It's been a long time coming, but the College Football world finally didn't have any jokes to lay on Michigan football this past weekend.
The Wolverines won a game, against a Power 5 team nonetheless, and did it in convincing fashion. It might have been against a basketball school like Indiana, but for the Maize and Blue, a win is a win these days and the team will take it.
Michigan now sits at 4-5 and has managed to keep it's Bowl dreams alive, for now.
Now, let's fast forward past the "resignation," of Dave Brandon and keep on the focus on the football field.
Jim Harbaugh for Michigan governor and other sports write-in votes: http://t.co/GTBEIc4TxN pic.twitter.com/PXQ8QnMYrU
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) November 4, 2014
MICHIGAN @ NORTHWESTERN - 3:30 P.M. EST. - ESPN2
Michigan has won 11 of the last 13 and 30 of the last 34 meetings against Northwestern.
— Drew Hallett (@DrewCHallett) November 4, 2014
The Wolverines will travel to Chicago this weekend in what is anticipated to be frigid weather conditions. Northwestern isn't that great of a football team this year, but at 4-5 overall, Michigan doesn't have much room to overlook anybody on the football field these days.
It might not be a pretty game, but if Michigan can pull off the win and level itself at 5-5 with two games remaining, they'll give themselves a realistic shot at a winning record and a Bowl appearance.
Per @SBN_BillC's F/+ projections, Michigan has a 23.1% chance to become bowl-eligible. http://t.co/u6yf9o0T2B
— Drew Hallett (@DrewCHallett) November 5, 2014
Who knows, maybe they can even ruin that team in Ohio's dreams with a major upset in late November. That's to-be-determind though, so let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Go Blue.
CFB PREVIEW GUIDE: WEEK ELEVEN
The @CFBPlayoff Standings. 1. Mississippi St 2. FSU 3. Auburn 4. Oregon 5. Bama 6. TCU 7. KST 8. MSU 9. ASU 10. ND
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) November 5, 2014
ICYMI: GameDay is heading to East Lansing! #GetUp4GameDay pic.twitter.com/HhrcZaDeZa
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 4, 2014
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH
#12 BAYLOR @ #15 OKLAHOMA - 12:00 P.M. EST. - FOX SPORTS 1
Do with this what you will, Twitter. RT @PeteMoris: pic.twitter.com/AC7jFm6K5m
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) November 5, 2014
TEXAS A&M @ #3 AUBURN - 3:30 P.M. EST. - CBS
Auburn WR Sammie Coates' swag is on 3 hundred thousand trillion: http://t.co/7i1HVPl2Ey pic.twitter.com/vmQUwYtg8A
— LostLettermen.com (@LostLettermen) November 4, 2014
VIDEO: An amazing video of Auburn's Gus Malzahn dancing to "U Can't Touch This" has emerged http://t.co/6dh26PwP89 pic.twitter.com/TgKiaPsIDl
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 3, 2014
#10 NOTRE DAME @ #9 ARIZONA STATE - 3:30 P.M. EST. - ABC
One reason @NDFootball is in a lot of trouble vs. @FootballASU, by @BruceFeldmanCFB / http://t.co/jbLYAvqOOn pic.twitter.com/5wZFpZA4ob
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 4, 2014
"Arizona State absolutely has a chance the make the playoff." - @Joey_Galloway Can ASU make a move? #CFBLive pic.twitter.com/9F3Ka5VOVt
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) November 4, 2014
ASU will likely be without a key veteran, DT Jaxon Hood, vs. Notre Dame, due to "personal issues." http://t.co/O6L0Os1f40
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 5, 2014
#23 WEST VIRGINIA @ TEXAS - 3:30 P.M. EST. - FOX SPORTS 1
