Thank you, thank you, thank you. It is finally here. My favorite season. College football. I can't honestly name my second favorite (NCAA BB use to be until the late 90s when a kid from Monticello decided he was too good to go to class for a couple weeks so he could play out the string, instead he played video games and turned pro...no thanks).
Here goes my picks for this year's Big Ten Football season. You can bank on at least one of these to be correct by year's end.
1. Michigan, 12-0 (will eventually run into a buzz-saw vs. LSU, USC or Oklahoma)
2. Ohio State, 9-3 (all 3 losses will be to teams beginning with M)
3. Iowa, 9-3, (easy schedule...no Michigan or OSU, Drew Tate is gone, that's 5 wins right there)
4. Minnesota, 8-4 (4 easy NC games, plus 6 winnable BT games should equal 8 wins and a trip to Alamo/Outback)
5. Penn State, 8-4 (Best team in PA, that's for sure...will beat the teams they are supposed to, that's it)
6. Purdue 6-6 (Does anyone care about Purdue...really?)
7. Illinois, 5-7 (Ron Zook continues to pile up sweet recruits and sub-.500 records...something's gotta give)
8. Michigan State, 5-7 (Best looking team on paper, worst looking team come November)
9. Northwestern 3-9 (can you say water finding its proper level?)
10. Indiana, 2-10 (some say Bowl team, I say Bowel Movement)
11. Wisconsin, 0-12 (Bielema fired in November)
Never had so much fun writing #11....boy that felt good.
All kidding aside Michigan wins BT. No one else will matter come November. The BT will be a non-factor except Michigan. They will get to the BCS game and get mounted on some living room wall by some superior team like LSU, USC or Oklahoma.
There will be one surprise: Minnesota (Picked last by everyone except me)
One dissapointmet: Wisconsin (see Iowa last year...okay they won't be 0-12)
Hot Seat Coaches:: Joe Tiller & Lloyd (I'm arrogant enough to believe that we don't have to play Minnesota on a Friday night in case the Twins make the playoffs, they'll have to come to Michigan to play instead) Carr
One final prediciton: I won't do a BT Basketball preview. Maybe WCHA for all you puck-heads.
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Minnesota at 8-4?
Tony, your allegiance to your A.M. has led to delusions of grandeur. Is there one player on this team who could start for any top 5 team in the BT? Doubtful!
If MN does better than 4-8, its lunch at Capp's.
Bill
Is there any one play on this team that could start for any top five team in the BT?
First of all, we are a top five BT team, so hopefully all of the starters could start for them...haha.
Here are a list of studs:
Adam Weber (QB..turned everyone down to play for the U)
Dom Barber (all BT safety...have you heard of his brother?)
Willie Vandesteeg (DE, led BT in Sacks last year)
Amir Pinnix (RB, if he didn't share time with two other studs -- Bennett, the next Maroney and Thomas.
Jack Simmons (TE, one of Mason's best recruits had 200 yard game against Texas Tech)
Our entire Offensive Line (Ruckdashel, Shidell, Burris, Brinkhaus and DeGeest). 4 of 5 return from last year. Burris beat out Tavale who started the whole season..they should be fun to watch.
Okay, that's 10. My hands hurt from typing. Can I stop now?
As for A.M. Mine plays in the BT. Yours escapes me like a JackRabbit. Next?
I think you have Wisconsin over-rated!
I have a feeling the Gophers hoops team has more upside to expectations than the football team. Brewster sounds good and he may get there
eventually, but he still doesn't have a ton of talent. I was not happy that the AD spoke negatively about Brewster's idea to add a big name team to the schedule.
Nice Badger prediction! Don't you have a life?
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