ESPN Poll: B1G Coach of the Year

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I did the same. Go Coach Kill!
 

For the purposes of this poll they should have combined Claeys and Kill on the same line since it is not an official ballot. If you do that the U combo has a 5 point lead over Meyer. If the Gophers win out, one or both of them would have to get it in the conference. If the team loses out it would certainly go to one of the three leading candidates, if the Gophers split....could make for an interesting debate.
 

Is Big Ten Coach of the Year named prior to or after the championship game in Indy?

If it's named afterwards, it pretty much has to go to Meyer or Dantonio provided their team finished unbeaten in conference play & then won the title game.

But if it's named before, an argument for Claeys/Kill could be made as long as the Gophers win one of these final two games. Such a huge difference between 9-3 (with a win over Wiscy and/or Sparty) and 8-4 and .500 in the conference.
 

SelectionSunday said:
Is Big Ten Coach of the Year named prior to or after the championship game in Indy?

If it's named afterwards, it pretty much has to go to Meyer or Dantonio provided their team finished unbeaten in conference play & then won the title game.

But if it's named before, an argument for Claeys/Kill could be made as long as the Gophers win one of these final two games. Such a huge difference between 9-3 (with a win over Wiscy and/or Sparty) and 8-4 and .500 in the conference.
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I refuse to accept that the Gophers cannot win both remaining regular season games, and with a NW win Saturday, get the chance to play Ohio on a neutral field. If Sparty wins Saturday and we win, too, the winner of the M-MSU game remains in contention for the award, I think.
 


Let's post this on the ISU Cyclone site and see if we can get votes. I know we have some huge gopher fans there.
 

It's outrageous that people are talking up Meyer as having re-built a team because the team was 6-7 the year before he joined. Yes, going 12-0 last year and undefeated this year (so far) is impressive no matter where you are. But it's not AS impressive as MSU being 9-1 or the Gophers being 8-2. Meyer inherited a metric gripton of talent from a 6-7 squad, spends less on recruiting than many other B1G schools yet still lands top-10 classes with ease, and has a program with a long history of winning.

Andersen has done well to keep the Badger train rolling, and while the ASU game was a screw job (though still no certainty of a win given their kicking game), they are 8-2 right now. With loads of O-line and RB talent, and a strong senior defensive core. Not deserving of the award considering they are 3-time Rose Bowl team (with one year being a major asterisk, obviously).

This race shouldn't be "who has the best record" - they already have honors for that (playing in the B1G CG, winning it and going to the Rose Bowl). It should award a coach/staff for doing an amazing job improving a team or winning in ways they shouldn't. Pre-season polls had OSU at #2 and expected them to go undefeated, perhaps 1 loss. MSU and UMN are far different and have greatly outplayed the predictions. It's Kill/Claeys or Dantonio.
 

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