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It could happen, you just need Illinois to lose two Of their last 3. Assuming they lose at Michigan you need Purdue or NW to take them out. That doesn’t seem impossible. Also Iowa needs to win out.
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No bc Michigan won't be there
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After seeing Northwestern be the more physical team this past week -- I am more confident than I've ever been. OSU KNEW NW was going to run the ball and the team averaging 3 ypc on season and ranked 113th in rushing ran for over 200 yards.
I will say this -- IF OSU gets by UM -- they will get absolutely trucked by Georgia, who has the physicality to go with the skill position players. So I don't think it matters who goes from the B1G this year.
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Week 11 Lines:
Indiana at Ohio State (-41)
Purdue at Illinois (-6.5)
Rutgers at Michigan State (-10.5)
Nebraska at Michigan (-29)
Maryland at Penn State (-12)
Wisconsin at Iowa (-1)
Northwestern at Minnesota (-18)
Indiana at Ohio State (-41)
Purdue at Illinois (-6.5)
Rutgers at Michigan State (-10.5)
Nebraska at Michigan (-29)
Maryland at Penn State (-12)
Wisconsin at Iowa (-1)
Northwestern at Minnesota (-18)
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You know they averaged 3 yards a carry again, right? Yes they had 206 yards. On 59 attempts.
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My B1G Power Rankings
Top Tier
1 Ohio State (9-0, 6-0)
2 Michigan (9-0, 6-0)
2nd Tier
3 Penn State (7-2, 4-2)
4 Illinois (7-2, 4-2)
5 Wisconsin (5-4, 3-3)
6 Maryland (6-3, 3-3)
3rd Tier
7 Minnesota (6-3, 3-3)
8 Iowa (5-4, 3-3)
9 Purdue (5-4, 3-3)
4th Tier
10 Michigan State (4-5, 2-4)
11 Nebraska (3-6, 2-4)
12 Rutgers (4-5, 1-5)
13 Indiana (3-6, 1-5)
14 Northwestern (1-8, 1-5)
Top Tier
1 Ohio State (9-0, 6-0)
2 Michigan (9-0, 6-0)
2nd Tier
3 Penn State (7-2, 4-2)
4 Illinois (7-2, 4-2)
5 Wisconsin (5-4, 3-3)
6 Maryland (6-3, 3-3)
3rd Tier
7 Minnesota (6-3, 3-3)
8 Iowa (5-4, 3-3)
9 Purdue (5-4, 3-3)
4th Tier
10 Michigan State (4-5, 2-4)
11 Nebraska (3-6, 2-4)
12 Rutgers (4-5, 1-5)
13 Indiana (3-6, 1-5)
14 Northwestern (1-8, 1-5)
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Eh we always have one awful game per year where we either lose to a team we really shouldn't lost to or get close to losing.
They held up pretty well against Penn State that more indicative of what they really are than the NW game. They were about as flat and sleep walky as ive seen them since the blowout loss to Iowa in the NW game.
That being said though we better hope for good weather against Michigan because our OL cannot run block for shit.
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I'd be just as worried about your team stopping the run too, as everyone in the world knew it was going to be a run 95% of the plays and NW still ran for 200 yards. That was ugly.
That being said -- I don't think Michigan or OSU stand a chance against Georgia. Maybe if we could use Michigan OL and running game and pair it with OSU's passing -- but I think Georgia dominates each team individually.
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Are you under the impression 200 yards on 59 attempts are good numbers
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They averaged almost 4 yards per carry -- they actually ran for 226 on 55 carries. You had 4 sacks for -20. I don't care about QB sacks. This is the 113th ranked rushing team in CFB -- they average 3.06 ypc on the season. You should have dominated the line of scrimmage. Hell -- the best running back OSU had was CJ Stroud, for crying out loud.
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Against a team who should have absolutely dominated them? ABSOLUTELY. You can try and spin it however you'd like. OSU was putting 8 and 9 in box and NW still ran the ball on them, when OSU KNEW it was coming.
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They scored 7 points...
226 yards on 55 carries are still terrible numbers in college
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They outgained Ohio State in the game, they had more first downs, they dominated time of possession. OSU, in a game where they should have EASILY manhandled NW on the OL and DL -- they didn't. NW was the more physical team.
And those numbers aren't good if the defense didn't know exactly what was coming every play. OSU had 8-9 men in the box every play. NO CHANCE should NW be able to run for that much.
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Id be worried if this wasn't the first time in recent memory we have done something similar.
Our starters held Wisconsin to basically nothing rushing
Penn State wasn't really effective running either.
Judging from the rest of the season the NW game was a outlier. They played about as bad as they could and NW still only scored 7 points.
Our defense is fine, it's the offensive line that's the worry, they've actually struggled blocking for the run basically all season.
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Also should point it that a good amount of NW success was out of those stupid ass wildcat packages, which I'm sure we were not fully prepared to see that much.
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Michigan has had slow starts in every B1G game this year outside of maybe Iowa.
That's something they can't do against Ohio State. If they find themselves down multiple scores at halftime they are in big doo doo.
They should still be hoping for bad weather that we have to run the ball more in.
That's something they can't do against Ohio State. If they find themselves down multiple scores at halftime they are in big doo doo.
They should still be hoping for bad weather that we have to run the ball more in.
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They were running a wildcat. Giving them an extra blocker. Teams that fully commit to the run like that can absolutely still have some success even against stacked boxes.
It was actually a brilliant gameplan to keep Ohio States offense on the sidelines and it was even more aided by the fact the weather was terrible.
No one is saying that Ohio State didn't play like shit, I've said it several times already. What am disputing is your nonsense that Northwestern was some rushing juggernaut that Ohio State couldn't stop when they rushed for less that 4ypa and scored 7 points
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Reminded me of a few years ago when Nebraska came out legit running a old school 90s Nebraska option attack against us and just gashed with it. It's hard to stop something that catches you completely off guard.