<p>very sad day for Michigan fans and college football. As noted above, Coach Schembechler remained the heart and soul of the program. Certainly this points out the ultimate triviality of life’s little rivalries. But, with that said, while I would have previously picked the Buckeyes, I think this may change the emotion of the game and quite possibly the outcome to Michigan’s favor if they carry the spirit of Bo with them and don’t let down from this very sad news.</p>
<p>Michigan baseball caps off to Bo. One of my favorite memories of grad school at UM is seeing Bo once striding across campus. Not a big man in size… just in stature.</p>
<p>A nice tribute:
<a href=“Remembering Schembechler - Yahoo Sports”>Remembering Schembechler - Yahoo Sports;
<p>thanks, ff. That was nice.</p>
<p>Among the worst mistakes Wisconsin ever made was not hiring Bo in 1967 when they had the chance. Apparently somebody else was slated for the job and an interviewer fell asleep during the interview. Bo went to UM a couple of years later and returned the insult annually.</p>
<p>RIP Bo, you sure knew roses.</p>
<p>OSU will probably win. I don’t really like football, but I’ll probably watch the game, since everyone else is. I’ll probably root for Michigan (even though they’ll probably lose) because I’m from Ann Arbor and my parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts, all went to UM.</p>
<p>A sad day before the biggest game of this great rivalry.</p>
<p>Congrats to the OSU fans on the board.</p>
<p>Congratulations to the Buckeyes on a wonderful victory!!!</p>
<p>I am so conflicted on the issue of a re-match in the national championship game. I really think we had our chance to beat OSU and should move one.</p>
<p>However, if they match OSU with Notre Dame I will scream foul from the highest yardarm. Losing big to Michigan at South Bend should eliminate them from any consideration.</p>
<p>I’m a little puzzled by the bias against a rematch. Michigan has one loss, to the only team ranked higher than it. USC will have lost to an unranked team, even if it beats UCLA and ND. </p>
<p>If the national championship game is supposed to be the two best teams, its not clear why their having played each other would matter. Plus, Michigan’s loss came away from home, a day after their patriarch passed away, in front of about 90,000 hostile fans. I’d like to see it again on a neutral site.</p>
<p>Florida has a better case. Their loss is to a better team than USC’s loss.</p>
<p>Early season losses are not viewed as harshly as late losses. Michigan had their chance. They shouldn’t get a mulligan.</p>
<p>If ND has a strong showing against USC, I think they’d deserve the spot.</p>
<p>I strongly disagree that ND should be under consideration. It would be one thing if they had played Michigan closely, but they got soundly thumped by Michigan on their home turf. </p>
<p>I tend to agree with dadx’s view but then again I’m slightly biased (although even accounting for my bias, there is NO WAY that ND should get to go.)</p>
<p>Still too early to figure this one out except that USC is soooooooo close to Michigan in the BCS that if USC wins out, it looks pretty clear that the Trojans will pass idle Michigan and be #2. If the Trojans stumble then the door gets open to the other arguments dependent on who wins in the SEC. Notre Dame has a tough road given its having been clobbered by Michigan.</p>
<p>Of course though the BCS system has some serious flaws as we’ve seen in past years. </p>
<p>As far as a rematch, Michigan had its chance and rematches don’t get much favorable play from the Bowl promoters, advertisers, fans in any event. </p>
<p>Personally I’d like to see 'em go back to the old Bowl system where everyone can swear they are #1 or to a true playoff system. The BCS approach just ain’t doing it.</p>
<p>Apparently the Michigan OSU game had an extremely high rating.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/football/bal-ratings1119,0,1598471.story?coll=bal-sports-headlines[/url]”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/football/bal-ratings1119,0,1598471.story?coll=bal-sports-headlines</a></p>
<p>And the “had its chance” argument doesn’t make sense to me. Its supposed to match the two best teams. Florida might have a marginal argument, but Notre Dame and USC don’t really have much of a point to make. You can’t lose to Oregon State and then beat your chest about having a chance…they had their chance and they blew it there. Florida has a better case to make with the Auburn loss, but I still don’t buy it.</p>
<p>I suspect that UCLA or Notre Dame will take care of USC anyway. We’ll see how the pollsters vote. A ND win would help mitigate their creampuff schedule.</p>
<p>I could make several arguments for ND, but as I am heavily biased, I’m not even sure they are rational. They seem rational to me! (More so than a Michigan mulligan, at least.)</p>