Athlon Sports released some outrageous predictions for several Big Ten teams for the 2017 season. While predicting that Michigan will lose four games (but beat OSU), they think there’s a chance Michigan State finishes the season with only one win:
Michigan State wins one game, and the Dantonio era comes to an end: That’s right – one game. After opening the season with a win against Bowling Green, I don’t see another team on Sparty’s schedule that doesn’t have more talent until you get to Rutgers. And by the time that game comes around, the young Scarlet Knights will be an improved team excited for the future. The Spartans will be broken, having fallen from the top of the Big Ten mountain to the very bottom of the Power 5 ranks in only two seasons. Dantonio will be let go, and the Michigan State administration will be tasked with hiring a coach with both the ability and the desire to rebuild a program in the same state and division as Jim Harbaugh. That’s going to be a tough sell.