Four Reasons Why People are Betting Michigan to Win it All

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Early pre-season favorites to win it all this year in college football are pretty much what you'd expect. There's Ohio State of course, Alabama, Auburn, etc. Oh, and there's Michigan who comes in at fifth on the charts. Wait, what? The team that hasn't scored a single point with its coach? The team that is in the very same conference as Ohio State? It's obvious someone knows something no one else does. But what could it possibly be? Below are some reasons I think it could happen.




1.) Urban Meyer dies.

Thankfully Meyer is actually not that hairy.

While I certainly hope this isn't the case, if someone knew that this would happen before November 28th it could explain why people think Michigan might have a chance to win it all, or at least the Big 10. Of course, Meyers' health concerns are pretty well known so perhaps a scenario in which Meyer loses all three quarterbacks this year and Jalin Marshall takes over could finally put Meyer over the edge for good. Another distinct possibility could come much sooner on September 7th if the Buckeyes were to lose to Virginia Tech again. Any one of these scenarios could spell disaster for the Buckeyes and Meyer's health.

2.) A meteor hits, destroying everything south of Michigan.

While this scenario is only slightly less realistic than the one above it could also explain why so many people are betting for Michigan to win a title this year. I should point out that this scenario is also in my opinion somewhat more favorable to me than the first one. A meteor would do a lot of us many favors in wiping out the SEC and ACC. I mean once civilization was rebuilt we would hopefully fix the "mistakes" of the past. I would also include earthquakes and giant tidal waves in this scenario as other possible phenomena but I would prefer a meteor just to be sure "we got it all". Me? I don't live anywhere near the area so I'd be fine with it.

3.) Cloned dinosaurs escape in Columbus.

It's more likely than you think. If movies have taught us anything, and they have, it's that dinosaurs can be cloned from mosquito DNA. Of course there's the obvious question of why this would be happening in Columbus of all places but I'll leave that up for someone more creative than I am to think up. I mean Battelle is there. It's not out of the realm of possibility that they could have some kind of experiment like that there. On the plus side if this did happen we could finally answer some age old questions like, "Could Braxton Miller outrun a raptor? Could Zeke Elliot run over a brontosaurs?" Now I actually want that to happen...

4.) Michigan is actually that good.

That's right I saved the most unrealistic one for last. OK, that's maybe a bit much. No one will say that Michigan's team lacks talent, it's just that for most sane people the idea that a team in its first year, even if it is someone as great as Harbaugh could win it all especially in the same conference as Ohio State seems pretty far fetched. But who knows... Harbaugh had a pretty striking and immediate effect at his last two stops so maybe he can do it again in Michigan.