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This scenario was posted on the B1G blogs by colin3451.

If Nebraska beats Iowa (losing their other 3 to finish 4-4), MSU beats Indiana and Northwestern (going 2-2 to finish 5-3), Iowa beats Michigan, Purdue, and MSU (finishing 5-3), Michigan beats Nebraska (losing 3, and finishing 4-4), and Minnesota wins out, Minnesota would win the tiebreaker between them MSU, and Iowa, sending them to the CCG.
 

Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.

*****

Dr. Egon Spengler: I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways, we could reverse the particle flow through the gate.
Dr. Peter Venkman: How?
Dr. Egon Spengler: [hesitates] We'll cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: 'Scuse me Egon? You said crossing the streams was bad!
Dr Ray Stantz: Cross the streams...
Dr. Peter Venkman: You're gonna endanger us, you're gonna endanger our client - the nice lady, who paid us in advance, before she became a dog...
Dr. Egon Spengler: Not necessarily. There's definitely a *very slim* chance we'll survive.
[pause while they consider this]
Dr. Peter Venkman: [slaps Ray] I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it! LET'S DO IT!
 

When I saw this thread title, I was hoping it was something along these lines!

Let's Go Gophers! Get it done!
 


Of course there is a chance. This is a non-zero probability, correct? There is only no chance if the probability is zero. It's quite unlikely that the Gophers would win out, but if they did, the other things that would need to fall into place aren't incredibly unlikely.
 



I am reminded of an episode of Gilligan's Island, where a meteor crashed on the island, and for some reason, they had to destroy the meteor. (radiation, I think it was) The other people on the island are despondent because there is only a million to one chance the plan will work. The Skipper asks "what could be worst than one in a million?" Gilligan responds "none in a million?"

A slim chance is always better than no chance.
 

I suppose this requires bringing out the obligatory Dumb & Dumber clip....

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RodentRampage said:
Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.

*****

Dr. Egon Spengler: I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways, we could reverse the particle flow through the gate.
Dr. Peter Venkman: How?
Dr. Egon Spengler: [hesitates] We'll cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: 'Scuse me Egon? You said crossing the streams was bad!
Dr Ray Stantz: Cross the streams...
Dr. Peter Venkman: You're gonna endanger us, you're gonna endanger our client - the nice lady, who paid us in advance, before she became a dog...
Dr. Egon Spengler: Not necessarily. There's definitely a *very slim* chance we'll survive.
[pause while they consider this]
Dr. Peter Venkman: [slaps Ray] I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it! LET'S DO IT!
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One of the best classic movies of all time.. And those quotes are probably the BEST from that movie. Well played!!
 




I heard from a reliable source close to the situation that reusse hired a new, albeit recently fired, security guard.
 

You know, there may be a mathematical chance to still win the national championship too! Are we ranked yet?
 

I'm going to go out on a limb and say we have zero chance of winning a national championship. Our bad losses are too bad to overcome.
 



My obligatory josh087 post: "If you're going to use this famous movie quote, at least quote it correctly."
 

I copied to from a list of quotes from Ghostbusters that I found online. Is there an error with it?
 



Fuzzy Rumpton said:
My apologies oh mighty King.
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1. I only brought it up because my friend Josh, who posts here, absolutely hates it when people mangle this quote. He has posted this opinion here many times.

2. I agree with him. What's the point of quoting something if you're not going to actually quote it? Remember Abe Lincoln's famous phrase, "87 years ago"? Or who could forget that wonderful MLK speech, "I have a vision." I think he ended his speech with, "Finally deeply discounted, finally deeply discounted, praise Allah omniscient, all of us are finally deeply discounted!"
 

dpodoll68 said:
1. I only brought it up because my friend Josh, who posts here, absolutely hates it when people mangle this quote. He has posted this opinion here many times.

2. I agree with him. What's the point of quoting something if you're not going to actually quote it? Remember Abe Lincoln's famous phrase, "87 years ago"? Or who could forget that wonderful MLK speech, "I have a vision." I think he ended his speech with, "Finally deeply discounted, finally deeply discounted, praise Allah omniscient, all of us are finally deeply discounted!"
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No worries I realized I had screwed it up after I posted, oh well.
 

Another little known fact states that between Babe Ruth and me, we have hit 714 home runs in major league baseball.
 

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