![]() The Crimson Tide will be without star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, and who knows which others will choose to sit. So now, Michigan draws Alabama after an embarrassment, again, at the hands of the Buckeyes. The Wolverines were without star playmakers Rashan Gary, Devin Bush and Karan Higdon, among others, and the Gators were in Michigan’s 2015 position, looking to prove it could hang and more in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Last year, playing against Florida for the ten-thousandth time, multiple Michigan players sat out for various reasons. Michigan had a 19-point lead in the third quarter that it squandered with undisciplined and unmotivated play. They hung with Ohio State despite an obvious talent disparity only to lose it in the final minutes of The Game. The next year, the Wolverines played South Carolina in the Outback Bowl, in a season derailed by injury after injury. Its lackluster play through much of the game all but proved it didn’t. Jake Butt said all month that they weren’t disappointed, given their ‘sweet opponent,’ but it felt like the team was trying to convince itself it wanted to be there. Jabrill Peppers, arguably Michigan’s best player, didn’t play in that game. The Wolverines had the look of one of the best four in the country, but a stumble in Iowa City mixed with falling apart down the stretch in Columbus meant that the Wolverines had to settle for a consolation prize. Let’s look at each year: Florida State was trying to show it belonged with a Michigan team that many thought was deserving of being in the College Football Playoff, but missed due to a questionable spot in The Game. But the maize and blue were in the same scenario, in one way or another, the next three years. Florida was relegated to a non-NY6 bowl despite being in the SEC Championship where it lost to - yes, Bama. ![]() The last win - in the Citrus Bowl over Florida - the Gators didn’t want to be there, while Michigan wanted to prove it could hang with the big boys after a devastating loss to Ohio State. The last three years, Michigan did not want to play in any of their bowl games. And this is the only game that could change the national narrative for the Wolverines. Alabama has been the best football program in the country over the past decade. If my Twitter mentions mean anything, Michigan football fans aren’t exactly eager to play Alabama in the VRBO Citrus Bowl on Jan. ![]()
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