****Official B1G Off-Season Thread****
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I'm compiling them as I type this man. Expect them to be ready in January.
Just wait til Illinois/Iowa concludes, that’ll have a huge impact on the rankings.
Eye test will tell you everything you need to know
I bet it before Leavis news. Now I just have to ride it out and it doesn't look good
UK just recovered fumble....Cats driving. I think even w/o Levis, UK should win. You did bet ML, right?
Illinois has a better QB, RB, and defense than Michigan. Numbers don't lie.
Tulane and Illinois would finish 1/2 in the Big 12. Arkansas is a top 4 team. By my eye test.
Chase Brown is > Corum
Devito > McCarthy
Illinois defense > Michigan defense
If we didn't rank teams before week 4, not sure we'd rank Michigan over Illinois. Non con shouldn't help solidify preseason rankings. Illinois losing DeVito in this game is a big deal.
Hold your horses on the top part. It’s early in the season.
DeVito out sucks, Sitkowski is rough
No kidding this is brutal. Why Iowa continues to start Petras is beyond me. Dude is atrocious.
I mean do we value conferences by how good their worst teams ares? I would take 1, 2, and 3 in the East over anyone in the West.
I think it's dumb to do any of this but certain people on this board think division pride is all they have so they want to preach it.
The reality is there is one consistently great team (OSU) and a bunch that aspire to be that team.
I would agree OSU is the only consistently great. But since the creation of East and West there have been 3 different CFP teams and 4 different champions. All from the East. I think it’s fair to say the East even outside of Ohio State has reached great heights.
On rare occasion, of course. But in general, it's not great either. So not much value in trying to ride those coattails IMO.
Here are the finishes of all of MSU, Penn State, and Michigan versus the West in the East/West timeframe (Final AP top 25)
2014
MSU/5
Wisconsin/13
East favored
2015
MSU/6
Iowa/9
Michigan/12
Wisconsin/21
Northwestern/23
East slightly favored, 2 in top 12.
2016
Penn State/7
Wisconsin/9
Michigan/10
East Favored
2017
Wisconsin/7
Penn State/8
MSU/15
Northwestern/17
Draw
2018
Michigan/14
Penn State/17
Northwestern/21
Iowa/25
East favored
2019
Penn State/9
Minnesota/10
Wisconsin/11
Iowa/15
Michigan/18
West Favored
2020
Northwestern/10
Iowa/16
West Favored
2021
Michigan/3
MSU/9
Iowa/23
East Favored
So 3 of the non best Big Ten East teams versus the 7 teams in the West finished 5-2-1.
More of my own curiosity than anything else.
What are your expectations for Purdue? I’m thinking of snagging Edey at 10 in the draft if he’s still there.
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