I'm predicting a banner bowl season for B10 teams

DuffMan

DuffMan

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First of all Oregon is going to be playing for the national title which means the B10 rosebowl team will be playing a 2nd tier Pac-10 team. The B10 is also going to send an 11-1 team to a 2nd BCS bowl meaning that some unlucky bastards are going to draw a ****** off 11-1 B10 team that by all rights should be in the fricken Rose Bowl. The Outback Bowl gets a 7-5 team from the B10 and has to play against Iowa, by all rights an underachieving team but one that has proven to be a very difficult bowl team to beat, Penn State, who struggled early but seemed to put it together down as the season wore on, a quirky NW team, or a resurgent Illannoy. You will then have at least 2 other (possibly 3) 7-5 Big Ten teams to play in lesser bowls.

I think a 6-2 bowl season for the B10 is possible and it's a lock we go at least 5-3.
 
DuffMan said:
First of all Oregon is going to be playing for the national title which means the B10 rosebowl team will be playing a 2nd tier Pac-10 team. The B10 is also going to send an 11-1 team to a 2nd BCS bowl meaning that some unlucky bastards are going to draw a ****** off 11-1 B10 team that by all rights should be in the fricken Rose Bowl. The Outback Bowl gets a 7-5 team from the B10 and has to play against Iowa, by all rights an underachieving team but one that has proven to be a very difficult bowl team to beat, Penn State, who struggled early but seemed to put it together down as the season wore on, a quirky NW team, or a resurgent Illannoy. You will then have at least 2 other (possibly 3) 7-5 Big Ten teams to play in lesser bowls.

I think a 6-2 bowl season for the B10 is possible and it's a lock we go at least 5-3.
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If Oregon is playing for the National Title then Wisconsin will be playing TCU in the Rose Bowl and not a 2nd tier Pac10 team, and honestly Stanford would probably have won the Big Ten this year so it might be a better matchup for Wisconsin.
 
I'm sure Alabama is shaking in their boots for MSU. B10 will prolly go 2-0 in BCS games, but get housed in the other games for a record of no better than .500.
 
okeefe4prez said:
I'm sure Alabama is shaking in their boots for MSU. B10 will prolly go 2-0 in BCS games, but get housed in the other games for a record of no better than .500.
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Here is what the matchup's could be and you are probably right with the Big Ten going 4-4:

Rose Bowl Wisconsin vs. TCU Win
Sugar Bowl Ohio State vs. Arkansas Win
Capital One Bowl Michigan State vs. Alabama Loss
Outback Bowl Penn State vs. LSU Loss
Gator Bowl Iowa vs. Florida Loss
Insight Bowl Michigan vs. Missouri Loss
Texas Bowl Illinois vs. Kansas State Win
TicketCity Bowl Northwestern vs. Texas Tech Win
 
PJHawk said:
Northwestern without Dan Persa get blown out in any bowl game they go to. Aside from the BADgers and OSU the Big Ten gets mauled this year in bowl season.
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Yeah, I agree. Without Persa NU is pretty bad unless they make massive strides before the bowl game - but I don't see it happening.
 
Gator Bowl Iowa vs. Florida.


UGH, what a suck fest that would be, a bad SEC team vs a Bad Big ten team. Maybe we can get CUSA refs to liven things up again.
 
DuffMan said:
First of all Oregon is going to be playing for the national title which means the B10 rosebowl team will be playing a 2nd tier Pac-10 team. The B10 is also going to send an 11-1 team to a 2nd BCS bowl meaning that some unlucky bastards are going to draw a ****** off 11-1 B10 team that by all rights should be in the fricken Rose Bowl. The Outback Bowl gets a 7-5 team from the B10 and has to play against Iowa, by all rights an underachieving team but one that has proven to be a very difficult bowl team to beat, Penn State, who struggled early but seemed to put it together down as the season wore on, a quirky NW team, or a resurgent Illannoy. You will then have at least 2 other (possibly 3) 7-5 Big Ten teams to play in lesser bowls.

