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No I'm not thinking of the old re-run of the Purdue game

Today:

4 PM - rerun of last years Wisc game

5 PM - 1 hour discussion on the BTN West.
 

Rog said:
No I'm not thinking of the old re-run of the Purdue game

Today:

4 PM - rerun of last years Wisc game

5 PM - 1 hour discussion on the BTN West.
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Bring back the Purdue game.
 


MN-IA or MN-MI too dang much to ask for?! BTN is a joke..
 



Interesting on the B1G West edition that neither Gerry or Howard picked the Gophers to be in the top 2 in the West. Gerry had them at 3 and Howard at 4 (going to assume 4...it was only a top 3 and I can't imagine he'd have them worse than 4th). Considering these guys make the rounds to each school during spring/fall camp and should have a great deal of insight...this take was interesting.
 

pharmacygopher said:
Interesting on the B1G West edition that neither Gerry or Howard picked the Gophers to be in the top 2 in the West. Gerry had them at 3 and Howard at 4 (going to assume 4...it was only a top 3 and I can't imagine he'd have them worse than 4th). Considering these guys make the rounds to each school during spring/fall camp and should have a great deal of insight...this take was interesting.
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It seems to me they were basing a lot of it on who everyone played in crossover games. We have the toughest with OSU and Michigan.
 

pharmacygopher said:
Interesting on the B1G West edition that neither Gerry or Howard picked the Gophers to be in the top 2 in the West. Gerry had them at 3 and Howard at 4 (going to assume 4...it was only a top 3 and I can't imagine he'd have them worse than 4th). Considering these guys make the rounds to each school during spring/fall camp and should have a great deal of insight...this take was interesting.
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Out of curiosity, who did Howard have in 3rd ahead of us? I suppose Iowa has the benefit of getting division crossover games against probably 2 of the 3 worst teams in the East, but I guess I sort of thought everyone had Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin as the top 3 in some order.
 

GophersInIowa said:
It seems to me they were basing a lot of it on who everyone played in crossover games. We have the toughest with OSU and Michigan.
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I think one could argue that Illinois's crossovers with Ohio State and Penn State could be a slightly bigger obstacle in the Illini's path to Indianapolis :D
 




Gopher028 said:
MN-IA or MN-MI too dang much to ask for?! BTN is a joke..
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They will not replay the game that Hoke played a player that could have been seriously injured.

Hoke should have been fired after that game if Illinois can fire a coach a week before the season started. He put a kid who was obviously concussed into a game even for one play it jeopardized that kids health And such BTN would not replay such a beat down for the kids protection
 

Cayman said:
Out of curiosity, who did Howard have in 3rd ahead of us? I suppose Iowa has the benefit of getting division crossover games against probably 2 of the 3 worst teams in the East, but I guess I sort of thought everyone had Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin as the top 3 in some order.
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Iowa
 




How does BTN's contract with ESPN work? I know they show the games in the week after they happen, but for the most part, they only replay ESPN/ABC games from years ago.

Looking through the list of games aired in the next couple days, I see:

Illinois at Ohio State - 11/10/07
Ohio State vs. Oregon - 1/1/10
Michigan at Ohio State - 11/29/14
2011 B1G Championship: Wisconsin vs. Michigan State - 12/3/11
Notre Dame at Michigan - 9/10/11
Michigan at Ohio State - 11/18/06
Notre Dame at Michigan State - 9/18/10
Minnesota at Wisconsin - 11/29/14
Michigan vs. Florida - 1/1/08
Wisconsin at Illinois - 10/6/07
Penn State at Iowa - 11/8/08

Only one of those - Michigan at Ohio State, 11/29/14 - is an ABC/ESPN game from the past three seasons. Everything else aired on FOX or BTN, or is more than 3 years old.

I wonder if their contract with ESPN allows them to re-air games for a certain amount of time (a couple weeks?), and then they become exclusive ESPN property for a time before getting opened back up again (and perhaps they paid add'l for the rights to that Michigan-Ohio State game?). Seems convoluted and I'm likely wrong, but that would explain why Iowa and Michigan from last season aren't replayed.
 

GophersInIowa said:
I don't get the love Iowa is getting from some people. You never know with them, but their fans seem to think it could be pretty bad.
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Maybe people are anticipating the fact that Iowa is best when nobody thinks they will be anything special. Personally, I'm more scared of dark horse Iowa than hyped Iowa.
 

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