B1G Media Poll: 27 Votes for OSU to Win League, 11 Votes for U-M
In advance of the Big Ten Media Days next week, the Cleveland Plain Dealer polled the B1G media, asking who will win the league. There were 27 votes for OSU and 11 votes for us. And one for Iowa. None for Rutgers.
The Big Ten itself used to do this poll, but stopped a few years ago, so the Plain Dealer picked it up. The whole poll is kind of interesting.
http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2016/07/ohio_state_picked_to_win…
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Most of the media who votes in this poll are Ohio based writers. They are also 0-5 on picking the correct champ since its inception. So yeah.
One thing's for sure.......
They arent big bettors in Las Vegas.
For now, despite Sparty winning the league last year, OSU is "The Man" in the Big Ten. That can all chanage this November, though.
As someone we may see visit the Michigan locker room this year still likes to say: "If you wanna be the man, you gotta beat the man. Wooooo!"
Is that a real stat, 0-5? If so, that's impressive. You couldn't do that if you tried.
Here's to 0-6.
Yes you could, pick Rutgers every year and I bet you will match that result ;-)
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Like most of these types of polls, they pretty much just interpolated what happned the previous season. Lazy.
Phil Steele likes Osu to win it as well. He likes their talent as he points out they had the #1 recruiting class in the B1G that last 5 years and they will be plenty expericenced by the time they play in late Nov. He also thinks Michigan's last 5 games with the 3 tough road games is too tough a task.
I preferably like not being picked to win considering all the hype and betting line love that we are getting.
We shouldn't even be discussing this until we beat MSU and OSU.
Let's bring back the old days.
I didn't say that nor did anyone else. Some people prefer less pre-season recognition and hype. I would rather the players not continually hear about how high they are ranked and how they are one of the favorites to win it all during the pre-season. I would rather they start with a feeling that they are being slighted and go out and prove it - kind of like last year.
recruiting and performance on the field last year. If people weren't talking it's because you have no talent on the team in their view meaning you suck and you have to over perform.
I'd rather have the talent and trust Harbaugh to keep their heads on straight. Keeping guys under the radar may have been possible 30 years ago. Not so much now so your argument makes no sense. I want top players and I'll take the hype that comes with it.
Phil Steele is terrible. His ranking system is outdated and makes zero sense. Last year he had USC and TCU in the final 4.
He's also based in Cleveland, OH and is known as a huge buckeye slap.
1. Can we run the ball?
2. Can we get decent linebacker play?
If the answer to both those questions is yes, then look out world cause shit is about to get real
3. How will Mason Cole fare at Center
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4. How consistent will the QB be?
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5. Do we win football games
6. ???
7. Profit $$$
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6. Did we score more points than the opposing team?
Is our maize the right color?
Amarillo getting tired of the maize jokes.
It all comes down to way more than two things.
that I believe the team will be very skilled at the other facets of the game. The 2 points I mentioned are areas that I am concerned about
"And I can sum it all up in just one word: courage, dedication, daring, pride, pluck, spirit, grit, mettle, and G-U-T-S, guts. Why, Ted Striker's got more guts in his little finger than most of us have in our large intestine, including the colon!"
"Doesn't follow directions well."
not overly concerned about that. Just my opinion
3. Follow the fullback
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any comments on the NFL this year?
4. Read your guards
Do we have more points on the scoreboard at the end of the game than the other team. If we do that 12x's we win the big 10 east 13 big 10 15 nc
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Can they run the ball he asks! Will the best offense in country run the ball? LMFAO Do ducks fly south for the winter? Do dogs pee on brick walls?
28 people are wrong
I can not wait to see this team on the field! Let's play FOOTBALL!
Actually, if you accelerate yourself to near the speed of light, then slow down again just right, September will get here quicker for you than the rest of us.
#timedilation
#thatenergyrequirementthough
Dilithium!
I cannot wait to get to the time that we can graduate or draft as many starters as OSU did this past year and STILL be the favorite to win the conference and/or national title.
The safe bet is OSU.
Then feel free to waste your money.
And? Sparty won it last year.
I'm still amazed by that, too. They got the luckiest win in the history of football against Michigan and somehow beat OSU in Columbus with a second string quarterback.
MSU was lucky all year. They had close games against Rutgers, Purdue, hell, even WMU.
And they relied in a 1 in 1000 fluke play against us to win, and an inept offensive game plan from OSU. If you play out last year 100 times, I think MSU wins the conference about 5 of them. They were definitely not as good as their record.
Made that blatantly obvious to the whole nation
The weather was terrible for that game. Freezing rain and sleet so OSU's offense was turned turned down significantly....then they threw in a terrible game plan on top of it all.
Then they humiliated themselves in the Playoff and now nobody remembers any of those good things that went their way.
Their Cinderella season wound up splattered in pumpkin seeds on the castle driveway.
What are you guys talking about? MSU dominated Michigan and OSU. Dominated. I read that over on a couple boards not popular here. Repeat, DOMINATED.
Unreal! The refs dominated the MSU game and they still almost. Second year in the system and some new and speedy offensive players. This is going to be fun!
Good thing this means jack shit.
And Jack just left town.