2022 B1G Season Thread

[Mdot21]

Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud receives six-figure Bentley lease as part of NIL deal with luxury car dealership - CBSSports.com

Lmfao. A junior in college driving a $200k SUV for free. Must be nice. As if the starting QB of Ohio State would have trouble getting laid...that'll take his game up to a whole 'nother level. Chicks dig super expensive cars. 

[FearlessF]

so, it's above board now

and the NCAA doesn't have to worry about it

[ELA]

Lmfao. A junior in college driving a $200k SUV for free. Must be nice. As if the starting QB of Ohio State would have trouble getting laid...that'll take his game up to a whole 'nother level. Chicks dig super expensive cars.

Steve Bellisari would probably have better luck getting laid in Ann Arbor than Columbus 

[MarqHusker]

Can SMU have their '80s seasons back now?

[ELA]

Can SMU have their '80s seasons back now?

Can Texas A&M have their car back?

[FearlessF]

nope and nope

[Mdot21]

pretty obvious Ohio State/Ryan Day are ahead of the curve and setting the tone in NLI in the B1G. Michigan is WAY behind them, and MSU also seems to be ahead of Michigan in this department as well. Harbaugh's response to a reporter when asked about NLI was that Michigan is "a transformative and not transactional experience" for recruits/players....made me want to vomit. Go F**K Yourself Jim. Was your flirting with the NFL/Vikings transformative or transactional? I seriously can't stand this booger eating goober anymore.

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[FearlessF]

SCOTT FROST, NEBRASKA BEAT OKLAHOMA DURING 5-0 START

Not to apply any additional pressure on Scott Frost this season, but Nebraska's late-September game against Oklahoma in Lincoln is arguably the most important of his coaching career up to this point. Frost's contract buyout changes significantly Oct. 1 according to new language and that's a barometer game for which he'll be judged moving forward against a former Big 12 rival. There's a good chance the Huskers will be 3-0 going into that one if new quarterback Casey Thompson is the real deal and Nebraska is able to take advantage of a soft early-season slate. With an open week before Big Ten foe Indiana coming out of the Oklahoma game, pencil in the Huskers as 5-0 and the talk of the conference going to Rutgers Oct. 7 as a bold prediction.

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/LongFormArticle/College-footballs-10-boldest-predictions-for-2022-season-188686875/#188686875_5

MICHIGAN STATE FINISHES 4TH IN BIG TEN EAST

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker heightened expectations for the Spartans with a jaw-dropping 11-win season in only his second go-around last fall, which means the encore performance in 2022 has to fall short of another top 10 finish, right? While Michigan State's stock price is still high after winning a New Year's Six bowl, I'll take profits and sell based on how the 2022 schedule sets up. Michigan State will face as many as five nationally-ranked teams, including Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan. This might be cheating a bit here, but there's a reason oddsmakers have moved back the Spartans' win total to 7.5.

[Cincydawg]

Dark horse teams with a shot, Iowa and Penn State, apparently.

Badger called it 13 dark horses and a stallion.

[Mdot21]

would be nice to see Nebraska win the West. Maybe the college football landscape has changed too much for Nebraska to ever come back, but man it'd be a great thing for the B1G conference if it did.

[FearlessF]

I think NIL is helping Nebraska

will it help enuff???

time will tell

[FearlessF]

Every year, Phil Steele releases a thorough and detailed magazine previewing the upcoming college football season. As part of that, he selects his own list of All-Americans, from a first team — the cream of the crop — all the way down to a fourth team.

Alabama leads the way in first-team selections with four total, three of which play on the defensive side of the ball. The Big Ten had more first-team selections than any other conference with 10, though the SEC is not too far behind with eight of its own. Those two combined constitute 18 out of the 27 total first-team All-American selections.


https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/LongFormArticle/College-football-All-American-Team-Phil-Steele-Magazine-releases-preseason-selections-188837725/#188837725_1

O-Line

First team: Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame; Zak Zinter, Michigan; Clark Barrington, BYU; Peter Skoronski, Northwestern; Paris Johnson, Ohio State

Patterson has not allowed a single sack in his three seasons as a starting interior offensive lineman. Not a single sack. ... Zinter is one of the main holdovers from a 2021 Michigan offensive line that took home the Joe Moore Award. ... Northwestern relied upon Skoronski and his versatility ever since 2020, when he enrolled as a freshman. ... Johnson started his career at guard but mans the all-important left tackle spot in 2022 for the Buckeyes.

Second team: John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota; Layden Robinson, Texas A&M; Caleb Chandler, Louisville; Connor Galvin, Baylor; Jaxson Kirkland, Washington

Third team: Jake Renfro, Cincinnati; Warren Ericson, Georgia; Emil Ekiyor, Alabama; Jordan McFadden, Clemson; Carter Warren, Pittsburgh

Fourth team: Ricky Stromberg, Arkansas; Andrew Vorhees, USC; O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida; Braeden Daniels, Utah; Zion Nelson, Miami

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O-line 

Northwestern 1st team

no one from Wisconsin through the 4th team