Pat Caputo: In The End, Bowl Bids Worked Out Fine For U-M, MSU
Ultimately, it worked out just fine.
For Michigan and Michigan State, anyway. Whether Alabama should have been given another crack at LSU in the BCS Championship Game is another story.
Both Big Ten schools in this state got fitting matchups in the bowl season. Virginia Tech is a worthy opponent for Michigan in the Sugar Bowl. The Spartans get to face a mirror opponent in the Outback Bowl, Georgia.
