B1G mailbag: So what's the (playoff) scenario, how do Gophers get Axe?

Wisconsin has won the Paul Bunyan Axe 11 straight times. Is this the year Minnesota finally breaks through and takes it away?Since it's Thanksgiving week, the Big Ten mailbag is running a day early. So let's answer your questions before we all start piggin' out.

@BennettESPN East winner really needs Iowa to be 12-0 to have a shot at CFP. Any scenario in which an East gets in by beating 11-1 Iowa?

Brian Bennett: Yes, I think there's one scenario: Michigan State winning out.

The Spartans would have a very strong résumé as a 12-1 Big Ten champion, having beaten Oregon and both Michigan and Ohio State on the road. Iowa would fall several spots if it loses Friday at Nebraska but still should be a…