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Around the B1G: Week 6 Edition
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There were definitely some shockers this week in B1G play. The headline game was of course Michigan vs Wisconsin but the biggest story came from Michigan State and Iowa both taking a tough loss. This coming week, the big game looks to be Indiana at Ohio State after the Hoosiers win at home against Michigan State. Out west, the Iowa at Minnesota game will all but eliminate one of those teams from winning the B1G West.
Illinois (1-3 overall, 0-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Nebraska, 16-31. Illinois was leading the Cornhuskers 16-10 in the fourth quarter before they surrendered 21 straight points to take a tough loss. Quarterback Wes Lunt was unable to get anything going as he only threw for 133 yards and zero touchdowns. The Fighting Illini could only manage 270 yards of total offense.
This Week: Illinois is home against Purdue. This game can be seen on BTN at 3:30 pm.
Indiana (3-1 overall, 1-0 conference)
Last Week: Beat Michigan State, 24-21. A week after losing to Wake Forest in football, the Hoosiers pulled off the stunning upset against the Spartans. After allowing Michigan State to tie the game up with 11 seconds left, the Hoosiers came out in overtime and finished the job with a Griffin Oakes 20 yard field goal. Richard Lagow threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns and Devine Redding added 100 yards on the ground. Ricky Jones was the leading receiver for the Hoosiers with five catches for 124 yards and a touchdown. The Hoosier defense gave up 438 yards to Michigan State.
This Week: The Hoosiers travel to Columbus to take on the red-hot Buckeyes. This game can be seen on ESPN at 3:30 pm.
Iowa (3-2 overall, 1-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Northwestern, 31-38. A week after struggling with Rutgers, the Hawkeyes once again struggled with a bottom-of-the-barrel conference opponent. C.J. Beathard was sacked six times on the day as he threw for only 204 yards and one touchdown. The usually stout running back combo of LeShun Daniels and Akrum Wadley struggled to get anything going as the combined on 31 carries for 107 yards but did come up with three touchdowns.
This Week: The Hawkeyes travel to Minnesota. This game can be seen at noon on ESPN2.
Maryland (4-0 overall, 1-0 conference)
Last Week: Beat Purdue, 50-7. Don’t look now but Maryland is 4-0 and playing some pretty decent ball. Sure their wins have been against Howard, Florida International, UCF, and Purdue but if Twitter had taught me one thing it is to ignore stats and facts. Maryland used ten different players to rush for 439 yards and four touchdowns. Ty Johnson led the attack with 204 yards on only seven carries.
This Week: Maryland travels to Penn State. This game is at noon on BTN.
Michigan (5-0 overall, 2-0 conference)
Last Week: Beat Wisconsin, 14-7. The #SeptemberChamps closed out their September championship with an impressive win over Wisconsin at home. To be honest, I really thought Michigan would win by 21 plus points. I watched this entire game and all that I can say is this…I can’t wait for November. I don’t see how people are so high on the Wolverines. Michigan managed 349 yards of total offense versus the stingy Badger defense. The Wolverines again struggled to run the ball as they only had 130 yards on 44 carries. Wilton Speight added 219 yards and a touchdown through the air.
This Week: Michigan travels to New Jersey to face the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers. This game can be seen on ESPN at 7:30 pm.
Michigan State (2-2 overall, 0-2 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Indiana, 21-24. The biggest surprise of this young season has been the complete ineptitude of Michigan State. I don’t think anyone could have imagined them having two losses at this point and one of them not being to Notre Dame. Tyler O’Conner had a decent bounce back game as he threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns in the losing effort.
This Week: Sparty looks to rebound as they host BYU in a non-conference game. The game can be seen at 3:30pm on ESPN.
Minnesota (3-1 overall, 0-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Penn State, 26-29. This was a tough loss for Minnesota as they went ahead with 53 seconds left in the game after an Emmit Carpenter 37 yard field goal. The Golden Gophers would then go into the dumbest thing in sports, the prevent defense, which allowed the Nittany Lions to drive 53 yards downfield in 47 seconds to kick the game-tying field goal. In overtime, the Gophers would kick a field goal and the Nittany Lions scored a touchdown for the win. The running duo of Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks would combine for 204 yards on 37 carries and one touchdown. Mitch Leidner added 241 yards through the air and one touchdown.
