And if Martinez doesn’t fumble the football, Nebraska probably wins that game. Penn State almost beat uofm too. Uofm has had a great season and deserve what they got.
If these advertisers were smart, they would promise to fork over some NIL money to big name players in their bowl games, if they participate. I know if Outback offered me a blooming onion to play, I couldn’t turn it down.
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$10 million insurance policy for 1 game to cover any career ending injury.
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Doesn’t matter, UM shot themselves in the MSU game even with the B1G admitting the fumble call was wrong that doesn’t mean UM wins, we can play what if game every year. As Lions fans we know that well.
I have been to one UGA game, vs Arkansas, this year and watched the rest, they have some weaknesses just have to see if UM can exploit them. I expect UGA to win but I think good chance UM covers as they have done for much of this year.
Will be interesting to see if Daniels plays in this game, he has played in 3 games (IIRC) so far prior to getting injured and losing his starting role. If he plays in this game I believe that is his fourth which impacts his ability to transfer, not sure on the exact rule. A couple of UGA buddies were wondering about that, I live near Athens and they have been my second team for years. .
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When did big ten say they made a mistake?
Harbaugh said they admitted it (with no evidence), and Big Ten basically laughed at his comment.
Doesn’t matter. Spartans won. Again. They own Michigan right now.
Point is, it’s amazing that they’re finally a relevant program, and this is what they’re focused on (isn’t just Lyon—I’m seeing this crap everywhere. It’s unreal.). Get over it. You’re in the CFP. Enjoy it.
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I’d add in defense of Michigan that they’re playing their best football at the right time.
You don’t roll OSU and Iowa on accident.
Georgia will be a litmus test.
If they move on, I fear Bama treats them the way they treated Michigan State in 2014.
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I refuse to play the woulda coulda shoulda game
Michigan lost the game to MSU. They had every reason not to but they shot themselves in the foot in the second half and didn’t finish
But it doesn’t matter
Michigan is the dog v Georgia by approximately a touchdown and rightfully so. But then they were the dog v Ohio State too. I think by more than 7-8 points but I don’t feel like looking it up.
The difference is Michigan isn’t going to surprise Georgia. People are now aware that they are real good team after the Ohio State win and destruction of Iowa. Georgia is stinging and embarrassed after the SEC Championship game and will be breathing fire to get another chance at Bama
If Michigan is the best team in country they can leave no doubt about it by beating Georgia and Bama
If not…they are the 2nd or more likely 3rd best team in the country and had a great run coming from unranked pre-season to get there
And I can be happy with that.
I expect Georgia to beat Michigan but then I expected Ohio State to beat Michigan after they spanked MSU so who knows 
This is why the play the games on the field and not computer simulations
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I would bet the NCAA is secretly pulling for Michigan. Nobody really wants to see the SEC championship rematch. Georgia and Alabama are neighbors. Doesn’t draw any interest outside the deep south. Michigan brings the whole big 10 in play. Michigan fans rooting for Michigan obviously. Other Big fans rooting for the woodshed, we won’t mention screen names, but you know who you are.
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6 teams. All of the power 5 conferences should have a championship game. Win, and you’re in. One at large bid from a non-power 5 conference. #1 and #2 get a bye. This year, that would have meant that Michigan and Alabama get byes and Utah, Baylor, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati play for the other two spots.
If you don’t win your conference, you don’t get to play in the playoffs. Simple. This avoids the Georgia/Alabama rematch, makes conference championship games more important, and makes the playoffs more intriguing. And it punishes the idiotic teams who fled the Big 12 for the SEC, so win-win.
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Hell, I expected them to lose to Washington. Preseason I figured they’d be lucky to win 6 games this year. (Granted, I might have been predicting more from emotion than analysis.) When they started to rack up wins, I still figured they’d lose to MSU. I then expected them to fall on their faces at Penn State and get crushed by Ohio State. So from my perspective at least, this is all totally new ground, and I’m no longer willing to say what they can or can’t do. Clearly I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about.
It’s been an incredible season and Michigan is both nationally relevant and in control of its destiny, which is way, way more than I ever hoped for last summer. Let’s line up and see what happens.
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I don’t know if the rest of the country doesn’t care about the SEC. (I believe those LSU/Bama championships still did pretty well ratings-wise.) But I agree that a UM/Bama national title matchup would pull huge numbers.
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I get the rationale here, but I don’t think this is a fair way to do it. It assumes at least some level of evenness among the conferences that doesn’t exist. Especially after Oklahoma and Texas leave the Big 12, no way the dessicated corpse of that conference deserves an automatic playoff bid. And looking at how that would’ve shaken out this year is a great example. There is just no way that Pitt deserves to be in the playoff, certainly not over Georgia. You effectively penalize teams for playing in a harder conference. And realistically, even if you wanted to try to do that, it’s the conferences that make the rules for these things, there is no way they’d ever sign onto that.
Seriously. I’m rooting hard for Michigan. I’m a diehard Spartan, but at the end of the day, I loathe the SEC—which gets absurd recruiting help from ESPN—and our state and conference is being represented. Go Blue.
(I just vomited)
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Screenshotting this for posterity!
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Michigan has the formula to beat anyone right now. Pressure the QB. Stop the run and run the ball.
They somehow let Walker run all over them. Looking back at it that loss to MSU might have been the wake up call the coaches and players needed to tighten up the ship
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Well, “somehow” the best RB in the NCAA this season sometimes can be better than the best defensive plans.
That’s very true. But if 200 yards and 5 TDs wasn’t a wake up call, nothing would be
You don’t really run on Georgia. McNamara is going to have to play more like he did against OSU and less like he did against Iowa.