November 20th, 2016 at 2:02 AM ^
then Wisconsin winning in the BTCG?
November 20th, 2016 at 2:13 AM ^
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November 20th, 2016 at 2:24 AM ^
Have you watched USC recently? Outside of Alabama, I can't think of a team I'd rather play less. They are ROLLING.
November 20th, 2016 at 3:18 AM ^
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November 20th, 2016 at 5:09 AM ^
those 3 losses would count for something. That's a lot of losses to make up; it's a rare situation that I would accept a 3 loss team as a national champion.
November 20th, 2016 at 8:01 AM ^
USC might keep the margin under 50 this time.
November 20th, 2016 at 8:39 AM ^
I think Helton would be out coached, but USC would acquit themselves well. That team is scary good right now... Think OSU without the MSU loss last year.
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November 20th, 2016 at 9:36 AM ^
Yeah I'm super annoyed by all the talk about USC as a top 6, or even 10, team. If we're not going to look at record at all then we might as well skip the whole season and just pick the 4 teams that look the best in practice. Winning is the most important thing, and it isn't just about talent.
November 20th, 2016 at 9:46 AM ^
does a 3 loss team deserve to get in. I don't care if a panel of coaches reviewed tape and thought SC could beat Bama easily and McShay projected all 22 starters as first round draft choices. 3 losses and you are out--no exceptions.
November 20th, 2016 at 9:40 AM ^
Though the system was actually created the way it was thanks to UCLA's 6-6 team that played in the Pac 12 Championship game against Oregon, USC is the kind of team that illustrates why they don't just give champions an automatic berth. Sorry, but three losses are at least one too many and probably two too many. The whole season counts: not just the last half.
November 20th, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
It's the whole season that counts, not just the latter part of it.
November 20th, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
It's the whole season that counts, not just the latter part of it.
November 20th, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^
1) He's probably picking USC to win the Pac-12. If CU loses to Utah, USC goes to the Pac-12 title game.
2) When the first Sunday in December rolls around, there aren't going to be many teams with less than 3 losses. In the scenario Griese has (USC winning the Pac-12), the only team from the Pac-12 that could have less than 3 losses would be Washington, who would have lost to USC 2x.
The SEC is probably only going to have one team with less than 3 losses. The only teams with less than 3 losses in the SEC right now are Bama and Florida.
The ACC only has two teams with less than 3 losses - Clemson and Louisville.
The Big 12 right now has 3 teams with less than 3 losses - OU, OSU and WVU. OU and OSU play each other so at best, there will only be 2 teams with less than 3 losses.
The Big 10 has 5 teams with less than 3 losses right now.
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I didn't think it made any sense and neither did the other guys' prediction. Where is Michigan in all of that? No way they are behind USC or even outside the top 6 with a close loss to OSU.
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November 20th, 2016 at 7:50 AM ^
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November 20th, 2016 at 2:03 AM ^
His opinion is that Ohio State will beat Michigan and then Wisconsin will beat Penn State in the Big Ten Championship game.
That isn't an unlikely senario.
HOWEVER, it is entirely up to Michigan to knock two off the red teams down and put the maize and blue up! #BeatOhio
November 20th, 2016 at 2:05 AM ^
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November 20th, 2016 at 10:32 AM ^
So an 11-2 team with 4 top ten wins, with two of them being in the playoff, isn't in his top 6?
November 20th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
the more egregious thing would be a 10-2 OSU team making the playoff over an 11-2 Michigan team (and Big Ten East Champ) to whom they lost. That isn't happening in any universe.
November 20th, 2016 at 2:07 AM ^
We're not exactly going into Columbus on all cylinders.
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And outside of the Rutgers game, Michigan has looked rough on the road. All two of those games (outside of Rutgers).
Ohio State has a defense with a pulse, an offense with a pulse, and its on the road where Michigan hasn't looked that great.
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November 20th, 2016 at 10:36 AM ^
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That they are not nearly as good as last year and that fans like you who think we will get blown out are embarrasing?
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November 20th, 2016 at 2:06 AM ^
I think you can argue that he might have been a little harsh with some of his comments about Michigan during his broadcast earlier this year, but I don't think this is unreasonable. OSU has beaten Michigan 11 out of 12 or whatever it is so it's not like it's far-fetched that it will happen again. I much prefer him to give an actual opinion on the matter than to slobber all over himself when talking about his alma mater like Joey freaking Galloway does.
November 20th, 2016 at 2:08 AM ^
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November 20th, 2016 at 7:04 AM ^
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It will be very tough to win on Saturday. Matchups are not favorable.
November 20th, 2016 at 2:32 AM ^
Line opened up at Ohio State -6.5 and I really can't decide if that's good or bad. Michigan hasn't looked great on the road, their offense will grind to a halt if O'Korn/Speight can't bounce back on the road.....its the type of game where they're going to need some defensive TOs or a special teams TD.
November 20th, 2016 at 2:34 AM ^
the hottest teams instead of teams that have been ranked the highest recently.
Michigan needs to really figure things out because the offense isn't good enough right now to beat those teams, especially OSU.