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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: OrangeAfroMan on September 19, 2020, 12:07:38 PM
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Man, I hate to say it, but opening week against Rutgers is huge. I don't think any MSU fans expect anything out of this team, but I think it's a good show to recruits and momentum to prove that it's still viable, even at absolute rock bottom. With a new staff, no offseason or spring, and basically all new starters on offense, in the Big Ten east, to still win a couple games. If they go 3-5, I think that's solid, although I'd pick 2-6. But if they lose the opener, that is looking like 0-8 in a hurry.
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OSU gets to open with two "Helmets" and close with a third.
That will establish right out of the gate if they are a contender or pretender.
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OSU gets to open with two "Helmets" and close with a third.
That will establish right out of the gate if they are a contender or pretender.
This is the nicest thing someone has said about the Scott Frost Huskers.
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This is the nicest thing someone has said about the Scott Frost Huskers.
Oh come on now. It isn't as though I picked them to win the B1G West, as did all of the "experts" over the past two off seasons. O0
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miracle if Frost can pull off a 500 season
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I'd just like to see 8 games played. Who cares about the scheduling.
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ed zachery
everyone would like to play Rutgers 8 times and go undefeated, but.... what's the fun in that?
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I think an ideal 12 game schedule has 2 pastries, 4 games a good team should win, 4 testers against good opponents, and 2 teams at the top level.
A somewhat better than average team should end up 7-5 or 8-4. A very good team might be 10-2, and an elite team 11-1.
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The Big certainly showed it's appreciation to UNL for fighting to have BIG football in 2020.
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Isn't it just the original 9 game schedule, with one crossover game removed?
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Yes... Rutgers was dropped for UNL. Also, I believe Wisky was moved to a home game in lincoln so next year can be an away game in Madison... you know... when crowds are back.
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btw.. fully expected it. It has been the norm since joining. I guess we can thank the fan base and the $$$ UNL adds to the big games via viewership.
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hey, they may have given Moos the Black Friday game vs the Hawks
that's something
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Plus you don't get to play the Wolverines.
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I like the Little Brown Jug right out of the gate. That said, kind of surprised that they didn't front load with divisional games in case of cancellation.
Also, I think that the league will be in the domes in Minneapolis, Indy, and Detroit after Thanksgiving.
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there's a small dome in Vermillion South Dakota, but I assume the Huskers will play outdoors
shouldn't bother the hearty gophers on Dec 12th
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Purdue's crossovers are Rutgers and IU. I'm not gonna complain about that.
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Purdue and Rutgers have the easiest crossover schedules, each playing one another plus one other cupcake.
Rutgers will probably lose them both.
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btw.. fully expected it. It has been the norm since joining. I guess we can thank the fan base and the $$$ UNL adds to the big games via viewership.
Rank the following matchups by the ratings that they would be projected to generate.
A Ohio State-Nebraska
B Penn State-Nebraska
C Rutgers-Nebraska
With that in mind, which on of those three games are the Big Ten bean counters most likely to eliminate from the docket?
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Apparently the Vegas O/U on Purdue in a 9-game season is 3.5. Ouch.
OSU is 8.5. So yeah, it's a bet on whether they're going undefeated.
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Apparently the Vegas O/U on Purdue in a 9-game season is 3.5. Ouch.
OSU is 8.5. So yeah, it's a bet on whether they're going undefeated.
Also a bet that not a single game gets canceled.
Hard pass.
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I just looked up the site that Hammer & Rails got their O/U totals from, and they have this rider for Ohio State on the bet:
Team must complete 9 season games (Includes Champions Week) before 1/1/21 for action. Team must play exact opponents announced by Big Ten on 9/19/20 for action. Opponents do not have to be played in same order as schedule.
So if anything changes on the season other than order of opponents, it's a no-bet and you get your money back. Ohio State can't have Michigan bow out due to COVID and replace them with Youngstown State and it still be viable.
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To me, this year, OSU looks more advanced over any other B1G team than in recent years past.
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Rank the following matchups by the ratings that they would be projected to generate.
A Ohio State-Nebraska
B Penn State-Nebraska
C Rutgers-Nebraska
With that in mind, which on of those three games are the Big Ten bean counters most likely to eliminate from the docket?
And as long as the west division winner is selected based upon overall win/loss records, then UNL's TV rankings are an obstacles the rest of west does not face... It is clear the BIG wanted UNL's TV viewership and that is all. It was recognized as an important factor in the beginning. I personally didn't realize it was the only factor.
At the end of the day, UNL has to be better. They're not good enough to win the west regardless.
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Man, you guys are beginning to sound like King Berry that time that he lamented having to play OSU, Michigan and MSU in the same season. Only this is even sadder than that, because you guys actually have a brand name behind your program.
You sued to play, but now your schedule is too hard? Come on now. You play in the B1G West, fergawdsakes. That's like a beefed up version of the MAC.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0mLk3uDb8g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0mLk3uDb8g)
B1G is looking fine.
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Man, you guys are beginning to sound like King Berry that time that he lamented having to play OSU, Michigan and MSU in the same season. Only this is even sadder than that, because you guys actually have a brand name behind your program.
You sued to play, but now your schedule is too hard? Come on now. You play in the B1G West, fergawdsakes. That's like a beefed up version of the MAC.
MSU was the only school locked into play 2 of the 3 helmets in the old 11 team days, that also had the potential to play the third.
The locked in rivalries became UM-OSU-PSU-MSU. One of those schools was not like the other.
I think I saw based on SP+, Nebraska's schedule is still just the 7th toughest in the Big Ten
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Yeah, I am sure that MSU, Indiana, Maryland and Rutgers would each love to trade schedule templates with Nebraska.
Of course then you'd have all four "helmets" in the same division....
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I mean how would you even "fix" it? A rule that no B1G West team would ever have to play more than 1 of OSU, PSU, and M?
So Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa would always get to duck the two that aren't their fixed crossover?
What are we even talking about?
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What are we even talking about?
The PoA.
Specifically, in this case, the PoN.
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Yeah, I am sure that MSU, Indiana, Maryland and Rutgers would each love to trade schedule templates with Nebraska.
Of course then you'd have all four "helmets" in the same division....
You've missed the point by a wide margin. If winning your division is based upon overall win/loss record and conference, then crossover matchups matter. TV's love UNL so they get the big names more often... which makes the hill harder to climb.
I'm quite certain Michigan fans feel their road is tougher than OSU's this year... and probably has been lately due to UNL alone.
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one of the things Moos asked for was that only division games count for division standings - maybe some others asked for this as well, maybe not
I'd don't think the scheduling a big deal a tall
It's the Huskers problem to build a team that can compete and win with the top teams in the conference. that's on Moos and Frost
shut up and win games
IMO, they wouldn't be doing much better in the Big 12 - losing to Colorado the past two seasons is strong evidence
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Yeah, I dont think Nebraska's lot in football life has changed much by moving to the B1G. Their trajectory had been put into motion well before the conference shuffling had occurred. They'd be spinning wheels in mud hiring Riley in the XII just the same.
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Pelini's experience was about the same
I doubt Bo would be doing much better than his last season, even if Eichorst would have been removed and an AD that worked well with Bo would have been in place
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Yeah, I dont think Nebraska's lot in football life has changed much by moving to the B1G. Their trajectory had been put into motion well before the conference shuffling had occurred. They'd be spinning wheels in mud hiring Riley in the XII just the same.
agree..