Overall, pretty silly artcle, but Shane Ryan of Grantland picks MU to make it to the Championship game, eventually losing to OSU (even though it says Louisville vs. OSU in the heading). His criteria for making predictions are team pace, the state the school is from, and the mascot. Following his logic, we wouldn't have made it nearly as far if we were still Warriors. If he would have decided to file Buckeyes under "people" instead of "nature," we could have won it all.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/21327/ncaa-prediction-guide-for-stato-mascotists-and-pacists