Forget about the national title game controversy; something just as big is brewing: If Michigan (at Wisconsin) and Ohio State (Illinois) win this week, the Wolverines--the same Michigan team that lost to I-AA Appalachian State in Ann Arbor to begin the season--will be all but guaranteed a spot in the Rose Bowl. How does that happen, you ask? Michigan will go to the Rose Bowl if it beats Ohio State and wins the Big Ten title. It also could go to Pasadena if it loses to Ohio State because the Buckeyes would play in the national title game, and the Rose Bowl wants a Pac-10-Big Ten matchup. Just think: All those Michigan fans wanted coach Lloyd Carr fired after an 0-2 start. This might be Carr's best coaching job; he has held a mentally fractured team together. . . .
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11-06-2007, 11:15 AM
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