Will Big 10 Win a Bowl Game?

Submitted by freelion on December 8th, 2019 at 12:44 PM

Based on Brett McMurphy's projections, I'm not sure Big 10 will many if any. Maybe Indiana and PSU?

Fiesta Bowl – Dec. 28 (CFP semifinal)
Projection: Ohio State (CFP No. 2) vs. Clemson (CFP No. 3)

Rose Bowl – Jan. 1 (Big Ten vs. Pac-12)
Projection: Wisconsin vs. Oregon

Cotton Bowl – Dec. 28 (at-large vs. Group of Five*)
Projection: Penn State vs. Memphis*

Citrus Bowl – (Big Ten vs. SEC)
Projection: Michigan vs. Alabama

Outback Bowl – (Big Ten vs. SEC)
Projection: Minnesota vs. Auburn

Gator Bowl – (Big Ten/ACC vs. SEC)
Projection: Indiana vs. Kentucky

Holiday Bowl – (Big Ten vs. Pac-12)
Projection: Iowa vs. USC

Redbox Bowl – (Big Ten vs. Pac-12)
Projection: Illinois vs. Cal

Pinstripe Bowl – (ACC vs. Big Ten)
Projection: Wake Forest vs. Michigan State

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Maize and Blue AF

December 8th, 2019 at 6:28 PM ^

Try to stay warm in the who gives a crap bowl, as your team secures its second losing season in 3 years.  I didn't think it was possible, but things actually look worse for you guys for next year too.  Something something pride...  Something something fall...  Something something complete.

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DHughes5218

December 8th, 2019 at 12:56 PM ^

Agreed. I don’t know why so many people act like Alabama is a juggernaut this year. They only played two good teams. They lost both games and they don’t have their QB. 

DB’s defense attacks QB’s and forces them to make quick decisions. Michigan will have this guy so rattled that he will throw at least two int’s. 

Bama’s defense has struggled all year and is missing their best player. Plus they will probably have several guys sit out. This is a Great opportunity for us!

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dotslashderek

December 8th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^

Well, that depends on how you view recruiting.  This year bama has 11 five stars on the roster, osu has 13, georgia has 14.

Bama had a better avg rating through their 85 than either, but I suspect most schools would sacrifice a bit on that avg to have two or three more five stars.

Really, no one has underperformed their roster more than georgia.

Cheers.

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jdemille9

December 8th, 2019 at 1:43 PM ^

Alabama has a (far) better coach, better athletes and their 10-2 season is literally their worst season in the past decade. They may not be as good as some of the teams we've seen them put out recently but this is still a damn good team, even without Tua. 

No, they don't have Tua but they are still a much better team than Michigan. Unless the world has it out for Michigan (and I'm beginning to think it is) I can't see how anyone thinks this is gonna be a good game. We've seen what happens when we run up against teams with equal or better athletes/coaching. 

I wouldn't go so far as to say we can't win this game, but I'm not exactly looking forward to it if this is the match up we get. As someone already said, their back-up helped them drop 40 points, our starter can't even do that against teams with a pulse. 

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Monk

December 8th, 2019 at 4:22 PM ^

Alabama actually had more first downs and a lot more yards in the game vs Auburn, but the two pick sixes totally changed the game, of course. And one of them was off the RB when he was heading into the end zone, so a 14 point swing.  You figure one pick-6 itself is not that common, and 2 between teams that are even is probably not going to happen too often.  And the FG at the end of the half was I thought a bad call, but those are going to happen. 

I agree that if a few Ala players don't play, that would really help.

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NittanyFan

December 8th, 2019 at 12:56 PM ^

I'm going to be bold and say the B1G does not go 0-9 in Bowl season.

Even if each B1G team only had a 10% chance to win each game (which won't be the case), there's only a 39% chance the conference would go 0-9.

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mgobleu

December 8th, 2019 at 1:08 PM ^

I don't think it's as dire as you act. 

I like Wisconsin's chances against Oregon, PSU against Memphis, Indiana against Kentucky and Iowa against USC. 

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Cobra5476

December 8th, 2019 at 1:26 PM ^

What was the reasoning for them not releasing the Playoff top 25 rankings on time?  Haven't been able to see it  anywhere, only some articles where people have seen the top 4.

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NittanyFan

December 8th, 2019 at 1:42 PM ^

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That said, Mullens gave a few hints already:

1. Wisconsin was specifically mentioned as #8.  Which is what they were last week.  Still unsure what that means in terms of Wisconsin being ahead of/behind PSU for the Rose Bowl spot, however.  There are 3 teams that could have fallen behind Wisconsin (GA, Utah, Baylor) but 3 teams that could have leap-frogged Wisconsin too (Florida, PSU, Oregon).

2. OSU is 5-0 against teams in the Top 21 (Cincinnati is likely #21).

3. LSU is 4-0 against teams in the Top 13.  So Alabama likely fell a spot to #13.  Oregon jumped them but Utah did not fall behind them.  This likely means Michigan is #14.  Still behind Alabama.  Still ahead of ND & Iowa, where U-M has the head-to-head wins.  Memphis is the only team behind U-M that theoretically could take that #14 spot but that seems a bit too much of a jump for the Tigers (from #17).

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kurpit

December 8th, 2019 at 1:39 PM ^

I think OSU, Wisconsin, and Penn State should all win their match-ups. The rest look like mismatches. I don't know how y'all just watches Michigan get dummied by a more talented team and immediately think Michigan stands a good chance against Bama. I just hope they don't get blown out again.

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