I will keep a record of the 21 Big Ten crossover games and see which division comes out on top.

(4/5 star recruits)

BIG GAMES
9/2
Ohio State (54) vs.
Minnesota (7)

9/3
Michigan State (9) vs.
Northwestern (6)

9/4
Temple (3) vs.
Rutgers (6)

Penn State (39) vs.
Wisconsin (11)

W. Michigan (0) vs.
Michigan (36)

Fordham (0) vs.
Nebraska (20)

Indiana (8) vs.
Iowa (7)

West Virginia (5) vs.
Maryland (13)

Oregon State (7) vs.
Purdue (7)

UTSA (2) vs.
Illinois (8)

Other notable games

North Carolina (28) vs.
Virginia Tech (15)

Alabama (65) vs.
Miami (fl) (45)

Louisiana (2) vs.
Texas (28)

Georgia (65) vs.
Clemson (51)

LSU (48) vs.
UCLA (19)

Notre Dame (46) vs.
Florida State (29)

Temple vs. Rutgers has officially been rescheduled for Saturday. To our friends to the east, please stay safe over there along with our friends in the south.

Stroud looked a little rattled and not very confident with quite a few of his throws.
I'll chalk this up to first start jitters, especially at a road game in a really great environment, well done Minnesota!

Minnesota is solid and I can't wait to see them play again. They have a really nice offensive line and i like their WR's.

Go Bucks!
Golden Gophers!

Big Ten, East vs. West challenge

East - 1
West - 0

(09-03-2021 07:20 AM)cubucks Wrote:  Big Ten, East vs. West challenge

East - 1
West - 0

I think the west hosts the extra game this year. Keep that in mind if the records are more in favor of the west.

I wonder if Thursday's game says more about Minnesota or more about Ohio State. I hope more about Minnesota. We'll find out next Saturday when Ohio State hosts Oregon. Unless Minnesota really is 2019 Minnesota, OSU can't play like they did yesterday vs. the Ducks. This is why you don't open with conference games. At least Ohio State got lucky. Look at Penn State last year at Indiana and LSU to Mississippi State (at HOME!) You need to schedule a scrub so those rookie mistakes don't hurt as much.

(09-03-2021 06:05 PM)schmolik Wrote:  I wonder if Thursday's game says more about Minnesota or more about Ohio State. I hope more about Minnesota. We'll find out next Saturday when Ohio State hosts Oregon. Unless Minnesota really is 2019 Minnesota, OSU can't play like they did yesterday vs. the Ducks. This is why you don't open with conference games. At least Ohio State got lucky. Look at Penn State last year at Indiana and LSU to Mississippi State (at HOME!) You need to schedule a scrub so those rookie mistakes don't hurt as much.

Last year is a little different relative to every other year, but I generally agree. However, everyone should be dealing with the rookie mistakes with it being almost everyone's first games and a school like Ohio State should be able to "out talent/athlete" their way to victory against an average team despite the mistakes.

Well if you missed the first half of Penn State-Wisconsin, you didn't miss anything Unlike you like defense.

Way to go Penn State! An 11-1 season is not out of the question and that should get PSU to the Rose Bowl. Still have to go to Iowa though.

(09-04-2021 04:10 PM)schmolik Wrote:  Way to go Penn State! An 11-1 season is not out of the question and that should get PSU to the Rose Bowl. Still have to go to Iowa though.

I hope people realize how good of a victory that was today. Camp Randall was rocking!

Where are our Rutgers peeps? Putting up 61 today thanks to a defensive gem!

Maryland > Big XII

Nebraska upsets Fordham today, nobody saw that coming!

That was a statement win for Iowa today over Indiana.