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The Big Ten Season begins on Thursday, August 30th, so it’s time for the annual Sigforum Big Ten football thread. Requests: Season Predictions: Goodish natured ribbing: A: The cop. In all seriousness, in order to be a contender for the playoffs the Buckeyes need to keep their players out of handcuffs and in the classroom. Kudos: 2018-19 Schedule: EDIT NOTES: 1. Every week I change the title to give page # for this week's discussion of the games.This message has been edited. Last edited by: tatortodd, Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | ||
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My only comment is that I see lots of B1G teams playing worthy non-conference opponents. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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"Spartan girls, pure Michigan." "Lesbians, pure Michigan." Penn State will have a great season. Everybody here says so, over and over and over. They open against Appalachian State... uh oh. Michigan never fails to disappoint, and I'm sure they will come through again. ______________________________________________________ "You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone." | |||
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I fear Purdue will regress. They lost a lot of the starting defense from a year ago, and I don’t think they will be over looked on the schedule like they were a year ago. As long as the games stay interesting, and we beat IU... it will be a good season.. | |||
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On Wisconsin ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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Maryland should be interesting this year. Not knowing if the Coach is going to be fired. Most Players did not want Matt Canada named as interim coach. John The key to enforcement is to punish the violator, not an inanimate object. The punishment of inanimate objects for the commission of a crime or carelessness is an affront to stupidity. | |||
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Who are y'all predicting to be in the Big Ten Championship and who will win the Big Ten Championship? Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Ohio State, they have the momentum now. Gives the team motivation. I am looking forward to seeing the signs held up by their opponent's fans. College students can be quite creative in their criticism. | |||
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I've picked tOSU nearly every year the annual Big Ten thread has existed. Urban Meyer's 3 game suspension includes a non-conference road game vs a Top 20 opponent (TCU). 2 weeks later, they face PSU on the road. I think those two games take them out of Big Ten Championship as well as the FBS playoffs. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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The TCU game is in Texas, but it’s a “neutral site, the Jones Dome. I know, advantage TCU for location, but if Ohio State is as good as they’re supposed to be, they should get by Texas Christian. Wisconsin has a tougher schedule as far as road games than either Ohio State or Penn State. Penn State the most favorable, facing only Michigan on the road. I guess I’m picking Penn State to beat Iowa in the B1G Championship. Iowa because they have a slightly more favorable schedule than Wisconsin. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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I've read a lot of people thinking this is Iowa's year to topple Wisconsin. BTW, the "neutral site" is 19 miles east of TCU's normal football stadium. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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I know. TCU is in Fort Worth and the Jones’ Dome is in Arlington, a Dallas suburb. It’s kind of like all those Orange Bowls the Huskers played in against Florida, Florida State and Miami. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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I'm interested in Nebraska under new coach Scot Frost. The last 3 coaches have been duds. 1st year, Frosty & the "Children of the Corn" may go 7 & 5 or 8 & 4 with a return to respectability on the horizon, Frost can recruit & is a leader. Can't wait for the season to kick off. | |||
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Mike Riley was so obviously a good man that you wanted it to work for him. Since December, though, things about the football culture under Riley have come out bit-by-bit. His shit was weak, and that mentality was pervasive. Recoatlift is thinking along the same lines as I am. Cautious optimism this first year. I also think 7-5 most likely and 8-4 possible, if the team advances faster in Frost’s vision than we have a right to expect. I know one thing. Even if Nebraska loses a game, the winning team will know they’ve been in a fight—and that feeling hasn’t been present for way too long. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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When Neb was in its glory days, if they lost a game, the team that beat them usually lost the next week due to injuries. I see you're in WY. Craig Bohl will do some good things with the Cowboys, at least I think so. | |||
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Yes, it’s taken a little time for Bohl to get the program where he wants it, but they played NMSU down in Cruces Saturday night. The Cowboys thoroughly dominated them; I believe New Mexico State didn’t get a first down util 5 or 6 minutes remaining in the first half. They look tough. BTW, our son graduated from UW _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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Kinda excited, kinda worried about the Buckeyes. I would love them to get to another bowl game but beating Michigan is tops for me. Odds are stacking up that Michigan will win some year. Can't beat one team infinitely. 3 game suspension hurts a little but I have faith. Guess we'll see what happens. They could be horrid and I'd still be a fan. Suffered through worse. Not gonna even try and pick a championship game right now until I see a few teams play. I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. | |||
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Pretty big news out of Lincoln today. True freshman QB, Adrian Martinez was just named the starter yesterday, Sunday. That made red-shirt freshman, Tristan Gebbia (4-star Mike Riley recruit) the backup QB. Martinez was the first player Frost went after when he was announced as Nebraska’s head coach. He was an early enrollee and played very well in the spring game. Gebbia, although recruited as a drop-back passing QB, by all accounts had experience as a,dual threat QB, embraced the new offense, and competed effectively with Martinez for the starting job. He didn’t show for practice this morning, and now comes the news that he wants to transfer. Frost said that he appeared to take it well when told yesterday, obviously, he thought about it further. Funny thing is, he was all about the Huskers since arriving in Lincoln, helping with recruiting, visiting hospitals etc. He does seem like a really good guy. I guess he got to thinking about the QBs committed in 2019 and 2020 (Luke McCaffrey in ‘19) and just didn’t feel like it was going to work out for him. Assuming Gebbia does leave, that leaves only a walk-on as backup. Sophomore QB and Nebraska native, Noah Vedral, followed Frost from UCF. He has to sit out a year. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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Week 1: The first 3 weeks, I'll just be commenting on interesting match-ups and will ignore the cream puff match-ups (all times Central time): Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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If anyone is planning to come to the Wisconsin vs. W. Kentucky game, you may need to bring some water wings. We've had quite a bit of rain the past two weeks, and expect more this weekend. | |||
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