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The Big Ten Today (9/15)

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OTOH jlb they are making lots of yards on the ground - and, when their O-line gives Hoyer time he is looking at everything available.

Where they seem to breakdown isn't early or midway in their drives, but rather in that scoring range when the field shortens.
If they can cap this drive for seven points then I think they have the driver's seat going away.

Iowa St. isn't good this year so Iowa better wake up!
 
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NFBuck said:
...and they're struggling against the "cupcakes". This is where you make your argument. Big Ten teams playing Big Ten teams doesn't show the rest of the country how strong you are as a conference. If Big Ten teams were destroying thse cupcakes, it would be different. Sad but true, perception becomes reality in the polls. Today is a big chance for tOSU to make a statement, but the rest of the Big Ten is struggling again.

Thing is though, other teams are having problems too. Look at Auburn, or Texas versus Arky St, or the other OSU losing to Troy. It's happening all over the country this season, just seems more widespread in our conference.
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Or Ohio giving VT a run for their money last I saw that scoreline.
I don't see it happening anymore in the B10 than everywhere else -- except for tsun. I'm a big fan of a "win is a win"... and the polls don't start mattering unless you're in the NC picture (the topic wasn't "does any B10 deserve to be in an NC game?" It was is if the B10 deserves to play in the Rose bowl. And judging from past teams that got into BCS games w/o their conference getting ribbed about it all year... makes it only more ridiculous.)
I can't take it as anything but a sad joke, made to be sensational bs -- as is typical with anything involving May and/or Holtz.
 
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sandgk said:
OTOH jlb they are making lots of yards on the ground - and, when their O-line gives Hoyer time he is looking at everything available.

Where they seem to breakdown isn't early or midway in their drives, but rather in that scoring range when the field shortens.
If they can cap this drive for seven points then I think they have the driver's seat going away.

Iowa St. isn't good this year so Iowa better wake up!
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MSU is 3rd & goal right now

Iowa has had trouble with ISU under Ferentz, and it's at ISU
 
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MSU fails again to make the most of a great opportunity. Not in the end zone then a bad blocked field goal.

Given how damned punishing of a runner Caulcrick is, I put the blame for this failure to net a TD squarely on the play-calling.
Their O-line was riving from center on out and Caulcrick was picking up 3-4 yards at a clip. How much simpler could it get? But, no, out goes Caulcrick for the lighter Ringer, and then a failed pass play, then a short and ineffective run by Ringer, then a sack, followed by the FG block.

There are areas in which they must improve, identifying their true strengths would be first and foremost of those tasks.

Memo to MD - from about the 8 - run Caulcrick!!
 
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OregonBuckeye said:
Things aren't so bad. Illinois is blowing out Syracuse, Purdue is blowing out CMU, and Penn State is blowing out Buffalo while MSU and UW at least have leads. Like I said last week, the Big-10 may be winning ugly but it's still winning.
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Exactly. I really don't care how much Big 10 teams are winning by. Going into today, we're 18-4 in OOC play. Assuming all of the teams leading right now hold on, the teams playing later take care of their business, and Minnesota and Iowa don't come back, the Big 10 could end this weekend 27-6. Last year we were 35-17 overall(including the bowls). I'd say that's pretty decent.

I'm not saying the Big 10's as good as the SEC or Pac-10 this year, because they're not, but reading and listening to what some people are saying you'd think Big 10 teams are getting thrown around like rag dolls by a bunch of random scrubs.
 
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