Will Michigan be the goat?

It speaks highly to the football prowess of a conference when they can send eight of their fourteen teams to bowl games.

Conversely, it speaks lowly to the math prowess of that same conference when it has expanded to twelve, then fourteen teams, and still stubbornly calls itself the Big Ten.

Granted, over recent years, college bowl games have been breeding faster than your average herd of horny rabbits but, still, eight out of fourteen seeing some post-season cha-ching action isn't too shabby. Strike up the marching bands, turn the cheerleaders loose with their routines, and be happy.

And something quite unusual has happened in this bowl season so far. The Big 10 has gone undefeated.

Penn State beat Washington
Ohio State beat Southern Cal
Michigan State beat Washington State
Iowa beat Boston College
Purdue beat Arizona
Northwestern beat Kentucky
Wisconsin beat Miami of Florida

Only the Michigan game remains against South Carolina. Two teams with identical 8-4 records that will meet in the Outback Bowl on New Year's day.

Will the Wolverines be the goat that prevents their conference from a clean sweep in this year's bowl-o-rama?

Hard to say. We'll all find out on Monday.

And yes, every college football fan is well aware that the national semi-finals will take place on the same day. #1 Clemson in a rematch with #4 Alabama. And #2 Oklahoma squaring off against #3 Georgia.

But the game that is most interesting to yours truly will be the Peach Bowl. That will feature Central Florida taking on Auburn.

Let's not forget that UCF is the only undefeated team still remaining, but they were denied a chance at a national championship.

And let's also not forget that their opponent Auburn took down two #1 ranked teams at the time, in Alabama and Georgia.

So saying the UCF Knights have only prevailed against lesser competition will be a mighty hard sell if they topple the Tigers from Auburn.

Nothing against Auburn, but I fervently hope it plays out just.....like.... that.

Whether it's Clemson, Bama, the Sooners, or Dawgs that eventually become national champions a week later, somebody's gonna have some 'splainin to do as to why the only undefeated team in the field was never given a shot at the title.

Go Knights.

And Michigan?

Try not to screw it up.