Like I said if we played average ball we would’ve rolled BG too. I don’t see how Taulia will get overly hot with his best and second or third best wrs out. We have to play poorly to lose this game.
Artificially inflate expectations so you can whine if they don't meet them - fraud!
I don't know that it is fair to call the 2016 season disappointing. It was a fairly soft schedule but regardless, we won the games we were supposed to and lost the games we were expected to during the regular season. The only surprising result was the Bowl Game. In the end we finished with a winning record in conference play and that is always a good thing.
Yep.
With the 3rd-string Center, playing the game of his life.
We have the same record, but they have had an easier schedule. We definitely aren't good enough to just show up and expect to win. Felt like that's what happened against Bowling Green, the whole game we looked like we knew we were the better team and just eventually expected the score to sort itself out. If we do that, we can (and probably will) lose to Maryland. That said, I think we are enough of a better team (and the Sagarin ratings seem to back this up), that if Maryland beats us, it will be because we gave them a lot of help.
Maryland always has a decent running game. They have 3 good running backs, all pretty big and powerful. Our run defense this year has been exceptional. One of the better run defenses in the country, not just the B1G. We just need to keep at it.
That 30 sack total jumped out at me as well but something felt off about it. The reality is the stats on BigTen.org are wrong. They show Maryland as having played 8 games as opposed to the 6 they have actually played. They also have Illinois with only 5 games to this point as opposed to the 7 they have played so maybe they put some Illinois Stats in the Maryland column or something along those lines. Looking again they also show Rutgers as having played 9 games so who knows what is going on with them right now.
Thanks, I was shocked by the 30 sacks number and confused by the variation in games played in the team stats list. But the B1G is publishing the numbers as official, so …
Gotta be about Wisconsin’s defense. If Bell plays for Purdue, and O’Connell has time to throw, I think Purdue has a chance. Wisconsin will stop Purdue’s rushing attack cold. But it seems like the odds makers aren’t giving enough respect to Purdue’s defense, which has been very solid this year and could suppress WI’s tepid offense. Unless a different Mertz shows up, I think Purdue can hold WI to 17-20 points. Heck, Army held WI to 20 points last week. So, the odds seem to be a bet that WI’s great defense is able to thoroughly disrupt Purdue’s aerial circus offense. Should be a fun game. Apart from OSU, the Big Ten is really interesting this year!
Huh?
Funny thing is, tape doesn't tell them much. There is no tape of Sanford's thought process. You can see on tape we are capable of playing offense like the 2019 team but you can also find evidence to the contrary.
Tagovailoa has good stats but that INT number jumps off the page for me.
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5 ints against Iowa in game with a negative game script is an outlier, so I'm withholding judgement on his propensity for picks as of now.
Five of his INTs came in one game, against Iowa. In the other five games, he wasn’t as bad/unlucky.
Very true, doesn't negate that he still threw them. One was tipped and the others looked pretty bad, and he had good time to throw. Opportunity for Gophs defense.
Agree. I think we will hem in Maryland’s running game. Tagovailoa will throw 40 passes. Hopefully a lot of incompletes and 3 or 4 picks!
