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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: MaximumSam on October 21, 2019, 12:38:00 PM
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Pretty strong day of football watching this coming Saturday.
Noon
Wisconsin at OSU, FOX: Sure, a lot of juice came off this game with the Illini pulling the shocker, but this is OSU's first test against a really good team. Wisconsin still has a great defense and a great attack. The key will be whether OSU can pull an Illini in stopping the run and then getting after Coan. Conversely, can Wiscy get after Fields and punish him when he waits too long in the pocket. Should be a great atmosphere.
Iowa at Northwestern, ESPN2: Iowa needs to hold serve in the West race, but this game feels destine to be 9-6 in favor of one team or the other.
Illinois at Purdue, BTN: Well, all of a sudden Illinois is in position to get to a bowl game, but they'll have their hands full here.
Liberty at Rutgers, BTN: This is a game that exists. You might think Rutgers has a chance for another victory. But they are 107 in the latest SP+, ten spots bhind #97 Liberty. Maybe they can interview Hugh Freeze while they play.
Oklahoma at Kansas State, ABC: Probably another blowout, but Kansas State is a legitimate team (SP #38), is at home, and tries to play defense. We'll see if they can slow down the Sooners.
3:30
Penn State at Michigan State, ABC: MSU has been beat upside the head twice on the road, and now welcomes PSU. Penn State had an up and down victory over Michigan where they had some big plays and then almost nothing else. The stars might align into a great game here.
Maryland at Minnesota, ESPN: Suddenly, the Gophers are in the driver's seat for the West. Of course they need to win games like this, and how much do we really trust the Gophers?
Indiana at Nebraska, BTN: The Hoosiers have been a legit squad all year, but now they go on the road for a chance at wrapping up a bowl berth? Not sure what Adrian MArtinez's status for the game is, but at some point Nebraska has to start looking like a decent team, right?
Auburn at LSU, CBS: Big time game where Auburn needs a win to stay in the mix, and that will require slowing down Joe Burrow, which hasn't happened yet this season. Also, a good test to see exactly what LSU's defense is made of this year.
Texas at TCU, FOX: TCU has been a disappointment this year, but they are still 30th in SP+ and Texas just barely escaped after giving up 48 to Kansas. So who knows what will happen here.
7 pm
Arkansas at Alabama, ESPN: A total mismatch, except that Tua is out for Bama. Could that open up a tiny crack for an upset? Probably not.
7:30
Notre Dame at Michigan, ABC: No time for Michigan to lick their wounds as they play another tough team, though this time at home. And don't look now, but Michigan is favored. ND has much less big play potential than Penn State, so Michigan might have more they can handle this game.
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Pretty strong day of football watching this coming Saturday.
Noon
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Oklahoma at Kansas State, ABC: Probably another blowout, but Kansas State is a legitimate team (SP #38), is at home, and tries to play defense. We'll see if they can slow down the Sooners.
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Texas at TCU, FOX: TCU has been a disappointment this year, but they are still 30th in SP+ and Texas just barely escaped after giving up 48 to Kansas. So who knows what will happen here. . . .
Since Bill Snyder took over at K-State in 1989, the Kitties have usually been a tough out. They are well-coached, they play tough, fundamentally sound football, and they seldom beat themselves. You have to physically beat them.
IMO, Texas has to either get some injured guys healthy or clean up the play of the guys they've got available, to include better tackling, or they will lose again before the Big 12 CCG.
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Wisconsin @ OSU on FOX? Ugh. That probably means Gus Johnson, and I really can't stand listening to that guy. He seems like he's probably a really nice guy, but man I hate his game announcing.
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turn down the sound and play some Cajun Coonass tunes
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gIyuKbIXjUg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCNACELwBSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLDZk7b1v7zCW-mtCur_hw3cYGeneA)
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Wisconsin @ OSU on FOX? Ugh. That probably means Gus Johnson, and I really can't stand listening to that guy. He seems like he's probably a really nice guy, but man I hate his game announcing.
I mean some people hate pizza too
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I mean some people hate pizza too
That's just irrational, as pizza is objectively awesome.
Gus Johnson's voice when he invariably gets excited every 10-15 seconds is the broadcast equivalent of nails on a chalkboard.
