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2012 B1G Legends Division Race

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Tony Gerdeman looks at the returning players for the teams in the Legends division.

Note - Troy Stoudermire has been granted a 6th year by the NCAA, so he should be back at Minnesota.

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Legends

Iowa
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Michigan
- September 1 in Arlington. Alabama. This might be Michigan?s chance to make a statement on a national scale and come up with the type of win that would lead the way to a BCS title run, but the Tide isn?t going to dip much, if at all, and it could put a sting on what should be a special season before Labor Day. The defensive line has to replace heart-and-soul tackle Mike Martin and running mate Will Heininger, and center David Molk was a key part of a good offensive front. Junior Hemingway was Denard Robinson?s No. 1 target and Kevin Koger was a strong all-around tight end who?ll be missed.

Michigan State
- The defense should be good, but the offense has to rebuild the passing attack. RB Le?Veon Bell is a big, strong running back to work around, but the passing game should take a major step back with the loss of QB Kirk Cousins and the terrific receiving trio of B.J. Cunningham, Keith Nichol, and Keshawn Martin. Most of the big games are in East Lansing, but the schedule has the potential to be nasty starting Boise State to kick things off and with Notre Dame, Ohio State, Iowa, and Nebraska to go along with road games at Michigan and Wisconsin.

Minnesota
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Nebraska
- It?s obviously a new year with plenty of big changes, but the Huskers will face three 2011 conference champions ? Southern Miss, Arkansas State, and Wisconsin ? in the first four games, and the rest of the first half of the slate is hardly a breeze going to UCLA, Ohio State, Northwestern, and Michigan State to go along with a date with Michigan. Penn State, Minnesota, and at Iowa represents the easy part of the schedule. The defense should be a rock with a little bit of work, but it loses heart-and-soul linebacker Lavonte David, and future NFL shutdown corner Alfonzo Dennard.

Northwestern
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Schedule analysis.

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Iowa

Non-Conference Games: Central Michigan, Iowa State, Northern Illinois (in Chicago), Northern Iowa
Games Against The Leaders: at Indiana, Penn State, Purdue
Realistic Best Case Record: 10-2
Worst Case Record: 6-6
Likely Finish: 8-4

Pre-Spring Projected Wins: Northern Illinois, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, Central Michigan, Minnesota, Penn State, at Indiana, Purdue

Pre-Spring Projected Losses: at Michigan State, at Northwestern, at Michigan, Nebraska
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2012 Schedule
Sep. 1 Northern Illinois (in Chicago)
Sep. 8 Iowa State
Sep. 15 Northern Iowa
Sep. 22 Central Michigan
Sep. 29 Minnesota
Oct. 6 OPEN DATE
Oct. 13 at Michigan State
Oct. 20 Penn State
Oct. 27 at Northwestern
Nov. 3 at Indiana
Nov. 10 Purdue
Nov. 17 at Michigan
Nov. 23 Nebraska

Michigan

Non-Conference Games: Air Force, Alabama (Arlington, TX), Massachusetts, at Notre Dame
Games Against The Leaders: Illinois, at Ohio State, at Purdue
Realistic Best Case Record: 11-1
Worst Case Record: 7-5
Likely Finish: 10-2

Pre-Spring Projected Wins: Air Force, Massachusetts, at Notre Dame, at Purdue, Illinois, Michigan State, at Nebraska, at Minnesota, Northwestern, Iowa

Pre-Spring Projected Losses: Alabama, at Ohio State
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2012 Schedule
Sep. 1 Alabama (Arlington, TX)
Sep. 8 Air Force
Sep. 15 Massachusetts
Sep. 22 at Notre Dame
Sep. 29 OPEN DATE
Oct. 6 at Purdue
Oct. 13 Illinois
Oct. 20 Michigan State
Oct. 27 at Nebraska
Nov. 3 at Minnesota
Nov. 10 Northwestern
Nov. 17 Iowa
Nov. 24 at Ohio State

Michigan State

Non-Conference Games: Boise State, at Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Notre Dame
Games Against The Leaders: at Indiana, Ohio State, at Wisconsin
Realistic Best Case Record: 11-1
Worst Case Record: 6-6
Likely Finish: 10-2

Pre-Spring Projected Wins: Boise State, at Central Michigan, Notre Dame, Eastern Michigan, Ohio State, at Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, at Minnesota