This Week: Minnesota hosts Iowa in what could be a B1G West elimination match. This game can be seen at noon on the ESPN2.
Nebraska (5-0 overall, 2-0 conference)
Last Week: Beat Illinois, 31-16. The Cornhuskers needed 21 unanswered fourth quarter points to put away the sometimes pesky Fighting Lovie Smiths. Running back Terrell Newby had a great day on the ground running for 140 yards on 27 carries and two touchdowns. Tommy Armstrong continues to be consistent as he threw for 220 yards and two total touchdowns on the day.
This Week: Bye Week.
Northwestern (2-3 overall, 1-1 conference)
Last Week: Beat Iowa, 38-31. After not scoring more than 24 points in a game all season, the Wildcats had an offensive explosion against the usually stout Hawkeye defense. Using a balanced attack (164 passing/198 rushing), Northwestern was able to score 21 straight points in about nine minutes of game time in the third and fourth quarters to put the game out of reach. The Big Ten leading rusher Justin Jackson had 171 yards on 26 carries on the day. Clayton Thorson added three touchdowns through the air.
This Week: Bye Week.
Penn State (3-2 overall, 1-1 conference)
Last Week: Beat Minnesota, 29-26. As I spoke about before, the Golden Gophers left the door open for Penn State and the Nittany Lions pulled off the big win against Minnesota. Trace McSorley had his best game of the year throwing for 335 yards and rushing for 73 yards while adding two touchdowns. Saquon Barkley struggled to get anything going as he only rushed for 63 yards on 20 attempts. Free Safety Marcus Allen had an amazing day racking up 22 tackles (8 solo/14assist).
This Week: The Nittany Lions host Maryland this week on BTN at noon.
Purdue (2-2 overall, 0-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Maryland, 7-50. Purdue struggled mightily offensively and defensively. On offense the Boilermakers only managed ten yards rushing on 27 carries. Throwing the ball was not much easier as they only threw for 195 yards on 53 pass attempts. Think about that for a second, they averaged 0.4 yards per rush and 3.7 yards per pass attempt. There is not much positive Darrell Hazell can spin out of this performance. Defensively, they gave up 496 yards to the Terrapins with 439 of those bad boys coming on the ground.
This Week: The Boilermakers will travel west to take on the Fighting Illini. This colossal match-up can be seen at 3:30 pm on BTN.
Rutgers (2-3 overall, 0-2 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Ohio State, 0-58. As you all know already, Rutgers struggled to get anything going against the Buckeyes. They were outgained in yardage 669 to 116. Chris Laviano completed three passes in the first six plays of the game and would not complete another pass for the entire game. Tylin Oden would come into the game for Laviano and he would not complete any passes. For the day, the Rutgers passing attack was 3-16. Robert Martin, who led the B1G in rushing entering this game, also struggled as he only managed 40 yards on 13 carries.
This Week: Rutgers hosts Michigan at 7pm on ESPN2.
Wisconsin (4-1 overall, 1-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Michigan, 7-14. The Badgers ran into a buzz-saw in the Wolverine defense as they only managed 159 yards for the day. Alex Hornibrook really struggled on the day throwing three interceptions and only managing 88 yards on 25 attempts. His arm strength has to be a major concern for the Badgers. If he starts against Ohio State in two weeks, I foresee a few pick-sixes. With no help from his offensive teammates, the Wolverines were able to focus on Corey Clement and he was held to 68 rushing yards. Defensively, the Badgers were tough as they had four sacks, six tackles-for-loss, five pass break-ups, and one interception.
This Week: Bye Week.
CURRENT STANDINGS:
EAST CONF. OVERALL WEST CONF. OVERALL
Michigan 2-0 5-0 Nebraska 2-0 5-0
Ohio State 1-0 4-0 Wisconsin 1-1 4-1
Maryland 1-0 4-0 Iowa 1-1 3-2
Indiana 1-0 3-1 Northwestern 1-1 2-3
Penn State 1-1 3-2 Minnesota 0-1 3-1
Michigan State 0-2 2-2 Purdue 0-1 2-2
Rutgers 0-2 2-3 Illinois 0-1 1-3
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Brandon Zimmerman via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
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There were definitely some shockers this week in B1G play. The headline game was of course Michigan vs Wisconsin but the biggest story came from Michigan State and Iowa both taking a tough loss. This coming week, the big game looks to be Indiana at Ohio State after the Hoosiers win at home against Michigan State. Out west, the Iowa at Minnesota game will all but eliminate one of those teams from winning the B1G West.