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That's just irrational, as pizza is objectively awesome.
Gus Johnson's voice when he invariably gets excited every 10-15 seconds is the broadcast equivalent of nails on a chalkboard.
I'm happy to say that this is a non-issue for me because I'll be at that game!
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I mean some people hate pizza too
Exhibit A of why people hate pizza: Some people put pineapple on pizza.
Exhibit B of why people hate pizza: Some dip their pizza in ranch dressing.
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I won't stand for this anti-Gus propaganda
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Gus is harmless. He's got good moments and bad.
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Pretty strong day of football watching this coming Saturday.
Someday, I will steal ELA's thunder. But, not this week.
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The OSU-Wisky game is obviously the highlight of the week. I "fear" that OSU has too much fire power and a decent defense. I think it could be a blow out of epic proportions, like 31-27.
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Pretty strong day of football watching this coming Saturday.
Noon
Wisconsin at OSU, FOX: Sure, a lot of juice came off this game with the Illini pulling the shocker, but this is OSU's first test against a really good team. Wisconsin still has a great defense and a great attack. The key will be whether OSU can pull an Illini in stopping the run and then getting after Coan. Conversely, can Wiscy get after Fields and punish him when he waits too long in the pocket. Should be a great atmosphere.
Iowa at Northwestern, ESPN2: Iowa needs to hold serve in the West race, but this game feels destine to be 9-6 in favor of one team or the other.
Illinois at Purdue, BTN: Well, all of a sudden Illinois is in position to get to a bowl game, but they'll have their hands full here.
Liberty at Rutgers, BTN: This is a game that exists. You might think Rutgers has a chance for another victory. But they are 107 in the latest SP+, ten spots bhind #97 Liberty. Maybe they can interview Hugh Freeze while they play.
Oklahoma at Kansas State, ABC: Probably another blowout, but Kansas State is a legitimate team (SP #38), is at home, and tries to play defense. We'll see if they can slow down the Sooners.
3:30
Penn State at Michigan State, ABC: MSU has been beat upside the head twice on the road, and now welcomes PSU. Penn State had an up and down victory over Michigan where they had some big plays and then almost nothing else. The stars might align into a great game here.
Maryland at Minnesota, ESPN: Suddenly, the Gophers are in the driver's seat for the West. Of course they need to win games like this, and how much do we really trust the Gophers?
Indiana at Nebraska, BTN: The Hoosiers have been a legit squad all year, but now they go on the road for a chance at wrapping up a bowl berth? Not sure what Adrian MArtinez's status for the game is, but at some point Nebraska has to start looking like a decent team, right?
Auburn at LSU, CBS: Big time game where Auburn needs a win to stay in the mix, and that will require slowing down Joe Burrow, which hasn't happened yet this season. Also, a good test to see exactly what LSU's defense is made of this year.
Texas at TCU, FOX: TCU has been a disappointment this year, but they are still 30th in SP+ and Texas just barely escaped after giving up 48 to Kansas. So who knows what will happen here.
7 pm
Arkansas at Alabama, ESPN: A total mismatch, except that Tua is out for Bama. Could that open up a tiny crack for an upset? Probably not.
7:30
Notre Dame at Michigan, ABC: No time for Michigan to lick their wounds as they play another tough team, though this time at home. And don't look now, but Michigan is favored. ND has much less big play potential than Penn State, so Michigan might have more they can handle this game.
A good team can beat Alabama sans Tua. Arkansas is not a good team, or even close to one. I'd be shocked if the Hogs keep it within 25.
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" ND has much less big play potential than Penn State, so Michigan might have more they can handle this game."
That has me confused.
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" ND has much less big play potential than Penn State, so Michigan might have more they can handle this game."
That has me confused.
Not my most eloquent sentence. ND doesn't have real speedsters on the edge and as such struggles to make big plays. They tend to struggle with strong defenses, and Michigan has a strong defense. Michigan essentially shut down PSU completely except for ahandful of plays, which is why they had 28 points and less than 300 yards of offense. Unlikely that Notre Dame can replicate the strategy, because they don't have a KJ Hamler type that will fly pass one on one coverage.
