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To: NonZeroSum

My apologies.
I was reading some Michigan blogs earlier saying how great they were for beating a 3 loss Florida team.

In regards to the losses, they were early, but a division II loss at home is to much to overcome.


199 posted on 01/08/2008 11:40:21 AM PST by Georgia
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To: Georgia
In regards to the losses, they were early, but a division II loss at home is to much to overcome.

In an ordinary season, I'd agree, but I think that this season, it could have been done. If Michigan had won out, they would have probably had about the longest win streak in the NCAA, with the exception of Hawaii, at least for the last week of their regular season. The first two games would have been viewed as anomalies.

Anyway, my main point was that the Michigan that beat Florida was the Michigan that finally showed the potential that had it ranked so high pre-season (and remember that they beat Florida much worse than the score would indicate--without those freak fumbles by Hart and the one interception, there would have been a very lopsided score). Even if it hadn't been in the championship, a Michigan with a healthy Hart and Henne at the end of the season would have certainly been in a BCS game, App State or no. In fact, I think that the blowout to Oregon would have hurt more, in the end.

206 posted on 01/08/2008 11:57:15 AM PST by NonZeroSum
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