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I would like to say that the silver bullets are back with last nights performance, but don't want to be too premature. And it's not like well be tested all that much until we play scUM. All we can do is keep winning and doing it in a dominating fashion against the big 10 bottom feeders Until we face the skunkbears
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HorseshoeFetish
Silver Bullet Supporter
If it wasn't the biggest rivalry in sport, and it wasn't at their place, Indiana would be our biggest challenge left. Hell IU still just might be. The Hoosiers learned something about themselves in that loss last year, I hope we learned something as well and don't toy with them.
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Yeah I agree with that sentiment. ScUM lost to the same Ped st team we just absolutely dominated in 4 overtimes and needed 60+ points to beat IU. I hate to play that game of "we beat this team, who beat this team, so we can beat that team", and it's still the biggest of all rivalry games, but scUM just doesn't look all that good, especially on offense. IU is very dangerous, and we can't take them lightly one bit. Luckily for us, our defense seemed to have found its rhythm, starting from the second half of the Iowa game and continued through the psu game. Everyone will talk about the play of the offense Nd the scores, but our defense was the biggest statement, IMO in this game. And if you look at urban Meyers history, his best teams, we're known for their QBs, but won their biggest games because of his defense. More importantly, the d line getting to the QB and harassing the run game, and the DBs being ball hawks and giving the ball back to the offense.
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The bad; There are still guys running wide open in the secondary and the tackling is better but not great. None of this is going to get really fixed this year I don't think.
The good: I saw an approach that finally makes sense to me.....go after the damn QB and live with the results.
If the O can keep teams playing from behind the D will keep being able to play to its strength which is pin the ears back and rush the passer. Given the type of OL's the remaining 4 teams posses I don't see them doing much more than low 20's kind of damage.
The good: I saw an approach that finally makes sense to me.....go after the damn QB and live with the results.
If the O can keep teams playing from behind the D will keep being able to play to its strength which is pin the ears back and rush the passer. Given the type of OL's the remaining 4 teams posses I don't see them doing much more than low 20's kind of damage.
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maximumblitz
Buckeye Samurai of Big League Blitzkreig
Iowa beat Northwestern yesterday. In my opinion, Iowa is better than anyone thought. This thread was started after the Iowa game, I think.
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I'm biting my tongue on that front. I think it largely depends on whether we go to the NCG. That would probably bump everyone up a spot... I have serious doubts about another B10 school competing against a 1-loss Oregon in the Rose Bowl... or 3/4/6 against SEC's 2/3/6. Unlike the PAC and ACC, we also don't have "gimme" bowls against mid-majors. Big10 and SEC pit their 8th place qualifiers against MAC #1/2 and CUSA #1 respectively. That would put somebody like Indiana up against NIU or - if they crash the BCS - Ball State or Buffalo. Compare that to PAC12 #5 plays against MWC #1, PAC12 #6 vs. MWC #2, and PAC12 #7 vs. Service Academy ... that's some cupcake scheduling**
Or the ACC scheduling 2 bowls on equal footing against the Big Easy leftovers (which I consider to be Mid Majors at this point), CUSA #3, and a second service academy.
The mediots don't take the parity (or lack thereof) of bowl scheduling into account when they compare results. And for that reason, the PAC and ACC will very rarely ever have bad showings. Which is rather bewildering considering how much they bag on allegedly weak OOC scheduling in our case (Cal is generally a respectable BCS-conf school, and can't control Vandy being chickenshits)
Moreover, every one of our bowl matchups is in the opposing conferences' backyard. All 3 SEC bowls are in Florida. The 3 Big12 bowls are in Texas and Arizona. And of course the only matchup with the PAC is in Pasadena. The only "home" game is against the MAC... which is really shared territory. Until bowl games are played on truly neutral territory (Big vs. SEC in California; Big vs. PAC in Florida; etc.) or equally held on our own turf... there will always be a disparity in the records over long periods of time. Home field advantage does exist and effects game results.
I don't really care about the Bowls b/c they've always been about tourism as much as football... but if we're going to a Playoff System, keeping the current paradigm is absolute bollocks. The Semifinals should not be restricted to certain Conference's home stadiums. For all of ESPN's complaining about "fairness" over the last 10 years, I don't think I've ever once heard them point out the farce of "neutral" game sites for all of CFB's post-season games.
** Speaking of which, the PAC have proven to be the new sissies of OOC scheduling after turning down what would've been a great agreement with us on the grounds that Stanford and USC were scared of playing Notre Dame + a Big school, and Utah was scared of playing BYU + a Big school. Rather weak excuses imo since Notre Dame will certainly continue scheduling Big schools as well... particularly scUM and MSU.
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Sorry kinda went on a few rants there
tldr: Big10 doesn't have any "easy" bowl games (unlike PAC and ACC). If we go to the NCG, everyone has to step up a slot. Especially in the event that Oregon drops a game, the Rose Bowl would be against Wisconsin or MSU. Finally, all of the Big10 bowl opponents are essentially playing home games.
For those reasons, I'm hesitant to ever predict anything more than .500 for a Big10 postseason.
tldr: Big10 doesn't have any "easy" bowl games (unlike PAC and ACC). If we go to the NCG, everyone has to step up a slot. Especially in the event that Oregon drops a game, the Rose Bowl would be against Wisconsin or MSU. Finally, all of the Big10 bowl opponents are essentially playing home games.
For those reasons, I'm hesitant to ever predict anything more than .500 for a Big10 postseason.
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TampaBuckeyes
Assistant Coach
As much as i want to see the big ten going 6/8 in bowl games, making money isnt about winning, it is about covering the spread.
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