How many wins are left????

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Looking at our schedule I see 2 possible wins (UCLA and Rutgers) The rest I dont think we have a shot at, including Maryland.
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Oct. 5		USC Football Schedule11 USC TrojansHuntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
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Oct. 12		UCLA Bruins Football Scheduleat UCLA BruinsRose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA
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Oct. 19		OFF
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Oct. 26		Maryland Terrapins Football ScheduleMaryland Terrapins (HC)Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
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Nov. 2		Illinois Fighting Illini Football Scheduleat 24 Illinois Fighting IlliniMemorial Stadium, Champaign, IL
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Nov. 9		Rutgers Football Scheduleat Rutgers Scarlet KnightsSHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ
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Nov. 16		OFF
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Nov. 23		Penn State Football Schedule7 Penn State Nittany LionsHuntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
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Nov. 29		Wisconsin Badgers Football Scheduleat Wisconsin BadgersCamp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
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Dec. 7
Big Ten Football Schedule
Big Ten ChampionshipLucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN
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We don't have a shot against Maryland at home?.....

USC, PSU and maybe Illinois all look like they will be tough games to win. The rest are all very winnable and I don't think an upset in any of those first 3 is out of the question if the team plays well (especially Illinois).

There are no gimmies on the schedule but UCLA, Rutgers, Maryland and Wisconsin are all games this team can win if they play the way they are capable of playing.
 


USC is beatable, they’re 2-2 and they were down 21-10 to Bucky at halftime.
UCLA has got to be a sure W.
Maryland is Maryland, even when they’re decent they are prone to up and down weeks.
Illinois and Rutgers looking tough this year but with upstart teams one never knows what they’ll look like in a few weeks.
PSU is looking tough.
Wisconsin is terrible this year.

It is not the toughest remaining schedule. No OSU or Oregon.
 



There is one game I am highly confident in a win (UCLA) (80%)
One game I would be shocked by a win (Penn state) (10%)
One game where I would pick a loss but not surprised by a win (USC) (25%)
And four games I would consider close to pick Ems (Wisconsin, Maryland, Rutgers, Illinois) (50%)


I don’t remember my stats very well but I think that means my expected wins are between 3-4 but closer to 3.


5-7 or 6-6 finish I would guess
 

Tough call. We could give USC a game. They coasted in the first half against Wisconsin and made some bonehead plays. They still beat them by 17. It all depends on whether they play from the first whistle. It's a supremely talented team physically.

I'm not a Rutgers believer although Schiano is a very good coach. Badgers will show up against us and they have some weapons. Locke looked good in the first half at USC, but as I stated above, USC looked like they partied the night before and slept until an hour before game time. Illinois is very physical, but they can be had if we play well. I have to admit that Bielema knows how to play B1G football and has built a team that can play that style. Only game I see as pretty much unwinnable is Penn State, but there's a reason that they play the games on the field. Our O-line play has been terrible and if that doesn't improve, we may lose the rest of them.
 

Some guy said:
There is one game I am highly confident in a win (UCLA) (80%)
One game I would be shocked by a win (Penn state) (10%)
One game where I would pick a loss but not surprised by a win (USC) (25%)
And four games I would consider close to pick Ems (Wisconsin, Maryland, Rutgers, Illinois) (50%)
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This pretty much lines up with how I see the rest of the season as well. Could see us going in 6-1 or 1-6 and wouldn't be all that shocked at either mark given how the year has gone so far.
 

It all depends on if we start to use up-tempo on offense as our primary play calling scheme.

We nearly came back from being down 3-21 vs a top 15 team by switching to go up-tempo. If we stick with that I see us winning against the rest of the unranked opponents on the schedule (UCLA, Maryland, Rutgers, and Wisconsin). I could also see us pulling an upset against one of the ranked opponents too.
 



Still a decent chance with health and some improvement that we go 6-6 on the year with a bowl win for a winning season. Injuries will be key because no teams are that deep anymore.

It's a waste of our second bye having it right before Penn State. Take that extra week off to prepare for Wisconsin instead of Penn State. We have virtually no chance to beat them. If the Penn State game gets out of hand early, throw Drake Lindsey and other backups out there early to gain some experience and keep the first team healthy for Wisconsin. Penn State will beat on our defense with their battering ram running game. That would give some guys almost three weeks to get healthy for Wisconsin. A game we all really care about!
 

A max of 3 more wins. UCLA, Maryland & maybe Rutgers.

Slight chance: USC & WI. We're not going to beat WI at Camp Randall if we don't have an effective running game in place by then. I think USC's QB is too good & we won't get enough pressure.

No chance: PSU & IL. PSU has too much talent on both sides of the ball and Bielma owns PJ Fleck.
 

Some guy said:
There is one game I am highly confident in a win (UCLA) (80%)
One game I would be shocked by a win (Penn state) (10%)
One game where I would pick a loss but not surprised by a win (USC) (25%)
And four games I would consider close to pick Ems (Wisconsin, Maryland, Rutgers, Illinois) (50%)


I don’t remember my stats very well but I think that means my expected wins are between 3-4 but closer to 3.


5-7 or 6-6 finish I would guess
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Those four pick them games may fit the category for us, but I would be surprised if we are favored in any. Maybe Maryland at home following a bye. At Rutgers, at Illinois, at WI - those will all have the home team favored (Illinois likely heavily favored).

The UCLA game is a must win game for this team.
 

MNVCGUY said:
We don't have a shot against Maryland at home?.....

USC, PSU and maybe Illinois all look like they will be tough games to win. The rest are all very winnable and I don't think an upset in any of those first 3 is out of the question if the team plays well (especially Illinois).

