For all of you watching the BTN tonight on "BTN Football and Beyond" (Sept. 19 version)... Gerry DiNardo went off the charts:  "If the Playoff were in charge last year, they would have picked the Spartans after their quality win in the Big Ten Championship.  They were the best team in the country at the end of the year - and would have been a better matchup against Florida State than Auburn.  And, they would have won that game and the National Championship."

DiNardo noting this as that this year, the committee selecting the final four teams would likely pick a 1-loss Michigan State team "because the competition and (potential high-ranked) Big Ten opponent in the Title Game" gives them the cache to be in the playoff.

Nice.