When will we know where Michigan's semifinal game is?
November 30th, 2022 at 11:27 AM ^
Sunday
- 12 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 4 (Selection Day)
November 30th, 2022 at 12:04 PM ^
Beat Purdue.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:28 AM ^
After we know whether we make it to the semifinal.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:58 AM ^
You are really committed to the idea the committee might somehow keep us out of the playoffs. It just won't happen. We would have to lose to Purdue 78-0 for that to be even remotely reasonable.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:19 PM ^
So 77-0 and we are in
November 30th, 2022 at 12:33 PM ^
80-2 is where it gets dicey. Is the safety enough?
November 30th, 2022 at 12:28 PM ^
1973
Can I get a witness Dennis?
November 30th, 2022 at 5:16 PM ^
I think the logic is OSU lost at #2 to a better team and dropped to 5. Why couldn’t the same thing happen to Michigan? They don’t even have to move OSU up. They can just drop OSU to 6.
November 30th, 2022 at 6:32 PM ^
Beauty points count. But any reasonable outcome without Michigan in is unreasonable.
Even Woody was ok with Michigan in 1973. The people who decide are people.
You win with people. They can also jerk you around.
Beat Purdue!
November 30th, 2022 at 5:18 PM ^
Yeah im trying to find the reasoning. The only team outside of the 4 that has any shot of getting in is Ohio State. Who we have the head to head on the road (and not even close) over. So if Michigan lost and every other top 4 team won, you would think they take a Ohio State team over Michigan? Thats crazy talk. Maybe if the game vs Ohio State was close.
Then if you want to put the downer hat on even more. The 6th team is Bama. Who has 0 top 10 wins over Michigan who has two massive top 10 wins.
I would even argue that with a loss Michigan is a 3 seed at worst since they have the better wins than USC. No to mention from a media standpoint, Michigan vs UGA in the semi doesn't sell like it would in the title game.
Michigan and UGA are locks because they earned those spots over the course of the season with dominant top 10 wins and no one outside of the top 4 earned those spots
November 30th, 2022 at 11:29 AM ^
Assuming Georgia beats LSU, they will stay #1 and have their choice of semifinal bowls, right? I don't see any way they would choose anything other than the Peach Bowl, essentially giving them a home game.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:45 AM ^
Wait, what? They get to choose which location they get?
November 30th, 2022 at 11:59 AM ^
Top seed chooses their bowl, yeah.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:00 PM ^
I assume this is sarcasm, but if not, yes, top ranked picks location.
November 30th, 2022 at 3:25 PM ^
Absolutely not sarcasm. I have never heard of a team being able to choose which bowl they will go to.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:02 PM ^
Sort of yes - between whatever the 2 sites are that year. The #1 seed is looked at for geographical preference. Since Atlanta is right next to Athens it's a clear choice this year. They also protect the #1 seed, so if it were UM #1 and UGA #4 they would put it out in AZ even though ostensibly Atlanta is an easier travel for UM.
November 30th, 2022 at 1:24 PM ^
Yeah. As a practical matter we’ll know the second the sec game is over (if UGA stays 1) and our game is over (if we stay 2). If so hello Phoenix.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:31 AM ^
I dont mean to threadjack but has anyone heard when and where the national championship parade will be held? I'm guessing Ann Arbor but you never know.
I'll hang up and listen.
No wait. I'll make a post to ask instead.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:34 AM ^
Main St, Columbus Ohio.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:38 AM ^
Wait for the first two NC Parade posts and then post yours!
November 30th, 2022 at 11:33 AM ^
It’s gonna be in Arizona. UGA will be the 1 seed and pick ATL. I can’t imagine UM would want to play in ATL even if they finish #1 and get to pick.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:46 AM ^
Yup. Even if Georgia loses and Michigan goes up to #1, if Georgia falls to #4 there is no way in hell I'd want to go to Atlanta. I don't want my guys having to play in a road environment in what would almost certainly be at least a 70% Georgia crowd.
Send me to Glendale, and I'll worry about Georgia when they have to fly to LA and well out of SEC country.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:08 PM ^
disagree. if somehow ga loses and us and the other two win, i would rather play usc in atl and force ga to play tcu in AZ. this assumes ga doesn't fall to 4.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:20 PM ^
Agree with this. If we are #1 and USC is #4 (which seems reasonable if TCU and USC win and UGA loses), I would think we'd pick ATL.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:50 AM ^
I think it depends. If UGA loses and UM is #1 and USC is #4 (I’ve got a feeling the committee would only drop UGA to #3), you’d probably want to go to ATL so it’s not so close for USC fans in SoCal.