Illinois (1-3 overall, 0-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Nebraska, 16-31. Illinois was leading the Cornhuskers 16-10 in the fourth quarter before they surrendered 21 straight points to take a tough loss. Quarterback Wes Lunt was unable to get anything going as he only threw for 133 yards and zero touchdowns. The Fighting Illini could only manage 270 yards of total offense.
This Week: Illinois is home against Purdue. This game can be seen on BTN at 3:30 pm.
Indiana (3-1 overall, 1-0 conference)
Last Week: Beat Michigan State, 24-21. A week after losing to Wake Forest in football, the Hoosiers pulled off the stunning upset against the Spartans. After allowing Michigan State to tie the game up with 11 seconds left, the Hoosiers came out in overtime and finished the job with a Griffin Oakes 20 yard field goal. Richard Lagow threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns and Devine Redding added 100 yards on the ground. Ricky Jones was the leading receiver for the Hoosiers with five catches for 124 yards and a touchdown. The Hoosier defense gave up 438 yards to Michigan State.
This Week: The Hoosiers travel to Columbus to take on the red-hot Buckeyes. This game can be seen on ESPN at 3:30 pm.
Iowa (3-2 overall, 1-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Northwestern, 31-38. A week after struggling with Rutgers, the Hawkeyes once again struggled with a bottom-of-the-barrel conference opponent. C.J. Beathard was sacked six times on the day as he threw for only 204 yards and one touchdown. The usually stout running back combo of LeShun Daniels and Akrum Wadley struggled to get anything going as the combined on 31 carries for 107 yards but did come up with three touchdowns.
This Week: The Hawkeyes travel to Minnesota. This game can be seen at noon on ESPN2.
Maryland (4-0 overall, 1-0 conference)
Last Week: Beat Purdue, 50-7. Don’t look now but Maryland is 4-0 and playing some pretty decent ball. Sure their wins have been against Howard, Florida International, UCF, and Purdue but if Twitter had taught me one thing it is to ignore stats and facts. Maryland used ten different players to rush for 439 yards and four touchdowns. Ty Johnson led the attack with 204 yards on only seven carries.
This Week: Maryland travels to Penn State. This game is at noon on BTN.
Michigan (5-0 overall, 2-0 conference)
Last Week: Beat Wisconsin, 14-7. The #SeptemberChamps closed out their September championship with an impressive win over Wisconsin at home. To be honest, I really thought Michigan would win by 21 plus points. I watched this entire game and all that I can say is this…I can’t wait for November. I don’t see how people are so high on the Wolverines. Michigan managed 349 yards of total offense versus the stingy Badger defense. The Wolverines again struggled to run the ball as they only had 130 yards on 44 carries. Wilton Speight added 219 yards and a touchdown through the air.
This Week: Michigan travels to New Jersey to face the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers. This game can be seen on ESPN at 7:30 pm.
Michigan State (2-2 overall, 0-2 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Indiana, 21-24. The biggest surprise of this young season has been the complete ineptitude of Michigan State. I don’t think anyone could have imagined them having two losses at this point and one of them not being to Notre Dame. Tyler O’Conner had a decent bounce back game as he threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns in the losing effort.
This Week: Sparty looks to rebound as they host BYU in a non-conference game. The game can be seen at 3:30pm on ESPN.
Minnesota (3-1 overall, 0-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Penn State, 26-29. This was a tough loss for Minnesota as they went ahead with 53 seconds left in the game after an Emmit Carpenter 37 yard field goal. The Golden Gophers would then go into the dumbest thing in sports, the prevent defense, which allowed the Nittany Lions to drive 53 yards downfield in 47 seconds to kick the game-tying field goal. In overtime, the Gophers would kick a field goal and the Nittany Lions scored a touchdown for the win. The running duo of Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks would combine for 204 yards on 37 carries and one touchdown. Mitch Leidner added 241 yards through the air and one touchdown.
