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College Football 2015-16: The Big Ten Rises

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dxmnkd316 said:
Makes sense when framed like that.

Regarding Minnesota's schedule, I think you can put them down for:

4 Wins:
CSU
KSU
Ohio
Purdue

Should get 1 win from:
Illinois
Northwestern

That leaves:
TCU - Home
Nebraska - Home
Michigan - Home
Ohio State - Away
Iowa - Away
Wisconsin - Home

I wouldn't be shocked to see them get another win out of that last group. I think the line I would set at even money would be around 6.5
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Wow.
 
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mavhockey14 said:
acc - gatech over clemson
big 10 - osu over nebraska
big 12 - baylor
sec - georgia over auburn
pac 12 - stanford over asu
group of five ny6 bid - boise

playoff teams:

1. Ohio state
2. Georgia
3. Stanford
4. Baylor
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woooooooooooof!!!!!!!!!!!!
spartanforlife4 said:
msu and big ten prediction:

@ western - w 45-17
vs. Oregon - w 38-24
vs. Air force - w 49-14
vs. Central w 49-3
vs. Purdue w 45-13
@ rutgers w 38-10
@ michigan w 31-14
vs. Indiana w 35-17
@ nebraska w 34-28
vs. Maryland w 31-13
@ ohio state l 34-31
vs. Penn state w 28-10
rose bowl v arizona state

big ten
east
osu 8-0
msu 7-1
psu 5-3
um 4-4
maryland 3-5
rutgers 3-5
indiana 2-6

west
wisconsin 7-1
minnesota 6-2
northwestern 5-3
nebraska 5-3
iowa 4-4
illnois 2-6
purdue 0-8

osu over wisconsin. Osu to the playoff
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spartanforlife4 said:
predictions:

Acc - gatech over clemson
big 12 - tcu
sec - bama over mizzou
pac 12 - oregon over asu
group of five ny6 bid - boise

random prediction: Western wins the mac at 10-2 or 9-3, with losses to msu, osu, and possibly one in-conference loss.

I'll do a more in-depth big ten and msu prediction later.
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bronconick said:
florida state: 10-2 (6-2 acc) losses @clemson and @gt.
Western: 8-4 (6-2 mac) l's to msu, osu, ohio, and 1 of 2 vs toledo/niu
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mavhockey14 said:
i've been busier as of late, but i'll get my power 5 predictions out by thursday.

It's finally game week. Finally! Here is a place for your "on the record" 2015 season predictions. You may post game by game, or just a final record; whichever you prefer for your team, and any team you wish to predict games for.

Iowa over ill. State 31-17

iowa over iowa state 27-16

pittsburgh over iowa 27-24

iowa over north texas 41-10

wisconsin over iowa 31-21

iowa over illinois 38-20

northwestern over iowa 27-21

iowa over maryland 34-14

indiana over iowa 35-31

iowa over minnesota 24-17

iowa over purdue 34-20

iowa over nebraska 31-27

holiday bowl win over arizona 30-24

9-4 overall and 5-3 in the big ten
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MavHockey14 said:
Wow.
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Yeah, I expected a win between Nebraska and Michigan this year. Michigan well exceeded my expectations. Nebraska was a bad loss I think.

Oh well, I came close.

(At first I thought you were saying this was a bad guess for next year until I realized it was for this year :) )
 
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Ha! Missed 1 WMU win. (lost GaSO, BGSU, got Toledo)Right on with the FSU prediction.
 
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Word on the street is that the gopher boosters want Pete Najarian (options trader from Wall Street and former player) to be the new Minnesota AD. :rolleyes:
 
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Well I couldn't have been more wrong. I think the only things I got right were MSU, IU and Illinois' conference records.

1/5 on P5 champs and only 2/8 on participants.
 
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Even if it's true, it means we have some exceptionally stupid boosters.
 
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The Rose Bowl parade was one of the reasons I wanted to go to USC back when I was high school. Going to the game was always kind of a bucket list thing for me and I got to go on January 2005 when Michigan played Texas. Michigan's alumni association was my client at the time and I got tickets thru them.

