M-Georgia Prediction

 Michigan 21

Georgia 31

Ole Miss takes Trophy to Sugar Bowl

Ole Miss won the Egg Bowl and will take the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy into the Sugar Bowl against Baylor on New Years Day.

• Ole Miss is 45-14-5 vying for the Trophy
  
• This marks their 5th time as Trophy holder
  
• Their longest streak was 19 games from November of 1958 through November of 1961 (included a tie to retain the trophy)
• The 19 game run was the longest between the Army 21 game holding from 1948-1950 and the USC run of 24 games from 1978-1980.
  
• They followed that with a 13 game run, starting with revenge against LSU in 1962 and going until the aforementioned Sugar Bowl loss to Alabama (2 ties included this time)

•  Baylor is 24-13 in Trophy games; 1-1 when the Trophy was up for grabs in a Bowl
• They have won the Trophy 8 times
• The Bears had a streak of 12 wins after taking the Trophy from Kansas State in November of 2012.

Neither school has a B1G team on their schedule so a return to the conference seems unlikley before bowl season 2022

Orange Bowl/College Football Semi-final Prediction based on historical Data

Michigan is 232-65-1 in all games I have attended (all data is based on games I have attended unless otherwise stated)
M is 5-1 in the 10th attended games of the season
M is 89-21 vs. non-conference opponents
M is 7-3 vs. SEC opponents
M is 37-18 away from Michigan Stadium
M is 10-8 on neutral fields
M is 5-2 in the state of Florida
M is 1-1 in ProPlayer/HardRock Stadium
M is 17-5 in night games
M is 6-1 in 7:30 starts
M is 150-46-1 vs. schools with mascots deemed heavier than a Wolverine
M is 6-1 vs. teams with canine nicknames
M is 0-1 vs. teams with Bulldogs as their nickname
M is 55-11 with Jim Harbaugh playing a leading role on the team
M football is 32-4-1 when Juwan Howard is a player or coach for the M basketball team
M is 8-0 vs. schools that employ Tom Crean on their basketball coaching staff
M is 54-31 when both teams are ranked
M is 1-2 when ranked #2
M is 0-1 vs. the 3rd ranked team
M is 8-8 vs. teams ranked in the top 5
M is 1-2 in December
M is 8-7 in Bowl games
M is 1-1 in the Orange Bowl
M is 3-0 vs. schools with a helmet logo that nearly approximates an NFL teams helmet logo
M is 10-1 vs. schools whose coach's name is an adjective

It's easy when you look at the numbers....

M 28
G 23

B1G championship game prediction based on historical data

Michigan is 231-65-1 in all games I have attended (all data is based on games I have attended unless otherwise stated)
M is 7-8 in the 9th attended games of the season
M is 142-44-1 vs. conference opponents
M is 12-4 vs. Iowa; 1-1 away from Michigan Stadium
M is 36-18 away from Michigan Stadium
M is 4-5 in the 2nd game away from Michigan Stadium in the same season
M is 9-8 on neutral fields
M is 2-2 in domes
M is 3-3 in the state of Indiana
M is 16-5 in night games
M is 81-19 vs. schools with mascots deemed lighter than a Wolverine
M is 65-8 vs. schools where either the school’s name or nickname was a key character/element or in the title of a tv show or movie I watched as a kid
M is 54-11 with Jim Harbaugh playing a leading role on the team
M football is 31-4-1 when Juwan Howard is a player or coach for the M basketball team
M is 53-31 when both teams are ranked
M is 0-2 when ranked #2 (0-1 vs. Iowa)
M is 4-1 vs. the 15th ranked team (1-1 vs. Iowa)
M is 0-2 in December

It's easy when you look at the numbers:

M 24
I 13

M-Iowa Prediction

 Michigan 30    

Iowa 16

42-27

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M vs OSU prediction based on Historical Data

Michigan is 230-65-1 in all games I have attended (all data is based on games I have attended unless otherwise stated)
M is 15-5 in the 8th attended games of the season; 2-0 vs OSU!
M is 141-44-1 vs. conference opponents
M is 9-10 vs. OSU
M is 194-47-1 in Michigan Stadium
M is 108-26-1 in noon or 12:30 starts
M is 80-19 vs. schools with mascots deemed lighter than a Wolverine
M is 53-11 with Jim Harbaugh playing a leading role on the team
M football is 30-4-1 when Juwan Howard is a player or coach for the M basketball team
M is 12-4 when ranked #6
M is 2-2 vs. opponents ranked #2
M is 8-12 when both teams are ranked in the top 10
M is 30-23 when ranked lower than their opponent
M is 11-6 with ESPN Gameday at their game
M is 1-0 when my sister Kathy has Thanksgiving dinner with us

I am an optimist at heart. I had M with 9 wins at this point and they've exceeded my expectations.

It's the hope that kills you

It's (not so) easy when you look at the numbers

M 38
OSU 35