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Wolverines smelling BCS bowl

By Bruce Hooley
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Wisconsin's loss to Iowa shot adrenaline into Michigan's preparations for Ohio State at The Big House. With a victory in the 1 p.m. kickoff, Michigan would position itself for the Big Ten's BCS bowl berth, should Penn State lose in a 4 p.m. game at Michigan State. A loss to OSU would make Lloyd Carr a John Cooper-esque 1-4 against Jim Tressel. Carr's team lost a share of the league title when it fell at home to the Buckeyes in Tressel's first season, 2001, and the loss last year in Columbus forc ...

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