If Wisconsin could win tonight and MSU could keep this swoon going a little longer, that’d be peachy.
It’s weird to look at it and realize IU and OSU have gone into and maybe come out of swoons already. Makes the end of UW’s schedule more daunting.
Vis-a-vis those three teams:
Wisconsin:
Their next three games are all projected losses (@MN, @M, vMSU) but all three look potentially winnable. I agree with
@847badgerfan , these three really determine their season:
- Win all three, they are a B1G Championship contender.
- 2-1 they are a marginal B1G Championship contender with a strong chance to at least get the double-bye.
- 1-2 they have a marginal chance at a double-bye.
- 0-3, trouble.
Indiana:
The Hoosiers lost seven straight and looked dead in the water then went into East Lansing and pulled off the upset. Did they turn a corner or is MSU just a mess right now or was that just a one-off upset? We'll find out. Their next three games (vIA, vtOSU, @MN) all feel like they could go either way. They are currently 4-7 and there is obviously a HUMONGOUS difference between coming out of those three at 7-7 as opposed to coming out of those three at 4-10.
Ohio State:
The Buckeyes are 4-6 and should win two of their next three (vPSU, vIL) but the IU game still looms large. The thing for the Buckeyes is that most of their remaining games are either:
- Home games against the worst teams in the league that Ohio State should obviously win (vPSU, vIL, vNU), or
- Road games against the best teams in the league that Ohio State should obviously lose (@MSU, @UMD, @PU)
That puts particular emphasis on the few remaining games that could plausibly go either way (@IU, vIA, @NU, vUW)
If the Buckeyes win the three they should obviously win and lose the three they should obviously lose they gets them to 7-9. The rest are the difference between 7-13 and 11-9.