Here's how I see things playing out in the Big Ten as of this moment. I have eight teams making games after Wisconsin's win over Illinois.
Penn State: 12-0, 8-0 (BCS National Championship) — Either Texas or Alabama will lose, which means an undefeated squad coached by JoePa won't have 1994 repeat itself.
Ohio State: 10-2, 7-1 (Rose Bowl) — I will guarantee this happening if the Buckeyes win out because Illinois was a full game worse both overall and in the conference last year, and the Rose Bowl still wanted the Big Ten/Pac-10 battle.
Minnesota: 11-1, 7-1 (Capital One Bowl) — If that one loss wasn't to Ohio State, the Gophers might be a BCS squad.
Michigan State: 9-3, 6-2 (Outback Bowl) — Should feel fortunate if this is how it indeed plays out.
Iowa: 7-5, 4-4 (Champs Sports Bowl) — This depends on who selects first. For now, I'll assume it's Champs Sports, but if it is Alamo, then put the Hawkeyes in San Antonio.
Wisconsin: 6-6, 2-6 (Alamo Bowl) — Remember, it isn't about records, but money. Wisconsin fans have gotten use to going to Florida routinely.
Illinois: 6-6, 3-5 (Insight Bowl) — Would be a sea of orange in Tempe.
Northwestern: 7-5, 3-5 (Motor City Bowl) — Not as big a fan base as Wisconsin or Illinois.
In case you're wondering: I have PSU, OSU and Minnesota all winning out, Michigan State beating Wisconsin and Purdue, Iowa beating Illinois and Purdue, Wisconsin beating Indiana and Cal-Poly, Illinois beating Western Michigan and Northwestern, and Northwestern beating Michigan. That's how I got to these respective records.
— Brendan Stiles
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If Alamo picks first, Iowa goes to Alamo and Wisconsin goes to Champs Sports
If Champs Sports picks first, Iowa goes to Champs Sports and Wisconsin goes to Alamo
I'm gonna say Purdue beat Illinois. They are going to come off two straight losses (Wisconsin and us) and then they will take on W. Michigan, which they will win. They will lose to Ohio State...so I say the rest of Illinois season is over. Bummer.
Is the Gophers schedule extremely easy? Because that's the only way I could see them winning out. They've improved a lot but would have to play absolutely nobody in my mind to win out. Plus where's the love for the Hawks? No, I get you're being realistic and no matter how optimistic I wanna be, it's hard to see em beatin PSU. But I think they could beat the Gophers at home. Gonna have to check their schedule out to see how justified your Capital One Bowl pick for them is. Other than that I see your picks bein very solid.
How disappointing was that loss yesterday man??
I was in Champaign for the game. We dominated most of the game, but when you settle for field goals and can't punch the ball in the end zone it always comes back to bite you in the ass.
That's what happened to Iowa. When you settle for field goals in general you always risk a miss, and Mossbrucker's miss was huge.
After the comeback and 2-point conversion I thought we were going to win it. But then Parker decided to start playing soft on defense and only rush 3?
Are you fucking kidding me? Juice dinked-and-dunked all the way down the field. When they got to midfield I told my buddies game over.
And what happened?
Good night Hawkeyes. Our best bet now is 7-5, but I wouldn't be surprised at 6-6.
Unacceptable for a coach making $ 3million dollars a year.
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