In the final three weeks.......

[husker70]

While we face TOSU, Nebraska faces off against Wisconsin.

When we face Nebraska, Wisconsin at Iowa

And on the final Saturday, We are going to Madison and Nebraska at Iowa.

This thing is wide open. There are no sure things.

This is Ohio State Week, Beat The Buckeyes. And when I think of beating the Buckeyes, I think of Jay Carroll.

 

[Ole]

While we face TOSU, Nebraska faces off against Wisconsin.

When we face Nebraska, Wisconsin at Iowa

And on the final Saturday, We are going to Madison and Nebraska at Iowa.

This thing is wide open. There are no sure things.

This is Ohio State Week, Beat The Buckeyes. And when I think of beating the Buckeyes, I think of Jay Carroll.

The longer we stay in this race the bigger the opportunity to win the West.
If it comes down to us and wisky in Madison that's just about as good as it gets.
This program has arrived to true B1G relevance, the opportunity is there, the players just need to take it.

 

[MaxyJR1]

Nebraska (4-1) = @WIS, MN, @IA
Wisconsin (4-1) = NE, @IA, MN
Minnesota (4-1) = tOSU, @NE, @WIS
Iowa (3-2) = @ILL, WIS, NE

Say the home teams win the next two weeks and MN loses to tOSU and Iowa beats Ill. Going into the last week.
Neb (5-2)
Wis (5-2)
MN (4-3)
IA (4-3)

IA beats NE on Black Friday and MN upsets WIS on Saturday. All would be 5-3. Now Iowa is just bad having lost to ISU, and getting routed by MN and Maryland, so they may not win another game. In that case MN needs to beat WIS and NE to have a shot.

 

[RailBaronYarr]

In that case MN needs to beat WIS and NE to have a shot.

Honestly, this is the only way we win the West. Even if we beat OSU, losing to either of those teams (even if only one of them) likely means we will lose a tie-breaker (giving the winner of NE or WI the benefit and saying they'd lose another game when it's very possible that one of those 2 may simply run the table).

I'm super excited for this weekend's game vs OSU. I'm hoping the combo of weather, OSU overconfidence, our health after a bye week and an easy game on the starters vs Iowa help us sneak one out. BUT.. we could lose vs them and still control our destiny vs NE/WI.

 

[MaxyJR1]

I think the best part of the Iowa game is we were able to play a lot of players and no one seemed to get injured. Oh and 51-14 is pretty good too.

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

The best part of this is that we will go into the last two weeks not only mathematically alive, but totally in charge of our destiny. There doesn't need to be any scoreboard watching, any praying for upsets, we just need to take care of business against the two teams we are in the race with.

 

[upnorthkid]

Nebraska (4-1) = @WIS, MN, @IA
Wisconsin (4-1) = NE, @IA, MN
Minnesota (4-1) = tOSU, @NE, @WIS
Iowa (4-1) = @ILL, WIS, NE

Say the home teams win the next two weeks and MN loses to tOSU and Iowa beats Ill. Going into the last week.
Neb (5-2)
Wis (5-2)
MN (4-3)
IA (4-3)

IA beats NE on Black Friday and MN upsets WIS on Saturday. All would be 5-3. Now Iowa is just bad having lost to ISU, and getting routed by MN and Maryland, so they may not win another game. In that case MN needs to beat WIS and NE to have a shot.

Out of these games, someone who is favored is going to drop one of these games at least. Whether it's Iowa dropping a game at Illinois or upsetting Wisky or NE at home, I think they're going to be the odd ball and change things in our favor. Also they are 3-2 right now, just a minor typo.

Any of these teams could go 0-3 down the stretch and just as likely they could go 3-0 (except Iowa because, well, they're Iowa). The thing that we have advantage in is that we already beat Iowa and hold the tiebreaker there and we have a cross divisional game that isn't going to be a crippler if we lose b/c we still hold our fate in our hands despite a loss. Add into that that one of Nebraska and Wisconsin will have 2 losses as well. I'm thinking Nebraska wins that one and we will be playing them with everything on the line. Here's to hoping Limey whips up another gameplan that demolishes them. This is gonna get real fun

 

[upnorthkid]

I think the best part of the Iowa game is we were able to play a lot of players and no one seemed to get injured. Oh and 51-14 is pretty good too.

This is key b/c Cobb seems fresher, hopefully we get some guys that sat out back, and Dontre Wilson for OSU is out post surgery. Seems like we could finally have the injury trend going the right way.