Alabama favored, but Michigan State 'thrives' as underdog
Sometimes when you “thrive” (the quotes are not my idea…I’m just, well, quoting) on being an underdog it turns out you are.
But all is not lost, at least not yet. There are nine* Big Ten teams in the postseason this year (this has less to do with football prowess than with the midwesterner’s overwhelming urge to flee winter weather on the slimmest of excuses, thus guaranteeing big ticket sales). So far, five have played and four have won. Today the players are Northwestern (the Wildcats), Michigan (the Wolverines), Iowa (the Hawkeyes), and Ohio State. Nuts. Ohio State plays Notre Dame and the two teams seem evenly matched, so it ought to be a pretty good game to watch. Go nuts.
There are, by the way, 14 teams in the Big Ten.
Seriously, this is why you have to go to college. If you don’t, you will never be able to figure this stuff out. (Or, well, maybe you will, but we don’t want to lead the kiddies astray. There are more things in life than football. Basketball, in fact , has already started.)
*Ten. Sorry. As of mid-afternoon EST Jan. 1, three have won and three have lost.
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