:00 PM ^

Massey has a matchup simulator, and if either of those scenarios materialized based on current data at least if you used his data, you would have:

 - versus Pittsburgh - estimated 45% win probability for Michigan

 - versus USC - estimated 22% win probability for Michigan

Mind you, there's historic data in the algorithm, but yeah, not inspiring sadly. 

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ndscott50

September 21st, 2014 at 6:39 PM ^

The way this team has played I can't see better then a 50% chance this team is bowl eligible. I would be somewhat shocked if this team wins 4 more games. Do people really think we can win 4 big ten games?

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The Baughz

September 21st, 2014 at 6:58 PM ^

Not if they play like they did last week. The offense has ZERO trips to the redzone this year against teams that have a pulse. Unfortunately, every team on our schedule from here on out has a pulse. It's going to be tough to win 4 more games. :(

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MGoCombs

September 21st, 2014 at 7:15 PM ^

I would actually be happy with a Michigan/USC bowl game. Obviously I'd rather it be a bigger stage but really if you're not playing in the big ones it's really more about your opponent and geography anyway. I'd like a CA game against a marquee name like USC.


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DMill2782

September 21st, 2014 at 7:22 PM ^

send 4-8 teams to bowl games now? I know the amount of bowls has gotten ridiculous, but I wasn't aware a four win season would get a you a match up with USC. That's pretty neat.

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