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Topic: Most Common post-WWII non-B1G opponents for each B1G team

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Drew4UTk

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Re: Most Common post-WWII non-B1G opponents for each B1G team
« Reply #84 on: June 28, 2018, 08:08:46 PM »
the quote function ought to be fixed now.  
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Re: Most Common post-WWII non-B1G opponents for each B1G team
« Reply #85 on: June 28, 2018, 10:34:52 PM »
Quote from: ELA on June 28, 2018, 10:55:43 AM
I knew a guy at MSU who was a HS football star in Canada.  Could have played at any of the major programs up there he wanted.  He couldn't even get a walk on spot at MSU, and that was when MSU was awful (like 03-05ish)
Not only are the top Canadian teams rather mediocre, the drop off after the top four or five teams is absolutely astonishing. 
On top of that, I'd imagine that the gap between Canadian CFB and whoever is the third best CFB country (Mexico?) is even more vast than the gap between the USA and Canada. 
I was aware that Mexico had CFB, but I've never ventured that far down the rabbit hole. Although you'd probably have to have a pretty good command of the Spanish language in order to track down a live stream somewhere. 
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Re: Most Common post-WWII non-B1G opponents for each B1G team
« Reply #86 on: June 29, 2018, 01:42:13 AM »
I would like to see the Iowa State game reduced to once every two or three years to be replaced by Iowa's traditional OOC rival Notre Dame, and if Iowa State were every 3-years, a military academy.
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« Reply #87 on: June 29, 2018, 11:30:17 AM »
Quote from: Hawkinole on June 29, 2018, 01:42:13 AM
I would like to see the Iowa State game reduced to once every two or three years to be replaced by Iowa's traditional OOC rival Notre Dame, and if Iowa State were every 3-years, a military academy.
I think it is a reach to refer to Notre Dame as "Iowa's traditional OOC rival".  The two schools have played 24 times, 20 since the last year of WWII and not since 1968.  Additionally, while Iowa won the first three meetings ('21, 39, 40) since then the Hawkeyes are just 5-13-3.  Iowa's five wins over the Irish came in a six year 5-1 run from 1956-1961.  
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« Reply #88 on: June 29, 2018, 11:51:36 AM »
It might be traditional for a man who actually witnessed the games and experienced the rivalry.

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Re: Most Common post-WWII non-B1G opponents for each B1G team
« Reply #89 on: June 29, 2018, 12:24:51 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on June 29, 2018, 11:51:36 AM
It might be traditional for a man who actually witnessed the games and experienced the rivalry.

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Quote works again, thank you @Drew4UTk .  
That is a pretty small percentage of fans.  The last Iowa/ND game was 50 years ago, in 1968.  You would have to be at least 60 to have even a vague memory of the last of the Iowa/ND games and well over that to remember more than the last few games.  
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« Reply #90 on: June 29, 2018, 04:17:27 PM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on June 28, 2018, 02:51:51 PM
The best Canadian product I remember at Nebraska was IB  Dahrran Diedrick.  He was the first to get a schollie.   He led the XII in rushing one season in '01 I believe.     He had a cup of coffee in the NFL, but later played for awhile in the CFL.   I believe he's still alive, though he has a rare type of lymphoma.
Tony Mandarich is obviously the best from MSU, although technically he came to the US for his last couple years of HS IIRC.
Since then, Tim Biakabatuka at Michigan and Jesse Palmer at Florida are the top two I can remember.
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« Reply #91 on: July 06, 2018, 11:38:27 AM »
Quote from: ELA on June 29, 2018, 04:17:27 PM
Tony Mandarich is obviously the best from MSU, although technically he came to the US for his last couple years of HS IIRC.
Since then, Tim Biakabatuka at Michigan and Jesse Palmer at Florida are the top two I can remember.
I think the key thing to note with those guys is that all three of them went to college in the US.  Are there examples of NFL draftees coming from Canadian colleges?
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« Reply #92 on: July 06, 2018, 11:44:51 AM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on July 06, 2018, 11:38:27 AM
I think the key thing to note with those guys is that all three of them went to college in the US.  Are there examples of NFL draftees coming from Canadian colleges?
That Chiefs offensive lineman who finished Med School and was just denied by the NFL the ability to add M.D. to his uniform was.  I think he went to McGill?
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Re: Most Common post-WWII non-B1G opponents for each B1G team
« Reply #93 on: July 07, 2018, 11:13:59 AM »
Most of the top Canadian FB players go to college in the USA. They do so because the Canadian schools don't offer athletic scholarships (hence the reason their Ice Hockey sucks), and because they get better training. 

The CFL has an "import rule" that requires each CFL team to fill up half of their roster with Canadian players, and a certain number of Canadian players have to be on the field for every play. The top Canadian players in that league tend to be from the NCAA, but there are a lot from Canadian Colleges as well. 

Really there's not enough Canadian talent to go around, so the team that can amass the most Canadian talent has a huge advantage. You could have the top NFL rejects available, but if you are neglecting the Canadian half of the roster then you aren't going to get very far in that league. 
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« Reply #94 on: July 09, 2018, 03:36:19 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on July 07, 2018, 11:13:59 AM
Most of the top Canadian FB players go to college in the USA. They do so because the Canadian schools don't offer athletic scholarships (hence the reason their Ice Hockey sucks), and because they get better training.

The CFL has an "import rule" that requires each CFL team to fill up half of their roster with Canadian players, and a certain number of Canadian players have to be on the field for every play. The top Canadian players in that league tend to be from the NCAA, but there are a lot from Canadian Colleges as well.

Really there's not enough Canadian talent to go around, so the team that can amass the most Canadian talent has a huge advantage. You could have the top NFL rejects available, but if you are neglecting the Canadian half of the roster then you aren't going to get very far in that league.
This reminds me of most co-ed sports that I have ever witnessed or participated in.  Typically there is a rule that you have to have at least # of women on the team and at least # of women on the court/field.  From what I have seen the athletic variation among the guys usually isn't nearly as extreme as the variation among the women.  Consequently, the team with the best female athletes basically always wins.  
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Re: Most Common post-WWII non-B1G opponents for each B1G team
« Reply #95 on: July 09, 2018, 03:54:20 PM »
The rules when I played at MSU for co-ed football were relaxed about number of females on the field, I think only like 2 of 7 or something.  But there was no running, and all completed passes had to be at least 5 yards down the field.  But you had to have two passes completed that involved a female to get a first down.  Trying to get 50 yards in 4 plays was tough, so the good teams had the best females, because they had a decent shot of picking up first downs.  BUt the BEST teams had female quarterbacks.  You couldn't possibly cover all 6 receivers for 3 out of 4 plays, and they would just dink and dunk you down the field, picking up a first down every other play.
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Re: Most Common post-WWII non-B1G opponents for each B1G team
« Reply #96 on: July 09, 2018, 04:20:33 PM »
Damn girls smacking around ELAs team,makes you wish you could throw like one
Quote from: ELA on July 09, 2018, 03:54:20 PM
 BUt the BEST teams had female quarterbacks. 
Damn fems smacking around ELAs team,makes you wish you could throw like a girl
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Re: Most Common post-WWII non-B1G opponents for each B1G team
« Reply #97 on: July 09, 2018, 04:52:43 PM »
I like the female QBs in the Lingerie bowl
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