Regardless of what happens in Saturday’s Big Ten Championship Game, No. 10 MSU now can be remembered as the only program with multiple Legends Division titles — the Big Ten is switching to an East-West division alignment next season. Before trying to avenge their 2011 loss in the conference championship at the hands of Wisconsin, the then-No. 11 Spartans had to take care of Minnesota on senior day. Now, the sights are set on an undefeated showdown with No. 2 Ohio State.
As they did in 2011, the Spartans punched their ticket to Indianapolis after their 11th game, with the exception that in 2011, MSU needed the assistance of Michigan knocking off Nebraska the same day. Check out how both teams compare through the end of the regular season with the Legends Division championship in hand. The differences are obvious, but some of the similarities, especially offensively, are quite surprising.