West Virginia elected U.S.'s youngest lawmaker: an 18-year-old who campaigned from a dorm room http://t.co/XYQpYN77qG pic.twitter.com/NnpOpSDviJ
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 6, 2014
Present from Texas #longhorns pic.twitter.com/mXGjSE9160
— Jonny Mills (@jonnyleemills) November 6, 2014
VIRGINIA @ #2 FLORIDA STATE - 6:30 P.M. EST. - ESPN
Seminoles are under scrutiny, no matter how they win " http://t.co/KCV3ftebch pic.twitter.com/EOEjiMRQVH
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) November 4, 2014
#7 KANSAS STATE @ #6 TCU - 7:30 P.M. EST. - FOX
Best Chance to Win Big 12 (according to FPI): TCU - 42% Baylor - 28% Kansas St - 26%
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 4, 2014
FLORIDA @ VANDERBILT - 7:30 P.M. EST. - SEC NETWORK
Despite a rocky start, Florida (4-3) still has an opportunity to win the SEC East pic.twitter.com/dRKRmI7qpE
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) November 4, 2014
On Saturday, Mike McNeely had a fake-kick touchdown for @GatorZoneFB On Sunday, McNeely worked at Publix #CFBLive pic.twitter.com/wtOllNGPnO
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) November 3, 2014
Florida's upset of Georgia was even bigger than you thought. Tons of stats: http://t.co/O2UyQy040N pic.twitter.com/BPfhxAqVp7
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) November 4, 2014
#5 ALABAMA @ #16 LSU - CBS - 8:00 P.M. EST. - CBS
In honor of lsu and bama week. @rachel_s62 pic.twitter.com/4rg1ajnHSp
— Megan Tancrede (@megantancrede) November 6, 2014
Video: Les Miles scolds reporter for wearing red during Alabama week http://t.co/GKq5WFHZpC
— SEC Football (@SECfootball) November 6, 2014
#14 OHIO STATE @ #8 MICHIGAN STATE - 8:00 P.M. EST. - ABC
Best Chance to win the #BigTen Title (according to FPI): Ohio St - 39% Michigan St - 27% Wisconsin - 20% Nebraska - 12%
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 3, 2014
Big game for the Big Ten this saturday, #16 Ohio State vs #8 MSU. This game alongside alot of randomness could give the big ten 1 of the 4
— Braylon Edwards (@OfficialBraylon) November 4, 2014
My question: For the people saying Michigan State should be ranked higher...why? Is there a single legitimate argument in MSU's favor?
— Scott Bell (@sbell021) November 5, 2014
Don't get beat by 20 at Oregon, don't lose at home by 14 to Va. Tech.
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) November 5, 2014
Giving Mich St the "Michigan" treatment, OSU beat writer @DougLesmerises wrote an entire article without "m" or "s": http://t.co/f9R3GA17Jv
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 3, 2014
#4 OREGON @ #17 UTAH - 10:00 P.M. EST. - ESPN
Total QBR: 1. Marcus Mariota - 91.2 2. Blake Sims - 90.7 3. Nick Marshall - 89.2 Top 50: http://t.co/5BkM0QAPcd
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 4, 2014
EXTRA POINTS:
Shaq and Charles Barkley made an audition tape for True Detective and it's amazing http://t.co/FEnGtjCHXo pic.twitter.com/6KfGVaz6wf
— SI Extra Mustard (@SI_ExtraMustard) November 5, 2014
No one makes an entrance like #MatthewMcConaughey!! #kellyandmichael https://t.co/SIVwbnrdGP
— LIVEKellyandMichael (@KellyandMichael) November 4, 2014
Remember that Olive Garden pasta pass? A guy has used it to eat 95 MEALS IN 6 WEEKS. http://t.co/MzWKmXzZUC pic.twitter.com/uejXdMdqdn
— SB Nation (@SBNation) November 4, 2014
Couple ties the knot on Southwest Airlines flight http://t.co/HrG0Dhe6Xi pic.twitter.com/Adjf6b5VNT
— ABC News (@ABC) November 4, 2014
CAN'T. STOP. WATCHING. https://t.co/zOTK5J0WLU
— Isaac (@WorldofIsaac) November 3, 2014