JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
It's a long shot, but Michigan hasn't entirely locked up the B1G title yet. MSU has shown they can find ways to compete against better teams. If MSU can split their season series with Michigan, and we can also beat Michigan, that alone would put Michigan at 14-3 to end their season. If we can run the table and get to 16-4 (no small feat), that would put us 0.5 a game ahead of Michigan in the final standings. Michigan would be slightly ahead of us by win percentage (82.4 vs. 80), but we would own the head-to-head win. That scenario would put a lot of pressure on the league to determine who should get the title.
If Michigan somehow drops to 13-4, we could also drop to 15-5 and still have a repeat of the scenario above (where we would be 0.5 a game ahead of them in the standings, but behind them by win percentage). And if Michigan has an epic collapse to 12-5, we could have a multi-team tie at 14-6.
In other words, it's not entirely over yet. Just mostly over.
If Michigan somehow drops to 13-4, we could also drop to 15-5 and still have a repeat of the scenario above (where we would be 0.5 a game ahead of them in the standings, but behind them by win percentage). And if Michigan has an epic collapse to 12-5, we could have a multi-team tie at 14-6.
In other words, it's not entirely over yet. Just mostly over.