How are we at week 6 already?

BIG
(4/5 star recruits on roster)
Nebraska (24) vs
Illinois (6)
Nebraska leads series 13-1-6

Howard (0) vs
Northwestern (7)
First meeting

Maryland (16) vs
Ohio State (73)
Ohio State leads series 8-0

Rutgers (5) vs
Wisconsin (19)
Wisconsin leads series 4-0

Purdue (15) vs
Iowa (11)
Purdue leads series 50-3-40

Michigan (47) vs
Minnesota (7)
Michigan leads series 76-3-25

Notable OOC
Oklahoma (51) vs
Texas (58)
Texas leads series 63-5-50

Washington State (0) vs
UCLA (24)
UCLA leads series 40-1-21

Alabama (74) vs
Texas A&M (52)
Alabama leads series 12-3

Syracuse (5) vs
North Carolina (32)
Series tied 3-3

Kentucky (30) vs
Georgia (65)
Georgia leads series 62-2-12

Notre Dame (57) vs
Louisville (23)
Notre Dame leads series 2-1

Fresno State (3) vs
Wyoming (0)
Fresno State leads series 9-5

Nebraska at Illinois (-3.5), 8 p.m. ET
O/U: 43.5

Maryland at No. 4 Ohio State (-19.5), 12 p.m. ET
O/U: 57

Rutgers at Wisconsin (-14), 12 p.m. ET
O/U: 44.5

Purdue at Iowa (-2.5), 3:30 p.m. ET
O/U: 39

No. 2 Michigan (-19.5) at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. ET
O/U: 46

https://www.testudotimes.com/2023/10/3/2...e-maryland

This Maryland game makes me feel uncomfortable. I mentioned at the beginning of the year that Maryland may beat one of the "big 3" out of the east division this year.

That -14 for Wisconsin feels a bit high?

I'm ready to see how Nebraska plays after that beating they took last week. This game will tell me a lot about the program.

I think Michigan is going to destroy Minnesota.

Purdue over Iowa!

(10-04-2023 10:16 AM)cubucks Wrote:  This Maryland game makes me feel uncomfortable. I mentioned at the beginning of the year that Maryland may beat one of the "big 3" out of the east division this year.

That -14 for Wisconsin feels a bit high?

I'm ready to see how Nebraska plays after that beating they took last week. This game will tell me a lot about the program.

I think Michigan is going to destroy Minnesota.

Purdue over Iowa!

Reading that from a Buckeye is a win in it's own way.
Both games verse Ohio State and Michigan last year were eye openers...for me at least.
Hopefully it will be an exciting, close game with no ref ball.

(10-06-2023 12:26 PM)ENCterrapin Wrote:  

(10-04-2023 10:16 AM)cubucks Wrote:  This Maryland game makes me feel uncomfortable. I mentioned at the beginning of the year that Maryland may beat one of the "big 3" out of the east division this year.

That -14 for Wisconsin feels a bit high?

I'm ready to see how Nebraska plays after that beating they took last week. This game will tell me a lot about the program.

I think Michigan is going to destroy Minnesota.

Purdue over Iowa!

Reading that from a Buckeye is a win in it's own way.
Both games verse Ohio State and Michigan last year were eye openers...for me at least.
Hopefully it will be an exciting, close game with no ref ball.

Best of luck to your Terrapins!

I'm definitely happy Nebraska won but that offense, yikes!

First, let's address the elephant in the room. Does Matt Rhule need some lip balm? What is up with the tongue thing he has going on? [/align]

Maryland played a wonderful game today. They have some ballers on that team!

Wisconsin is slowly figuring out who they are.

Fresno State better wake up.

North Carolina is really good.

Oklahoma and Louisville win huge games today. Congratulations to them and their fans!

Alabama takes care of Texas A&M on the road.

UCLA upsets Washington State.

North Carolina dominates Syracuse.

It's been a fun Saturday!

...and Georgia destroyed Kentucky.

Embarrassed about my Illini. At the rate we're playing we might not even beat Northwestern this year.

Ohio State comes on strong in the 2nd half. Either Maryland's way better than we think or it's another case of the Buckeyes starting out slow. You have to know cubucks that if OSU plays like that they won't beat Penn State (which is good for me:) although I don't expect the Nittany Lions to win in Columbus. We never win at Ohio State (we rarely beat you at home either).