BUT, they do have a big target in Chase Claypool and a good tight end, and the chuck it and hope strategy might pay off for them.
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The OSU-Wisky game is obviously the highlight of the week. I "fear" that OSU has too much fire power and a decent defense. I think it could be a blow out of epic proportions, like 31-27.
If that were to occur, ESPN could report that The OSU continued to dominate with its offense.
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A good team can beat Alabama sans Tua. Arkansas is not a good team, or even close to one. I'd be shocked if the Hogs keep it within 25.
a good team can probably beat bama with tua. i'm not sold on bama this year yet.
however, judging the backup thrown into a game like that isn't really fair. mac jones was a pretty highly rated qb coming out of hs and in his limited time when he's known he was going to play he's done well. with a week to prep and a change (significant one, i'd think) of the gameplan to fit his style, i still think we're a formidable team.
or i could be wrong and he's a practice/garbage time warrior and will fall flat once out there for real.
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If that were to occur, ESPN could report that The OSU continued to dominate with its offense.
considering how wisc d has looked most of the year, that might be accurate.
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a good team can probably beat bama with tua. i'm not sold on bama this year yet.
however, judging the backup thrown into a game like that isn't really fair. mac jones was a pretty highly rated qb coming out of hs and in his limited time when he's known he was going to play he's done well. with a week to prep and a change (significant one, i'd think) of the gameplan to fit his style, i still think we're a formidable team.
or i could be wrong and he's a practice/garbage time warrior and will fall flat once out there for real.
My guess is that Mac won't be really "featured" against Arkansas. He'll probably be tasked with feeding the ball to his backs and not screwing up, and let the bend-but-don't-break defense do its thing.
I would guess that Tua would need to be at least 80% to see the field against LSU. If he looks gimpy, he needs to be pulled.
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This week's B1G games by our current Power Rankings (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/b1g-power-rankings-week-8-11802/):
- #1 Ohio State vs #3 Wisconsin
- #2 Penn State at #7 Michigan State
- #4 Michigan is playing some OOC no-name this week
- #5 Minnesota vs #13 Maryland
- #6 Iowa at #12 Northwestern
- #8 Indiana at #9 Nebraska
- #10 Purdue vs #11 Illinois
- #14 Rutgers is playing some OOC no-name this week
The game in Columbus is the obvious headliner but all of these are interesting to me:
Penn State's trip to East Lansing is their last game before travelling to Minneapolis to take on undefeated and #17 Minnesota. Michigan State can be tricky but they have been abysmal against quality opposition so far this year. This is the third game in a row against an AP top-8 conference opponent for the Spartans. Will they be worn down or will the third time be a charm?
Minnesota is 7-0 and yet you get the feeling that most of us still don't trust them. That isn't just because they are Minnesota. They won their first four games by a combined total of just 24 points against a lackluster slate of SDSU, @Fresno, GaSo, and Purdue. They have more appropriately looked the part in their last three with rather gaudy 23, 27, and 35 point wins but the opposition hasn't been much better, IL, UNL, and RU. They are off next weekend so if they beat Maryland this weekend they will be undefeated when Penn State comes to town on November 9. Maryland is hard to get a read on. They have bounced around our power rankings more than any other team. They looked great pulverizing Howard and a ranked Syracuse team early then lost to Temple before getting run off the field by Penn State. Then they had a gaudy win over Rutgers but, it was Rutgers and since then they've lose to the two Indiana schools. Right now they look pretty listless if you ask me but who knows.
Northwestern has looked terrible and Iowa is a ranked team but who knows, maybe the Cats will show improvement, we'll see.
The Indiana/Nebraska game features two teams adjacent in the Power Rankings and that always interests me. Additionally, this game could be big for both teams' bowl hopes.
The Purdue/Illinois game also features two teams adjacent in the Power Rankings and it is probably a bowl elimination game. The loser will have a REALLY big hill to climb to get to 6-6.
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The Indiana/Nebraska game features two teams adjacent in the Power Rankings and that always interests me. Additionally, this game could be big for both teams' bowl hopes.
3rd straight game like this for the Huskers. Hopefully go 2 outa 3 after the bye week