It seems like Michigan-Ohio State is more important than a National Championship
I was actually gonna make a thread that the new CFP and OSU winning has/will make Michigan -OSU irrelevant.
It’s like game of telephone the newer crowd is going thru the motions with this whole ‘the only game that matters!’. But that’s bc before, there was a good chance 1 of the teams was playing for a national title/bcs/cfp birth. Ie If this was last year, that loss would have cost OSU a playoff birth
Now? With 12 teams getting in who cares?! For a 0 or 1 loss OSU/UM team the game becomes pointless and actually could be a punishment. Yea, go ahead and win OSU/UM so you get a chance to play a top ranked Oregon/PSU the next week. And maybe even go play each other again! Yes, bc they got rid of divisions, in those years where both UM-OSU are elite, it will already be decided that the title game will be OSU-Michigan regardless of the ‘big game’ winner.
OR….sit your starters, lose, and be rested for a title run. Of course no team is going to do that, but the fact that it makes sense is enough to diminish the game.