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Chance to 'rewrite the season' has Michigan fired up to face Alabama

Michigan defensive end Kwity Paye on the challenge of playing Alabama in the Citrus Bowl. Angelique S. Chengelis, The Detroit News

Ann Arbor – When Michigan guard Ben Bredeson was growing up and watching football games with his father, he often said he wanted a chance to play Alabama.

“So here we are. Last game. It just seems fitting,” Bredeson said Sunday night.

Yes, here Michigan is, on the doorstep of a second-straight 10-win season, and Alabama, pretty much the gold standard of college football the last decade with appearances in six national championship games and four national championships since 2011, holds the key.