It's time for Clemson to do what they do best.. Clemsoning
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:00 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 7:16 PM ^
Not sure I want to play USC right now. The Rose Bowl would be great, but playing a team that hot in what is basically a road game with nothing to really win is not a great scenario imo.
If we don't go to the playoff, I'd rather beat down on a team not playing as well as anybody besides Bama right now.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:00 PM ^
You're doing this wrong. Michigan should be rooting for Clemson. That way Va Tech will win.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:28 PM ^
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:33 PM ^
We would have to truly be rooting for Clemson. Its like saying if we believed hard enough we could use the force. We will never know if we can since we can never actually believe it.
December 3rd, 2016 at 8:21 PM ^
So this fan is wrong....
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:05 PM ^
I don't see us beating Bama even if we do make it. I'm hoping for a Clemson loss but I don't think it'd really be the worst thing in the world to beat up on FSU or USC.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:06 PM ^
You always want the chance. Who knows? Things happen.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:07 PM ^
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:07 PM ^
I'd rather have us playing Bama in the playoffs to show recruits that we are already on that level. Helps a lot to be on the same level as the teams you compete for recruits with.
As for the game, I think we are the only team with a legit shot of beating Bama. Not to say that we'd expect to win, but I think our defense and special teams gives us the best shot of anyone out there.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:09 PM ^
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^
It's nice and all that our defense can potentially stop Bama on offense, but no one is mentioning the fact that Bama's defense would absolutely curbstomp Michigan's Oline.
Speight might as well schedule an appointment for his AC joint. Our Oline crumbles against good competition. The game could easily be a shut out with our defense wearing down by the 4th since the offense just gets demolished.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:25 PM ^
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^
It'd be a game of passing to set up screens and draws, like the 2013 OSU game was. You're right that their DL has a huge advantage on our OL, but if our D can hold them to 10 points like LSU did, there's certainly a gameplan to score 11+ points.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:59 PM ^
December 3rd, 2016 at 7:53 PM ^
Come on, man. Michigan won't roll over and die. I think we'd give Alabama a decent game. I think we'd probably lose but at least it's a measuring stick for the program. We should be aspiring to play the best teams out there.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:16 PM ^
they are, along with us, the best team that won't be in the playoff. if we play them it would be no easy feat to beat them, especially on what is in reality their home field.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:50 PM ^
I certainly agree with not wanting to play USC right now. I think we are better, but they are red hot. A lot of people on the board have been clamoring for the Rose Bowl against them, and, uh, that is not how I want to end the season.
December 3rd, 2016 at 7:19 PM ^
Would rather play Bama in the playoff than USC in a relatively meaningless matchup when imo those are the only 2 teams that can beat us on a neutral field right now.
And would rather play a meh team in the Orange Bowl than USC in the Rose.
December 3rd, 2016 at 7:32 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 7:50 PM ^
F all this. I want Michigan to play the best team out there and that would be in the CFP likely against Alabama if Clemson loses tonight. If we lose, so be it. At least we'll know where we stand against the elite.
December 3rd, 2016 at 7:32 PM ^
I love your winning attitude. You're gonna go far, kid.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:05 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 6:05 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 6:24 PM ^
Yeah, this is not kind of game that Clemson "Clemsons". That's usually reserved for some mid-season game at home against some bottom feeder when they are ranked #1 after getting a big long-elusive win.
They will be focused for this game.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:25 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 6:07 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 6:09 PM ^
I don't get why people think we're going to be jumped by PSU or Wisconsin if Clemson loses. Sure, the Colorado win looks 5% less awesome now. Who cares? We still beat both PSU and Wisconsin, and would have the same number of losses as the winner. I think we're very likely in if Clemson loses.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:10 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 6:11 PM ^
I sure hope Clemson loses
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:11 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 6:17 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 6:27 PM ^
He casts a big shadow regardless. And he won't leave when they talk about where to put Michigan, which you know he will piss all over.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^
The committee won't have much say at all over where Michigan goes. Remember that the Rose Bowl must take the Big Ten champion (if available), and if not the Rose Bowl itself--not the committee--gets to decide which Big Ten team to select.
And if Michigan falls past the Rose Bowl, the Orange Bowl's instructions are to take the "highest ranked available non-champion of the Big Ten or the SEC, or Notre Dame." Michigan will obviously be higher ranked than the BTCG loser, so there is no way they fall past the Orange Bowl.
December 3rd, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^
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December 3rd, 2016 at 6:16 PM ^
A Rose Bowl win over USC would put a lot of momentum in the program if we come up short in respect to the playoffs. I think we would destroy FSU in the Orange Bowl and I also think OSU would get killed by Bama's DL if they matched up without big ten refs to bail them out.
December 3rd, 2016 at 7:06 PM ^
Would not necessarily prefer to play USC in the Rose Bowl if we don't go to the playoff. Destroying FSU in the Orange Bowl sounds pretty damn good to me. It's been a long time since my sophomore year in 1991 when we got blown out.
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December 3rd, 2016 at 6:22 PM ^
December 3rd, 2016 at 7:43 PM ^
He doesn't shy away from a microphone.