Michigan of course in style points is the best team but their schedule is embarrassing. I don't know if this is good or bad for them but their schedule is cupcake easy until their last three games at Penn State, at Maryland, and of course you know. I think this Penn State team is good enough to beat Michigan at home but if they keep blowing teams out I may change my mind.

Iowa at Wisconsin next Saturday should decide the West Division. This should be the last year a "West Division" team makes it to Indianapolis (the Pacific 4 don't count). Without Cade McNamara and the fact that Penn State shut them out even with McNamara playing and Iowa barely beat a Purdue team that lost to Fresno State and I expect Wisconsin to win easily at home. We complained about Maryland not being ranked this week? Well today Wisconsin should be ranked. One loss and it's at Washington State who only has one loss themselves. Better than a two loss team in that other conference.

My Week 7 top 25:
1.Oklahoma
2.Ohio State
3.Washington
4.Florida State
5.Georgia
6.North Carolina
7.Oregon
8.Alabama
9.Penn State
10.Texas
11.Louisville
12.Utah
13.Michigan
14.Ole Miss
15.USC
16.Oregon State
17.UCLA
18.West Virginia
19.Tennessee
20.Washington State
21.Wisconsin
22.Iowa
23.Maryland
24.Notre Dame
25.Texas A&M

Offense, Defense, SOS and Losses are all considered in my calculation.

(10-08-2023 05:41 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Embarrassed about my Illini. At the rate we're playing we might not even beat Northwestern this year.

Ohio State comes on strong in the 2nd half. Either Maryland's way better than we think or it's another case of the Buckeyes starting out slow. You have to know cubucks that if OSU plays like that they won't beat Penn State (which is good for me:) although I don't expect the Nittany Lions to win in Columbus. We never win at Ohio State (we rarely beat you at home either).

Michigan of course in style points is the best team but their schedule is embarrassing. I don't know if this is good or bad for them but their schedule is cupcake easy until their last three games at Penn State, at Maryland, and of course you know. I think this Penn State team is good enough to beat Michigan at home but if they keep blowing teams out I may change my mind.

Iowa at Wisconsin next Saturday should decide the West Division. This should be the last year a "West Division" team makes it to Indianapolis (the Pacific 4 don't count). Without Cade McNamara and the fact that Penn State shut them out even with McNamara playing and Iowa barely beat a Purdue team that lost to Fresno State and I expect Wisconsin to win easily at home. We complained about Maryland not being ranked this week? Well today Wisconsin should be ranked. One loss and it's at Washington State who only has one loss themselves. Better than a two loss team in that other conference.

I'm looking forward to the tOSU/PSU game!

AP Poll complaints:

So now there are two 2 loss teams in the top 25, LSU and Notre Dame. There are three one loss Big Ten teams that are unranked. Maryland's only loss is at #3 Ohio State, Iowa's only loss is at #5 Penn State, Wisconsin's only loss is at #19 Washington State. Iowa got thumped which you can use to justify them being out. Kentucky got stomped on by Georgia and they're still in.

(10-08-2023 01:16 PM)schmolik Wrote:  AP Poll complaints:

So now there are two 2 loss teams in the top 25, LSU and Notre Dame. There are three one loss Big Ten teams that are unranked. Maryland's only loss is at #3 Ohio State, Iowa's only loss is at #5 Penn State, Wisconsin's only loss is at #19 Washington State. Iowa got thumped which you can use to justify them being out. Kentucky got stomped on by Georgia and they're still in.

I'm looking forward to the CFP polls to come out. My formula has both Wisconsin and Maryland's on field performance vs schedule ahead of Missouri and Kentucky. I know it should work itself out, but this Poll is still very biased, imo.

Home attendance

Nebraska vs
Illinois: 46,703 - 77% of capacity

Howard vs
Northwestern: 22,160 - 47%

Maryland vs
Ohio State: 104,974 - 102.1%

Rutgers vs
Wisconsin: 74,885 - 93.2%

Purdue vs
Iowa: 69,250 - 100%

Michigan vs
Minnesota: 52,179 - 102.6%

TV Ratings

Maryland vs
Ohio State: FOX - 4.51M

Michigan vs
Minnesota: NBC - 3.06M

Nebraska vs
Illinois: FS1 - 1.36M

Howard vs
Northwestern: BTN - 71K

Rutgers vs
Wisconsin
And
Purdue vs
Iowa: Peacock - No rating available
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college...v-ratings/