A very bad B1G West

[CyCrazy]

Going to be at #14 Penn State next week, than it's all West teams. If they win that one, without even playing a West team yet they will be the odds on fav. They should be ranked in today's poll update.

Iowa hosts Michigan next week. Will be interesting to see how they do against an actual ranked team. How good is Michigan, really? Romped through their cream puffs and than had to hang on to beat Maryland at home. Might be one of those 17-14 Big 10 "thrillers". Haven't seen them play a single down, are they really Top 10 or is that a name ranking?

I havent watched ScUM either this year because of who they have played. Still cant see Iowa winning, only 1 offensive td last night.

 

[cytor]

I don’t think Kill every really had it rolling all that much. He was .500 and they barely played any ranked teams. His winning percentage against ranked teams was worse than Rhoads. It took Rhoads last couple years’ collapse for Kills winning percentage against unranked teams to surpass Rhoads. Kill was obviously better than Brewster, but he largely won due to garbage schedules.

A typical theme for all teams in the B1G west.

 

[madguy30]

The crazy thing is their QB play has always been pedestrian at best, and then Mertz comes in as a highly rated QB and struggles.

I think Chryst isn’t good. It’s really hard to judge these west teams, though. It has been one of the bottom P5 divisions every year since it’s inception, and has even had years where G5 conferences have had higher SOS.

There has never been a divisional unbalance this large and for this long. Not even close. SEC East and Big 12 North had 3 year periods of being terrible, but that was it. This has been consistent and zero signs of any of the current west teams being competitive.

Chryst is about on par with Barry. Good to great years followed by down years.

 

[clonedude]

Can anyone really trust that Minny and Fleck are for real? I don't. They will end up losing to Northwestern or something.... just wait for it.

 

[Jer]

Going to be at #14 Penn State next week, than it's all West teams. If they win that one, without even playing a West team yet they will be the odds on fav. They should be ranked in today's poll update.

Iowa hosts Michigan next week. Will be interesting to see how they do against an actual ranked team. How good is Michigan, really? Romped through their cream puffs and than had to hang on to beat Maryland at home. Might be one of those 17-14 Big 10 "thrillers". Haven't seen them play a single down, are they really Top 10 or is that a name ranking?

Michigan is a legit Top 15 team, and probably in that 4-8 range. Their run game is great (Corum is a stud) but their passing game is either really good or really bad, not much in between. Their defense is pretty good but clearly struggled yesterday.

 

[Jer]

Can anyone really trust that Minny and Fleck are for real? I don't. They will end up losing to Northwestern or something.... just wait for it.

Even worse, they will probably **** the bed against Iowa.

 

[ISUAlum2002]

Even worse, they will probably **** the bed against Iowa.

They did a few years ago when they were 9-0 heading into the game against Iowa. Calling Iowa to end their undefeated season was one of the easiest of all time.

 

[theshadow]

2004 is the mark to beat:

TEAM	CONF	REG	CCG	BOWL	FINAL
Colorado	4-4	7-4	L 42-3 (OU)	W 33-28 (UTEP)	8-5
Iowa State	4-4	6-5		W 17-13 (MIA-O)	7-5
Nebraska	3-5	5-6		none	5-6
Missouri	3-5	5-6		none	5-6
Kansas	2-6	4-7		none	4-7
Kansas State	2-6	4-7		none	4-7

It's early, but there's a 6-way tie for first in the vaunted B1G West:

TEAM	CONF	ALL
Minnesota	1-1	4-1
Illinois	1-1	4-1
Purdue	1-1	3-2
Iowa	1-1	3-2
Nebraska	1-1	2-3
Northwestern	1-1	1-4
Wisconsin	0-2	2-3

 

[iahawks]

It's early, but there's a 6-way tie for first in the vaunted B1G West:

TEAM	CONF	ALL
Minnesota	1-1	4-1
Illinois	1-1	4-1
Purdue	1-1	3-2
Iowa	1-1	3-2
Nebraska	1-1	2-3
Northwestern	1-1	1-4
Wisconsin	0-2	2-3

This is the weakest the West has been. Usually they at least have a team or two ranked. Don't think we see anyone ranked the rest of the year this year.

 

[Acylum]

This is the weakest the West has been. Usually they at least have a team or two ranked.

Quite often undeservedly.

 

[MeowingCows]

This is the weakest the West has been. Usually they at least have a team or two ranked. Don't think we see anyone ranked the rest of the year this year.

Do you have to be scared of Wisconsin now sans Chryst?

 

[iahawks]

Do you have to be scared of Wisconsin now sans Chryst?

Yes, Leonhard is who they want as HC. It won't be much of a transition.

 

[heitclone]

How bad does a division have to be for this Nebraska team to be back in contention.

Mark Whipple on his frustration Saturday and Huskers belief to run the table

No coach on the Huskers staff has the perspective of Mark Whipple, a man who is in his fifth decade leading football teams.

www.wowt.com

 

[clonedude]

Yes, Leonhard is who they want as HC. It won't be much of a transition.

Wisky sucks this year whether Chryst or Leonhard is coaching them….. they’re awful.

 

[madguy30]

Yes, Leonhard is who they want as HC. It won't be much of a transition.

He has the same players with the same marginal defense so we'll see how it goes.

 

[BCClone]

This is the weakest the West has been. Usually they at least have a team or two ranked. Don't think we see anyone ranked the rest of the year this year.

You will see 1-2 teams rank, like usual, because they will claim they are beating up on each other and one will limp to wins over most of them.

 

[BCClone]

Yes, Leonhard is who they want as HC. It won't be much of a transition.

Then you should be fine since their offense has been at iowa level for a couple years.

 

[Nococy]

It's early, but there's a 6-way tie for first in the vaunted B1G West:

TEAM	CONF	ALL
Minnesota	1-1	4-1
Illinois	1-1	4-1
Purdue	1-1	3-2
Iowa	1-1	3-2
Nebraska	1-1	2-3
Northwestern	1-1	1-4
Wisconsin	0-2	2-3

this really does scream mediocrity

 

[Rogue52]

It’s hard to believe, but the Hawks probably have the hardest remaining schedule. If they lose to Illinois on the road, it will be tough to see any path for them to win the division.

 

[qwerty]

this really does scream mediocrity