I gave myself a budget for airfare and flew to LA with my brother and stayed with him. Had to make sure I got back to Boston Jan 2 as that was the closing of Walter Brown Arena/opening of Agganis Arena so I booked the red eye New Year's night. Went to the game with one of my brother's friends. We drove to Pasadena and actually found a spot on the street to park. We walked over to where the shuttle buses were, saw the line and decided to walk. Left the game with 5 minutes to go to beat the crowd as I had to drop him off and drive to LAX. Missed three scores. Michigan was leading when we left but Texas was driving down the field. They scored as we were walking out. On the shuttle bus, we heard that Michigan scored. Walking back to the car, we walked by a bar that had the game on and saw Texas kick a FG to win. Fun times. So glad I went.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Word on the street is that the gopher boosters want Pete Najarian (options trader from Wall Street and former player) to be the new Minnesota AD. :rolleyes:
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What? That lousy, no good son of a prominent physician? :)

Well, he was a fine linebacker. And IIRC, he's reasonably articulate, and a good leader. But does he have any experience in Athletics Administration whatsoever?

People can surprise you, but my first thought is that your skepticism is warranted.
 
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Scarlet said:
Had to make sure I got back to Boston Jan 2 as that was the closing of Walter Brown Arena/opening of Agganis Arena so I booked the red eye New Year's night.
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I suspect you were the only person to attend both those events. If not, there's one helluva story in it.
 
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pgb-ohio said:
What? That lousy, no good son of a prominent physician? :)

Well, he was a fine linebacker. And IIRC, he's reasonably articulate, and a good leader. But does he have any experience in Athletics Administration whatsoever?

People can surprise you, but my first thought is that your skepticism is warranted.
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Rather than retype, I'll copy my GPL posts :)
dxmnkd316 said:
Abso-effing-lutely not.
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dxmnkd316 said:
If they give najarian the job, I'm dropping all of my tickets. It would prove to me they are wasting my money.

Maybe I'll dial that back and say is likely drop my tickets.
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dxmnkd316 said:
Further, I imagine he's a booster so handing the reins over to a booster with seemingly no experience at any position of power at any school seems foolhardy given the resume Goetz brings to the table.

I don't want a(n assumed) booster to run the athletics department. Especially one who has had a business relationship with the athletics department in the past.

If the majority of the boosters want him, I seriously question either the sources or what he's done to earn their confidence.

Oh, and I think he's a former player. So he's got that going for him.
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dxmnkd316 said:
I don't want a Wall Street hedge fund manager or options trader running a public school's athletic department. We would almost certainly see the department run like a business instead of a department at a public school. We'd see more of the ticket hikes just like Michigan saw.

I just want to see SOME experience running an athletic department becuase it's not the same as running a business. I also want to see what their management style is in a truly public sphere.

If they wan to bring him on as a fundraiser, I would strongly support that.
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dxmnkd316 said:
Then we go without. You don't let the inmates run the asylum.

If he wants it that bad, he needs to start getting some experience in college athletics administration as a fundraiser or something low level where he can be effective, then maybe move to a higher position like director of football operations, then associate/deputy/whatever AD, and then maybe as AD.
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Just remember, dx, this is the same school that hired Brewster. You never know what kind of crazy **** they're going to pull when hiring new personnel. :D
 
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St. Clown said:
Just remember, dx, this is the same school that hired Brewster. You never know what kind of crazy **** they're going to pull when hiring new personnel. :D
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Up until Kill had to resign, I looked at the Brewster era paving the way for us to get Kill. Which was a good thing. Ad astra per aspera and whatnot.

Now, who knows?

But I don't think they're going to screw up. The president and regents are making the hire. They tend to be slightly more conservative in their hires compared to an AD who needs to shake it up every so often.
 
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After a busy Sunday getting back from Indy, and a busy week I was finally able to update the Pairwise.

Final 2015 Pairwise
1. MSU
2. Clemson
3. Bama
4. ND

5. Oklahoma
6. OSU

My fears of Iowa not dropping enough were unfounded. Their SOS only rose about 15. Still a great rise but not as much as I thought it would be. Unfortunately, I was not able to match the Top 4 teams for the second year in a row, due to what was an anomaly in ND's scheduling, specifically out of the American conference. Historically terrible Temple had an incredible year, and Navy went back to their Roger Staubach roots this year, nearly taking home a conference title. They also played three conference championship representatives.

Oklahoma didn't necessarily have a bad schedule. Their OOC included 7-5 Akron, 6-6 Tulsa, and a 8-4 Tennessee on the road, but when it comes down to it, you just can't lose to Texas when you have Kansas on your schedule.
 
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