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At 11:00 Eastern Time, the total margin of victory in the three games on ABC in Michigan today is 110 points.  And two other Big Ten teams each won by 50+ points today (Purdue and Iowa).  The only drama for Big Ten football fans today was watching Wisconsin clinch a winning record by taking advantage [...]

Basketball Links

MAUI 2010 FIELD
We’re going to Hawaii in two years.
Ford Field bid for Final Four denied
There won’t be another Final Four in Detroit until at least 2017.
FanHouse NCAA Hoops BlogPoll: No. 9, Purdue Boilermakers
T-Mill of Off the Tracks previews the Purdue basketball season for FanHouse.

Football Links

A room full of rivalry trophies – for how much [...]

Update: Our own SpartanDan points out the error in the scenario below.  Penn State would control the head-to-head tie-breaker, having beaten both OSU and MSU.
Update #2: Rittenberg has corrected his post by removing the scenario.  So, like, ignore this post–except for the clever “Morrill Act Melee” part.

Adam Rittenberg:
Here’s the weird one: Penn State loses to [...]

Joe Rexrode is more sold on the possibility of a second BCS slot for the Big Ten, even with Penn State out of the national championship picture:
Now let’s look at the other (more likely) scenario: an MSU loss in Happy Valley. That would leave the Spartans at 9-3 overall, 6-2 in the league. If Ohio State [...]

Not a lot to hang your hat on in terms of the MSU offense today.  Javon Ringer was contained for most of the day.  Brian Hoyer was erratic.  Brett Swenson was a nonfactor due to the weather.  And we managed to turn the ball over four times.
But the defense was magnificent.  They took an opposing [...]

Bad news first: Our road to the Rose Bowl just got more complicated.
Good news: We’re in first place!  All alone, for the time being.

TEAM
CONF
OVERALL

*-Michigan State
6-1
9-2

*-Penn State
5-1
9-1

*-Ohio State
5-1
8-2

*-Minnesota
3-3
7-3

*-Northwestern
3-3
7-3

*-Iowa
3-3
6-4

Illinois
3-3
5-5

x-Michigan
2-4
3-7

Wisconsin
2-5
5-5

x-Indiana
1-5
3-7

x-Purdue
1-5
3-7

With Iowa’s upset of Penn State, a trip to Pasadena now requires both of the following:

An MSU upset of Penn State in Happy Valley two [...]

Basketball links first:

Joe Rexrode shares his thoughts on the exhibition win vs. Northern. Likes Dahlman to be the #10 guy in the rotation and thinks Green may still redshirt.
Luke Winn judges the Old Spice Classic to have the best field of the nearly 30 preseason college basketball tournaments.
Inside the Hall pegs Raymar Morgan as the [...]