PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Top-seeded Michigan will face Southeastern Conference champion Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal to be played as the 110th edition of the Rose Bowl Game.
The Wolverines will be playing in their 21st Rose Bowl, more than any school except USC, but Michigan hasn't been to the Granddaddy of Them All since 2007.
Michigan's fans hope the Rose Bowl berth is the penultimate step in a tumultuous season featuring incredible play, but also two suspensions for Harbaugh.
Alabama returned to the CFP and earned its eighth appearance in the Rose Bowl by ending the Bulldogs' 29-game winning streak.
Alabama's previous Rose Bowl Game appearance was in 1946, although Nick Saban's Crimson Tide also won the national championship at the Rose Bowl in January 2010 when they beat Texas in the BCS title game.
Persons:
Jim Harbaugh's, Nick Saban's
Organizations:
Southeastern Conference, Alabama, College Football, Rose, Crimson Tide, USC, Harbaugh, Wolverines, Big, Michigan, CFP, Tide, SEC, . Alabama, Bulldogs, Notre Dame, Texas, BCS, Longhorns, Georgia, AP
Locations:
PASADENA, Calif, Michigan, Southern California, Pasadena, Iowa, Georgia, ., Arlington , Texas, Houston