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Richard Tellshow: Florida Must Pass Michigan In Human Polls

Posted Dec 02, 2006 11:20PM By Brian Cook (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Florida Football, Michigan Football, Ohio State Football, Big 10, SEC, BCS

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BCS prognosticator guy Richard Tellshow anticipated this possibility and posted about it a few days ago:
Does UF have a shot if USC loses? Below is how I see the computers if USC loses - a tie between UF and Mich. Therefore UF will need to pass Michigan in the human polls for a chance at the MNC. Based on the voting so far this year, I think only a blowout win in the SECCG would do the trick for UF...Maybe even that won't be enough to sway the voters. 
	Team		ST	RB	WC	KM	JS	PW	BCS Ave	
1	Ohio State	1	1	2	1	1	1	1.00
2	Michigan	3	2	3	3	2	2	2.50
3	Florida		2	3	1	2	3	3	2.50
The SEC championship game was less a blowout and more a sloppily played game that Florida received at least one gift touchdown in, so it's doubtful Florida passes Michigan.

Also, Tellshow does SOS calculations: he has Florida #2 behind USC. Michigan? #3. The legendary Florida schedule is only a tiny increment better than Michigan's, certainly not by enough to excuse Florida's highwire act as opposed to Michigan's asskicking tour. Also, there's this: if MOV was still a part of the computer polls -- thanks, media! -- Michigan would whomp Florida and we wouldn't even be having this conversation. More data = Michigan.

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