Michigan or Florida?Follow

Michigan had to compete with number one all year long.

there is no way that anybody can argue that Florida could beat Michigan.

Here are the cold, hard facts when comparing the Gators and Wolverines:

1. Florida beat nine teams that are projected to play in bowl games. Michigan beat six.

2. Michigan beat five teams that finished the season with losing records. Florida beat two teams with sub-.500 records.

3. Florida's 12 Division I-A opponents had a combined record of 89-57. Michigan's 12 opponents had a combined record of 84-61.

4. Michigan's best win is considered a 27-13 victory over Wisconsin on Sept. 23. The Badgers are 11-1 and have climbed to No. 7 in the AP Top 25 poll, despite having played only one ranked opponent -- the Wolverines -- the entire season.

5. The 12 teams Florida defeated finished the season with 11 combined wins against opponents which were ranked in the AP Top 25 poll at the time the game was played. The opponents Michigan defeated claim just three wins against ranked teams (Notre Dame beat Penn State. Indiana beat Iowa. Vanderbilt beat Georgia. The Nittany Lions, Hawkeyes and Bulldogs, it should be noted, haven't been ranked in seven weeks).

6. The Gators went 3-1 against ranked opponents, beating then-No. 13 Tennessee, No. 9 LSU and No. 8 Arkansas and losing at No. 11 Auburn. The Wolverines went 1-1 against ranked opponents, beating a highly overrated No. 2 Notre Dame team (that lost to Michigan and USC by a combined total of 46 points) and losing at No. 1 Ohio State 42-39 on Nov. 18.

7. The Gators' average margin of victory against Division I-A teams was 13.5 points. They won seven games by 14 points or fewer, six by less than 10. The Wolverines' average margin of victory was 17.3 points. They won six games by 14 points or fewer, two by less than 10.

8. The Gators played Western Carolina, a Division I-AA team, and won by 62 points. The Wolverines played Ball State, which should be a I-AA team, and won by eight.

9. Since the Wolverines last played and lost at Ohio State, the Gators won at Florida State (The Seminoles are 6-6, but rivalry games are tough to win. Just ask USC coach Pete Carroll) and then beat the No. 8 Razorbacks, who defeated then-No. 2 Auburn and No. 13 Tennessee by 17 points each.

so let's hope they lose badly, thus proving that Michigan deserved a shot at the championship.

I'm actually hoping that we end the bowls with no undefeated teams and several 1-loss teams so someone might finally get their heads out of their asses and put together a system for determining the champ.

I prefer the current format over a possible playoff format. Yeah, it's not perfect but atleast in this you know that every single game counts. The very first game of the year might as well be a playoff game, there are no throwaway games. If we had a playoff format, when USC played UCLA on Saturday (badass game btw, haha USC) no one would have cared. USC would have already clenched their playoff spot, they'd be resting their starters, etc...going for the win yeah but a loss wouldn't have been a big deal. When Texas played Ohio St. early in the season everyone knew what was at stake in that game, the tension and build-up was awesome. Playoff format? Something similar probably but not near as much pressure or hype. In a playoff format yeah the playoff games would be badass but the regular season would be so dull, aside from the rare games toward the end of the season where a team would be fighting for a playoff spot. I really like the setup right now, it's why the entire college football season matters to me, as opposed to the NFL where I don't pay much attention until the end of the season or the playoffs.