In a way-too-early college football bowl projection article released earlier this week, CBS Sports has the Michigan Wolverines playing an SEC foe that we know all too well:
The dog days of summer are upon us as we anticipate yet another college football season. The Michigan Wolverines kick their season off on Aug. 30, which means there are more than three months to kill as we wait for crisp autumn Saturdays to return once again.
That said, expect a ton of “way-too-early” content in the coming months — including today.
CBS Sports’s Brad Crawford recently released his way-too-early college football bowl season predictions, and he has the Wolverines in the Citrus Bowl taking on an SEC foe we have seen Michigan go against quite a bit over the last decade: the Florida Gators.
Michigan has played Florida about as much as any non-conference team over the past 10 years. These two teams squared off in the Citrus Bowl during Jim Harbaugh’s first season as head coach on Jan. 1, 2016. They also played in Week 1 of the 2017 regular season, as well as the Peach Bowl in Dec. 2018.
Granted, this could be worse. Michigan has played Alabama three times since those three matchups with Florida, including on New Year’s Eve in the ReliaQuest Bowl this past year. But is it too much to ask for a different opponent? Tennessee, perhaps? How about Auburn? Hell, I’ll even take Missouri — just about any other SEC school would be great. These games against Florida and Alabama are getting pretty stale if you ask me.
Around the Big Ten, Crawford has the Buckeyes as a top-four seed in the College Football Playoff in the Rose Bowl . Oregon hosts LSU in the first-round, while Penn State hosts Navy. Other Big Ten teams he has making a bowl game include Indiana, USC, Washington, Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa, UCLA, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
How would you feel about Michigan taking on Florida? Has enough time passed for you to be fine with this outcome? Let us know down in the comments.