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The Baltimore Ravens are on the outside not looking in at the AFC playoff picture with a 4-10 record this season. This is exactly the type of season that fans and the media alike should have seen coming for the Ravens. It all began before the season began when former big names left Baltimore for other teams. Star defensive tackle Haloti Ngata was acquired by the Detroit Lions to replace Ndomukong Suh, who signed with the Miami Dolphins. Wide receiver Torrey Smith joined former Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin in San Francisco tight end Owen Daniels and then offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak both left to join Peyton Manning in Denver. Joe Flacco had just lost two of his best receivers and a great offensive coordinator. When the Ravens traveled to Denver to take on the Broncos in their first game of the season, the defense looked good, picking off a couple Peyton Manning passes and not allowing him to throw a touchdown. During the game, however, outside linebacker and tremendo

Everyone likes to say that the Iowa Hawkeyes didn’t belong in the College Football Playoff because they didn’t play anyone with a winning record. But what they don’t realize is when Iowa’s schedule was made, no one expected them to be undefeated going into the Big Ten Championship game against Michigan State. The only reason that Iowa is not in the College Football Playoff is because of their loss to Michigan State. They will now play in the Grandaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl, against the Pac-12 Champion Stanford Cardinal. The Rose Bowl was the absolute perfect bowl for Iowa. If you can’t get into the College Football Playoff, the next bowl to get an invitation to is the Rose Bowl. Iowa belongs in the Rose Bowl. There is no doubt that they got exactly what they deserved. Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz is also happy with the Rose Bowl bid. “We’re just absolutely thrilled to get the news today about being invited to the Rose Bowl and play the Pac 12 Champion, Stanford,” he told