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How much better? Knowing what I know about the returnees and not knowing much at all about the newcomers (because, frankly, there isn't much out there to know), I wouldn't be surprised by 17-14 or 18-13 but I'd be surprised by 21-10.

That's not true. He did a little better than I thought he might but I figured he would be a starter and be able to score. I felt the same way as 60s Guy when he said "He'd done it" before. I believe that if one is a proven collegiate scorer, he has a pretty fair potential of adjusting and...

I think 4-0 might do it because that would include a win over MS St. and Washington on the road. Washington is getting some preseason Top 25 votes. Michigan (game 5) is squarely within the preseason top 25 right now so a loss to them at home may or may not drop us from the rankings if we are...

Those equal the same number of wins and the same winning percentage over three years. That wasn't the case in the comparison between Fleck and Fitzgerald. Fleck clearly has had a greater overall winning percentage at Minnesota than Fitzgerald had at Northwestern.

Well, you should know a thing or two about being dumb.

Nonsense. Judging a coach only by his best seasons is foolish. If a student gets two A grades, two C grades, and a D grade, he is not an A student. The only accurate way to fully evaluate a coach is on the overall record. A losing season is as depressing as a superior season is exhilarating.

Not every traditional Big Ten team. I found one right away that didn't. Pat Fitzgerald was Northwestern most successful coach of the last 50 years. He had a 52.1% winning percentage at Northwestern. Fleck has had a 60% winning percentage at Minnesota.

Yes, they were ranked for one week in 2022. It came after going 4-0 in the first four games with a 49-7 victory over Colorado in game 3 and a 34-7 victory over Michigan State in game 4. They lost to Purdue 10-20 in game 5 and were not ranked again that season.

They certainly do not have a tougher schedule in 2026 than they had in 2025. Sagarin rated last year's schedule as the toughest in the nation.

Because of their durable consistency, it's tough to bet against Iowa despite their significant personnel losses after last season. Their worst records of the last 10 years are two 7-5 regular seasons. I think they have enough unknowns and a reasonably tough conference schedule to end that way...

Love the Drake!

At first I thought BroncoRedux made that up but it's actually in the posted article. That seems like quite a leap at this point but maybe the author had some kind of unique vision.

I've suspected that the post on this board where Niko is calling for reform, maybe a collective bargaining agreement, is an oblique way of admitting that. We may have more money to pay players than we've ever had before but so do all of our competitors and we likely have lower tier money when...

I'm going to take a "wait-and-see" approach on that. I like the defensive potential. They were decent last season although not as good as the best Fleck defensive teams (21, 22, 24). They just needed to get a little better and maybe they've done that. The offense on the other hand was...

Thank you! I had that exact question.