Sugar Bowl 2012: Michigan, Virginia Tech Face Off; Which Team Will Win? (PREDICT)

This time last year, Brady Hoke was preparing the San Diego State Aztecs to play Navy in the San Diego County Credit Union Pointsettia Bowl. This year, he'll be coaching the Michigan Wolverines in the AllState Sugar Bowl when they take on the Virginia Tech Hokies on Jan. 3, 2012.

What a difference a year makes.

Of course, for the Hokies there is nothing out of the ordinary about landing in a BCS bowl. Despite being routed by Clemson in the ACC Championship Game, Virginia Tech earned a Sugar Bowl berth with its stout defense. That unit will surely be tested -- perhaps unlike it was all season in a lackluster ACC -- against dynamic UM quarterback Denard Robinson. If the athletic playmaker can showcase his diverse skill set then doubters will stop asking why Hoke's Wolverines landed this BCS spot ahead of the Michigan State Spartans who reached the Big Ten title game.

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• Michigan Wolverines

• Virginia Tech Hokies

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[BlueCashew]

12:12 AM on 01/04/2012

I predict it will be decided by the officials wearing maize and blue stripes.

[markfina]

08:13 PM on 12/05/2011

To bad the bowls are all about money and not what we teach our student athletics's, that hard work and performance on the field will earn you a BCS game.But that was not the case for Kansas State and Boise State they both got cheated again.This is why everybody keeps yelling for a payoff system that is fair to all.Not just Michigan and Virginia Tech who backed in to a BCS game on Kansas State and Boise State Back! . SCREWED AGAIN BY THE GREEDY BCS BOY"S!!!

[LSULinebacker64]

05:38 PM on 12/05/2011

The BCS Bowls are usually for the best teams in the Nation... With this BCS Bowl game and I'm from Louisiana. This is one of the worst game to gather... Yes it's Money, Money, Money, Money... But in this BCS Bowl you have #11 vs #13 in that game... Boise State with that QB Moore... He really deserved a BCS Bowl game... Boise State only 1 loss...

There are some Bowl games that are going to really show things well with ranked teams better than the Sugar Bowl BCS will show...

[paulhunterjones]

03:23 PM on 12/05/2011

Michigan and VT have great fan bases. Their followers will travel to watch the game and inject money into the local economies. Hosting a bowl game is an expensive undertaking. The larger game that is being played is profits versus loses. VT has proven over the years that it is a caliber football team. Michigan’s program is on the upswing since the arrival of Brady Hoke. The Wolverines appearance in a bowl game is a story line that could not be ignored. The Sugar Bowl executives selected these teams because of their marketing appeal and draw. If the game lives up to all of the hype the Sugar Bowl executives will be seen as geniuses.