ESPN: Big Ten rooting interests: Week 11 (Minnesota should root for ... )

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per ESPN:

Minnesota should root for ...

Michigan to beat Nebraska. This is a tough one as Minnesota would lose a tiebreaker with Michigan but not Nebraska. But the best-case scenario for the Gophers the next two weeks is a Nebraska loss, giving the Huskers two Big Ten losses, and then a Nebraska win against Michigan State, which is 6-0 in league play. Minnesota then could hope for Michigan to lose one of its final three games (Northwestern, Iowa, Ohio State).

Purdue to beat Iowa. A loss eliminates the Hawkeyes from division title contention. Minnesota would lose a head-to-head tiebreaker with Iowa because of a Sept. 28 loss.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/88612/big-ten-rooting-interest-week-11-2

Go Gophers!!
 

Honestly how I'd see it shaking out is Mich beating the Huskers this weekend and then getting pummeled by OSU in the last week. Getting MSU to lose is going to be a difficult task
 

BleedGopher said:
per ESPN:

Minnesota should root for ...

Michigan to beat Nebraska. This is a tough one as Minnesota would lose a tiebreaker with Michigan but not Nebraska. But the best-case scenario for the Gophers the next two weeks is a Nebraska loss, giving the Huskers two Big Ten losses, and then a Nebraska win against Michigan State, which is 6-0 in league play. Minnesota then could hope for Michigan to lose one of its final three games (Northwestern, Iowa, Ohio State).

Purdue to beat Iowa. A loss eliminates the Hawkeyes from division title contention. Minnesota would lose a head-to-head tiebreaker with Iowa because of a Sept. 28 loss.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/88612/big-ten-rooting-interest-week-11-2

Go Gophers!!
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I don't think Purdue could beat Purdue.
 




Why does it matter what Iowa does? They already have 3 losses.
 

^^So we get a better bowl than them. Every BT win we put between us and them is good. Plus they have the loss to NIU.

We should also be rooting against teams that make an ESPN College Gameday matchup look more interesting than us vs Wisconsin (assuming, of course, we win this week, which is a given no matter what).
 


RailBaronYarr said:
We should also be rooting against teams that make an ESPN College Gameday matchup look more interesting than us vs Wisconsin (assuming, of course, we win this week, which is a given no matter what).
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Realistically, LSU loses to Bama and Baylor loses to Oklahoma are our best shots
 



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