Week 13 college football thread: Don’t It Make My Buckeyes Blue?

Presenting your Week 13 schedule. All times Central.

Thursday
Mississippi State (+2.5) at No. 20 Ole Miss 6 pm ESPN

Friday
Baylor (+8.5) at No. 24 Texas 11 am ESPN
No. 19 Tulane (+2) at No. 21 Cincinnati 11 am ABC
N.C. State (+6.5) at No. 18 North Carolina 2:30 pm ABC
No. 17 UCLA (-10) at California 3:30 pm FOX
Florida (+9.5) at No. 16 Florida State 6:30 pm ABC

Saturday
No. 23 Coastal Carolina (+13.5) at James Madison 11 am ESPNU
Georgia Tech (+35) at No. 1 Georgia 11 am ESPN
No. 3 Michigan (+7.5) at No. 2 Ohio State 11 am FOX
South Carolina (+14.5) at No. 7 Clemson 11 am ABC
Auburn (+22) at No. 8 Alabama 2:30 pm CBS
No. 10 Oregon (-3.5) at No. 22 Oregon State 2:30 pm ABC
Iowa State (+10.5) at No. 4 TCU 3 pm FOX
No. 14 Utah (-30) at Colorado 3 pm PAC-12 Networks
Michigan State (+18) at No. 11 Penn State 3 pm FS1
No. 6 LSU (-10) at Texas A&M 6 pm ESPN
No. 25 UCF (-18.5) at South Florida 6 pm ESPN2
No. 13 Notre Dame (+5.5) at No. 5 USC 6:30 pm ABC
No. 9 Tennessee (-15) at Vanderbilt 6:30 pm SEC Network
Kansas (+12) at No. 15 Kansas State 7 pm FOX
No. 12 Washington (-2) at Washington State 9:30 pm ESPN

 

No wonder the Buckeyes are blue . . . and gold.

 

Hah!

 

What was the story with Michigan bailing out of their scheduled game with UCLA this year? It's not like they dumped the Bruins for a better game.

 

They wanted seven home games EVERY YEAR, and a home-and-home with UCLA screwed with that.

https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/20...cla-series-adds-home-games-for-2022-2023.html

Initial payment of $1.5 million was sent to UCLA. Balance of the bill comes due when they're left out of the playoffs.

 

Seriously. If you let an 11-1 Michigan in with that goose poop schedule, then no traditional power has any incentive ever to play a non-conference opponent with a pulse.

 

It’s the old Paterno argument that they need X number of home games because the football program supports Y number of sports. Of course, the school now gets how many millions from the TV contract and probably more from Nike but no one will dare call them out on it.

 

Eventually there will be a 13th regular season game. Too many beaks need wetting between nine game conference schedules, seven home games to balance the books, established non-conference rivalries and fans turning up their noses at shit matchups once the weather cools down.

 

If Michigan goes to Columbus and loses by 3 (like the last time they met with both 11-0), what one-loss team would have a better case? (That being said, I believe the Buckeyes win this by three TDs.)

 

One that has played tougher opponents and won a conference or at least made a league championship game.

 

Flip this on its head. What happens to Ohio State if Michigan wins (unlikely, but you never know)? Are the one-loss Buckeyes ahead of one-loss Clemson? How does one measure a home less against a team's biggest rival versus a loss that was a solid thumping on the road to a decent team?

 

Which one has played a tougher opponent Michigan will have after Saturday?