MNVCGUY
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Loss to North Carolina sucked.....no sugarcoating that.....and based on what we have seen so far it feels unlikely that we upset Ohio State or Michigan. But outside of that....the West is still very much in play as the rest of the teams on our schedule have looked anything but impressive.
Northwestern - This is a bad team, a loss to them next week would be extremely disappointing.
Iowa - their offense is still a mess and their defense doesn't feel as dominant as it has been
Michigan State - Coaching turmoil, not that good to begin with
Illinois - Looks to have taken a pretty major step back from last year
Purdue - Has looked very mediocre to this point
Wisconsin - Have not been impressed by the Badgers in any of their games to this point.
To win the West the Gophers will need to go 6-0 or maybe 5-1 against these teams to do it. Won't be easy (Big Ten never is) but it also isn't impossible as none of these teams look very good to this point in the season and all of them (us included) have some pretty big flaws or weaknesses.
So in spite of the loss yesterday, all is not lost, and the possibility for a nice season is still very much in play. If the coaches and players are able to fix the things that need fixing over the remainder of the season.
Northwestern - This is a bad team, a loss to them next week would be extremely disappointing.
Iowa - their offense is still a mess and their defense doesn't feel as dominant as it has been
Michigan State - Coaching turmoil, not that good to begin with
Illinois - Looks to have taken a pretty major step back from last year
Purdue - Has looked very mediocre to this point
Wisconsin - Have not been impressed by the Badgers in any of their games to this point.
To win the West the Gophers will need to go 6-0 or maybe 5-1 against these teams to do it. Won't be easy (Big Ten never is) but it also isn't impossible as none of these teams look very good to this point in the season and all of them (us included) have some pretty big flaws or weaknesses.
So in spite of the loss yesterday, all is not lost, and the possibility for a nice season is still very much in play. If the coaches and players are able to fix the things that need fixing over the remainder of the season.