The 25 main points: the road from Michigan to the PPC; Holgo for the victory
The 25 main points: the road from Michigan to the PPC; Holgo for the victory
Michigan has one last big hurdle ahead of what would be the first appearance of the Wolverines in the College Football Playoff, and it's an Ohio State team that seems a bit lost.
The game is three weeks away. Michigan plays at Rutgers next week and has Indiana at home the following week. Then the Wolverines go to the Horseshoe and, for the first time since Jim Harbaugh became the head coach of Ann Arbor, he will clearly have the best team.
In a confrontation on Saturday, which decided to reduce the field of playoff contenders, the No. 5 Michigan continued its revenge tour, humiliating Penn State in the Big House. The Michigan defense could be the best in the country and its offense has found an identity behind quarterback Shea Patterson and running back Karan Higdon.
Two weeks of rest did not fix the Buckeyes.
Ohio State ran the ball better in a close victory against Nebraska, but the Buckeyes were still careless with penalties and turnovers and the Huskers were very successful against a defense that played with a minor secondary.
Nebraska fans can be confident that their team is improving with Scott Frost and they seem to be in good hands as a quarterback during the next few years with Adrian Martinez. When it comes to the state of Ohio, every week is a fight in the field, which almost inevitably leads to more speculation about the mental state of coach Urban Meyer and his future with the program, no matter how hard he tries to make it a non-partisan subject. relevant.
These are odd days, filled with anguish in the state of Ohio. And yet, the Buckeyes could still make the playoffs if they win, beating Michigan on the road.
The Buckeyes have dominated the series for more than a decade, winning 13 out of 14 and all three since Harbaugh took over. Maybe Ohio State can solve its many problems in the next few weeks on the road against Michigan State and Maryland. But the Ohio State team will now struggle to keep Michigan out of the Big Ten championship for the first time. And it is likely that Big Ten West will eliminate Northwestern as their representative in Indianapolis.
The Wildcats were the last team that came close to beating the Wolverines, jumping to a 17-0 lead in the first half. Since then, Michigan has outperformed the 164-48 opposition. It's not exactly the race Clemson has been in since that day, when he rallied from 23-13 in the fourth quarter against Syracuse and since then has outperformed his opposition 254-36. However, the Michigan race has come against better competition.
Conventional wisdom has recently been building that Clemson is the closest thing to Alabama at this time. Michigan is arguing that it might not be that far from the first two.
FOR THE VICTORY
Dana Holgorsen and No. 12 West Virginia went for the win in their last attempt against the No. 15 Texas, and Will Grier converted the winning 2-point conversion to keep the Mountaineers in first place in the Big 12.
Holgorsen is rarely mentioned as one of the best college football coaches, and that's probably fair. He has only won a conference title and that was when West Virginia was still in the Great East. But somehow, Holgo has devalued a little during his seven seasons in West Virginia, known for his great scientific talent and his love for Red Bull to be a strong offense that features winning teams without highly qualified recruits.
The transition from West Virginia to the Big 12 program was not a small task. Holgorsen guided the mountaineers through him with only one losing season. Holgorsen's overall record is 60-38, and in the Big 12 he has a mark of 37-30.
There are always rumors that he might be looking for other jobs and that he and the athletic director Shane Lyons do not come face to face. Now Holgorsen's team is a legitimate playoff contender heading towards the end, with a home game against Oklahoma to end the season, and maybe he's the coach of the year at the conference.
PERCEPTION PROBLEMS
An ESPN anchor issued an apology on the air to Southeast Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, after LSU political commentator and fan James Carville participated in "College GameDay" and promoted a conspiracy theory that the office of the league favors Alabama. ESPN is associated with the conference on the "SEC Network" and many fans believe that the network has a bias towards the league due to the commercial relationship. There is no real evidence to support this, but this will only fuel that perception.
AROUND THE COUNTRY
No. 6 Georgia is returning to the SEC championship game after eliminating Kentucky. The Bulldogs are still hopeful of playoffs to protect in the future, with games against Auburn and Georgia Tech. But the Bulldogs proved that they are still far from being the SEC East class, beating the divisional opponents 233-105. ... The big game next week? Try to get Clemson to go to No. 24 at Boston College. Clemson can win the ACC Atlantic with a victory, but BC will have the inside track to the division title if he can take out the discomfort. It will be the first time this season that ESPN's "College GameDay" goes to the site of an ACC game ... For years, Texas A & M seemed to wither in November under Kevin Sumlin. Well, the first game of the Aggies in November under Jimbo Fisher had a familiar feeling, with a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter at Auburn ... After losing at home to Duke for the first time since 1976, Miami currently owns the title of the most disappointing team in the country. The Hurricanes were the preseason number 8 and, were it not for a frantic rally against a terrible team from the State of Florida, their last victory would be in September against North Carolina. ... It seems that the Navy is headed for its worst season since it went from 2 to 10 in 2002. The midshipmen were fired for the first time since 2012, losing to Cincinnati.
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