Mississippi State Bulldogs @ Michigan Wolverines Progressive Gator Bowl Pick

Mississippi State Bulldogs @ Michigan Wolverines Progressive Gator Bowl Pick: Just on principal I can’t pick the Wolverines to beat anybody worth their weight in sun chips, and the Bulldogs are definitely worthy.

What Michigan brings to the table is an awesome college dual threat in Denard Robinson, a defense that can’t stop a runny nose, and a resume that doesn’t have a quality win on it since Week 1 (and that was a win over unranked UConn – but they are in the BCS, somehow, so I have to recognize them a little bit). They lost 5 of their last 7 games after starting the season 5-0. The only teams they beat were Purdue and Illinois (who outplayed the Wolverines in that multiple overtime game, but lost anyway). They’ve lost to everybody good that they’ve played since Week 1, and Mississippi State is good. I’m no math-wiz, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t take a graduate of any sort to put 2 and 2 together in this one.

The Bulldogs lost 2 of their last 3, but a loss in Alabama and an overtime loss at the hands of Arkansas don’t look bad on any resume. The Bulldogs aren’t scary, they can run the ball well but they aren’t elite on either side of the ball. Michigan just isn’t very good, and they are terrible defensively – the Bulldogs should run all over them.

#21 Mississippi State Bulldogs (-4) @ Michigan Wolverines