I think a 6-2 bowl season for the B10 is possible and it's a lock we go at least 5-3.
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have you payed any attention to how the Big Ten has faired in bowls at all in the last ten years? Seeing that the upper teir will likely be going up against Bama, TCU, Arkansas and the whole 7-5 bunch could see Florida, Mizzou, LSU I think predicting a "lock" to go 5-3 might be setting yourself up for disappointment. Especially considering you don't know what you're going to get from Mich, NW, or Illinois week in and week out.
 
The Big Ten has three good teams this year and those teams will be matched up against good competition. After that the rest of the teams have a ton of work to do if they have any chance of being competitive.
 
NO D is going to be able to stop Wisconsin's power running game. If the Badger D plays well, they can beat anyone. Oregon and Wisconsin are the two teams that present the most problems for other teams right now. The Badgers will win their Bowl game, who ever they play.

OSU should be able to match up well against any team not named Oregon or Wisconsin.

MSU, PSU, NW probably loose against any good team.

Illinois and Michigan can only win if they end up matched against the right team. This is not likely so probably both loose.

That makes the Big10 2-5 so far, 3-4 is a possibility.

That leaves Iowa. Their match up is not that key. What is key is can they turn this thing around and find the "will to win".

I do not see this as a good "Bowl Season" for the Big10.
 
Guys the B10 this year is deeper and stronger than it has been in years. Again we have 3 11-1 teams at the top, one of which is going to end up in the Cap One bowl. Iowa and Penn State lead the way for the 7-5 teams, and Illannoy and scUM certainly present major match up problems with the offenses they run.

Not having Persa certainly hurts NW, but say what you will under Fitz they are a pain in the *** regardless of whos under center.

OSU/Wisky is going to win the Rose Bowl, Wisky/OSU will match up well against anyone in the 2nd BCS slot (I'd love to see Wisky Run O vs TCU Nations best D match up). MSU certainly has a punchers chance against a 3rd place SEC team in the Cap One. That leaves the Outback Bowl that either gets a much improved Penn State team, or an underachieving Iowa team that will likely have a huge chip on thier shoulder and probably prepares for bowl games better than any other team in the nation.

That looks like 4-1 to me.
 
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DuffMan said:
Guys the B10 this year is deeper and stronger than it has been in years. Again we have 3 11-1 teams at the top, one of which is going to end up in the Cap One bowl. Iowa and Penn State lead the way for the 7-5 teams, and Illannoy and scUM certainly present major match up problems with the offenses they run.

Not having Persa certainly hurts NW, but say what you will under Fitz they are a pain in the *** regardless of whos under center.

OSU is going to win the Rose Bowl, Wisky will match up well against anyone in the 2nd BCS slot (I'd love to see Wisky Run O vs TCU Nations best D match up). MSU certainly has a punchers chance against a 3rd place SEC team in the Cap One. That leaves the Outback Bowl that either gets a much improved Penn State team, or an underachieving Iowa team that will likely have a huge chip on thier shoulder and probably prepares for bowl games better than any other team in the nation.

That looks like 4-1 to me.
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How is OSU going to the Rose Bowl? They won't jump Wisconsin in the BCS standings since neither has a game left so Wisconsin will go to the Rose Bowl.
 
hawkeyescott said:
How is OSU going to the Rose Bowl? They won't jump Wisconsin in the BCS standings since neither has a game left so Wisconsin will go to the Rose Bowl.
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I meant to type OSU/Wisky and I edited it shortly before you posted. I know Wisky is ahead of OSU right now, I have no idea by how much, I have no idea if or by how much the computers might change over the next few weeks, I have no idea how or if the humans will change. I do know that half the time some BCS guru comes out with projections they are wrong. It will surely be one of those teams, and likely Wisky.
 
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