November 11th, 2012 at 12:08 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 12:28 AM ^
They'll lose to Wisco in the B1G championship, and then again in the Rose Bowl. But I think we're on the outside looking in. Too bad.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:31 AM ^
Losing both the championship game game and the Rose Bowl? Not sure that's possible unless you've got Wisconsin in the MNC game.
November 11th, 2012 at 8:27 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 12:10 AM ^
Oh wait
November 11th, 2012 at 8:48 AM ^
I'm telling you right now, no one is beating Oregon this year. If the championship were to be Oregon and Alabama, Oregon would win. I just don't think anyone can stop that offense. If they pay KSU in the title game or even (especially) ND, Oregon will win and they would defeat ND soundly.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:10 AM ^
I mean, anyone can lose. But I predicted at the start of the season that their OL would fall apart with one injury, and instead they've got three walk-ons on the interior who are far better than our all-RS senior 4-star and above interior OL, and the guy who was a starting tackle last year is depth.
Nebraska seems pretty unkillable. But you never know with this conference. BIG TENNNNN!
November 11th, 2012 at 2:25 AM ^
Yea, but Nebraska can pick any 3 guys off the plow and get 3 serviceable lineman.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:14 AM ^
Gophers in Lincoln and anyone in Iowa City seems unlikely at this point.
I mean, the Gophers are our best shot and this time last year they were killing Gopherquest.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^
Nebraska thread is just a good excuse to post this
November 11th, 2012 at 12:14 AM ^
Boy, they sure didn't look unbeatable when they beat us. My head says they'll win out, but who knows, maybe Minnesota will show up to play.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:16 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 12:16 AM ^
Technically there's a chance... but it's not gonna happen.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:33 AM ^
So you're sayin' there's a chance?
/lloydbrady
November 11th, 2012 at 12:18 AM ^
Damn Sparty.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:19 AM ^
Kinnick Stadium has weird voodoo upset magic. I believe.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:26 AM ^
on Bo Pelini. He'll forget how to coach since his head won't have a tendency to explode.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:56 AM ^
GERG Davis has destroyed the magic.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 9:38 AM ^
I've always hated Nebraska. I was p*ssed when they joined the B1G and even more p*ssed when they were placed in the same division as UM. Now, I am SUPER p*ssed because they have been luck-ing their way to wins the entire season and are probably going to play for the conference championship.
November 11th, 2012 at 10:04 AM ^
get negged for this, but it's not as if Michigan hasn't had some luck too. You do recall, Michigan needed field goals with less than 10 seconds in two of its B1G wins.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:03 PM ^
The calls that are benefitting Nebraska are borderline inside job. How is that not a touchdown yesterday........yet they benefit. They have gotton more breaks than any team not named Notre Dame.
1. They benefit from a nerve injury.............and get introduced to Bellamy and not Devin.
2. Sparty get hosed on a few calls AT HOME and Nebraska benefits
3. Nebraska gets the benefit of an obvious touchdown call scored against them as well as a few questionable calls in addition to that.
This stretch of games was their gauntlet and they made it through
Yep......I am hating them a bit
November 11th, 2012 at 12:15 PM ^
Yesterday was the worst of all. That TD was pretty clear. Either the replay officials are totally incompetent or are on the take. Neither one is a desirable scenario.
Also, the safety was pretty questionable. The ref sat there for 20 seconds pondering the ramifications of the call. On the replay it was apparent that McGloin was outside of the tackle box when he threw the ball (despite what Spielman was trying to convince the audience of).
Frustrating.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:24 AM ^
They still have to play the games, of course its unlikely they lose but football isn't played on paper so go Gophers!
November 11th, 2012 at 12:25 AM ^
Likely, No.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:36 AM ^
About as good a chance as my fat ass has hooking up with Kate Upton.
November 11th, 2012 at 1:29 AM ^
Exactly.
Stranger things have happened. Just look at the CFB news from today.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:33 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 12:46 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 11:35 AM ^
Yup, I'll risk some neg of my own and say our winning out is almost as unlikely as Neraska losing. We will have our hands full in Columbus.
