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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
Appalachian State 34
#5 Michigan 32
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The real beauty of all of this, which very few people are discussing, is what this score is going to do to the BCS ratings of the Big Ten teams this year. As the season progresses, App St. will play other FCS schools and its numbers and strength of schedule will rapidly decline, the fact that they defeated Michigan will pull down Michigan's numbers. The lower Michigan numbers will pull down those of every other team in the Big Ten as Michigan plays them, no matter who wins the game.
It is now rather likely that if a Big Ten school goes undefeated this season and so do teams from the PAC-10 and SEC or Big East, that it will be two non-Big Ten schools playing in the BCS title game. The Michigan fans may actually get to take some joy in the fact that through the computers their loss may end up screwing either Ohio State or Wisconsin.