Predicting every Big Ten football team’s 2022 record (Minnesota: 8-4, 5-4 BIG)

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Minnesota: 8-4, 5-4 BIG)

Minnesota head football coach P.J. Fleck waves to the University of Iowa ChildrenÕs Hospital after the first quarter against Iowa during the NCAA Big 10 conference football game on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

Minnesota might rival Illinois for the strangest season in 2021. This is a team that lost to Bowling Green at home yet beat Wisconsin to take the Big Ten West crown away from the Badgers (and give it to Iowa).

Quarterback Tanner Morgan and running back Mohamed Ibrahim are back in the Twin Cities as the offense will have familiar personnel. The defense improved last season and will have to continue that upward trajectory.

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Predicting every Big Ten football team’s 2022 record

An early look at the state of the Big Ten in 2022
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Go Gophers!!
 






Wait until after Fall practices when the starting rotations and team depth are set to make a prognostication.

It's lazy pajama pants sports journalism at its worst. "We need a space filler. Okay, let's do one on the Gophers." Same pig slop, different year.
 

BilldGopher said:
Actually dumber after reading this one. Thought there might be more so there's a click I wish I could take back...
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Yeah, sometimes there is a nugget or two to be found but in this case it was just cut and paste garbage.
 


look - if you're a national or even regional writer, and you're looking at the Gophers - this is what you see at a glance:

big graduation or NFL losses in the OL and DL. Other losses on Defense at LB and CB.

so, the "snap" conclusion is "Gophers lost a lot on the lines.

those type of writers are not doing a deep dive into the depth chart.

so, based on that, 8-4 is a fairly acceptable - and safe - prediction.

nothing worth getting worked up about.
 



short ornery norwegian said:
look - if you're a national or even regional writer, and you're looking at the Gophers - this is what you see at a glance:

big graduation or NFL losses in the OL and DL. Other losses on Defense at LB and CB.

so, the "snap" conclusion is "Gophers lost a lot on the lines.

those type of writers are not doing a deep dive into the depth chart.

so, based on that, 8-4 is a fairly acceptable - and safe - prediction.

nothing worth getting worked up about.
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It is nothing to get worked up about.
They also predict Nebraska to go 8-4 because "well, this could be their year, right?"
It's all garbage until the B1G season has begun.
 

Every year there seem to be a number of these predictions that appear to have 5 seconds worth of analysis underlying them......
 
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short ornery norwegian said:
look - if you're a national or even regional writer, and you're looking at the Gophers - this is what you see at a glance:

big graduation or NFL losses in the OL and DL. Other losses on Defense at LB and CB.

so, the "snap" conclusion is "Gophers lost a lot on the lines.

those type of writers are not doing a deep dive into the depth chart.

so, based on that, 8-4 is a fairly acceptable - and safe - prediction.

nothing worth getting worked up about.
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Are the predictions slowly creeping up from 6-6 every year to now 8-4? I guess that would be progress.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
look - if you're a national or even regional writer, and you're looking at the Gophers - this is what you see at a glance:

big graduation or NFL losses in the OL and DL. Other losses on Defense at LB and CB.

so, the "snap" conclusion is "Gophers lost a lot on the lines.

those type of writers are not doing a deep dive into the depth chart.

so, based on that, 8-4 is a fairly acceptable - and safe - prediction.

nothing worth getting worked up about.
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If the team goes 8-4, it means over .500 in conference.


That’ll make it the best 4 year stretch since the 60s.
 



short ornery norwegian said:
look - if you're a national or even regional writer, and you're looking at the Gophers - this is what you see at a glance:

big graduation or NFL losses in the OL and DL. Other losses on Defense at LB and CB.

so, the "snap" conclusion is "Gophers lost a lot on the lines.

those type of writers are not doing a deep dive into the depth chart.

so, based on that, 8-4 is a fairly acceptable - and safe - prediction.

nothing worth getting worked up about.
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Still a dink though!
 

Word said:
Are the predictions slowly creeping up from 6-6 every year to now 8-4? I guess that would be progress.
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Yep, in general we seem to be viewed now as a fringe contender as opposed to an also ran in these pre-season predictions.....so yeah, it has moved in the right direction :)
 

MNVCGUY said:
Same cut and paste BS everyone has this time of year. Wisconsin and Iowa at the top, Nebraska finally figures it out, Minnesota next tier with the rest following in behind.....rince....lather....repeat.
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Perhaps you're correct.

But look at the last two decades...Wisky and Iowa are consistently the two best teams.

Until the Gophers beat Iowa, it won't change.
 


Boomtime said:
Perhaps you're correct.

But look at the last two decades...Wisky and Iowa are consistently the two best teams.

Until the Gophers beat Iowa, it won't change.
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Yes but then there needs to be consistent W's, not just once every 5 years.

But in the meantime, the records speaks for itself.
 

Bayfieldgopher said:
Yes but then there needs to be consistent W's, not just once every 5 years.

But in the meantime, the records speaks for itself.
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What about Nebraska? They've hardly had any W's in the last few years and they are still ranked ahead of MN in this list.
 

jonnyganas said:
What about Nebraska? They've hardly had any W's in the last few years and they are still ranked ahead of MN in this list.
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But the head to head is 5-5 in the 10 seasons the Nebraska has been in the B1G. So over that period of time we've been "even"

Now there is something to be said about the fact that in the last 5 years the record is 4-1 for the gophers, but I don't know that that has as much sway in writer's minds.
 

Unregistered User said:
He has the B10 going 70-58 against itself.

That's not how it works.

Every win has to be offset with a loss.

Talk about throwing s*&% at the wall.
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Somehow, MI and wi play 10 conference games also. According to this dimwit at least! Noticed he writes for a skunk website so that explains a lot!
 

Taji34 said:
But the head to head is 5-5 in the 10 seasons the Nebraska has been in the B1G. So over that period of time we've been "even"

Now there is something to be said about the fact that in the last 5 years the record is 4-1 for the gophers, but I don't know that that has as much sway in writer's minds.
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These articles are all about "clicks" and selling advertising in the off season.

Unfortunately, Minnesota doesn't have the reputation for a good fan following, so we're not getting many kind words in most cases.

Win the West and grab the bandwagon fans and that can change.

Until then...we're always middle of the pack.
 

Lack of internal logical consistency in this article. As one commentator already pointed out, the aggregate B1G wins and losses predicted don't balance. The author predicts a 5-4 B1G record for the Gophers, but if you read his predictions for our B1G opponents and review the opponents' schedules, it appears that he has us losing to Michigan State, Penn State, Iowa, Wisconsin ... and Nebraska (if Nebraska will have a 6-3 record). Thus, he really has the Gophers at a 4-5 B1G record (we beat Purdue, Illinois, Rutgers and Northwestern only). What do I think? If our OL comes together, and at least two of Mo, Trey and Bryce are healthy at RB, we win at least 6 or 7 B1G games.
 

Unregistered User said:
He has the B10 going 70-58 against itself.

That's not how it works.

Every win has to be offset with a loss.

Talk about throwing s*&% at the wall.
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Maybe this explains the why the Big Ten struggles in bowl games from time to time. Turns out the conference beats itself more often than it loses to itself. 🤯
 

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