GoMavsGo wrote:
> "Mud" <mudman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Michigan lost 1 game this year, that being to the #1 team OSU, by just
3
> > points. What if....
>
>
> You're right because had it been any other team, that lost to the number
1
> team and won the rest of their games then they would be going to the
> champion****p.
Would you care to cite a precedent? I can only recall one instance in
the last 40 years when a team lost to the #1, then got a "rematch" in a
bowl game. I can't recall the year, but it was an Oklahoma team that
lost to #1 Nebraska, then met them again in the Orange Bowl. Other
than that, rematches just don't happen.
There have been a LOT of teams, with only a loss to #1, that haven't
been in the champion****p. So when you say "any other team" it implies
a bias against Michigan. My question is on what grounds would there be
a bias?
Michigan already had their chance at the #1 team.
Michigan did not win their conference, while Florida did.
By not playing a game in the last two weeks, Michigan didn't do
anything to hurt their standing. They didn't do anything to help it,
either.
Florida beat a one-loss Arkansas team, on a neutral field, to help
their status.
Florida is the rightful team to play OSU.
ML
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