The New Year’s Six kicks off on Saturday with a top-10 battle at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. The No. 7 Michigan Wolverines battle the No. 10 Florida Gators at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Peach Bowl 2018 live stream: Florida vs. Michigan time, TV schedule, and how to watch online
Gators and Wolverines meet for the 3rd time in 4 years
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The Peach Bowl marks the fourth bowl in four seasons for Jim Harbaugh at Michigan, who played in the Peach Bowl, Orange Bowl and Outback Bowl in his first three seasons at the school. After playing those bowls in Orlando, Miami and Tampa, Michigan is playing in Atlanta this time around but still can’t escape the state of Florida, battling the Gators.
This marks the fourth Peach Bowl appearance for Florida, and their first since 2004. This is the first Peach Bowl for Michigan.
Florida vs. Michigan prediction
S&P+ projects this game as a 6-point win for the Wolverines, who are 4-0 all-time against the Gators, including 3-0 in bowl games. Their last postseason tilt was three years ago in the Citrus Bowl, a 41-7 rout by Michigan.
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Florida vs. Michigan news
- The Gators are looking for their third win over a ranked team in 2018 under Dan Mullen in his first year at the school, after beating No. 23 Mississippi State on Sept. 29 and No. 5 LSU on Oct. 6. “I think you’re at the University of Florida, you expect to be playing not just in bowl games, you expect to be playing in New Year’s Six bowls and championship bowls,” Mullen told reporters Friday.
- The Wolverines will stick with freshman kicker Jake Moody in the Peach Bowl, Harbaugh announced on Friday. Moody took over placekicking duties on Nov. 17 against Indiana and made all six field goal tries. He is 8-for-8 on the season. Moody replaces junior kicker Quinn Nordin, who was a Lou Groza Award finalist in 2017 but this year made 11-of-16 (68.8%) field goal attempts.
Michigan without some stars
The Wolverines at the Peach Bowl are without running back Karan Higdon and defensive end Rashan Gary, both of whom will skip the game to focus on the upcoming NFL Draft. In addition, All-American linebacker Devin Bush hasn’t been cleared from his injury and is out on Saturday, also bound for the NFL Draft. Right tackle Juwann Bushell-Beaty is also sitting out the Peach Bowl.
Higdon led Michigan with 1,221 yards on the ground this season, but expect his production to be replaced by a committee including Chris Evans and Tru Wilson, the duo who combined for 928 rushing yards and averaged more per carry (6.0 yards) then did Higdon (5.3).
One star who will suit up for the Wolverines is quarterback Shea Patterson, who announced on Dec. 21 that he would return for his senior season at Michigan,
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