Guys!\u00a0 The\u00a0Big<\/span>\u00a0Ten<\/span>\u00a0is really good this year!\u00a0 Four teams in the top 10!\u00a0 Nebraska is ranked 18.\u00a0 Why isn’t Minnesota ranked?\u00a0 They’re 8-3.\u00a0 All of their losses have been 7 points or less.\u00a0 Two of them were to ranked teams and one was to Iowa who, while struggling early, has shown they can play like their 1 loss selves of last year.\u00a0 Indiana has harnessed the Chaos and turned it into a capable defense (I’m pretty sure they’re responsible for the snowy wonderland that was the fourth quarter.\u00a0 I really wish I had gone to that game).\u00a0 They’ve hung with top 10 teams the past two years and without so much turnover trouble they’d be.. 7-4? 8-3?\u00a0 Michigan State… well Tyler O’Conner sucks, and they have like 47 freshmen starting… but those 47 freshmen now have 10 games under their belt and are starting to look like a football team.\u00a0 They’ve played respectable games the last few weeks, often without their best defensive player. \u00a0(Also, Dantonio is a good coach but stop saving ALL of your good plays for Michigan if it means you’re going to lose to Indiana, Northwestern, Illinois and Maryland).\u00a0 Michigan and OSU are both in the playoffs.\u00a0 Even Purdue and Rutgers…<\/div>\n
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I’m just kidding they suck.\u00a0 I don’t know how good the\u00a0Big<\/span>\u00a0Ten<\/span>\u00a0is… I hope they’re as good as the rankings show.. or that the other conferences are bad because the\u00a0Big<\/span>\u00a0Ten<\/span>\u00a0is going to be thought of pretty highly during bowl selection and there’s a possibility of a really\u00a0big<\/span>\u00a0let down.<\/div>\n
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Let’s talk about this week… For Michigan fans, it’s the game.\u00a0 The Bad: Speight looked terrible against Iowa and didn’t play this week due to injury (because every time Michigan looks like they could beat Ohio the football gods decide that the QB doesn’t need 2 arms anymore).\u00a0 John O’Korn (Go Coogs!) was a bit of a let down as he spent much of the game looking like BYU’s Grandpa Simpson (get it! BYU is old because they’re Mormons) QB last year.\u00a0 My opinion: yes he looked like a scared kitten. But our O-Line did not do him many favors.\u00a0 And again, when he did make a play the receivers let him down with a couple of drops (Butt and Chesson).\u00a0 If he plays against OSU it could be rough. He’ll need others to step up to win, but I can see him not losing it for U-M.![\"Inline](\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/?ui=2&ik=c8c357b06a&view=fimg&th=1588d03b3962e2f9&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_1588ce81f8abb525&attbid=ANGjdJ93nLOPU0ZNbrfo-DTe5ORc-RPnWeW3OwKaw61VezFptja9WML34ptH_F2aE1ttfxWV0oqZ_lDkQkSNL6sLe65A-6fXt78KSNIB5SaxEpMoudp2cC9k01sIQIY&sz=w1000-h566&ats=1511899366914&rm=1588d03b3962e2f9&zw&atsh=1\")
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Ohio State has looked mortal several times this year.\u00a0 They were out-gained by MSU (well.. really just LJ Scott) last week.\u00a0 JT Barret has been up and down.\u00a0 If Michigan’s defense plays like they can this could be tight low scoring game.<\/div>\n
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As a side note: There’s a very real potential that a 1 loss OSU team would be left out of the playoff picture.\u00a0 If Penn State wins, they would go to the\u00a0Big<\/span>\u00a0Ten<\/span>\u00a0Championship over OSU (Michigan has the tie-breaker if they win this week).\u00a0 So the\u00a0Big<\/span>\u00a0Ten<\/span>\u00a0championship could be Wisconsin vs Penn State.\u00a0 Winner goes to the playoffs along with Bama, probably Clemson, and probably Washington if they win the Pac-12.\u00a0 Committee may have some interesting choices on their hands… I’d defer to Larry Culpepper for the decision.<\/div>\n
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…MSU fans, as much as I hate OSU, beat Penn State anyway.\u00a0 It’s their fault Rutgers is in the\u00a0Big<\/span>\u00a0Ten<\/span>\u00a0now.<\/div>\n
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Let’s try something different: Guys!\u00a0 The\u00a0Big\u00a0Ten\u00a0is really good this year!\u00a0 Four teams in the top 10!\u00a0 Nebraska is ranked 18.\u00a0 Why isn’t Minnesota ranked?\u00a0 They’re 8-3.\u00a0 All of their losses have been 7 points or less.\u00a0 Two of them were to ranked teams and one was to Iowa who, while struggling early, has shown they … <\/p>\n