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Topic: 11/28: Michigan v Penn State Toilet Bowl
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Geolion91 · « **Reply #42 on:** December 01, 2020, 03:13:12 PM »

Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on December 01, 2020, 11:30:14 AM

When UW and UMD had to cancel games due to COVID it was two games. That suggests that Michigan could be back for "Champions Weekend", no?

Also, here is an interesting possibility:

What if Michigan misses their next two (vUMD, @tOSU) but IS available for "Champions Weekend" and further assume that tOSU is ineligible for the B1GCG either because they have to cancel their game with MSU this weekend or because Michigan has to cancel THE GAME next weekend and Ohio State can't find another opponent.

Could THE GAME be played on "Champions Weekend"?

It would be screwy because it obviously isn't B1G-E vs B1G-W but there might be a simple solution to that. Wisconsin and Minnesota didn't get to play for the Axe this year due to an outbreak in Minneapolis. That rivalry is obviously important to them so what if, for Champions Weekend we had UW/MN and tOSU/M then had the other five teams in each division play cross-division games?

It is possible that the cross-division games would be tOSU/UW and M/MN anyway because:
Ohio State and Wisconsin are likely to both finish ineligible for the CG but with the best record or next best after the CG participant in their respective divisions.
Michigan and Minnesota are currently 2-4 and 2-3 respectively. That puts Michigan tied for 5th/6th in the B1G-E and Minnesota tied for 4th/5th/6th in the B1G-W.

So basically you'd just be replacing the tOSU/UW and M/MN cross-overs with rivalry games that got cancelled due to COVID. It makes sense to me, lets do it!

I like this. These are two of the most important rivalry games in the Big 10.

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #43 on:** December 01, 2020, 03:43:04 PM »

Quote from: Mdot21 on December 01, 2020, 01:49:27 PM

they should just cancel the last two Michigan games and save us the embarrassment. Who really wants to see Ryan Day murder Harbaugh on live tv? I'd rather not.

I'd like to see it but oddly, I think it is better for you (and Michigan and their fans in general) than it is for me (and Ohio State and their fans in general). My reasoning here is that EVERYBODY expects Ohio State to win. If THE GAME isn't played this year all of us Ohio State fans will say that our team would have won if they could have played and nobody will disagree with us.

That makes THE GAME something of a no-win situation for tOSU and something of a no-lose situation for Michigan. If Ohio State wins they will get no real credit for it, it isn't like they are going to jump ND in the CFP poll on the basis of having beaten a sub .500 team. And if Ohio State loses or even wins a close game, that will look horrible for them. Meanwhile for Michigan, even if they get absolutely slaughtered on the scale you have been predicting most people aren't really going to reduce their opinion of Michigan for that but if they win or even play a competitive game, that looks great.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #44 on:** December 01, 2020, 03:50:38 PM »

My physical therapist (from Michigan) was pretty incensed (again) about the loss. I got her riled up.

I mentioned that it might be good they look so bad because it would make a decision more obvious.

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