East Lansing — While other top teams across the country are calculating their College Football Playoff odds, the math is pretty simple for Michigan State.
It’s bowl or bust. Win or go home.
It’s a situation the Spartans never envisioned they’d be in heading into this season. But it’s the reality they face as they prepare for Saturday’s regular-season finale against a scuffling Maryland squad.
“I think the standard, as I told our football team yesterday, I don't care where you're at in the scheme things within your schedule, when you win your sixth game you meet the minimum in terms of accomplishment,” coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday.