Purdue and illinois play next week. At illinois.
Fair to say both are VERY mediocre teams given today's results. illinois never seemed legit to me and to be losing 23-7 at one point with a supposed "top" defense against a comically bad offense is a complete joke.
Bypassing three field goals to then lose by 8 and then having your opponent coach moronically giving you the ball with one last possession and STILL losing is stupid enough.
Say Purdue wins. (I think this a pick'em game in my opinion). Both teams will have 3 conference losses.
Purdue is then in the driver's seat UNLESS wisconsin or iowa win out.
Add in another loss for illinois against us and that's 4 for them.
Meanwhile a certain team is sitting quietly in the background.
Iowa has
wisconsin
@minnesota
nebraska
Iowa will be favored in 2 of those 3 and @ minnesota is probably at most +3.5 underdog.
So iowa WINS OUT, purdue beats illinois, Michigan beats illinois.
And your West champion in a completely realistic scenario is IOWA.
And if Wisconsin wins out, purdue beats illinois, and Michigan beats illinois
And the West champion in that completely realistic scenario is wisconsin.