In case you missed it, and how could you, the MSU Spartans defeated Purdue on Saturday and then vaulted into first place in the Big 10 after Penn State lost to Iowa in an exciting come from behind victory by the Hawkeyes.My brother-in-law Philip is a Hawkeye alum and I called him and thanked him (as if he had anything to do with the victory) for the unexpected victory.
In two weeks (MSU is off next Saturday) the Spartans face Penn State and have their own destiny in hand. Beat Penn State and they will do no worse than tie Ohio State for the Big 10 title. If Ohio State loses either game in the next two weeks (Go Blue!) including its season ending game against Michigan State could be all alone on top of the Big 10.
No matter what, it looks like State will be going to a major bowl game this year, which will be the first time in a long time for a major bowl bid.
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Jim,
As much as I love MSU, Iowa winning could be the worst thing that happened to the Spartans.
If MSU beats Penn State and Ohio State wins out, the Buckeyes are Big Ten champs.
From MSU beat writer Steve Grinczel:
Had Paterno's Nittany Lions beaten the Hawkeyes and gone on to defeat Indiana next Saturday but ended up losing to the Spartans, and had the Buckeyes won out as expected, MSU, PSU and OSU would have tied for first place with 7-1 records.
The first tiebreaker -- head-to-head competition -- would not have applied because each team would have defeated the other (OSU over MSU, PSU over OSU, MSU over PSU).
Michigan State would have won the league's second tiebreaker and received the Big Ten's automatic BCS bid to the Rose Bowl bid by virtue of playing a schedule that did not include any Division I-AA opponents as Penn State's did with Coastal Carolina and Ohio State's did with Youngstown State.
Read more at:
http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2008/11/plenty_of_bowl_scenarios_out_t.html#more
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