November 11th, 2012 at 12:36 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 12:39 AM ^
Iowa is good for one inexplicable win a year. Unfortunately, they already had that win, at MSU. So I'm going to say no.
November 11th, 2012 at 1:12 AM ^
Did Minny have their inexplicable win yet this year?
November 11th, 2012 at 2:06 PM ^
Pretty much any win against FBS competition.
November 11th, 2012 at 1:13 AM ^
But now that MSU is 5-5, that game isn't quite as inexplicable. Maybe that didn't fill their quota.
November 11th, 2012 at 4:01 PM ^
2012 Big Ten STANDINGS
BIG TEN - LEGENDS | W | L | SN | OVR |
---|---|---|---|---|
#16 Nebraska | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8-2 |
#23 Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7-3 |
Northwestern | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7-3 |
Iowa | 1 | 4 | +1 | 4-6 |
Minnesota | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6-4 |
Michigan State | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5-5 |
November 11th, 2012 at 12:58 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 1:32 AM ^
Assuming we beat Iowa (knock on wood) they'll be playing Nebraska for their 6th win and bowl eligibility at home. Maybe that's a game Iowa can pull an upset on.
November 11th, 2012 at 1:44 AM ^
to Purdue today dropped them to 4-6, so if Michigan beats them they would be eliminated from bowl contention. Assuming Michigan beats Iowa like they should they Iowa would basically being playing for nothing, except for pride against Nebraska. Normally I would say it is the type of game Iowa could pull an upset in, but at this point their QB has 4 tds for the entire year and they don't a RB left on the roster.
Only hope is that Nebraska commits a ton of mistakes against Minny or Iowa to give one of those team's a chance, which I guess is slightly possibly because Nebraska has been the most mistake prone team in the league. Who knows maybe karma will catch up with them, and they will lose a game they should win, due to bad calls going against them or something.
November 11th, 2012 at 1:52 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 2:12 AM ^
... we had our chance and caught a bad break at the wrong time. All we can do now is hope the Wolverines win out and someone steps up against Nebraska, but I expect we'll miss out on the championship this year.
Still, 9-3 and a bowl game with wins over MSU and OSU would be better than I hoped for at the start of the year. Go Blue!
November 11th, 2012 at 10:17 AM ^
In 9-3 scenario, we would play in the citrus bowl against the likes of Florida/LSU/Georgia. That's pretty wicked! Les bowl would be a hot mess!
November 11th, 2012 at 4:52 AM ^
November 11th, 2012 at 6:02 AM ^
Even using the most recently published Sagarin numbers (which are last week's at the moment, so this could change some in a couple hours since Minnesota won and Iowa lost), right now Nebraska would be favored by 17 versus Minnesota and 8 points against Iowa if those games were played today essentially. Those seems fairly realistic, especially the Minnesota line since the game is at Lincoln.
Even last week's Massey numbers put out 92% probability that Nebraska beats Minnesota, and I can't imagine this changing much when the numbers update. The last published number for their game against Iowa was 77%, but after the Hawkeyes' loss to Purdue, that one might even go up a little. Many metrics, I am afraid, would have bleak predictions if you want Nebraska to lose, but anything can - and has - happened in football.
November 11th, 2012 at 11:38 AM ^
Which means like a 71% chance they take both? Unlikely, but not so improbable we should disregard it.
November 11th, 2012 at 7:25 AM ^
has been a good one, and that we have overachieved, especially as of today. But if we don't beat OSU I don't think we'll have much to complain about; stuff happens. The fact that the third- and fourth-best teams statistically may be duking it out for the B1G championship won't mean much to anyone in ten years.
November 11th, 2012 at 7:55 AM ^
Doesn't Iowa "hate" Nebraska, in a sports rivalry/kayfabe kind of way? A rivarly game is always a great equalizer. Please feel free to insert a cliche here, such as "throw the records out the window." Brent Musburger used to be particularly adept at variations on this phrase; maybe he should come out of the studio and do the game.
As we saw with TAMU/Bama, even an "unbeatable" team can lose.