[Husker] Rest of the season

[Mike Nolan]

> > Someone correct me if I'm wrong (like I have to ask): for Nebraska to go 
> to the Big TEN championship, Iowa needs to beat Michigan State and the Huskers
> need to win the next three games.
> >
> > John Killmar
> 
> John, I think you're right.  Except that it can be ANY loss by
> Michigan State in their remaining games, it doesn't have to be Iowa.
> They also have to play at NwU (and Indiana at home, but really....)

Correct, Michigan State still has to lose a game.  If Nebraska wins out,
that would knock Iowa and Michigan out of any possibility of a tie
for first place in the division, since that would give them three
losses.  But Michigan State still needs to lose another game
to somebody to drop into a tie with Nebraska.  Nebraska would win 
that tiebreak because they defeated MSU.  Iowa seems to be the most 
likely candidate for a MSU loss, but I would not rule out my Wildcats.  
(I think they owe MSU a little payback, too.)  

And if Nebraska loses to Penn State, that doesn't quite knock them out
of the race, but then Michigan State would have to lose twice to create
a tie.  If the Huskers also defeat Iowa and Michigan, then I think
they'd win the tiebreaks against those teams in the event of a three or 
four way tie.  

It's going to be a channel-switching Saturday for me, because the
Nebraska-Penn State, Michigan State-Iowa and Rice-Northwestern
games are all in the 11AM CT slot, as is Oklahoma State-Texas Tech.   

And I may have to spend part of the day on a conference call, too.  
--
Mike Nolan