V-I-C-T-O-R-Y!!!!

[caraher]

11. "Belonging" in a bowl is a slippery concept

Since one of the chief functions of a bowl is to make money, arguments based on whether the bowl selected the two best football teams available are somewhat irrelevant. In a fair world, Michigan State would have been in a "better" bowl that Michigan, and Houston would have been selected over the Hokies. But we all know that the behind-the-scenes discussion includes TV ratings and which schools "travel well;" Michigan is a very safe choice on both counts, and Va Tech is probably more of a known quantity in football than Houston.

In the fairest world of all, we'd just have a playoff and all this grumbling would be moot.

In the world we have, there set the matchups, they play the games, we watch the ones we choose to and cheer for (or against) the teams on the field. In this matchup, Michigan prevailed despite getting pushed all over the field most of the game. Go Blue!