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Topic: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1

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847badgerfan

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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2018, 09:57:00 AM »
Purdue more so than Michigan, in my opinion, due to longevity and consistency.

MSU has 73 games with ND, and several with a lot of meaning to them.
Purdue has 83 games, but a little more lopsided in ND's favor.

Michigan has 36 games with ND, but only 7 before 1980.

UW plays them in 2020 and 2021, in NFL stadia. Ugh.
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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2018, 10:00:39 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 18, 2018, 10:29:23 PM
Tennesse is, most assuredly, chopped liver.  :72:
LoL.  I understand they are a rival and they haven't been good lately but they still are not an "average" unranked team.  I would give Tennessee at least a 25% chance of winning that game without bothering to research either team, just based on the types of recruiting classes that Tennesse brings in.  
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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2018, 10:56:06 AM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on June 19, 2018, 10:00:39 AM
LoL.  I understand they are a rival and they haven't been good lately but they still are not an "average" unranked team.  I would give Tennessee at least a 25% chance of winning that game without bothering to research either team, just based on the types of recruiting classes that Tennesse brings in.  
Tennessee is quite bad.  Tennessee has a better chance of bouncing back over the next couple years over other P5 teams of comparable value this year, but that doesn't really change who is on the roster this year.  I had them slotted #73 in my countdown.  One spot below Buffalo.
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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #17 on: June 19, 2018, 12:49:43 PM »
Quote from: ELA on June 18, 2018, 08:21:08 PM
No I said I was skipping FCS games
They should be noted to embarrass the teams.
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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2018, 09:22:57 AM »
I think I saw both NIU and Iowa ranked in the top 40 in preseason polls, which makes their matchup mildly interesting.  The winner can lay claim to the #36 spot in the polls :)
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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #19 on: June 20, 2018, 09:59:10 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on June 19, 2018, 09:57:00 AM
Purdue more so than Michigan, in my opinion, due to longevity and consistency.

MSU has 73 games with ND, and several with a lot of meaning to them.
Purdue has 83 games, but a little more lopsided in ND's favor.

Michigan has 36 games with ND, but only 7 before 1980.

UW plays them in 2020 and 2021, in NFL stadia. Ugh.
To expand on badge's point a little bit:
Purdue is ND's third most frequent opponent and ND is Purdue's fourth most frequent (most frequent non-conference by far) opponent.  The weakness is that the series is somewhat lopsided in favor of Notre Dame with the Irish holding a 0.687 winning percentage with a record of 56-25-2.  
Michigan State is ND's fourth most frequent opponent and ND is MSU's second most frequent (most frequent non-conference by far) opponent.  The Irish hold a 0.610 winning percentage with a record of 44-28-1 (the one tie is a doozie in CFB history).  
Michigan is ND's eighth most frequent opponent and ND is Michigan's tenth most frequent (most frequent non-conference by far) opponent.  The Wolverines hold a 0.551 winning percentage with a record of 21-17-1.  
FWIW, ND's most frequent opponents are:
  • #1, 91 games, Navy
  • #2, 89 games, USC
  • #3, 83 games, Purdue
  • #4, 73 games, Michigan State
  • #5, 67 games, Pittsburgh
  • #6, 51 games, Army
  • #7, 46 games, Northwestern
  • #8, 36 games, Michigan
  • #9, 35 games, GaTech
  • #10, 32 games, Stanford
  • #13, 25 games, Indiana
  • #14/15, 24 games, Iowa
  • #17/18, 19 games, Penn State
  • #19/20, 16 games, Nebraska
  • #19/20, 16 games, Wisconsin
  • #24/25, 11 games, Illinois
  • 6 games, Ohio State
  • 5 games, Minnesota
  • 5 games, Rutgers
  • 2 games, Maryland
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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #20 on: June 20, 2018, 10:07:44 AM »
As a fan of none of the four teams involved, I enjoy the ND-Big Ten rivalries in the following order.

1. Michigan - Helmet vs Helmet, National cache. It's the game that really gets the CFB season going, imo. Glad it's back. 
2. Purdue - I like in-State rivalries.
3. Michigan State - Meh. Noteworthy when Sparty wins, I suppose, but no more so than any other non-Helmet taking down a Helmet. 
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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #21 on: June 21, 2018, 10:38:28 AM »
Navy Hawaii at 11? Oh no.

Of the games that the system missed, a few other interesting ones depending on taste.

Duke-Army
Colorado af Colorado State
Maybe Iowa-NIU
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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2018, 01:37:29 PM »
Anyone going to the Northwestern @ Purdue on that opening Thursday? If I can swing work in Indianapolis that week I’ll see if I can make the drive up to W Lafayette. If not will be the first game I watch this season.
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Re: 2018 Look Ahead: Week 1
« Reply #23 on: July 16, 2018, 10:18:37 PM »
I should look into this NW@Purdue game.
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