Rittenberg's Latest Big Ten Bowl Projections
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN.com's Big Ten blogger has posted his latest Big Ten bowl projections. After the loss to Iowa, he has Michigan in the Insight Bowl which is played in Sun Devil Stadium on Dec 28. That's less interesting to me than his prediction for who'll end up as the Big Ten champion and Rose Bowl representative (not MSU or OSU).
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Rose Bowl |
Iowa vs. BCS team |
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Fiesta/Sugar/Orange Bowl |
Michigan State vs. BCS team |
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Capital One |
Ohio State vs. SEC team |
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Outback |
Wisconsin vs. SEC team |
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Gator |
Illinois vs. SEC team |
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Insight Bowl |
Michigan vs. Big 12 team |
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Texas Bowl |
Northwestern vs. Big 12 team |
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Dallas Football Classic |
Penn State vs. Big 12 team |
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Little Caesars Pizza Bowl |
Purdue vs. MAC team |
I figure we're still good for the Gator Bowl as I think we'll defeat PSU, Illinois and Purdue to finish the regular season at 8-4.
October 18th, 2010 at 9:13 AM ^
I like it and I like BSU to win the NCS.
October 17th, 2010 at 11:21 PM ^
Michigan playing them in a bowl would be the perfect solution to shuting some mouths up that are dissing your team. Then again Florida is awful so getting that respect might not be that easy.
October 18th, 2010 at 12:29 AM ^
Couldn't hurt our Florida recruiting efforts either. Timmy J come on down... *wakes up*
October 18th, 2010 at 9:21 AM ^
I would love to see a Nebraska vs. Big Ten Bowl game.
As long as UM goes to a Bowl I'd be happy...UM needs the practice.
October 18th, 2010 at 12:04 AM ^
October 18th, 2010 at 2:00 AM ^
Too bad those in charge of the bowls didn't have the stones to match them up against a powerhouse last year. By failing to do so, they deprived the Broncos of the chance to prove that they belong, which helps voters justify keeping BSU out of the championship game.
October 18th, 2010 at 1:12 AM ^
out 6th game- I'll dance a futterwacken:
October 18th, 2010 at 12:51 AM ^
I'm not sure why this video is so large on my screen- Sorry if this is obnoxiously large on yours
October 18th, 2010 at 1:33 AM ^
I replied to this one instead so you should still be able to edit.
October 18th, 2010 at 1:38 AM ^
After yesterday's display against Wisconsin - I think this year might be the year when we finally beat Tyrelle/Tressel.
What a way it will be to close the season out on a high!!! It will be the signature win for RR this year to silence all his critics.
My projection for this year is 9-3 with our loss coming to Wisky and we heading to the Outback Bowl.
Again I could be wrong - but hey its a good dream to dream.
October 18th, 2010 at 3:11 AM ^
and don't have to suffer a massive negbang, the $ is a big no-no around here
October 18th, 2010 at 4:06 AM ^
Thanks for the info - will keep that in mind for the future
October 18th, 2010 at 3:18 PM ^
Wins over Illinois, Penn State, and Purdue, though I'd still say all three games are much, much closer to "toss-up" than "should win comfortably".
Michigan is built to beat teams with inexperienced qb's that struggle to run the ball. Not facing Cousins, Stanzi, Tolzien, etc helps a lot. That's why I think we can outscore Illinois (their offense will make enough mistakes that we can take advantage of) and Penn State(ditto). Even though both have strong defenses, we were able to impose our will on Iowa and should do the same with those teams.
Purdue looks a LOT stronger after the past two weeks. Rob Henry can cause some problems for this defense. I think it will be a lot like the Indiana game, so hopefully Michigan can outscore them.
Wisconsin looks a lot like Iowa and msu. Loss. OSU has enough talent at the non-Pryor positions to simply dominate us.
I will say this: If we can simply put together 60 minutes of mistake-free football we can beat OSU. But we won't. Particularly in the second half, I expect the Buckeye defense to bring out some bad plays in our qb's, and a couple of big runs by Herron will put the game away.
8-4 and we should face a weaker SEC team(Florida?) in the Gator Bowl
October 18th, 2010 at 8:14 PM ^
I can make that drive from North Carolina in a day. I'll be there screaming my lungs out for my beloved Maize and Blue!!!