tOfficial B1G Thread

Deep Creek said:
So, you’re telling me to lay the points and take Washington?
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In the last seven days, I have received two cash to the poor payments, so the answer to your question would be no.
Better to take betting advise from @huskers1217. You would be better served.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Michigan is a 3 point underdog @ Washington

Wonder how many times a "top 10" team has been a underdog to a unranked team, can't be many.
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Hard to argue with Washington being favored. See my post in one of the other threads:

navamind

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fishinabarrel said:
Rutgers is undefeated and unranked with wins over two power conference does. The Rutgers fans on this site need to start a post bitching.
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Washington looks better than their record. Rogers has been quite efficient and Coleman's given them an explosive running game. They're averaging 7.2 yards per play on the season, though the scoring has been underwhelming. They've only turned it over 2 times this year, they've just shot themselves in the foot a lot with penalties, not great kicking (3 missed FG against Rutgers), and poor performance on 3rd downs. Rutgers were outgained by over...
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Washington ranks within the top 25 in SP+ Both their offensive and defensive units rank in the top 30. They have a good QB and good skill players, but they've had trouble with their OL, penalties and converting 3rd downs. If Michigan's going to win, they're going to need more improvement from Orji (not confident, especially with the playcalling), a strong rushing performance (possible, I don't think UW's run defense is that good; we need to use more DESIGNED runs with Orji), and the DL needs to obliterate UW's OL (also possible). If Rogers has enough time, he could have success against us especially if Will Johnson is still banged up.
 
navamind said:
Hard to argue with Washington being favored. See my post in one of the other threads:

navamind

Post in thread 'Post here if your team has only one loss and is unranked'

fishinabarrel said:
Rutgers is undefeated and unranked with wins over two power conference does. The Rutgers fans on this site need to start a post bitching.
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Washington looks better than their record. Rogers has been quite efficient and Coleman's given them an explosive running game. They're averaging 7.2 yards per play on the season, though the scoring has been underwhelming. They've only turned it over 2 times this year, they've just shot themselves in the foot a lot with penalties, not great kicking (3 missed FG against Rutgers), and poor performance on 3rd downs. Rutgers were outgained by over...
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Washington ranks within the top 25 in SP+ Both their offensive and defensive units rank in the top 30. They have a good QB and good skill players, but they've had trouble with their OL, penalties and converting 3rd downs. If Michigan's going to win, they're going to need more improvement from Orji (not confident, especially with the playcalling), a strong rushing performance (possible, I don't think UW's run defense is that good; we need to use more DESIGNED runs with Orji), and the DL needs to obliterate UW's OL (also possible). If Rogers has enough time, he could have success against us especially if Will Johnson is still banged up.
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Exactly why I think Michigan is probably going to win, Washington is probably going to do enough stupid shit to keep them from being able to win the game, just like Minnesota and USC did.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Exactly why I think Michigan is probably going to win, Washington is probably going to do enough stupid shit to keep them from being able to win the game, just like Minnesota and USC did.
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I think it's winnable, there's just a lot less margin for error than there was the last three years.
 
navamind said:
I think it's winnable, there's just a lot less margin for error than there was the last three years.
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Michigan isn't near good enough of a team to mark up any remaining games as "sure wins" (except maybe Northwestern) but they also aren't bad enough to call any of them sure losses either.

This is their first time on the road this season as well, so we will see how that factors in. I really don't think Orji is going to get much better, the whole season is likely going to be a middle school level passing scheme with lots of simple run plays and hoping the defense gets stupid and out of position/failing to tackle allowing for a couple of long runs a game to give y'all a chance.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Michigan isn't near good enough of a team to mark up any remaining games as "sure wins" (except maybe Northwestern) but they also aren't bad enough to call any of them sure losses either.

This is their first time on the road this season as well, so we will see how that factors in. I really don't think Orji is going to get much better, the whole season is likely going to be a middle school level passing scheme with lots of simple run plays and hoping the defense gets stupid and out of position/failing to tackle allowing for a couple of long runs a game to give y'all a chance.
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They finally started using Edwards and Mullings in the backfield simultaneously... that should have been the foundation of the offense all season, especially now that Orji is starting. He made some decent throws against Minnesota, but he was also missing reads and still looked inaccurate. He could have had Loveland or Edwards on that interception he threw. And if he hits those and Michigan scores again, Minnesota may have packed it in and this game doesn't go down to the wire like it did. Despite having over 10 carries in last week's game, most of them were scrambles rather than designed runs. It just seems like they could run the McCarthy offense with either QB, but that's clearly not the case. I do think the OL is improving, though it's still not great in pass pro and Evan Link is a disaster.

Thank God for Kalel Mullings. The only thing truly keeping us from being a Brian Ferentz offense. But we are basically Iowa.
 
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navamind said:
Thank God for Kalel Mullings. The only thing truly keeping us from being a Brian Ferentz offense. But we are basically Iowa.
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With or without the pig fucking?
 
navamind said:
They finally started using Edwards and Mullings in the backfield simultaneously... that should have been the foundation of the offense all season, especially now that Orji is starting. He made some decent throws against Minnesota, but he was also missing reads and still looked inaccurate. He could have had Loveland or Edwards on that interception he threw. And if he hits those and Michigan scores again, Minnesota may have packed it in and this game doesn't go down to the wire like it did. Despite having over 10 carries in last week's game, most of them were scrambles rather than designed runs. It just seems like they could run the McCarthy offense with either QB, but that's clearly not the case. I do think the OL is improving, though it's still not great in pass pro and Evan Link is a disaster.

Thank God for Kalel Mullings. The only thing truly keeping us from being a Brian Ferentz offense. But we are basically Iowa.
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I think Orjis supposed running ability is one of the most badly overhyped things this year. He’s ok when it comes to scrambles when pass plays break down but he’s just not good at the designed runs because his vision isn’t good and he’s bad at making reads on the read runs.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
I think Orjis supposed running ability is one of the most badly overhyped things this year. He’s ok when it comes to scrambles when pass plays break down but he’s just not good at the designed runs because his vision isn’t good and he’s bad at making reads on the read runs.
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Man, I have to agree here. I thought it was just me. Some of these folks last season acted like Orji coming in to run the ball was like the second coming. I was like, "Um, I don't see it y'all."

As far as the game at Washington, I just don't see a win here. I will not bet on this game. First away game, all the way on the other side of the continent, and a passing game to even give a second thought to, etc. I think if Washington does a decent job on offense and just stack up against the Michigan run, a Washington victory is very doable.
 
Collegefbfan said:
Man, I have to agree here. I thought it was just me. Some of these folks last season acted like Orji coming in to run the ball was like the second coming. I was like, "Um, I don't see it y'all."

As far as the game at Washington, I just don't see a win here. I will not bet on this game. First away game, all the way on the other side of the continent, and a passing game to even give a second thought to, etc. I think if Washington does a decent job on offense and just stack up against the Michigan run, a Washington victory is very doable.
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He’s not nearly dynamic enough of a runner to make up for his complete lack of passing. Guy is averaging 3.5 YPC with a long of 15 yards this season.

Stack up against the run but don’t get over aggressive or over commit to one side. Michigan is good at recognizing that and burnt both USC and Minnesota a couple of times. Just play straight up and tackle well.
 
TheReal_NU said:
With or without the pig fucking?
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Big Noon at Nebraska vs. IU. I'm guessing they got 1st choice because that's definitely the best game. I'd expect Big Noon Kickoff to be there as well.
 
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