I know, I know. One game at a time.
But is it ok to start scoreboard watching with an eye on what dominoes would need to fall to put Purdue in Indy on 12/4?
I'm going into Saturday assuming we likely pick up a loss and will need everyone else in the West to have at least 3 losses. Teams who own a tie breaker over Purdue (i.e., Wisconsin and Minnesota) will need a 4th loss. That is the equivalent of threading a needle, but it increases my interest in those games, so what the hell.
With that said, who are we rooting for in the Iowa/Minnesota game? If Iowa wins, we need them to lose to either Illinois or Nebraska. If Minnesota wins, we need them to lose to BOTH Indinia and Wisconsin. But then Wisconsin would need to lose to BOTH Northwestern and Nebraska.. So I'll take Iowa winning this week and then rooting for Illinois and Nebraska the next two weeks. And obviously root for Northwestern this week, which will be a futile effort.
Here is one scenario...
Week 11: OSU over Purdue, Wisconsin over Northwestern, Iowa over Minnesota
Week 12: Purdue over NW, Iowa over Illinois, Indinia over Minnesota, Nebraska over Wisconsin
Week 13: Purdue over Indinia, Nebraska over Iowa, Minnesota over Wisconsin
Purdue 6-3 (8-4)
Iowa 6-3 (9-3)
Wisconsin 5-4 (7-5)
Minnesota 5-4 (7-5)
But is it ok to start scoreboard watching with an eye on what dominoes would need to fall to put Purdue in Indy on 12/4?
I'm going into Saturday assuming we likely pick up a loss and will need everyone else in the West to have at least 3 losses. Teams who own a tie breaker over Purdue (i.e., Wisconsin and Minnesota) will need a 4th loss. That is the equivalent of threading a needle, but it increases my interest in those games, so what the hell.
With that said, who are we rooting for in the Iowa/Minnesota game? If Iowa wins, we need them to lose to either Illinois or Nebraska. If Minnesota wins, we need them to lose to BOTH Indinia and Wisconsin. But then Wisconsin would need to lose to BOTH Northwestern and Nebraska.. So I'll take Iowa winning this week and then rooting for Illinois and Nebraska the next two weeks. And obviously root for Northwestern this week, which will be a futile effort.
Here is one scenario...
Week 11: OSU over Purdue, Wisconsin over Northwestern, Iowa over Minnesota
Week 12: Purdue over NW, Iowa over Illinois, Indinia over Minnesota, Nebraska over Wisconsin
Week 13: Purdue over Indinia, Nebraska over Iowa, Minnesota over Wisconsin
Purdue 6-3 (8-4)
Iowa 6-3 (9-3)
Wisconsin 5-4 (7-5)
Minnesota 5-4 (7-5)
