Not much new news here but it's by Brian Bennett, who has always been smart and objective in his analyses for espn.com. He's certainly better than Josh Moyer and Dan Murphy. And as an aside - does anyone know where Adam Rittenburg has gone? I always felt he was espn.com's best blogger.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/120921/why-michigan-state-will-or-wont-make-the-playoff
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/120921/why-michigan-state-will-or-wont-make-the-playoff