B1G Bowl Matchups
Not sure what kind of record the conference is staring down in bowls this season. Some of these matchups look not so favorable, especially for those early in bowl season. Looking at it, first thought is 4-6, with wins by UM, Wisconsin, Iowa and Maryland. OSU a toss up. But a couple of those games could get ugly.
Fiesta (CFP): OSU v. Clemson
Rose: PSU v. USC
Orange: UM v. FSU
Cotton: Wisconsin v. Western Michigan
Outback: Iowa v. Florida (Is a war crime)
Music City: Nebraska v. Tennessee
Holiday: Minnesota v. Wazzu
Pinstripe: N'western v. Pitt
Foster Farms: IU v. Utah
Quicklane: Maryland v. BC (a slightly less awful war crime)
Failure pile in a sadness Bowl: MIchigan State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfan5MacmsI
December 4th, 2016 at 4:32 PM ^
Fairly decent slate of games, honestly.
December 4th, 2016 at 4:35 PM ^
Would you rather OSU get destroyed in the semifinal or lose a close game by virtue of a horrible call? For the sake of recruiting I hope they get embarrassed. But for the sake of my faith in justice, I would consider the horrible call.
December 4th, 2016 at 4:40 PM ^
I'll take a horrible call on the last play of the game to preserve a Clempson 56-0 shutout.
December 4th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
A demoralizing beat down so bad that Urban Meyer eating cold pizza on a golf cart seems celebratory.
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*Who's*
December 4th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
the playoff teams.
December 4th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 4:41 PM ^
They're gonna put on their ski masks and scrimmage in the dorms against 135lb packaging engineers
December 4th, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^
GO CLEMSON!!!
(but I won't be suprised if OSU find's a way to luck themselves into the NC)
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December 4th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
OSU is likely to lose IMO as they have not looked impressive against a decent team since Oklahoma game, but that game is kind of a toss up. Clemson gonna Clemson.
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December 4th, 2016 at 5:19 PM ^
Y'know...
I recall Brian saying he felt bad that Iowa had to live with its incompetent coach Ferentz, whose team shortly thereafter beat us. And while we clobbered Penn State, and there were a lot of comments about how bad their coach is, somehow they won the Conference. It wasn't magic. They played well in the second half of the season.
So as far as I'm concerned, both of these teams have a decent shot in their games.
I don't know enough about Minnesota's opponent to make a prediction.
December 4th, 2016 at 9:27 PM ^
I don't know, Penn State reminds me of Michigan State last year: it took a lot of lucky bounces of the ball and brainfarts by opposition for them to back their way into a conference championship. I think PSU will get exposed in the Rose Bowl, probably not to the extent MSU was last year against Alabama, but still enough to show that at best, they're the 3rd best team in the Big Ten.
December 4th, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 5:15 PM ^
I would agree there - watching a quarterback duel of Austin Appleby and C.J. Beathard is not going to be on the "One For The Ages" list, although I think Florida might just be able to beat Iowa, at least when you look at the matchup on paper. This one will probably come on to who makes the first egregious mistake on defense, I imagine.
December 4th, 2016 at 6:04 PM ^
The middle of the Florida OL is young and Johnson could give them a real problem. I'd expect King will follow Calloway all over the field.
December 4th, 2016 at 5:17 PM ^
Rose: loss
Orange: win
Cotton: win
Outback: win
Music city: loss
Holiday: loss
Pinstripe: loss
Foster farms: loss
Quicklane: win
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You could be right, but I just think UW will be able to bring the heat on the QB unlike against PSU (due to a respect for their running game). You run a pass blitz and get too far upfield - Barkley is gone. Western's running game - not too sure.WMU - NW match up is intriguing to look back to. WMU only put up 22 and Wisky has a stronger D even if it's secondary is "weak" by B1G East standards.
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December 5th, 2016 at 8:14 AM ^
No it doesn't
December 4th, 2016 at 6:28 PM ^
Fiesta (CFP): OSU v. Clemson - Loss. I think Clemson wins this one by 2 scores
Rose: PSU v. USC -Loss. USC will roll.
Orange: UM v. FSU - Win. If Michigan shows up I think our d line dominates FSU.
Cotton: Wisconsin v. Western Michigan - Win. Wisconsin will win this one easily.
Outback: Iowa v. Florida - Loss. Low scoring game. Duh.
Music City: Nebraska v. Tennessee - Loss. Nebraska just isn't very good. Neither is Tennessee but I think they have too much fire power for Nebraska to keep up.
Holiday: Minnesota v. Wazzu - No idea but predicting a win. I think Minny wins this with defense.
Pinstripe: N'western v. Pitt - Loss. This was a tough one but I think Pitt squeaks this one out.
Foster Farms: IU v. Utah - Loss. The Utes are too strong on both sides of the ball.
Quicklane: Maryland v. BC - Loss. BC shuts down the Terps offense.
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December 5th, 2016 at 3:24 AM ^
December 4th, 2016 at 6:36 PM ^
Locks:
Utah > IU
UW > W. Michigan
Confident:
WSU > Minnesota
USC > PSU
Probable:
Pitt > Northwestern
Florida > Iowa
More likely than not:
UM > FSU
OSU > Clemson
Random guesses, but conference pride and all that:
Maryland > BC
Nebraska > Tennessee
December 4th, 2016 at 8:42 PM ^
I think that this could be a tough bowl season for the Big Ten...
Should Win:
- Michigan vs. FSU
- Ohio State vs. Clemson (Clemson's defense is garbage this year)
- Wisconsin vs. WMU (unless motivation is a factor)
Could go either way, but we must win at least one of these:
- Nebraska vs. Tennessee
- Iowa vs. Florida
- Maryland vs. Boston College
Probably going to lose:
- Northwestern vs. Pittsburgh
- Indiana vs. Utah
- Penn State vs. USC
- Minnesota vs. Washington State
Honestly, we're probably going to have a losing record as a conference and get shit on by the media for being overrated, even though we are definitely the best conference at the top.
December 4th, 2016 at 10:08 PM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 10:24 PM ^
Florida did manage to beat LSU.
I think it'll be a close, ugly affair either way.
December 5th, 2016 at 7:10 AM ^
LSU is not that good. SEC is weak sauce this year
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