November 30th, 2022 at 5:16 PM ^
Michigan fans can drive from Ann Arbor to Atlanta in a day (11 hours or so), so it's our obvious choice compared to something way out west regardless of opponent, unless it's Georgia.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:50 AM ^
If it's UM#1 vs USC#4 Atlanta might make sense tho.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:00 PM ^
If we get #1 and GA is not #2 or #3, it would seem stupid to not take the Peach bowl away from them.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:55 PM ^
Seems like we should do what benefits us most.. Not worry so much about the other game
November 30th, 2022 at 1:24 PM ^
Nudging down Georgia's chance of making the final is in our best interest. It's also farther from USC and TCU.
November 30th, 2022 at 2:05 PM ^
I'm fine with that answer. Switch the order of your commentary
November 30th, 2022 at 11:38 AM ^
Can we clean the board up of all this?
November 30th, 2022 at 11:41 AM ^
At this point its almost a guarantee its going to be in Glendale. Georgia will get to pick their semifinal site as the #1 seed and they are absolutely going to pick Atlanta. You can take that to the bank, as that is an hour down the road from campus and a virtual home game for them against whoever they play.
The odds of Michigan falling to the #4 seed are slim to nil. They'd have to get beat down by Purdue pretty badly, so you are very safe to assume Michigan will be heading to the Fiesta Bowl.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:14 PM ^
Well, the other way we maybe end up at the Peach Bowl is if we end up passing Georgia this weekend and they do not fall to 4. But yeah, pretty slim chance.
November 30th, 2022 at 6:27 PM ^
I don't see UGA or Michigan falling past 3 regardless of a loss. USC has no "good" win to put them over a 1 loss UGA or Michigan
November 30th, 2022 at 11:43 AM ^
You really couldn't google this? Legit question. Like did you try?
November 30th, 2022 at 11:45 AM ^
I mean, it is highly unlikely but I would not be booking any flights to anywhere yet. It isn't as though there is no path out of The Playoff at this point. Is it likely Purdue takes Michigan to the shed? No, it is very unlikely. But sometimes chaos is the order of the day. I would watch the first quarter before making any travel plans.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:58 AM ^
I think we are pretty much guaranteed a spot in the CFP regardless of the outcome Saturday. The only team in a position to knock us out, with a loss in the B1G, is Ohio and we already throttled them.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:22 PM ^
we're in even if we lose by three scores. Because who is going to move ahead of us, OSU whom we beat by three scores? No.
We'd probably have to lose by 5 scores and have JJ get hurt. which I guess is possible but....
November 30th, 2022 at 11:48 AM ^
Well, it kind of depends on the team's final ranking and which site is assigned which semi-final. You will know for sure early Sunday afternoon but you will likely have an early indication based on Friday's game between USC and Utah because that outcome is the primary one impacting the status of all six teams now in contention for four spots.
While the rankings won't necessarily impact the siting of teams, the rankings do impact which team plays where. So, chaos upsets could alter that scheduling. If you know how teams will finish in the final vote, you could obviously make tickets and travel plans based semi-final selections.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:50 AM ^
If UGA wins (game over by 8PM), they're definitely the #1 seed and playing in Atlanta. If we win (game over by 11:30PM), we'll definitely be the #2 seed and playing in Glendale.
What I'm trying to say is, you don't have to wait until Sunday if you don't want to. If UGA wins, as expected, by any amount, they'll stay #1. If we win, and it's like last year's game, you can reserve your flight to Phoenix in the third quarter.
November 30th, 2022 at 11:57 AM ^
Dude - the game is on Fox. There is NO WAY the game is over by 11:30.....
November 30th, 2022 at 6:33 PM ^
This is the way. If anyone is debating going to the semi's even if its just a debate. Prebook your rental and hotel now for both Atlanta and Phoenix. You can cancel the spot we don't go to. Enterprise allows you to book without paying (you don't even need to put a card on file), and most hotels on hotels.com do too. There is 0 risk involved unless you forget to cancel. Don't wait until Sunday, the prices will be jacked. I made this mistake last year and I watched prices triple from Saturday to Sunday. I would say to book your flight after the SEC game as well. Every major airline allows 24 hour free cancellations, even the bad ones like Spirit.
I would hold off on tickets until closer to the game unless you are lucky to get them at face value, Michigan and UGA never sold out and tickets dropped by a huge margin. I paid $1500 for two tickets the week after the game was announcer. 5 days before the game, the tickets were $400 total, and those were good seats. Nothing ever sells out, not even the Superbowl. You can look at third party sites and there will always be tickets.
December 1st, 2022 at 10:15 AM ^
The market on SeatGeek feels like face-ish prices: large blocks of tickets priced as groups based on location (and at least slightly cheaper than other marketplaces). The inventory on these tickets seems to be dropping steadily since I started looking a few days ago.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:01 PM ^
Arizona is where they'll play at #2.
UGA is #1 so guess where they'll be playing? You guessed it- their own back yard in Atlanta.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:02 PM ^
Beat Purdue.
November 30th, 2022 at 12:09 PM ^
Win the game!
November 30th, 2022 at 12:15 PM ^
If you don't understand how the playoff seeding works, then you probably shouldn't be around sharp objects either.