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Topic: Powder Rankings Week 3

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MaximumSam

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Powder Rankings Week 3
« on: September 17, 2017, 08:56:35 AM »
1. Penn State: Beat Georgia State 56-0, up next at Iowa.  Gets a little side eye after seeing Okie State demolish Pitt, but still look to be most complete team.  Really interesting game with Iowa coming up, as last year Penn State whooped 'em and started having the look of a really good team.

2. Wisconsin: Went to BYU and won 40-6, now gets a bye.  I'll bump them up a step for going on the road and looking pretty dominant.

3. Michigan: Beat Air Force 29-13, up next at Purdue.  Now 7 straight games of pretty uninspiring offense.  Defense may get first real test going on the road against a Purdue squad that wants to throw it around.

4. Ohio State: Beat Army 38-7., up next UNLV.  Trying to sort out their offense, but not sure they will commit to what they need to do.  They are a team that runs the ball.  Runs, screens, RPOs are all in their wheelhouse.  Having JT drop back and scan the field just isn't.

5. Michigan State: Had a bye, then welcomes in Notre Dame.  ND is a bit of a cipher, but should see where MSU's defense really is this week.

6. Iowa: Beat North Texas 31-14, up next they welcome Penn State.  Good ole Iowa being Iowa.  After three weeks of competent football, they play a good team and we can see what they are.

7. Maryland: Had a bye, welcomes in UCF.  Texas win suddenly not too shabby.  Not sure we will learn much next week though.

8. Minnesota: Beat Middle Tennessee 34-3.  Another solid week, but hard to say where they are until they get into B1G play.

9. Purdue: Beat Mizzou 35-3, next week welcome in Michigan.  Looks like a competent team. Welcome back to football Purdue.  Now try to block Michigan.

10. Indiana: Game cancelled against FIU, next up Georgia Southern.  Not much to say as their game was cancelled.  Probably not much to say about next week either.

11. Northwestern: Beat Bowling Green 49-7, now for a bye.  Always a difficult team to rank, as I'm sure they will give everyone all they want.  But still thinking about how they didn't give Duke all that much.

12. Nebraska: Lost to Northern Illinois 21-17, next up Rutgers.  Blech.  Rutgers game may show if Nebraska is truly a bottom feeder.

13. Rutgers: Beat Morgan State 65-0, now goes to Nebraska.  Two teams that have already lost to MAC opponents square off.

14. Illinois: Lost to South Florida 47-23, now off a week to think about what they've done.  Ersh.  Not many signs of hope here.
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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2017, 10:31:37 AM »
12. Nebraska: Blech
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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2017, 10:33:22 AM »
1.  PSU
Agree they are most complete team.

2.  Wisc
BYU may not ba any good this year, but I have seen enough to bump Wisc to#2

3.  OSU
This ranking is based more on potential than actual performance so far

4. MD
Agree that victory over Tex looks more impressive now.

5.  Purdue
Complete domination of Missouri

6.  Minn
2 blowout wins in a row

7.  Mich
Looking solid but not great

8.  Iowa
Escaped against Iowa St and struggled against North Texas

9. Indy
At least they beat Va

10.  MSU
Not sold on MSU yet

11.  Neb
12. NW
13. ILL
14. Rut

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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2017, 11:14:35 AM »
1. Penn State
2. Wisconsin
3. Ohio State
4. Iowa
5. Maryland
6. Michigan
7. Minnesota
8. Purdue
9. Michigan State
10. Northwestern
11. Indiana
12. Nebraska
13. Illinois
14. Rutgers
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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2017, 01:27:42 PM »
Why is Michigan so far down in the eyes of some?


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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2017, 01:30:37 PM »
1. Michigan - Still by default with the Florida win looking better. Defense is still strong and special teams are improving. Offense is still frustrating. Air Force should contend in the MWC, though they have San Diego State next...
2. Wisconsin - Finally started a game strong, but is BYU any good?
3. Penn State - Pittsburgh win looks weak while Akron and GSU are both awful so I remain skeptical.
4. Ohio State - It's hard to learn too much against option teams.
5. Maryland - UCF has had two weeks off, so this should be an interesting game.
6. Purdue - Missouri is bad, but they're good enough to beat Michigan and probably everyone else on their schedule to be the darkhorse contender.
7. Iowa - I heard their RBs got hurt against North Texas but apparently not seriously.
8. Minnesota - I guess that Buffalo game was a fluke, considering MTSU had beaten Syracuse.
9. Michigan State - Still not sure they're any good.
10. Indiana - Glad they were able to get a replacement game for FIU.
11. Northwestern - At least they dominated Bowling Green. I wouldn't be surprised if they went 6-3 or 1-8 in the Big Ten...
12. Illinois - Having beaten WKU and Ball State gets them here by default. They looked better than I expected against South Florida, too.
13. Nebraska - NIU may very well be decent this year, but it goes to show that the Arkansas State game wasn't a fluke.
14. Rutgers - At least they didn't struggle with a MEAC team this year. Will they even be competitive with anyone besides Illinois?
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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2017, 01:51:29 PM »
1. Penn State (1)
2. Michigan (3)
3. Wisconsin (4)
4. Ohio State (3)
5. Maryland (5)
6. Iowa (6)
7. Michigan State (7 )
8. Minnesota (9)
9. Purdue (10)
10. Indiana (8)
11. Northwestern (12)
12. Nebraska (11)
13. Illinois (13)
14. Rutgers (14)

Minnesota and Purdue seem to be getting their sea legs beneath them. I never guessed Purdue would make so much improvement in a few weeks. Missouri is probably not great, but Purdue delivered a pounding.

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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2017, 03:21:49 PM »
Coaching matters, and to me, Purdue made the best or second best hire of the offseason. California's hire is right there with Purdue's.
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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2017, 04:05:32 PM »
"Still by default with the Florida win looking better"

LOL

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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2017, 04:15:11 PM »
"Still by default with the Florida win looking better"

LOL
Yeah, I don't have a problem putting Michigan #1.  But all yesterday showed was how not good Florida was.
Tennessee should have lost to Georgia Tech, and their defense was shredded by them.  They mostly shut down the Gators, who only won because Tennessee doesn't have a kicker and can't defend a hail Mary.  I thought FAR more of Florida before yesterday. 
Hell, I'm not sure Air Force isn't Michigan's best win.

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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2017, 04:17:13 PM »
What kind of odds could you get right now on Wisconsin to Indianapolis?

I'm not sure Vegas would put another West team in the top 50, let alone top 30.  And Wisconsin looks like a top 10 team.

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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2017, 04:26:44 PM »
"Still by default with the Florida win looking better"

LOL
Yeah, I'm puzzled how anyone could see Michigan as the top team in the conference right now over Penn State. M has great defense and an absolutely terrible offense. Need balance to be #1 in any conference.
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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2017, 04:30:43 PM »
2. Wisconsin - Finally started a game strong, but is BYU any good?

Actually, they started REALLY strong against FAU last week before they went into cruise control mode. They made it to 14 points in the first 9 minutes. 
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Re: Powder Rankings Week 3
« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2017, 05:20:02 PM »
PSU has played THEE weakest schedule of any B1G team, and their previous 2 victories, Akron and Pitt, lost their games this weekend by a combined 100-35.


 

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