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Big 10 Bowl Matchups

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I think that would be the best gameplan, Zem.

-Let the play clock go all the way down to 1 sec on 1st down and run the ball / high percentage short yardage throw.
-Let the play clock go all the way down to 1 sec on 2nd down and run the ball / high percentage short yardage throw.
-Let the play clock go all the way down to 1 sec on 3rd down and throw the ball just in the area for a 1st down. If in short yardage, pound the ball up down.
-Let the play clock go all the way down to 1 sec on 4th down and the punt or kick the field goal.

Short yardage throws will be a huge advantage to Michigan. Short to Arrington, short to tight end, short to a RB, short to Mannigham. Don't ever go out of bounds.

Score on your 1st drive in the 1st half, and then get the ball at the end of each half. 7 minute drives.

Maybe even consider an onside kick attempt to start the game or the 2nd half.

Just keep it out of Tebow's hands.
 
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Personally, despite the loss of cash from it, id prefer illinois didnt make a bcs bowl... i really want a winning bowl record and i believe this is the best way to do it.. in the long run winning the citrus bowl would be better for illinois than getting throttled by usc anyway...
 
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BuckeyeSoldier;1011244; said:
Personally, despite the loss of cash from it, id prefer illinois didnt make a bcs bowl... i really want a winning bowl record and i believe this is the best way to do it.. in the long run winning the citrus bowl would be better for illinois than getting throttled by usc anyway...
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I know what you're saying, but as of TODAY, I'll definitely be happy with the Illini in the Rose Bowl, because that means the Sooners will have come through in the Big 12 CCG. :wink2:
 
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I think the Illini could hang with any BCS team except USC, and could certainly beat the ACC champ in the Orange. I still think Georgia will get the at-large RB invitation. So let USC spank them up and down the Rose Bowl field.
 
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When Missouri loses to Oklahoma, the Rose Bowl will pick Georgia. The Big East has no automatic births, so Rose Bowl would gets the first selection (With Ohio State being in the Championship Game). Rose Bowl picks Georgia, the best team available.

Or, of course, they could take Illinois.
 
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daveeb;1011554; said:
When Missouri loses to Oklahoma, the Rose Bowl will pick Georgia. The Big East has no automatic births, so Rose Bowl would gets the first selection (With Ohio State being in the Championship Game). Rose Bowl picks Georgia, the best team available.

Or, of course, they could take Illinois.
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If they're eligible, I think the Rose Bowl takes Illinois. The Rose Bowl is all about tradition and if possible, they'll go with the Big Ten - Pac 10 match-up.
 
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Zem;1011546; said:
I think the Illini could hang with any BCS team except USC, and could certainly beat the ACC champ in the Orange. I still think Georgia will get the at-large RB invitation. So let USC spank them up and down the Rose Bowl field.
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Am I the only one who remembers that USC lost to Stanford...at home? USC won't spank anyone up and down the field. If they win their bowl game by more than 9 points I'll be surprised.
 
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Pheasant;1011835; said:
Am I the only one who remembers that USC lost to Stanford...at home? USC won't spank anyone up and down the field. If they win their bowl game by more than 9 points I'll be surprised.
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Injuries are part of the game, but 13 of them is a quite debilitating don'tchya think? The only injured player's name I can think of is Clay Matthews, so I don't know how many of those 13 were key players. And they did contain UofO's offense pretty well.
 
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Booty dislocated a finger in that game and was ineffective in the second half. Still though, with the tremendous talented depth they have at every position, they should have dominated a Stanford team whose only other wins were 5-7 San Jose St. and a 1 point win over 5-6 Arizona.
 
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It all works out if we get to the BCS title game but if we go to the Rose Bowl someone just had a bad day.

With PSU taking the Alamo now and UW already in the Outback it comes down to Illinois and tsun for the Cap 1 or drop all the way down to the Champs sports bowl spot.

Maybe this is all fixed and the powers that be know we are going to make NO, but if not one of those two teams is going to a Bowl far beneath where they thought they'd be going.
 
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Illinois is not battling with Michigan for the Cap1 bowl. Right now the Cap1 bowl is Illinois' worst case scenario. With Florida a near-lock to be the competition if the Illini don't make a BCS game then they will be paired against UF, a scenario which has the Cap1 bowl organizers salivating. Right now if Mizzou ends up beating Oklahoma, Michigan looks to be Illinois' undercard in Orlando in the Champs Sports bowl.
 
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Zem;1011961; said:
Injuries are part of the game, but 13 of them is a quite debilitating don'tchya think? The only injured player's name I can think of is Clay Matthews, so I don't know how many of those 13 were key players. And they did contain UofO's offense pretty well.
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13 out of 85. Against Stanford. The 5th best player on Stanford's team would likely be the 50th best player (at best) on USC's.
 
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