For one more time as part of the 2017 season it's Michigan Gameday! Despite the many changes to the college postseason I was very happy that my Wolverines would be playing on January 1, as is tradition.
The 8-4 squad will be matching up with a team with an identical record: South Carolina. While a bowl game between unranked teams may appear to be largely meaningless, don't tell that to
From MGoBlog
-The seniors (and possibly some juniors) who'll be representing the Maize and Blue for the last time in their college careers. That includes upcoming first-round DL Mo Hurst, who bucked the recent trend of draft-eligibles who understandably wanted to avoid injury.
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) January 1, 2018-All of these guys, led by DL Chase Winovich, who dyed their hair orange in honor of Chad Carr, the grandson of retired coach Lloyd Carr, who died of the rare disease DIPG. Orange was his favorite color, and Winovich created a donation campaign that challenged folks to contribute to a great cause while getting a number of players to dye their hair, and best of all, DC Don Brown to dye his 'stache!
The Michigan money cannon (aided by many others, to be fair) obliterated the original $15,000 goal and as I'm writing this the total has eclipsed $200,000 (which will be matched by recent Ron Weiser). A great cause led by great people.
-And the fans of Michigan and the conference who'd love to see the Big Ten earn a perfect 8-0 bowl record.
So no, this game isn't meaningless if you think about it for more than 10 seconds. Hopefully it'll be a way for the Wolverines and their fans to celebrate the old and the new with their first win of 2018.
Let's.
Go.
Blue.
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