There are no gimmies on the schedule but UCLA, Rutgers, Maryland and Wisconsin are all games this team can win if they play the way they are capable of playing.
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I predicted 6-6 before start of the season. They need to go 4-3 the rest of the way. I can see 2 wins for sure and 2 more tight games. There is still hope
 




Some guy said:
There is one game I am highly confident in a win (UCLA) (80%)
One game I would be shocked by a win (Penn state) (10%)
One game where I would pick a loss but not surprised by a win (USC) (25%)
And four games I would consider close to pick Ems (Wisconsin, Maryland, Rutgers, Illinois) (50%)


I don’t remember my stats very well but I think that means my expected wins are between 3-4 but closer to 3.


5-7 or 6-6 finish I would guess
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I think it's just 0.8+0.1+0.25+0.5+0.5+0.5+0.5 = 3.15 ?
 

Some guy said:
There is one game I am highly confident in a win (UCLA) (80%)
One game I would be shocked by a win (Penn state) (10%)
One game where I would pick a loss but not surprised by a win (USC) (25%)
And four games I would consider close to pick Ems (Wisconsin, Maryland, Rutgers, Illinois) (50%)


I don’t remember my stats very well but I think that means my expected wins are between 3-4 but closer to 3.


5-7 or 6-6 finish I would guess
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I'd actually put USC in your pick 'em group.
 


Catechol said:
USC is beatable, they’re 2-2 and they were down 21-10 to Bucky at halftime.
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USC is 3-1 not 2-2.

They ending up rolling UW 38-21. Also, they beat #13 LSU and lost to Michigan in the final seconds.

All that said, I hope they underestimate us and we get the W. From their Michigan game, they allowed 290 yards rushing and only 32 passing (because Michigan has RB playing QB) so while we were successful in the 2nd half throwing, I think the key to USC is going back to running the football and eating clock. USC's offense is better this year than last year with Caleb Williams only half-caring about the season. Their QB put up almost 400 yards on LSU and ~300 on both WI and MI so it will be unlike anything we have seen so far this year.
 

alaska said:
Looking at our schedule I see 2 possible wins (UCLA and Rutgers) The rest I dont think we have a shot at, including Maryland.
Saturday
Oct. 5		USC Football Schedule11 USC TrojansHuntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
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Oct. 12		UCLA Bruins Football Scheduleat UCLA BruinsRose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA
Saturday
Oct. 19		OFF
Saturday
Oct. 26		Maryland Terrapins Football ScheduleMaryland Terrapins (HC)Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
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Nov. 2		Illinois Fighting Illini Football Scheduleat 24 Illinois Fighting IlliniMemorial Stadium, Champaign, IL
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Nov. 9		Rutgers Football Scheduleat Rutgers Scarlet KnightsSHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ
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Nov. 16		OFF
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Nov. 23		Penn State Football Schedule7 Penn State Nittany LionsHuntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Friday
Nov. 29		Wisconsin Badgers Football Scheduleat Wisconsin BadgersCamp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
Saturday
Dec. 7
Big Ten Football Schedule
Big Ten ChampionshipLucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN
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December 7 is an obvious W
 


It's wild to me that people think USC is a pick 'em game when they are the #11 ranked team in the nation with a history of strong performance while we are like 6-40 against ranked teams in the last few decades with a history of losing even winnable games, including losing to a bad UNC game this year.
 

I think the Gophs have a realistic shot at winning every remaining game except at Penn State barring major injury or repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot (dumbass penalties, etc.). That doesn't mean they'll be favored in any of them.

Games vs Maryland, Illinois, Rutgers and Wisconsin are all match-up opponents. Gophs are probably better than UCLA. A win vs. USC would be an upset but not a massive one. A win vs. PSU this year would be a big upset.
 

SamSquatch said:
It's wild to me that people think USC is a pick 'em game when they are the #11 ranked team in the nation with a history of strong performance while we are like 6-40 against ranked teams in the last few decades with a history of losing even winnable games, including losing to a bad UNC game this year.
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Who has said it’s a pick em?
 

Panthadad2 said:
I think the Gophs have a realistic shot at winning every remaining game except at Penn State barring major injury or repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot (dumbass penalties, etc.). That doesn't mean they'll be favored in any of them.

Games vs Maryland, Illinois, Rutgers and Wisconsin are all match-up opponents. Gophs are probably better than UCLA. A win vs. USC would be an upset but not a massive one. A win vs. PSU this year would be a big upset.
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The gophers don’t play at Penn state
But I agree with almost everything you say here other than that
 

Some guy said:
Who has said it’s a pick em?
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yeah, saying we have a shot at the upset is not the same as calling the game a pick em. Obviously USC is going to be the heavy favorite and we will have to play a complete game in order to have any shot of beating them.
 



gopherbadgerman said:
Gopherholers on this thread.
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It's a pretty short thread.....I went back to the top.....don't see anyone saying the game is a pick em against USC. A few people (myself included) saying there is a chance we spring the upset but that is not the same as saying the game is a pick em which would imply that it could easily go to either team.

For us to beat USC we will have to play perfect and get some bounces to go our way. It could happen but it won't be easy. In spite of the long odds I think it is still worth showing up and giving it a shot.
 

There are a lot of delirious people in here....We are not good, and now that we added the Pac 10 teams we will be perennial bottom feeders. The only reason they stay in the Big 10 is to get TV money. It defiantly not because we will ever have shot winning in the Big 10
 

I think they get bowl eligible.
And I think they will beat at least one team they "aren't supposed to win"
 

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