The much-anticipated final College Playoffs seedings were revealed Sunday Morning and as expected the University of Washington is one of the four teams selected to participate in this year’s College Football Playoffs The Huskies were awarded a no. 2 seed, and will play the Texas Longhorns in the Sugar Bowl January 1st in New Orleans. The game will be a rematch of last year’s Alamo Bowl in which the Huskies were 27-20 winner over the Longhorns.
Big Ten Champions Michigan Wolverines were awarded the No. 1 seed and will face off against the Alabama Crimson Tide who were awarded the No.4 seed after they beat the Georgia Bulldogs 27-24 in the SEC title game. The Wolverines beat the Iowa 26-0 in the Big Ten Championship game. With Washington’s convincing win over the Oregon Ducks in the Pac-12 title game and the second time this season, some speculated the Huskies should be ranked no.1
GEOGRAPHIC DIAVANTAGE
When Georgia lost to Alabama in the SEC title game the door opened for Michigan to receive the no.1 seed. According to the CFP media guide,
“When assigning teams to sites, the selection committee will place the top two seeds at the most advantageous sites, weighing criteria such as convenience of travel for its fans, home-crowd advantage or disadvantage and general familiarity with the host city and its stadium. Preference will go to the No. 1 seed.”
The Wolverines were selected to play in the Rose Bowl because playing in Sugar Bowl would have created a home-field advantage for Alabama. As a result, the Huskies and Husky Nation were selected to play in the Sugar Bowl which will be somewhat of a geographical disadvantage.
“For the program and the fans, because of our geographical location, certainly the Rose Bowl is probably what everyone was thinking and wanting,” DeBoer said. “But here’s the deal: we’re in the final four, and we get to go play in an exciting venue against a very good football team.”
FAMILIAR OPPONENT
All though there is recent history between the two teams Kalen DeBoer believes each team’s experiences since last year’s Alamo Bowl is why the two teams are different from each other.
“They’re a different team. They’ve had more experiences. We’re a different team. We’ve had more experiences,” DeBoer said. “Both teams have added to the talent that we have on our rosters. So I think it gives us familiarity, maybe, with what they do and how they see us and what to expect a little bit. But in the end, it’s a whole year later and there’s different things on the line right now, as far as what we’re playing for.”
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is very familiar with Husky Nation having led the program from 2009 to 2013 and pilling up a 34-29 record.
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