Michigan to BCS Checklist -- Results

So, how'd the Wolverines fare at watching TV today?

• Houston vs. Southern Mississippi — SUCCESS! Houston battled back with an amazing last-minute drive to lose by only 21 points. Coach Sumlin's cottage has a leaky roof and the lawn smells like skunk pee.
• TCU vs. UNLV — FAILURE! Gary Patterson is a smart man, too smart to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a little house that he'll only get to use a month or two out of the year. UNLV is not very good.
• Kansas State vs. Iowa State — FAILURE! Iowa State came pretty close to pulling another upset. Oh, well.
• Georgia vs. LSU — SUCCESS! Georgia keep their position because they only got blown out in one half. But honestly... no.
• Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State — Success? Oklahoma lost by 34 points today to a team other than LSU. They might hold enough of a lead over Michigan in the computer rankings to stay in front, but I could see them potentially crashing hard enough in the polls that the computers wouldn't be able to save them. We won't know until tomorrow.
• Baylor vs. Texas — I'm gonna go ahead and call this one success even though Baylor is undoubtedly moving ahead of Michigan because I didn't want Texas to win it.
• BONUS ROUND: Clemson vs. Virginia Tech — Bonus potential failure! Clemson beat Virginia Tech even harder than Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma. I don't think Virginia Tech is going to fall past Michigan, but it is remotely possible for Clemson to jump into the Real BCS Teams Club.
• Wisconsin vs. Michigan State — I think they postponed this game.

Tallying things up, it looks like three teams (I assume that either Wisconsin or Michigan State will fall after the game is rescheduled) are likely to fall past Michigan and one will jump ahead of them. It is possible for one more team to slip ahead of them, but there is also an outside chance of another team sliding behind. My expectation, therefore, is that they will move to at least 14th, enough for Brady Hoke to get his next crate of pizzas delivered to Pasadena. This is a good thing because Michigan State is too good this year to deserve playing in the Insight Bowl should they lose to Wisconsin in the eventual Big Ten Championship Game, which I am sure they will be playing as soon as possible.

I am going to go be sad now.