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Title: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: ELA on July 12, 2019, 03:19:56 PM
FIRST TEAM
QBAdrian MartinezNebraskaSophomore
RBJonathan TaylorWisconsinJunior

SECOND TEAM
QBShea PattersonMichiganSenior



Title: Re: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: Anonymous Coward on July 12, 2019, 04:35:03 PM
This one should be pretty boring. 

Looking ahead: As a Michigan fan, OL interests me. I could see all of Deitzen, Ruiz, Onwenu, and Bredeson on the interior two-deep, taking four of those six spots. 

At tackle, Van Lanen is obvious. Munford fits too. Would be happy to see others' predictions. OSU is particularly fascinating here. They're breaking in 4 new starters but maybe each of them is a former top 100 recruit. I hope their experiment goes poorly but if it thrives, it won't be crazy.
Title: Re: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: 847badgerfan on July 12, 2019, 05:19:15 PM
This is for RB...

But Deitzen retired.
Title: Re: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: Anonymous Coward on July 12, 2019, 05:27:04 PM
Oh dang. I bet I saw it when it happened but didn't keep that memory. That's major.
Title: Re: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on July 12, 2019, 06:09:57 PM
Who is the worst first string RB in the Big Ten?
Title: Re: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: ELA on July 12, 2019, 06:45:24 PM
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on July 12, 2019, 06:09:57 PM
Who is the worst first string RB in the Big Ten?
Heyward for MSU?
Title: Re: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: Anonymous Coward on July 12, 2019, 07:00:25 PM
Maybe Heyward. Who does Rutgers have? 

Michigan doesn't have much returning star power either. Their eventual starter has to rank low for now. Probably not the very lowest though. Tru Wilson is smart/crafty and can see holes. Good enough to win the East? Hard to say**, but he's just as lacking in disappointing downs as he is flashy ones. With the right rotation, I could feel good about him as a full-season starter. The TrFr is the wild card (Charbonet) but that's also too unknowable for this conversation.

**(Other years I'd probably say no, though the OL situation at G/C/G could make us overrate a lot of RBs)
Title: Re: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: 847badgerfan on July 13, 2019, 11:17:58 AM
Barkley was committed to Rutgers before flipping to PSU.

Taylor was committed to Rutgers before flipping to UW.

Imagine that.
Title: Re: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: Cincydawg on July 13, 2019, 12:29:56 PM
I often wonder how we might compare a RB with a great OL versus and RB with a lousy OL, or a guy on a team that passes a lot.

I think I'd rather have an "average" RB - who in P5 college is going to be really really good - and great OL than the reverse.
Title: Re: CFB51 Preason All-Big Ten Team - Running Back #2
Post by: Anonymous Coward on July 13, 2019, 12:41:43 PM
Quote from: 847badgerfan on July 13, 2019, 11:17:58 AM
Barkley was committed to Rutgers before flipping to PSU.

Taylor was committed to Rutgers before flipping to UW.

Imagine that.
Are you imagining Rutgers having a significantly different fate or are you imagine those guys risking their chance at professional careers? I'm mostly imagining the latter.