Weekend Trifecta, MSU Loss, OSU Loss, M Win. To hell with ND.
Okay, admittedly it's not as great as last year's Thanksgiving Saturday Quadfecta.
But ND isn't really a rival anymore because they're too chicken to play us and will only play easier teams like Ohio State, I'll take a trifecta any weekend.
Any Historians around here that have curated lists of trifectas and quadfectas?
November 26th, 2023 at 12:14 AM ^
We almost had a Michigan win, MSU loss, OSU loss, and Alabama loss all in one weekend. Honestly, it's better that Bama won though to keep Ryan Day out of the playoff.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:35 AM ^
Yes, I was even rooting for Florida State just to help make sure the Bucks are out.
Because fuck them...
November 26th, 2023 at 12:14 AM ^
MSU actually finished with 23 less points in conference than Iowa. Not good.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:15 AM ^
Fewer.
-Stannis
November 26th, 2023 at 2:30 AM ^
MSU was the only big ten team to score less than Iowa in-conference
November 26th, 2023 at 7:56 AM ^
They were also the only team to not score 200 points on the season.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:34 AM ^
November 26th, 2023 at 12:52 AM ^
Tonight definitely creates more questions. Lou Holtz and Jim Harbaugh haunt that man daily.
November 26th, 2023 at 1:09 AM ^
The new artwork in his house should help take his mind off them.
November 26th, 2023 at 9:38 AM ^
That should be somewhere in schembechler hall
November 26th, 2023 at 12:40 AM ^
Going to invoke the gambling dictionary police for a second here. 4 horses in a row is a Superfecta. Quadfecta isn't a thing as far as I know, but I get what you are saying.
The day Woodson won the Heisman we also beat Duke in basketball. That is a curated exacta in my book.
November 26th, 2023 at 1:20 AM ^
Just using latin roots rather than superlative prefixes. This allows for the possibility of even higher numbers if more teams become 'rivals' such as Oregon, USC, etc.
I mean what's bigger than super? Hyper? Super-Super?
Also who knows anything about horse betting? Might as well use golf terminology if you're just going to make up non-scientific prefixes.
November 26th, 2023 at 11:26 AM ^
Trifecta is primarily a horse racing betting term though, so it would be natural to jump to superfecta from there. It isn't precise like the metric system, but alas, we can't have a perfect world.
November 26th, 2023 at 2:12 AM ^
[wrong thread, lol]
November 26th, 2023 at 3:37 AM ^
Quadfectas are extremely rare, unfortunately. To my knowledge, the last time it happened was September 12, 2009...
Notre Dame lost to Michigan 38-34 (The Tate Forcier to Greg Mathews game winner)
MSU lost to Central Michigan 29-27
Ohio State lost to USC 18-15 at the Horseshoe.
November 26th, 2023 at 7:43 AM ^
By default they have to be, OSU really doesn't lose to anyone but us
November 26th, 2023 at 7:39 AM ^
Honestly I root for State to win every other game except the one against UM. Kinda feel sorry for them...
November 26th, 2023 at 7:43 AM ^
Notre Dame is utterly irrelevant again. But you know, they can keep beating that Freeman drum