Preaseason BigTen Title Odds

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Ohio State 1.5-1
Penn State 2.5-1
Iowa 5.5-1
Michigan St 5.5-1
Illinois 6.5-1
Wisconsin 9-1
Michigan 12-1
Minnesota 25-1
Northwestern 26-1
Indiana 62-1
Purdue 80-1

Ohio St. seems high to me even though they have won the BigTen 4 years in a row. I think they were 2-1 last year so I'm not sure how they moved up from that after losing so much talent on both sides of the ball.
I like Minnesota as a long shot. Returning almost all of our key players, adding new exciting talent, opening TCF, seems like a good time to bet on the long shot:cool02:
This year may be the toughest year to pick a bigten winner. The big teams all lost a ton of talent so they are a bit of a mystery. Can a team like Minnesota, NW, or Illinois crack into the top spot this year? I doubt it, but it should be a very competitive league.
 

I think that is a pretty steep hill for the Gophers to climb.
At tUOS and Penn State. Indiana and Michigan off the schedule.
 

onwisconsin said:
I think that is a pretty steep hill for the Gophers to climb.
At tUOS and Penn State. Indiana and Michigan off the schedule.
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Yeah, that's why he said "long shot". He's not claiming we'll win it all, just that at 25-1 it might not be that bad of odds. I think there's plenty of room to argue some of these, but I'll leave that up to someone else. I don't see how Wisconsin and Michigan can each have more than double the odds of winning the B10 than Minnesota does, but that's just me.
 

Anyone who thinks Indiana has a better chance of winning the Big 10 than Purdue doesn't know much about either team.
 

JPIIGopher said:
Ohio State 1.5-1
Penn State 2.5-1
Iowa 5.5-1
Michigan St 5.5-1
Illinois 6.5-1
Wisconsin 9-1
Michigan 12-1
Minnesota 25-1
Northwestern 26-1
Indiana 62-1
Purdue 80-1

Ohio St. seems high to me even though they have won the BigTen 4 years in a row. I think they were 2-1 last year so I'm not sure how they moved up from that after losing so much talent on both sides of the ball.
I like Minnesota as a long shot. Returning almost all of our key players, adding new exciting talent, opening TCF, seems like a good time to bet on the long shot:cool02:
This year may be the toughest year to pick a bigten winner. The big teams all lost a ton of talent so they are a bit of a mystery. Can a team like Minnesota, NW, or Illinois crack into the top spot this year? I doubt it, but it should be a very competitive league.
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We have some good talent returning but are running an entirely new offense and it takes atleast a year before a QB is comfortable in a new offense and able to just react without having to think. This is what I see slowing us down this year more than anything as Weber has 3 different offenses and verbiage running through his head from his career.
 


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that's why he said "long shot". He's not claiming we'll win it all, just that at 25-1 it might not be that bad of odds.
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Correct.
Anyone who thinks Indiana has a better chance of winning the Big 10 than Purdue doesn't know much about either team.
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mnboiler, I am in the camp that thought Indiana should be slightly favored. I thought both teams were decimated talent wise and since Purdue has a new coach I would give the nod to IU....but not by much. Please explain why, I'm certainly no Purdue/IU expert.
I don't see how Wisconsin and Michigan can each have more than double the odds of winning the B10 than Minnesota does, but that's just me.
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When vegas sets the odds they really take the national perception of the team into consideration. I think Wisky is about right at 9-1, but Michigan at 12-1 is a joke. Is Michigan going to finish higher than the Gophs? I'd say they are about even right now. That's why I think Minnesota is a good value to bet on.

I would probably bet something like this: $75 Penn St at 2.5, $35 Illinois at 6.5, $25 Wisky at 9-1, and $10 Minny at 25-1.

The reason I have Penn St instead of Ohio St is that they play in Happy Valley this year. I don't see the buckeye's coming out of there with a W. I also like Iowa's team this year but their road schedule is too nasty to bet on.
 

16FeetUnder said:
Yeah, that's why he said "long shot". He's not claiming we'll win it all, just that at 25-1 it might not be that bad of odds. I think there's plenty of room to argue some of these, but I'll leave that up to someone else. I don't see how Wisconsin and Michigan can each have more than double the odds of winning the B10 than Minnesota does, but that's just me.
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Why the anger?
There was no shot at Minnesota there.
What is your problem?
 


onwisconsin said:
Why the anger?
There was no shot at Minnesota there.
What is your problem?
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I am not trying to argue with you, and I certainly wasn't angry. I was just saying realistically, I don't see WI being much, if any more talented than MN this year, yet they have significantly better odds. I can only see two reasons for this: The reasons GopherGod spelled out previously, and the $$. MN fans produce less bets than WI fans, so they have to give longer odds to swing the bets a little.
 



Yeah, that's why he said "long shot". He's not claiming we'll win it all, just that at 25-1 it might not be that bad of odds.


That sounds defensive and argumentative to me.
 

onwisconsin said:
Yeah, that's why he said "long shot". He's not claiming we'll win it all, just that at 25-1 it might not be that bad of odds.


That sounds defensive and argumentative to me.
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I think you have been spending too much time on the Badger boards if you find this defensive and argumentative.
 

GoldenGo4Fan said:
I think you have been spending too much time on the Badger boards if you find this defensive and argumentative.
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I don't think so.
If you look at my post, there was no MN sucks, Brewster's an idiot, you guys can't compete type of comment.
If anything, I am sympathizing with your tough schedule.
Anyone not named USC would have a tough road playing at PSU and tUOS and skipping a weak Indiana team and a probably still down Michigan.
The responding post was challenging in nature, and there was no need for that.

But honestly, who cares.
I was just making a neutral football observation. This is obviously not the place for that.

BTW, I am excited for your new stadium.
Good luck every week except Oct 3.
 

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