November usually becomes a battle among survivors. The best teams are hurting for any number of reasons and injuries. Unexpected challenges to teams who at the start of the season and up until the end of October were the expected champions happen. Pretenders get exposed (MSU). Dark horses rise (ND).
AA, you're right about the "crimson laundry" and recency bias perhaps undeservedly promoting Alabama to it's current CFP ranking. But unlike some teams we watch, Alabama fights through issues and fells opponents it shouldn't. Michigan? Had a pretty good run through most of October then shits the bed like history tells us they always will to close out what looked like a promising season.
AA, you're right about the "crimson laundry" and recency bias perhaps undeservedly promoting Alabama to it's current CFP ranking. But unlike some teams we watch, Alabama fights through issues and fells opponents it shouldn't. Michigan? Had a pretty good run through most of October then shits the bed like history tells us they always will to close out what looked like a promising season.
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