| Note: This may seem a little biased since I am a diehard Michigan Fan.
Why should Ohio State be forced to beat Michigan again? A good question that requires a very good answer. Remember the game was played at the Horseshoe in Columbus in front of a hositle crowd and was only a three point ball game. What would have happened if the game was played in Ann Arbor or at a neutral site? Who knows but it sure as hell would be interesting to see IMO. Remember Flordia at Flordia State from 1996? An almost identicle situation occurred with Flordia State escapeing with a narrow victory over the Gators. Several people were speculating that the Gators had their chance and shouldn't be given a rematch(which would of cource be on neutral turf instead of in Tallahassee this time.) and, some people even went as far as to say that a 13-1 BYU should get the shot against Flordia State in the Sugar Bowl. Jesus Christ that would have been a blow out! WAIT! Didn't Flordia Blow Flordia State out in a rematch in the Sugar Bowl? Right. Remember UCLA vs. Ohio State in the 1970s? OSU won the regular season game but UCLA won the rematch in the Rose Bowl.
Another thing you should look at is that Michigan only trailed in one other game this season besides the Ohio State Game, which was at Big Ten Rival Iowa.
I notice a lot of people have been saying the SEC is the toughest conference in the NCAA and a one loss team or an undefeated team from the SEC should get the national championship shot. Ok. Lets look at the two one loss teams in the South Eastern Conference: Flordia and Arkansas. Lets look at Flordia's non conference schedule: South Miss(Conference USA), Central Flordia(MAC), W Carolina(D 1AA). Come one, the Gators are playing two of the worst teams from two of the worst Conferences and playing a Division 1AA school that isn't all that great. They barely beat Vandy, S.Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. They also lost to two loss Aubrun. Arkansas was destroyed 50-14 in the beginning of the season. Their other two non conferences games were against Utah State and SE Miss St. The Razorbacks had close calls against Bama, S.Carolina, Miss State. Come on if you want to make a statement for the national title game atleast play teams in other BCS conference_not MAC, WAC, Conference USA, and Big West) or atleast NCAA D1A and not D 1AA.
What about one loss #8 Wiconsin? They lost on the road in Ann Arbor 27-14 to Michigan. They didn't even get a chance at Ohio State!
If it is USC and not the SEC champion that gets the shot at the national championship don't worry Michigan will take care off Arkansas/Flordia. |