Matt, please elaborate on who are these multiple defenses outside of Iowa that Minnesota has put up yards against.
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Matt, please elaborate on who are these multiple defenses outside of Iowa that Minnesota has put up yards against.
The statement was that ISU likely hasn’t faced a defense tougher to score on than Iowa, which Minnesota has also faced.
Minnesota has also played Penn State and will face Wisconsin in two weeks. Both tough defenses with very active front 7’s and disciplined schemes.
Minnesota has also played Penn State and will face Wisconsin in two weeks. Both tough defenses with very active front 7’s and disciplined schemes.
So you were just talking out your butt,
okay.
https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/feidef/2019
Here is a pretty intensive formula of rating defenses adjusted for schedule. It seems to me that ISU has faced a much tougher schedule defensively that Minnesota.
Lol that's what I thought. Iowa State is Iowa's best win and it will end the season way
Minnessota is Iowa's best win....don't be silly
Wow. Hawks have played 5 of the top 17 defenses. Talk about a meatgrinder of a schedule.
Of course it is. They will finish the regular season either 10-2 or 11-2 and ranked in the top 15.
Beating PJ Fleck at home is better than beating Matt Campbell on the road? Especially when Vegas would have ISU favored on a neutral field. Don't be silly
Then how come we have the 4th hardest schedule in the country and yours is 18th?
Minnesota is a solid team this year. They proved that by beating Penn State and then having a game come down to the wire @ Iowa. With that being said, their schedule was incredibly favorable to allow them to be 8-0 before playing Penn State and then Iowa. The best team they played before that was probably SDSU or maybe Illinois.
And Illinois would be the second worst team in the Big 12, slightly ahead of Kansas
I think WVU, Illinois, and TTU are right around the same caliber this year and could be interchangeable when ranking each other. 4 of the 6 wins this year for Illinois have come to some of the worst teams in all of college football (Rutgers, UCONN, Purdue, and Akron) and then they obviously have that marquee win against Wisconsin. Their other win was Michigan State, whose best win is Indiana. Michigan State hasn't won a game in almost 2 months.
Do yourself a favor and don’t look at the offensive list...
Yeah I wouldn't dispute that. Like I said Illinois has a flukey type win against Wisconsin and then have beaten a load of nobodies. Credit to them though because they're usually losing to those types of teams.
The offenses in the Big 10 are not that good outside of Ohio State. Big 10 lovers will say the offenses are not great because the defenses are so good, while at the same time say that the Big 12's offenses are good because the defenses are so bad. It all equals itself out and I think it's a little bit of both.
