Comments on: Michigan fans – the biggest OSU supporters in CFB

By: sportsMonkey

sportsMonkey — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:38:18 +0000

Sandrone… your sentence doesn’t make sense…

“if OSU loses to ILL… in short, Michigan controls its own destiny.”

How can UM control its own destiny if they are depending on OSU losing a game?

By: Sandrone

Sandrone — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:40:09 +0000

If OSU loses to ILL and UM beats Wisky, then UM beats OSU, Michigan goes to the Rose. In short, Michigan controls its own destiny for the Rose.

By: sportsMonkey

sportsMonkey — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:31:57 +0000

snotball -

If OSU loses to Illinois, they still get to the Rose with a victory over UM. So their destiny is never controlled by Carr.

In other words, UM only has a shot at the Rose if OSU loses this weekend, where OSU has a shot no matter what happens in the UM/Wisco this weekend.

By: Sandrone

Sandrone — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:21:40 +0000

1. At large teams need 9 wins to qualify, so Michigan would need to win 1 of its last 2.
2. At large teams need to finish in the top 14 to be eligible. At #12, Michigan would have to hope for others currently ahead to drop further than them if they lose one of their next two.
3. If OSU wins out, and Michigan beats Wisky AND finishes in the top 14, the Rose would still choose Oregon as their replacement pick (if Oregon isn’t playing in the BCS championship). If they choose Oregon, the BCS committee has a stated policy of discouraging regular season rematches in BCS bowls.

By: Snotball

Snotball — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:55:25 +0000

“In short, it’s not Lloyd Carr, or Chad Henne, or Mike Hart, or Jake Long that control Michigan’s destiny. It’s Jim Tressel that does. How awesome is that?!?”

Unless, of course, OSU loses to Illinois. In that case you could go with “It’s not Wells, Lauranaitis, Gholston, or Tressel that control Ohio State’s destiny. It’s Lloyd Carr that does!”

However, I don’t expect OSU to lose to Illinois. And as a Michigan fan, I’m not sure how appealing a trip to the Rose Bowl is. Things have been kind of difficult out there since … uh, since we hired a guy named Glen.

By: tucksider

tucksider — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:12:42 +0000

it’s also worth noting that should OSU and LSU play in the championship game, Michigan’s prospective Rose Bowl opponent would be the same Oregon team that beat the everlovin’ snot out of them earlier this season. i’m not sure the Rose Bowl takes them in that case.

By: Maje

Maje — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:02:52 +0000

Not so fast. If Michigan doesn’t win out, they likely won’t have the prerequisite top-12 BCS ranking to be taken as an at-large. And if Ohio State is in the NCG, then Michigan would have to go as an at-large.

If they don’t win, they won’t be eligible.