1. What team would you least want to play in the CFP Semi?
2. What team would you most like to play in the CFP Final?
I would contend that Bama would be the most likely answer to both questions.
There has been talk of the Wolverines being scared to face the Tide, that's crazy IMHO, if you're the best you want to beat the best. But as noted in this post Michigan hoped to get a weakened FSU in the 1st round, not a peaking Bama.
I just don’t get Bama’s selection. They lost to Texas.
That alone should disqualify them from the playoff.
I admit that Alabama has some serious chops as they showed against Georgia but still...
Michigan should welcome the opportunity, and be joyful.
Either prepare your team, take the field with the attitude that no one can beat you, or take up knitting.
Well duh. Michigan would easily shred Florida State. Alabama is a much more serious opponent. Think Michigan still wins but it will be a lot closer.
/a football nut — and a Buckeye
I don’t get all the whining and crying from fsu.
They got into the national title game over undefeated West Virginia AND over 1 loss Notre Dame after Notre Dame beat them head to head in 1993.
They got into the national title game ahead of 1 loss miami when miami beat them head to head in 2000.
In each case, the voters put them in over those other teams because of the eye test. They simply thought fsu the better team. So now the eye test doesn’t work in their favor for once and they wail and moan about what an injustice it is? They thought it was just fine when it worked in their favor.
Florida State got robbed, but as this is the last year of the 4-team format, there are no precedents to worry about re: denying an undefeated team.
With this written, GA is a 2-TD favorite over FSU. TWO TOUCHDOWNS. Of course, MI would have liked to play FSU.
I write this as a Buckeye fan.
ESPN’s fake tournament.