Recent content by DarrenTheGreek

I like this idea but there is just no way that the University can legally endorse it by "permitting" fans to rush the field. They'd be opening themselves up to a lot of liability issues if something really bad happened. Right now they can legally say "Hey, we don't allow it and it's...

Good luck to the Johnnies and my Bethel Royals.

Some media members do not think enjoying a sporting event, especially one featuring the Minnesota Gophers, should be permissible.

It's around the 43-minute mark of the press conference. It was an interesting answer, and you could tell he was passionate about it.

Mom, dad and a few aunts were athletes at University. Wish him well.

It's pointless to forecast the 2026 season until the portal window is closed.

The one unknown is with the bowls all getting renegotiated this off-season, what is the Big Ten's preference for who they renew with? For instance, if the conference knows they're pretty much done with Pinstripe then they have no incentive to give that bowl a competitive game. But if they want...

QB's weren't brought in to play. No biggie that they didn't. Hard to grade the RB's since Turner was #2 and got hurt. WR's were probably a disappointment. But Tracy did end up being one of our main guys. I would say that's more of a C- than a fail. Biber was solid. B OL and DL....yeah...

Yeah that's dumb. Big Ten had a shared agreement with Gator & Music city from 2014-2019 (each bowl got a Big Ten team 3 times in a 6-year period) but the Gator Bowl and Big Ten parted ways after the 2019 season.

Agree....but Indiana has benefitted from having an annual matchup against Purdue. Their record before they became a power was higher than it should have been.

Standings for only East vs Pac games (since 2024) Indiana 4 0 1.000 Oregon 6 1 0.857 Ohio State 2 1 0.667 Penn State 3 2 0.600 UCLA 4 4 0.500 USC 3 3 0.500 Washington 3 4 0.429 Maryland 1 3 0.250 Michigan 1 3 0.250 Rutgers 1 4 0.200 Michigan State 0 3 0.000

Standings for only West vs Pac games (since 2024) Oregon 7 0 1.000 USC 6 2 0.750 Minnesota 2 1 0.667 Washington 3 2 0.600 UCLA 2 3 0.400 Illinois 1 2 0.333 Iowa 1 3 0.250 Wisconsin 1 3 0.250 Nebraska 1 3 0.250 Northwestern 1 3 0.250 Purdue 0 3 0.000

Standings for only East vs West games (since 2014) Ohio State 32 2 0.941 Michigan 28 6 0.824 Penn State 25 10 0.714 Iowa 21 13 0.618 Indiana 17 16 0.515 Wisconsin 16 17 0.485 Michigan State 15 18 0.455 Minnesota 15 19 0.441 Nebraska 15 20 0.429 Illinois 15 20 0.429...

Since 2014 I've been keeping annual stats of the East vs West division. The last 2 seasons I've added a hypothetical "Pac" division. Here are the results from 2025 as well as historical results. 2025 East vs West: East wins 15-10 West vs Pac: Pac wins 10-4 East vs Pac: Pac wins 9-4 2024...

I still think the conference has more say in who goes to the bowls than people realize. Since they announced their change in approach back in 2014 they've pretty much stuck to it. My prediction: Citrus: Michigan Reliaquest: Iowa Vegas: Illinois Music: Minnesota Pinstripe: Penn State Rate...