Indianapolis — Much of the conversation last week by college football pundits and talking heads was whether Michigan would have a letdown after finally beating big, bad Ohio State, which had dominated the rivalry the last two decades, including winning the last eight games. The Wolverines said they stopped thinking about the win over the Buckeyes after 24 hours and turned the focus to Iowa and insisted they would not enter the Big Ten championship distracted by that victory that snapped an eight-game losing streak. Really, though, the win over Ohio State has stayed with them. It propelled them into the Big Ten Championship Game, which Michigan won, 42-3 in a rout against Iowa on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, and now into the College Football Playoff. No, they weren’t dwelling on it. There would be no hangover. But the win gave them all sorts of confidence as they head…
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