Michigan needs to get to 6-6 to qualify for a bowl game so they can self-impose a bowl ban. That will definitely lessen any potential NCAA punishments in the future. They don’t want to play in a garbage bowl game anyway so it’s a perfect situation if they can take advantage.
The other issue is they have 4 guys that still show up in mock drafts as 1st rounders next year. Do any of them shut it down early as is the new way for guys in this situation? Ohio St. does give them something to play for but all these guys could skip and leave saying they never lost to Ohio State.
This all means that MSU is an absolute must win for more than just bragging rights.