College Football Playoff National Championship
Monday, January 9, 2023
TBA, ESPN
No Research Instant Analysis: I’m just assuming the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl is the national championship.
If it’s Georgia that gets by Ohio State, the things Michigan does with its running game and lines probably won’t work. If it’s Ohio State that gets a shot at redemption … uh oh.
It happened last year. Georgia couldn’t get by Alabama in the SEC Championship, the jacked up underdog was brilliant, and Bama was a 1, UGA was a 3. The 3 came through in the national championship.
Same thing. The energy will be on other side of the field, it’ll be a different dynamic, and the skill parts that weren’t all there in the first meeting will be on display this time around.
And there will still be a segment of the Ohio State fan base that wants Ryan Day fired for losing the first meeting (only partially joking).
No Research Bowl Prediction: Ohio State 38, Michigan 24
Early Bowl Line Guess: (If this is the matchup) Ohio State -3.5
Actual Line: TBA
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2022-2023 Bowl First Thought Analysis
Bahamas: UAB-MU | Cure: UTSA-Troy
Fenway: UC-UofL | Celeb: JSU-NC Central
New Mexico: SMU-BYU | LA: Wazzu-Fresno
LendingTree: Rice-USM | Vegas: UF-Oregon St
Frisco: UNT-Boise | Myrtle: Marshall-UConn
Potato: EMU-SJSU | Boca: Libery-Toledo
NO: WKU-USA | Armed Forces: AF-Baylor
Ind: La-Houston | Gasparilla: WF-Missouri
Hawaii: SDSU-MT | Quick: NMSU-BGSU
Camellia: GaSo-UB | 1st Resp: Memphis-USU
Birm: Coastal-ECU | GuarRate: Wisc-Ok St
Military: UCF-Duke | Libery: KU-Arkansas
Holiday: Oregon-UNC | Texas: TTech-Ole Miss
Pinstripe: Minn-Syr | Cheez-It: FSU-OU
Alamo: Texas-UW | Mayo: MD-NC St
Sun: UCLA-Pitt | Gator: ND-USC
Arizona: Ohio-Wyoming | Music: Iowa-UK
ReliaQuest: Ill-Miss St | Citrus: LSU-Purdue
Orange: Tenn-Clemson | Sugar: Bama-K-State
Cotton: USC-Tulane | Rose: Penn St-Utah
CFP Fiesta: UM-TCU CFP Peach: UGA-OSU
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