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We should be somewhere around 20 if we're 4-0 in 2 weeks and we'll be unranked if we lose one or more of those games. Until then our ranking doesn't mean much. These perceptions could hurt us later in the season though, the Gophers will likely get a worse bowl than other conference teams with...

The QB had way too much time to throw on the PI play. Only 1 play so not the end of the world but against such a bad team it would have been nice to not see that at all.

Beyond the short-term financial impact this is great for the reputation of the Big Ten and for recruiting. From what I can find about 30% of Americans don't pay for TV (streaming or cable) and that's only going to go up. Hopefully the better Big Ten teams will be viewed as prestigious national...

I wonder if over time things like this will replace things like the open practices and spring games to the point where you need to pay to get any sort of access to the players. If not this seems great, there are already a lot of opportunities you can pay for (or get through "donations") where...

Great article. While I'd still prefer the old style, if we get fully to the old-school baseball style that could be a lot of fun too. I'm imagining both conferences with 24 teams, 2 divisions of 12 each, play 11 conference teams a season (maybe in groups of 4, play your group every year, the...

2-2 against Iowa, Wisconsin, Penn State, and Michigan State and 7-2 in the other games counting a bowl game is about what I'd expect. I hope we could do better than that but I'd take another 9-4 season against a tougher schedule, especially if we can beat Iowa and/or Wisconsin.

I'm sure it will be a fun experience for the members but I'm surprised the university and school of music are supportive of the trip.

No way if it replaces a home game or an away Big Ten game. Not as bad if it replaces an away nonconference game but I still don't see the point. If the goal is to appeal to a non-traditional Big Ten audience why not just do a neutral site game in the southeast or Canada where football is already...

Not that it matters but that makes it a lot easier to rack up a really impressive record and ranking going into the last 2. If they play well 8-2 or better is doable and if they play like they did a few years ago they could be 10-0. If things shape up right earlier that Iowa game could be like...

Don't they plan the crossover games years in advance to make sure they are fair? I don't understand why they're changing them, but if it ends up breaking up the clump of home games I'll take it. 2020 was a weird enough season it shouldn't factor into future plans.

1. Traffic/parking were awful, it took 15 minutes to go the last 2 miles. Not all of the lanes in the ramp were open and they were only taking cards which slowed it down. 2. Really not a fan of the mask thing 3. The crowd has been quiet, although I'm guessing that's different for bigger games...

Agreed, I've been a casual fan since 2018-19 and came to this one, not sure if I'll be back this year. It's one thing to lose but losing by double digits at home is frustrating. The game day experience is worse than I remember which doesn't help either. I do like that they keep fighting, the...

I don't understand why they keep going back to the 3 when it isn't working.

They shouldn't be surprised when things get out of control later when they let them get away with that.

Offense looks better but the defense looks a lot worse.

Is the offense normally this bad? Not going to win too many Big Ten games scoring 24 points a half.

At the end of the day most of the blame falls on Fleck. He's in year 5 and recruited just about the whole team so if the players aren't good enough that's on him. He hired his coaches and coordinators so if they're the problem that's on him. There's been a pattern of playing down to the level of...

I think the big difference is that the baseball season is long enough that there's enough time for all of the unconventional decisions that have a minor benefit to add up and pay off. The football season is small enough and games are decided with few enough plays that you're much less likely to...

It seems unlikely that a team would be completely unable to play. We might see a few games with a ton of backups playing or guys playing out of position but with how big the rosters are most teams have enough people even if half of the team is sick or force to quarantine. The wording...

There is an exception that could potentially include games: As permitted by an athletic facility or by team policies, procedures, or rules. I'm guessing they're keeping it intentionally vague because they're considering it and don't want to hurt ticket sales. Football is probably safe because...