I don’t think that will be the case if MN barely eeks out wins these next two weeks. Say they play ugly, trail at half in both, get outgained by NW (I can’t imagine it against Wisc, sorry), win one in OT and another late like they did against Purdue. Maybe Wisconsin or NW shoot themselves in the...
Spot on. Thanks for the nice breakdown. I’d say with the current B1G “placement” process, it seems likely MN ends up in Nashville or Vegas almost regardless of record since they haven’t been to either bowl in the current cycle.
Mich turned it over 5 times yesterday and won on a walk off FG. A&M was down 4 scores at half to 3-6 South Carolina and won by a point. GT walked off 1 win Boston College. I’d rather MN not be squeaking out those wins…but it’s better than losing and nothing unusual in CFB these days.
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Love that. I think it’s pretty well-established at this point that PJ doesn’t have a “schtick” — the RTB stuff, culture, family, service, etc. are 100% genuine. I’m not saying he’s a perfect human being, but it’s also pretty clear that none of what he professes to want for his players is...
Oregon a little dinged up, coming off a tough road game on a short week, DT might play (please), Gophers off a bye. I'll say closer than OSU and Iowa, but not a happy outcome:
Oregon 34
MN 17
Hadn’t looked ahead, but I totally agree with that. Both probably need to be looking at the 5 win rankings posted elsewhere on this board and hoping for a Detroit trip at this point.
IU, Notre Dame, Illinois, Cincinnati, Louisville all within ~2-3 hour drive. There’s plenty of talent in the area, but not that much — and getting them to come to the town of West Lafayette on top of out-recruiting all those schools is challenging.
And yes, academics at NW…plus traditionally...
Am I right that the DL who committed today is from Hutchinson as well? Did the highly ranked WR visit with those guys as well this weekend? I’m sure I could find this out, but I don’t really follow recruiting much.
Not too much to quibble about the top IMO, but I’d put Minnesota and Illinois in their own tier and move down NW and Purdue as others have noted. Both face serious recruiting challenges and have small dedicated fan bases. BTW, Indiana would’ve likely been in the Minnesota/Illinois tier if it...