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[quote author=ferrari link=topic=12951.msg131278#msg131278 date=1443394919]
[quote author=Hank 91 link=topic=12951.msg131277#msg131277 date=1443394447]
I think the only way Michigan gets to the Rose Bowl is if Ohio State and Michigan State both make the playoffs. Possible, I suppose, but unlikely.

Or neither, Michigan wins conference, misses playoffs.
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NOT SO FAST!  Michigan suffers an improbable loss, as do Ohio State and MSU.  Michigan still wins conference, somehow.  Big 10 left out.  As consolation Committee sends conference champion to Rose Bowl.  We win.  Harbaugh emerges from coma two weeks later asking, "What's your deal?" Over and over again, and, "Bo?  Is that you?  I'm sorry, Bo, really sorry."

For Michigan to win the Big Ten they will likely have victories over Ohio State and Michigan State, with their only loss being by a touchdown to a potential Power 5 conference champion.  They will be in the playoffs.
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[quote author=ferrari link=topic=12951.msg131278#msg131278 date=1443394919]
[quote author=Hank 91 link=topic=12951.msg131277#msg131277 date=1443394447]
I think the only way Michigan gets to the Rose Bowl is if Ohio State and Michigan State both make the playoffs. Possible, I suppose, but unlikely.

Or neither, Michigan wins conference, misses playoffs.
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NOT SO FAST!  Michigan suffers an improbable loss, as do Ohio State and MSU.  Michigan still wins conference, somehow.  Big 10 left out.  As consolation Committee sends conference champion to Rose Bowl.  We win.  Harbaugh emerges from coma two weeks later asking, "What's your deal?" Over and over again, and, "Bo?  Is that you?  I'm sorry, Bo, really sorry."

For Michigan to win the Big Ten they will likely have victories over Ohio State and Michigan State, with their only loss being by a touchdown to a potential Power 5 conference champion.  They will be in the playoffs.
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