Harbaugh comments cost MI $10000

Michigan’s loss to the Buckeyes prevented the Wolverines from earning a spot in the Big Ten title game and likely ended their hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff.

As expected, the Big Ten Conference took umbrage to his outburst, announcing on Monday that he is being fined $10,000 for his public derision of the officials calls and lack of calls.

In addition to seeding the top four teams in this week’s projection, the group also voiced its opinion on the comparative strength of the Badgers and Penn State.

On fourth-and-1 in the second quarter, he got Wisconsin to bite on a fake pitch and hooked up with a wide open B.J. Cunningham for a 30-yard TD pass to cut the deficit to 21-14.

“I know huddles are a bad word around here now, but I think quarterbacks always have to be really engaged in running the show”, Franklin said.

The second-to-last play of the game was a controversial fourth down conversion by the Buckeyes.

Should Colorado beat Washington in the Pac-12 Championship Game, the Wolverines may secure a semifinal berth. Should they win that, a case can be made that they deserve a seat at the CFP table over both Ohio State and MI. Punter Cameron Johnston averaged 46.0 yards per punt. Speight’s inability to do the same against Ohio State ultimately cost the Wolverines.

He had his troops hurry to the line to snap the ball before the MI defense got set, but MI coach Jim Harbaugh called a timeout.

Number-two Ohio State defeated number-three MI on Saturday. On a play where the Buckeyes could have easily been moved out of field goal range, a modest gain would have felt like an enormous win. A bad decision to fake a punt in his own territory that failed by Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer made things more hard, but did not make the difference in the end.

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Even though he was confident, he was a little nervous waiting for the replay decision. “Certainly pushing the ball down he field, but it looks to me like he loves playing the game and he competes and has a great energy about him”. But when I fell, I fell on top of people.

Ohio State didn’t play a flawless game by any stretch.

“We needed a spark”.

Turnovers hurt MI badly.

But Russell Wilson was named the game’s MVP after going 17 of 24 for 187 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. And Baker’s interception led to OSU’s other TD in regulation.

USC is the best team in the Pac-12, and Ohio State is the best team in the Big Ten, but neither did enough to make it into their own conference’s playoff, so why should they get to go to the national playoffs?