re: LSU vs Michigan...why don't we play them?

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It almost happened several years ago in the rose bowl if I'm remembering correctly however Michigan threw a fit snd said they'd never played LSU and saw no benefit to doing so. Other words they didn't want an arse whipping.

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There was one possibility, though it had absolutely nothing to do with Michigan not wanting to play LSU. USC was BCS #2 behind Ohio State, and Michigan was #3. If USC had beaten UCLA, they would have been in the BCS title game, #4 Florida would have been in the Sugar Bowl and #5 LSU might then have been invited to play Michigan in the Rose. But that scenario went out the window with USC's loss to UCLA.

LSU still might have gone to the Rose Bowl to play USC, though, but Florida leapfrogged Michigan to #2 in the final BCS standings, relegating Michigan to the Rose to play USC, and leaving LSU in the Sugar Bowl.