Just hope OSU loses. These Big 14 homer announcers are making me hurl.

Nebraska is the only program surprising me right now. I’m confident Frost will get it together. Maryland got beat by a hungry team. Rutgers can check out at this point, they’ve accomplished their institutional goal.

(09-15-2018 08:07 PM)Gamecock Wrote:  The Big Ten is bad right now. Just a result of the same problems everyone has been pointing to for a while

Yes, the B1G is bad right not, but blaming conference expansion (like some people) for the woes of several teams just isn't realistic.


The problems come from many of the B1G teams needing to get better, faster, more talented kids at the skill positions...... which has nothing to do with adding Rutgers.

(09-15-2018 05:50 PM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote:  Not to use this as an excuse but three starting OL, including both tackles, did not play today for Maryland.

Makes me feel better about Texas. Temple got whipped by Villanova and Buffalo the last two weeks.

(09-15-2018 05:57 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  What brought Nebraska football down was Texas insistence of banning partial qualifiers in the Big XII. The Big Eight had no such policy. That was the beginning of the Texas-Nebraska feud that lasted until 2011

https://www.omaha.com/huskers/blogs/new-...df934.html

But the NCAA banned them just a couple of years later.

Nebraska's great 95 team had more partial qualifiers than any other CONFERENCE in the country. They had something like 23 with the next school having 8.

Akron takes down Northwestern too!

Quo does your power rankings run in negative numbers too?

BYU 24 Wisconsin 21
Kansas 55 Rutgers 14
Temple 35 Maryland 14
Troy 24 Nebraska 19
USF 25 Illinois 19
Akron 39 Northwestern 34
Missouri 40 Purdue 37

Big 10 P5 Membership Status

Expelled__X__
Retained______

Purdue is the one team I do feel for. 0-3 and they’re 3-5 plays from being 3-0.

Final scores:

WINS:
#4 Ohio State 40. - #15 TCU 28
#11 Penn State 63 - Kent State 10
#19 Michigan 45 - SMU 20
Indiana 38 - Ball State 10
Minnesota 26 - Miami (OH) 3
Iowa 38 - Northern Iowa 14

IDLE:
#25 Michigan State

LOSSES
BYU 24 - #6 Wisconsin 21
Troy 24 - Nebraska 19
South Florida 25 - Illinois 19
Missouri 40 - Purdue 37
Kansas 27 - Rutgers 14
Temple 35 - Maryland 14
Akron 39 - Northwestern 34

(09-15-2018 11:03 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  Final scores:

WINS:
#4 Ohio State 40. - #15 TCU 28
#11 Penn State 63 - Kent State 10
#19 Michigan 45 - SMU 20
Indiana 38 - Ball State 10
Minnesota 26 - Miami (OH) 3
Iowa 38 - Northern Iowa 14

IDLE:
#25 Michigan State

LOSSES
BYU 24 - #6 Wisconsin 21
Troy 24 - Nebraska 19
South Florida 25 - Illinois 19
Missouri 40 - Purdue 37
Kansas 27 - Rutgers 14
Temple 35 - Maryland 14
Akron 39 - Northwestern 34

They finished the day 1-2 against the P5 and 5-5 against the G5 or less.

(09-15-2018 03:58 PM)seaking4steel Wrote:  Nebraska just got a new coach, give them time.
Maryland did beat Texas two weeks ago, but they are in a hot mess with the Durkin scandal.
And Rutgers is Rutgers. Expanding to include teams in big markets has not worked out at all. C-USA knows a lot about that.

On Rutgers, I think what they gained besides the TV market (they pay for themselves) is dominance of the rich New Jersey recruiting. The Buckeye's QB was born in the Garden state and spent time in Maryland.

Unfortunately for Rutgers not very many of those Garden State 3-4-5 star recruits are choosing them, preferring the likes of Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan and Northwestern. But at least those kids are no longer going to the ACC and SEC.

(09-15-2018 11:37 PM)Stugray2 Wrote:  

(09-15-2018 03:58 PM)seaking4steel Wrote:  Nebraska just got a new coach, give them time.
Maryland did beat Texas two weeks ago, but they are in a hot mess with the Durkin scandal.
And Rutgers is Rutgers. Expanding to include teams in big markets has not worked out at all. C-USA knows a lot about that.

On Rutgers, I think what they gained besides the TV market (they pay for themselves) is dominance of the rich New Jersey recruiting. The Buckeye's QB was born in the Garden state and spent time in Maryland.

Unfortunately for Rutgers not very many of those Garden State 3-4-5 star recruits are choosing them, preferring the likes of Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan and Northwestern. But at least those kids are no longer going to the ACC and SEC.

OSU QB Haskins attended HS in Potomac, MD, just outside of DC, and originally committed to play for Maryland but changed his mind after HC Randy Edsall was fired.

(09-16-2018 12:58 AM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote:  

(09-15-2018 11:37 PM)Stugray2 Wrote:  

(09-15-2018 03:58 PM)seaking4steel Wrote:  Nebraska just got a new coach, give them time.
Maryland did beat Texas two weeks ago, but they are in a hot mess with the Durkin scandal.
And Rutgers is Rutgers. Expanding to include teams in big markets has not worked out at all. C-USA knows a lot about that.

On Rutgers, I think what they gained besides the TV market (they pay for themselves) is dominance of the rich New Jersey recruiting. The Buckeye's QB was born in the Garden state and spent time in Maryland.

Unfortunately for Rutgers not very many of those Garden State 3-4-5 star recruits are choosing them, preferring the likes of Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan and Northwestern. But at least those kids are no longer going to the ACC and SEC.

OSU QB Haskins attended HS in Potomac, MD, just outside of DC, and originally committed to play for Maryland but changed his mind after HC Randy Edsall was fired.

He was born in New Jersey ...

That he is playing for Ohio State, whatever the reason, makes him the poster child of the last expansion. Were Maryland still in the ACC he might have transferred to Virginia Tech or Miami.

I think the Big 10 grab the wrong New York market team. AAU Buffalo is 3-0 while Rutgers is 1-2.

(09-16-2018 01:33 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  I think the Big 10 grab the wrong New York market team. AAU Buffalo is 3-0 while Rutgers is 1-2.

No.

Bottom line is SEVEN Big 10 teams lost OOC games this weekend, and the newcomers were responsible for just three of those, so can't pin this debacle on them alone.

Yeah even Michigan State lost in the power rankings with Arizona States loss to SDSU.

Illinois’ attendance in Soldier Field yesterday afternoon was 25k vs USF.

No one should ever criticize South Florida’s attendance in an NFL stadium again.

(09-16-2018 11:31 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Illinois’ attendance in Soldier Field yesterday afternoon was 25k vs USF.

No one should ever criticize South Florida’s attendance in an NFL stadium again.

Why? Chicago is two hours away from their campus. Illinois playing at Soldier Field is more like UMass playing in Foxboro rather than USF playing in their own city.

(09-16-2018 11:38 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(09-16-2018 11:31 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Illinois’ attendance in Soldier Field yesterday afternoon was 25k vs USF.

No one should ever criticize South Florida’s attendance in an NFL stadium again.

Why? Chicago is two hours away from their campus. Illinois playing at Soldier Field is more like UMass playing in Foxboro rather than USF playing in their own city.

Well if UNC played in Charlotte and only had 25,000 fans that would be bad as well. Illinois is suppose to bring the Chicago market, does not look they do.