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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
Michigan should really be ashamed of themselves.
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Just took a look at the score. Yeah, well it was an opportunity. The oddsmakers had it right, but Michigan didn't exactly deserve to win.
From an analytics perspective, there were four plays last week with an expected points change of a touchdown, and they all went one way. So you take away Michigan's bizarre decision to focus on forcing the play outside while on defense and combine that with two terrible pass decisions, and you probably end up with a comfortable Michigan win. But that's why you play the games. Credit to the team that did its thing and didn't give in to the pressure.
Football seasons aren't long enough and playoffs are one-shot-only in football. There just isn't enough time to do it right - never will be.