A very bad B1G West

[BoxsterCy]

I don’t think Iowa wins on the road this week at Rutgers.

Mich St is not good. Minnesota will crush them.
Ohio St will name the score against Wisconsin. That will be a bloodbath

^ Sort of my dream scenario as a Twin Cities guy.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

I don’t think Iowa wins on the road this week at Rutgers.

Mich St is not good. Minnesota will crush them.
Ohio St will name the score against Wisconsin. That will be a bloodbath

Minn is actually the exact team that sparty is built to beat. Our secondary sucks but the front 7 is pretty good. If Minn can’t bring a legit passing game and relies on their stuff RB it will be a game. Plus it’s not on the fing west coast where we are now 1-15 in school history

 

[JP4CY]

Purdue should easily be undefeated, the way they pissed the Syracuse and Penn St games down their leg should have Brohms seat warm, he's been awful so far this year.

I thought he was a good hire, I really did. He's in his sixth year though, and has an overall losing record there.

 

[Kinch]

Born on 3rd base.

Nah- they were born two feet from home base and the ball on the warning track.

 

[JP4CY]

Iowa is at -7.5 vs Rutgers. That is shocking to me.

Man, what does Vegas know that we don't?

 

[KidSilverhair]

Explosion of 337 yards………Incarnate Word doubled that on em lololololololololol

Heck it took Iowa three entire games (including one against Nevada) to get roughly the same amount of yards that Incarnate Word got against Nevada alone.

 

[Mr Janny]

Man, what does Vegas know that we don't?

Didn't I read somewhere that Rutgers has injuries at QB?

 

[Kinch]

It's been five years since Iowa last played Ohio State.
In those seasons, Iowa has had a 28-16 conference record. More than half of those wins have come against three teams.
During that time, they are 15-0 against Nebraska, Minnesota and Illinois. (Against every one else they are 13-16).
During that time, Iowa has losing seasons against Purdue (1-4), Northwestern (2-3) and Wisconsin (1-4). Even in a bad, bad, division, Iowa does not have a winning record against a majority of the Big 10 west teams.

 

[CyCloned]

300 yards is an offensive explosion?

Hey, twice as many yards as they got against ISU, even with the 3 TOs and 2 blocked punts.

 

[theshadow]

This years Big Ten West is worse than the worst old Big 12 North year.

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

 

[qwerty]

That does seem a little large. Maybe the analysis is something like Iowa 14, Rutgers 6.

What's the O/U? If it's anything more than 33, take the U.

Vegas line is Iowa 21 Rutgers 14. My prediction is Rutgers 13 Iowa 11, because why not.

 

[Clonefan94]

I think in the next 5 years you will see teams get demoted from the P2. A bunch of those schools don’t bring value and don’t deserve the money they’re getting.

I think the Big 10 would be up to their neck in viable lawsuits if this happened. Imagine being Rutgers, invited to the conference, going for years at partial pay, only to be booted. They won’t kick anyone out. If anything, the 30 or so big boys form their own conference.

 

[mkadl]

I think the Big 10 would be up to their neck in viable lawsuits if this happened. Imagine being Rutgers, invited to the conference, going for years at partial pay, only to be booted. They won’t kick anyone out. If anything, the 30 or so big boys form their own conference.

I have been shot down for suggesting that notion.

 

[keepngoal]

What the O/U for just Iowa?

 

[madguy30]

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

'05 and '06 weren't much better until Missouri and Kansas got good in 2007.

 

[DeereClone]

I think the Big 10 would be up to their neck in viable lawsuits if this happened. Imagine being Rutgers, invited to the conference, going for years at partial pay, only to be booted. They won’t kick anyone out. If anything, the 30 or so big boys form their own conference.

When they add ND and a few ACC schools they’ll drop the bottom feeders. They’ll do what they need to legally to get it done.

 

[cyclones500]

'05 and '06 weren't much better until Missouri and Kansas got good in 2007.

Mostly true, but at least in '05, 5 of the 6 in North had above-.500 regular season records.

Not a huge difference, but a smidgen better.

 

[GoldCy]

Man, what does Vegas know that we don't?

Where the money is

 

[madguy30]

It's been five years since Iowa last played Ohio State.
In those seasons, Iowa has had a 28-16 conference record. More than half of those wins have come against three teams.
During that time, they are 15-0 against Nebraska, Minnesota and Illinois. (Against every one else they are 13-16).
During that time, Iowa has losing seasons against Purdue (1-4), Northwestern (2-3) and Wisconsin (1-4). Even in a bad, bad, division, Iowa does not have a winning record against a majority of the Big 10 west teams.

I would have guessed a better conference record.

 

[madguy30]

Mostly true, but at least in '05, 5 of the 6 in North had above-.500 regular season records.

Not a huge difference, but a smidgen better.

Yeah it was a weird little era there as KSU dipped, Nebraska continued to fade and everyone else was just average or bad.