Pre-Spring Projected Losses: at Michigan, at Wisconsin
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2012 Schedule
Sep. 1 Boise State
Sep. 8 at Central Michigan
Sep. 15 Notre Dame
Sep. 22 Eastern Michigan
Sep. 29 Ohio State
Oct. 6 at Indiana
Oct. 13 Iowa
Oct. 20 at Michigan
Oct. 27 at Wisconsin
Nov. 3 Nebraska
Nov. 10 OPEN DATE
Nov. 17 Northwestern
Nov. 24 at Minnesota

Minnesota

Non-Conference Games: New Hampshire, Syracuse, at UNLV, Western Michigan
Games Against The Leaders: at Illinois, Purdue, at Wisconsin
Realistic Best Case Record: 7-5
Worst Case Record: 2-10
Likely Finish: 4-8

Pre-Spring Projected Wins: at UNLV, New Hampshire, Western Michigan, Northwestern

Pre-Spring Projected Losses: Syracuse, at Iowa, at Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan, at Illinois, at Nebraska, Michigan State
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2012 Schedule
Sep. 1 at UNLV
Sep. 8 New Hampshire
Sep. 15 Western Michigan
Sep. 22 Syracuse
Sep. 29 at Iowa
Oct. 6 OPEN DATE
Oct. 13 Northwestern
Oct. 20 at Wisconsin
Oct. 27 Purdue
Nov. 3 Michigan
Nov. 10 at Illinois
Nov. 17 at Nebraska
Nov. 24 Michigan State

Nebraska

Non-Conference Games: Arkansas State, Idaho State, Southern Miss, at UCLA
Games Against The Leaders: at Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Realistic Best Case Record: 10-2
Worst Case Record: 6-6
Likely Finish: 8-4

Pre-Spring Projected Wins: Southern Miss, at UCLA, Arkansas State, Idaho State, Wisconsin, Penn State, Minnesota, at Iowa

Pre-Spring Projected Losses: at Ohio State, at Northwestern, Michigan, at Michigan State
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2012 Schedule
Sep. 1 Southern Miss
Sep. 8 at UCLA
Sep. 15 Arkansas State
Sep. 22 Idaho State
Sep. 29 Wisconsin
Oct. 6 at Ohio State
Oct. 13 OPEN DATE
Oct. 20 at Northwestern
Oct. 27 Michigan
Nov. 3 at Michigan State
Nov. 10 Penn State
Nov. 17 Minnesota
Nov. 23 at Iowa

Northwestern

Non-Conference Games: Boston College, South Dakota, at Syracuse, Vanderbilt,
Games Against The Leaders: Illinois, at Michigan, at Michigan State
Realistic Best Case Record: 9-3
Worst Case Record: 4-8
Likely Finish: 6-6

Pre-Spring Projected Wins: Boston College, South Dakota, Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois

Pre-Spring Projected Losses: at Syracuse, Vanderbilt, at Penn State, at Minnesota, at Michigan, at Michigan State
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2012 Schedule
Sep. 1 at Syracuse
Sep. 8 Vanderbilt
Sep. 15 Boston College
Sep. 22 South Dakota
Sep. 29 Indiana
Oct. 6 at Penn State
Oct. 13 at Minnesota
Oct. 20 Nebraska
Oct. 27 Iowa
Nov. 3 OPEN DATE
Nov. 10 at Michigan
Nov. 17 at Michigan State
Nov. 24 Illinois

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ucfknight;2185866; said:
I think sparty will take it, again this year. I now they lost Cousins, but their rb's and wr's are fantastic. Their defense is also solid.
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Sparty lost all 3 of their receivers: Cunningham, Martin, and Nichol.
 
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Everyone in this division is still technically alive. Nebraska has a huge edge right now, though, with wins over Northwestern and Michigan.

This week's Nebraska @ Michigan State will tell a lot. A win here for Nebraska and they would just have PSU, Minnesota, and Iowa, and could even afford losing one of those games and still win the division.

If Michigan State wins, assuming all the other favored teams win, then the division could look like this after next week.

Michigan 4-1
Nebraska 3-2
Northwestern 3-2
Iowa 2-3
Michigan State 3-3
Minnesota 1-4

With Northwestern still playing Michigan and Michigan State, and the chance that Iowa may be 3-2 with a win at Indiana this weekend, which would mean that they are right back in it, this division could get pretty crazy if Nebraska loses to Michigan State this weekend, at that point it still could be anybody's.
 
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