This Week: Minnesota hosts Iowa in what could be a B1G West elimination match. This game can be seen at noon on the ESPN2.
Nebraska (5-0 overall, 2-0 conference)
Last Week: Beat Illinois, 31-16. The Cornhuskers needed 21 unanswered fourth quarter points to put away the sometimes pesky Fighting Lovie Smiths. Running back Terrell Newby had a great day on the ground running for 140 yards on 27 carries and two touchdowns. Tommy Armstrong continues to be consistent as he threw for 220 yards and two total touchdowns on the day.
This Week: Bye Week.
Northwestern (2-3 overall, 1-1 conference)
Last Week: Beat Iowa, 38-31. After not scoring more than 24 points in a game all season, the Wildcats had an offensive explosion against the usually stout Hawkeye defense. Using a balanced attack (164 passing/198 rushing), Northwestern was able to score 21 straight points in about nine minutes of game time in the third and fourth quarters to put the game out of reach. The Big Ten leading rusher Justin Jackson had 171 yards on 26 carries on the day. Clayton Thorson added three touchdowns through the air.
This Week: Bye Week.
Penn State (3-2 overall, 1-1 conference)
Last Week: Beat Minnesota, 29-26. As I spoke about before, the Golden Gophers left the door open for Penn State and the Nittany Lions pulled off the big win against Minnesota. Trace McSorley had his best game of the year throwing for 335 yards and rushing for 73 yards while adding two touchdowns. Saquon Barkley struggled to get anything going as he only rushed for 63 yards on 20 attempts. Free Safety Marcus Allen had an amazing day racking up 22 tackles (8 solo/14assist).
This Week: The Nittany Lions host Maryland this week on BTN at noon.
Purdue (2-2 overall, 0-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Maryland, 7-50. Purdue struggled mightily offensively and defensively. On offense the Boilermakers only managed ten yards rushing on 27 carries. Throwing the ball was not much easier as they only threw for 195 yards on 53 pass attempts. Think about that for a second, they averaged 0.4 yards per rush and 3.7 yards per pass attempt. There is not much positive Darrell Hazell can spin out of this performance. Defensively, they gave up 496 yards to the Terrapins with 439 of those bad boys coming on the ground.
This Week: The Boilermakers will travel west to take on the Fighting Illini. This colossal match-up can be seen at 3:30 pm on BTN.
Rutgers (2-3 overall, 0-2 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Ohio State, 0-58. As you all know already, Rutgers struggled to get anything going against the Buckeyes. They were outgained in yardage 669 to 116. Chris Laviano completed three passes in the first six plays of the game and would not complete another pass for the entire game. Tylin Oden would come into the game for Laviano and he would not complete any passes. For the day, the Rutgers passing attack was 3-16. Robert Martin, who led the B1G in rushing entering this game, also struggled as he only managed 40 yards on 13 carries.
This Week: Rutgers hosts Michigan at 7pm on ESPN2.
Wisconsin (4-1 overall, 1-1 conference)
Last Week: Lost to Michigan, 7-14. The Badgers ran into a buzz-saw in the Wolverine defense as they only managed 159 yards for the day. Alex Hornibrook really struggled on the day throwing three interceptions and only managing 88 yards on 25 attempts. His arm strength has to be a major concern for the Badgers. If he starts against Ohio State in two weeks, I foresee a few pick-sixes. With no help from his offensive teammates, the Wolverines were able to focus on Corey Clement and he was held to 68 rushing yards. Defensively, the Badgers were tough as they had four sacks, six tackles-for-loss, five pass break-ups, and one interception.
This Week: Bye Week.
CURRENT STANDINGS:
EAST CONF. OVERALL WEST CONF. OVERALL
Michigan 2-0 5-0 Nebraska 2-0 5-0
Ohio State 1-0 4-0 Wisconsin 1-1 4-1
Maryland 1-0 4-0 Iowa 1-1 3-2
Indiana 1-0 3-1 Northwestern 1-1 2-3
Penn State 1-1 3-2 Minnesota 0-1 3-1
Michigan State 0-2 2-2 Purdue 0-1 2-2
Rutgers 0-2 2-3 Illinois 0-1 1-3
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