Despite a letdown season coming off of a national title, the Wolverines finished the 2024 season with a bang. Michigan took down rival Ohio State for the fourth

Alabama football and its fans felt slighted after not making the College Football Playoff as a 9-3 SEC team, despite ugly losses to Oklahoma and Vanderbilt during the season. They were MAD mad about the perceived Alabama snub, and nonsensical talk of the Crimson Tide deserving a playoff spot continued through the first-round games.

TAMPA, Fla. — No one, and we mean no one, thought that Michigan football stood much of a chance in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Alabama. The Crimson Tide were hoping for an invitation into the College Football Playoff, and were also looking for revenge against the Wolverines after the 30-24 win in the Rose Bowl a calendar year ago.