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JJ McCarthy is amazing. No way UM wins that game with McNamara (or McCord even). He was the difference. Some of those passes he made were just superhuman and not normal.

The AXE is in Madison, as it should be. This was the first time in 3 games against the Goophs that Braelon Allen was healthy. It showed.

Go Badgers!


The “ Game” was exactly as I thought and predicted.  Good game, entertaining for sure, and the better team won. 

Ohio State is a very good team, but Michigan is better- maybe the best team.  For OSU, their margin for error was tiny.  They would have had to be near perfect to pull off the upset. 

UM had 4 distinct advantages- and leveraged all four:
-more experienced/ and mobile QB
-more consistent running game
- better special teams
-home field

Very impressive performance by Michigan, again. No turnovers and almost no penalties

McCord was decent, but his early interception which gave UM their early TD was a hole OSU never dug out of.

Special teams: Michigan 3 for 3 on FGs, OSU 1 for 2. 

Buckeye punter averaged 34 yards. 34!  Michigan punter was way better,  and pinned OSU several times deep. 

Buckeyes defense was good. Michigan’s was better.

My guess is 27-6.

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The two ACCG participants playing sub. 500 SEC teams and going 1-1 with two close games is hilarious. 

Georgia is much better than Alabama.  Alabama still has great athletes and a great coach, but I don't think this game is going to be particularly close.  It'll stay tight for a while but I see Georgia pulling out to a 14-17 point win by the end.

I'd be delighted with any win of course.  Like many here, I view winning one's conference as a thing.  Do that, and you face two probably tough opponents with no more than a 60% chance of winning one game.  Usually.

If favorites win the CGs, we'll of course have UGA UM FSU UW (maybe Oregon).  The Dawgs got healthy and then had to hold four players out yesterday.

If Oregon beats U-Dub and Texas wins the B12 CCG, then Texas should slide ahead of them.  Horns have the better resume' and now there's a common opponent Texas Tech.  Oregon beat then 38-30, Texas beat them 57-7.

That could be contentious.  Oregon would have beaten an undefeated UDubb (currently ranked #3 in one poll).

Oregon has a nice win over Utah, and would have avenged their only loss (on the road).

I THINK they'd go with Oregon over Texas.

Currently and at season's end, Texas still has the stronger SOS.  And speaking cynically, Texas turns on more TV sets, and ESPN is hemorrhaging cash right now.

And then there's that common opponent comparison.  Beating Tech 57-7 > beating Tech 38-30.  That's a brand new data point that the committee has not yet been able to take into account.