[Lefty Noob]

Okay, so I personally thought Michigan deserved a shot in the BCS title game. But that notwithstanding, man does this look to be a fantastic match-up. The Rose Bowl gets it's traditional match-up, with the Wolverines representing the Big Ten against the Pac-10 Champs from USC. Probably the one I'm looking forward to most. Who do you think wins this one?

[goblue35]

I think Michigan has it. They are going to go out their and show everyone why they should be in the national championship and not florida.

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Wolverines wander west
DetNews.com, MI - Dec 22, 2006
The Wolverines (11-1) practiced four times on campus and begin a full day of practice and meetings early today. The Wolverines will practice Sunday and Monday -- Christmas Day. They have Tuesday off before returning to practice.

"There's no question we're excited about another opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl," Carr said. "Most of the team -- at least half of them -- have been here before, so they know what it's like. And we'd like to win one of these one of these days."

Michigan has lost its last two Rose Bowl games, against USC in 2004 and Texas in 2005.

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:59:00 GMT

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Wolverines ready to feast
DetNews.com, MI - 5 hours ago
Did you hear? They're coming with major attitude. Snarling and breathing flames. Here come the Michigan Wolverines, and they are one ticked-off football team.

They feel cheated, and understandably so. They were jumped over in the final Bowl Championship Series poll by Florida, all because voters weren't interested in a rematch in the national championship game.

So they're coming to the Rose Bowl to meet USC, ready to prove to the Trojans and poll voters and every living American that they are the team that should have been matched up again against Ohio State for the title.

They're looking for a good pounding, to make a statement, to show up pollsters and bellyachers who didn't believe that 42-39 loss at Ohio State was deserving of a trip to Arizona.

USC just happens to be the team they have to take it out on. The Rose Bowl just happens to be the stage.

Nothing personal. They're on a mission and not interested in anger management.

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:55:00 GMT

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[Lefty Noob]

Whoo-boy, do I feel sorry for the Trojans. Michigan doesn't just want to win. They want to make a statement. And I think they will.

[cjg11582]

Yeah, it would be great if Michigan could actually get a win against the lowly Pac-10, wouldn't it?

[legend]

Their statement was this, "The more things change, the more they stay the same."

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by cjg11582

Yeah, it would be great if Michigan could actually get a win against the lowly Pac-10, wouldn't it?

Man, oh, man... was that ugly. I shot my mouth off about the Wolverines getting jobbed out of the BCS title game, and they show up and lay an egg in the Rose Bowl. Yeouch.

[shambala14]

Whoa...... Michigan got worked!!!

This just shows the stupidity of a playoff system. The number 3 team is almost never better than the 1 or 2 team and when was the last time that you ever heard of a number 4 team with a legitimate claim at the national title?

[cjg11582]

Sorry, Shambala, just because that may be applicable argument right now (if Florida loses by 20 points, are we still saying they're the second best team in the country?), doesn't mean it has always worked in the past or that it will work again in the future. Was Nebraska really the second best team in the country in 2001? Or Oklahoma in either 2003 or 2004? Most rational people would tell you that the BCS botched the job all three of these years.

And that is the fundemental problem with this system, it's almost impossible to "get it right" when you are arbitrarily selecting two teams too vye for a national title, the margin of error is too great. The only years the BCS succeeds in "getting it right" are when it is impossible to get it wrong (Texas-USC last season, OSU-Miami in 2002).

Look at it this way, if the aforementioned scenario takes place and Florida loses by 20 points, with Michigan losing convincingly in the Rose Bowl, say Louisville wins by 30 tonight, don't they have a legitimate gripe with the BCS for not being given any consideration for the National Title game? You may agree or disagree with the notion, but they still only had one loss in a conference that is increasingly respectable.

[La2314]

Lefty, thanks for your support for Michigan I'm sorry they let us down.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by La2314

Lefty, thanks for your support for Michigan I'm sorry they let us down.

I just wish the team would've come out as fired up and you and I and all the other UM backers thought they would have been. Where was the anger about the perceived snub? Where was the indignation? The desire to pound your opponent in the ground to prove the BCS wrong? It wasn't there. They were flat and looked totally outmatched. It was disappointing.