Bowl Projections: Gator vs Miss.....
CBS is out already. Waiting on ESPN. Gator picks after the BWW this year. Sadly.
So it looks like unless the BWW wants to have mercy on us, we'll be playing an SEC team in January. Great. Wonderful. Kill me.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions
November 24th, 2013 at 11:10 AM ^
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November 24th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
November 24th, 2013 at 1:09 PM ^
I agree with this; it presents a good opportunity.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:14 AM ^
I've got Gator Bowl tickets.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:15 AM ^
I just want to win a bowl game so I can be happy about something.
November 24th, 2013 at 1:54 PM ^
Too bad Florida isn't going to be bowl eligible. We could play in the "Its Not Your Fault" Bowl and just hold each other for four quarters.
Although now that I think about it, Georgia is, and would probably also enjoy a good hug it out session. Except someone would probably tear an ACL while hugging. Poor Georgia.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:16 AM ^
How does the BTCG loser get penalized for getting to that game and losing? Switch the Spartans and Badgers.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:22 AM ^
2011?
November 24th, 2013 at 11:24 AM ^
It's about taking the team who will sell tickets and get people watching on TV. Plus, Sparty probably will not qualify it they fall out of the BCS top 14 after losing the BTCG.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
Right now they're going to be somewhere between #10-13. Wisconsin is going to be #17-19. Maybe a loss to OSU could knock them out of that top 13/16 or whatever it is you need to be eligible.
I wonder if a BCS bowl wouldnt take Wisconsin over MSU anyway if both were eligible. I think Wisconsin is a bit more of a 'name' with more exciting football and they may travel better too. MSU might just get passed over (assuming they lose to OSU)
November 24th, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^
Wisconsin travels better than any Big Ten team. They'll get the nod over Sparty (and with some justification - they're not far from being undefeated).
November 24th, 2013 at 3:07 PM ^
November 24th, 2013 at 11:28 AM ^
November 24th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
We didn't deserve that bid.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:33 AM ^
November 24th, 2013 at 11:57 AM ^
for the SEC and Big 12 losers as well. It sucks
November 24th, 2013 at 12:08 PM ^
Unless you just started watching college football this year you should know that always happens. Every year basically. BCS bowls always try avoid taking conference title game losers. Also Wisconsin travels better and most people believe they are a better team.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:30 AM ^
November 24th, 2013 at 11:47 AM ^
Is that you, Josh Groban?
November 24th, 2013 at 11:39 AM ^
You know, every week, I run the bowl projections through Massey's matchup simulations and end up somewhat discouraged admittedly. This week, if we played Missisippi now, we would likely have a projected 30% shot at winning per that model. The median projected score would be 31-24 as well. Humorously enough, the same simulation gives us a slight edge against Florida, so there would be that.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:56 AM ^
the hell would we score 24 points?
November 24th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
We said the same thing about South Carolina last year, and we scored 28.
Give this team a month to recuperate (our QB could certainly use some time to heal) and we might be okay.
November 24th, 2013 at 2:47 PM ^
November 24th, 2013 at 3:09 PM ^
CANCEL CHRISTMAS, FIRE JESUS, DISBAND THE UNIVERSITY
November 24th, 2013 at 3:36 PM ^
Well, at least you keep things in perspective.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:40 AM ^
Last thing i need to see is Nkdemiche blasting through our OL pounding Gardner or Moncrief and Treadwell torching our defense.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:52 AM ^
This kind of made me chuckle a little. Oh come on the irony here is rich.
November 24th, 2013 at 11:59 AM ^
So maybe someone can answer this for me, but why does the Big Ten have so many January 1st bowl dates? Out of the 6 NYD bowls, we've got a team in 5 of them.
Also, should we be rooting for Iowa? Or for Nebraska? Probably Nebraska so that Iowa drops to 4-4 in conference, and then the conference standings aren't so big that we go to Tempe instead
November 24th, 2013 at 12:08 PM ^
"Why does the Big Ten have so many January 1st bowl dates".
Well....it's to make up for the tie in 1973, of course.
November 24th, 2013 at 12:03 PM ^
November 24th, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
Mike Hart, anyone?
Fred is retiring after this year when Jeremy graduates. I bet any money on it.
November 24th, 2013 at 12:13 PM ^
We need a dedicated QB coach. However that happens, that is what I want to see. Not only for the starter, but for the back-ups/underclassmen. the position is too important to be marginalized.
November 24th, 2013 at 3:12 PM ^
November 24th, 2013 at 12:06 PM ^
Will Tate still be ineligible for the bowl?
November 24th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
whatever happened to him?
Have not heard a word about him in forever.
November 24th, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
the team might figure something out that works and have a few plays the opposition doesn't already know is coming. Like the Cap One Bowl against Florida. No one expected Michigan to run a spread passiing attack. I doubt this will happen, Borges is wayy to stubborn. Maybe he's stuck in a time warp and thinks this is 1973.
I will watch and most likely be disappointed by middle of the second quarter, but it will still be football, Michigan football.
November 24th, 2013 at 3:13 PM ^
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November 24th, 2013 at 3:16 PM ^
See the 2012 Gator Bowl featuring 6-6 Ohio vs 6-6 Florida
November 24th, 2013 at 3:53 PM ^
Then, the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (with the fourth selection among Big Ten teams) might be interested in matching the worst defensive coordinator in Michigan football history against the worst offensive coordinator in Michigan football history in order to get Texas and Michigan to play in a game that would be televised at 10:15 PM on December 28, thinking that it would have more appeal than bringing Nebraska or Iowa to Tempe.
Or, if two Big Ten teams get BCS bowl bids and Michigan State is one of them, then maybe the Capital One Bowl (with what would be the third pick among Big Ten teams) might be interested in seeing how a Greg Mattison coached defense with a rested and more fully healed Jake Ryan and Blake Countess would fare against Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M. . . . Or maybe the Outback Bowl would enjoy the return match between Taylor Lewan and Jadeveon Clowney.
I suppose that if Michigan Football Team 134 represents nothing other than the most wins in college football history, an iconic helmet and the largest collection of living alumni of any university in the world, and the team's performance this season is irrelevant to the bowl selection criteria, then seeing Michigan play in any bowl game better than the Texas Bowl, other than a BCS bowl, might not be too far-fetched.
November 24th, 2013 at 1:36 PM ^
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November 24th, 2013 at 10:18 PM ^
Who are they? Keep in mind that the actual quality of the game is irrelavent to the people who decide these matchups... is Iowa going to bring more eyeballs than Michigan? Is Minnesota going to sell more tickets?
November 24th, 2013 at 8:30 PM ^
I think we'll be in the Texas Bowl actually. not sure why they have Minny in the lowest bowl when they'll finish ahead of us and iowa in the division. Name recognition I guess, and they'll only have one more win than us so I guess that's it. Sucks for them though, and frankly i'd rather play Kansas State than Mississippi.