{"id":42,"date":"2017-10-03T18:12:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T18:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigtenelimination.com\/?p=42"},"modified":"2017-10-31T18:13:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T18:13:07","slug":"10317-guest-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigtenelimination.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/03\/10317-guest-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/3\/17 – Guest Speaker!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So we’re 5 weeks in and there’s a few surprises this year.<\/p>\n

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Maryland is pretty good.\u00a0 DJ Durkin has really done a good job in a year and a half.\u00a0 I mean I wouldn’t say they’re near the top of the Big Ten but three years ago they were a “slightly-better-than-Rutgers*”\u00a0 Now there somewhere between a John L Smith MSU on a good year and.. Iowa?\u00a0 Their top 3 QBs are no longer able to football (injury).\u00a0 This week they went with 4th string Bortenschlager who I’m pretty sure is just a guy the Durkin found in Germany throwing beers during Octoberfest last month.\u00a0 Based on this I thought Minnesota was a decent pick this week but then… well I think they recruited her to stop Minnesota’s run game\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=okrME9n08CU<\/a>. (semi-suitable for work?) Good for coach Durkin.\u00a0 Maybe someday he’ll get to coach a real Big Ten team.\u00a0 Also thanks to him for leaving and allowing for the Don Brown to happen.<\/div>\n
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I retract everything I wrote about Purdue this year.\u00a0 I said they suck.\u00a0 They don’t.\u00a0 I said I wish they didn’t suck.\u00a0 I now wish they did**.\u00a0 I know you’re all interested so here’s why!\u00a0 1. The player\/staff taunting before the game.\u00a0 You “played respectable” against Louisville.\u00a0 You were still the worst team in the Big Ten last year.\u00a0 Shut up and convert a 3rd down.\u00a0 2. The dirty plays.\u00a0 2 targeting calls with a third that should have been at least a late hit that knocked Speight out of the game. 3. Get a damn X-Ray machine!\u00a0 You’re Purdue!\u00a0 One of the “Smart Schools”.\u00a0 That’s just stupid.<\/div>\n
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Today we have a special treat!\u00a0 A guest writer!\u00a0 It’s like in school when you had a substitute teacher but like, if you never paid attention to your real teacher… and school was about football.\u00a0 Please welcome Matt!\u00a0 He’s an MSU alumnus who now lives in Texas (Go Coogs).\u00a0 We went to high school together.\u00a0 He’s like a brother to me.\u00a0 And I’m older than him.\u00a0 You could say he’s like my little brother.. (But he’s 6’2 and I’m 5’6 so you’d be an idiot. Like a running back saying that and then fumbling twice the next game.)\u00a0 Anyway here is his column… with my interjections in bold because I’m an egotistical and can’t let anyone else have the spotlight.\u00a0 That’s the Michigan Difference.<\/div>\n
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Since Doug cannot be 100% biased for them, especially this coming week (although normally his is pretty good\u00a0I am? Dammit, I’ll have to up my homerism)<\/b>, I am here to give an MSU recap. Here is what we know about the Spartans at this point: Nothing. We seem to have a QB, maybe\u00a0Sounds familiar<\/b>, but Iowa gave us that game. We possibly have a number 1 WR, however the Jury is still out. The biggest difference this week was that we were able take advantage of most of the Iowa mistakes. They handed us that game much like we handed the previous to ND. Iowa almost beat Penn State who seems to have one of the best players in the country but Penn State hasn’t played anyone yet\u00a0I miss #TeamCHAOS<\/b>. The ND loss is the most telling as they took Georgia deep and Georgia seems to be back to some of their old glory\u00a0They did beat Appalachian State!<\/b>. We actually looked decent on offense, as we out gained them, but then made last year mistakes (FUMBLE ON THE 1, ARE YOU KIDDING ME\u00a0Sparty-No did make an appearance that game…<\/b>) otherwise we are in that game. We do officially have as many wins as we did all of last year so that’s a plus (Especially because we still get to play Rutgers, who isn’t a real school anyways, so we should at least get to 4 wins). I am still not sure of the B10’s place this year in the rankings but the OSU\/UM\/MSU\/PSU games to come should be quite fun.\u00a0Go Green!\u00a0<\/span>Redacted***<\/b><\/div>\n
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Thanks Matt.\u00a0 Should be an exciting game this weekend.\u00a0 Lots of eliminations this week.\u00a0 Go Blue!<\/div>\n
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*Rutgers was also not as bad that year<\/div>\n
**Out of respect for the late Joe Tiller I will cease hoping they suck.\u00a0 He made Purdue the Purdue I kinda liked.<\/div>\n
***I thought about making these words Maize and Blue but wasn’t sure which team that would insult\/jynx more so I went with this.\u00a0 Hey at least I didn’t delete it!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So we’re 5 weeks in and there’s a few surprises this year. Maryland is pretty good.\u00a0 DJ Durkin has really done a good job in a year and a half.\u00a0 I mean I wouldn’t say they’re near the top of the Big Ten but three years ago they were a “slightly-better-than-Rutgers*”\u00a0 Now there somewhere between … <\/p>\n

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