WoodleyIsBeast

December 14th, 2021 at 3:54 PM ^

Just throwing this out there....Next year, MSU plays:

Washington

U of M

OSU

PSU

Wisconsin

Minnesota

How many of these games above do they win? They get the benefit of the doubt(mostly) for their progression this year, but I could see Sparty's honeymoon coming to an end next season.

FB Dive

December 14th, 2021 at 4:12 PM ^

The conference schedule is going to be reshuffled to fix the long stretches of home/away games resulting from the COVID resets of home/away rotations (remember the Michigan-MSU game is in Ann Arbor next year, and all even years following that).

Who knows if the Big Ten opts for minor tweaking or a major rearrangement, but it's very possible that the *order* of conference games next year looks nothing like it is currently scheduled (of course, the opponents are guaranteed to remain the same)

1989 UM GRAD

December 14th, 2021 at 4:27 PM ^

This is actually not true.

During the Harbaugh era, Michigan has won 72% of its games;  MSU has won about 61%.

Yes, MSU had some nice years during the RichRod/Hoke eras, but Michigan has had far better overall results both before 2008 and after 2014.  

MSU got in to the 2015 playoff on a fluke, and it's been downhill ever since.

I'd be willing to bet my standard $1 that Tucker ends up being an 8-4 coach over his tenure in East Lansing.  

rob6reid

December 14th, 2021 at 4:03 PM ^

Realistically? 3-4 of those. The "haha, MSU is going to regress to the mean next year" trope has become so boring.

They were a good team this year and the while Berger is no KW3, they will be a tough out next year. The only sure L on that list is OSU. Wisconsin is also a likely L for them. We would be beyond stupid to pencil the Michigan game in as a win after the past 10+ years. PSU and Minny are extremely beatable. Washington is terrible.

Tokyo Blue

December 14th, 2021 at 4:17 PM ^

I have a Sparty friend who won't shut up about 37-33. He says we were lucky, and that next year Sparty will be 12-0 and National Championships. Knowing their schedule next year I bet him a $100 that State wouldn't get 8 wins in the regular season. He crawled under a rock and I haven't heard from him since. At least I shut him up.