GLENDALE, Ariz. — For about 15 years, the SEC ruled postseason college football, but so far in 2024 postseason games, the Big Ten has owned the SEC. So much so that Michigan managed to beat Alabama in two different bowl games in the same calendar year.
The calendar year began with the soon-to-be-national champion Wolverines beating the Tide in the Rose Bowl. It ended with Penn State clobbering Boise State 31-14 in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night to ensure its conference will claim half of next week’s CFP semifinal field. That’s because Wednesday’s Oregon-Ohio State Rose Bowl is an intra-conference affair — one made possible when the Buckeyes whooped
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