Sunday, January 7, 2024

2024 College Football Championship Prediction

Michigan 31
Washington 25

Friday, January 5, 2024

CFP Championship prediction based on historical data

Michigan is 253-67-1 in all games I have attended (all data is based on games I have attended unless otherwise stated)
M is 14-4 vs schools from the Pacific time zone
M is  14-3 playing in the central time zone
M is 9-5 in January
M is 96-23 vs. non-conference opponents
M is 7-2 vs teams with canine nicknames
M is 10-6 vs. schools from the Pac 10 or Pac 12
M is 2-0 vs Washington
M is 5-0 vs all schools from Washington
M is 42-20 away from Michigan Stadium
M is 1-1 in games played in Texas
M is 7-7 west of the Mississippi River
M is 10-10 in stadiums that have hosted the Super Bowl
M is 7-6 in NFL stadiums
M is 171-39 on artificial turf
M is  5-3 in domes
M is 2-2 when playing for their 12th consecutive attended win
M is 165-32-1 vs. schools with mascots deemed heavier than a Wolverine
M is 76-13 with Jim Harbaugh playing a leading role on the team
M is 7-1 vs teams with head coaches that have more than one capital letter in their last name
M football is 53-6-1 when Juwan Howard is a player or coach for the M basketball team
M is 91-42 vs ranked opponents
M is 4-1 when ranked #1
M is 4-2 vs teams ranked #2
M is 14-7 when ESPN Gameday is on site
M is 3-1 on Monday
M is 129-44 when Hoot and I are confirmed to be in attendance
M is 24-6 in night games
M football and M hockey 2-0 when playing for a National Championship

It's easy when you look at the data:

M 35

Washington 21

Huskies bring Trophy to CFP Championship

Washington and Michigan will be facing off Monday night for College Football's Greatest Trophy and the College Football Playoff Championship Trophy as well!

  • The Huskies have rattled off 17 consecutive wins after taking the Trophy from Oregon last November.
  • The last 17 game trophy holder win streak was Ohio State from November of 2018 until they lost in the CFP Semifinal vs. Clemson in 2019
  • The most recent streak to go beyond 17 was USC with 25, from the 2004 Rose Bowl over Michigan to the 2006 Rose Bowl loss to Texas
  • The longest trophy holding streaks are: 
    1. Yale 36 (1891-1893)
    2. Miami (Fl) 31 (2000-2002)
    3. Yale 29 (1888-1889) 
    4. Princeton 25 (1879-1882)
    5. Harvard 25 (1912-1915)
    6. USC 25 (2004-2006)
    7. Yale 24 (1882-1885)
    8. Pennsylvania 24 (1894-1896)
    9. USC 24 (1978-1980)
    10. Harvard 23 (1898-1900)
    11. Army 21 (1948-1950)
    12. Mississippi 19 (1959-1961)
    13. Pennsylvania 18 (1897-1898)
    14. Tennessee 18 (1938-1939)
  • Michigan's longest streak is 8 games in 1972
  • The Wolverines last held the Trophy in 2003 and have a 25-27-1 record in Trophy games
  • Washington's record now stands at 45-23 in Trophy games

One of these two schools will carry the Trophy into the new Big Ten next season

 Go Blue!

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Rose Bowl Victors!


 I think I’ve only taken videos of 3 plays in all the games I’ve attended. 

  • Denard scoring a late TD to beat Indiana in 2010
  • Last second field goal to win Sugar Bowl over Virginia Tech
  • And the overtime stop to beat Alabama!



Friday, December 29, 2023

M vs Alabama Rose Bowl prediction based on historical data

  

Michigan is 252-67-1 in all games I have attended (all data is based on games I have attended unless otherwise stated)
M is 0-2 in the 11th attended games of the season
M is 8-9 in Bowl games
M is 8-5 in January
M is 95-23 vs. non-conference opponents
M is 25-10 vs. schools from Confederate States
M is 7-4 vs. schools from the SEC
M is 1-1 vs Alabama
M is 2-1 vs all schools from Alabama
M is 41-20 away from Michigan Stadium
M is 2-4 in the Rose Bowl
M is 6-7 west of the Mississippi River
M is 9-10 in stadiums that have hosted the Super Bowl
M is 28-5 vs schools with colors in the name or nickname
M is 81-28-1 on natural turf
M is 68-24 in mid afternoon starts
M is 4-3 when playing for their 11th consecutive attended win
M is 164-32-1 vs. schools with mascots deemed lighter than a Wolverine
M is 75-13 with Jim Harbaugh playing a leading role on the team
M is 2-1 vs Nick Saban
M football is 52-6-1 when Juwan Howard is a player or coach for the M basketball team
M is 90-42 vs ranked opponents
M is 3-1 when ranked #1
M is 2-0 vs teams ranked #4
M is 13-7 when ESPN Gameday is on site  (I'm assuming they will be at the Rose Bowl - if not M is 239-60-1 without ESPN Gameday)
M is 2-1 on Monday
M is 128-44 when Hoot and I are confirmed to be in attendance
M is 1-2 when jiMpossible and I are both at the Rose Bowl (sad jiMpossible is above with Bo at I believe the 1990 Rose Bowl)
M football and M hockey are combined 0-6 in semifinal games when I attended

It's easy when you look at the data:

M 29

'Bama 20

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

2024 Rose Bowl Prediction (Michigan-Alabama)

Michigan 25

Alabama 24

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Washington takes the Trophy to the CFP

The winner of this year's College Football Playoff trophy, will also take with them the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy

Washington has been on quite a run. The Huskies has ripped off 16 straight wins since taking the Trophy from Oregon in November of 2022. This is their 11th time as holders of the Trophy.

  • Washington is no 44-23 all-time in Trophy games
  • This will be the 15th time the Sugar Bowl has hosted a Trophy game
  • The team coming in the with Trophy is 12-2 in these match-ups
  • Texas is 10-10 in Trophy games and is a 4-time Trophy holder
    • The Longhorns went on a 4 game win streak after defeating Alabama in the 1965 Orange Bowl before losing to Arkansas
    • Texas had a 2 game run at the end of the 1998 season carrying the Trophy through the 1999 Cotton Bowl before getting upset by NC State in the BCA Classic
    • They ended USC's long run in the amazing 2006 Rose Bowl - BCS national championship game and won their opener of the 2006 season before falling to the Buckeyes
    • Their last win was over Oklahoma State in 2008
    • Most recent loss was last year to Washington in the Alamo Bowl

One of these schools will carry the Trophy into the Championship game and face either Michigan or Alabama.

  • Michigan is 25-27-1 in Trophy games and are 9-time Trophy holders
  • Alabama is 64-22 in Trophy games and has won the Trophy 11 times