tOfficial B1G Thread

ericd7633 said:
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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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They're both on a bye this week, so makes sense in that their records won't change before then.
Indiana will be one of the few (maybe two) undefeated Big 10 teams remaining.

Ohio St/Oregon guarantees to eliminate one undefeated this week.

I think #4 Penn St loses @ USC.
USC's two losses were both on the road.
Their LSU win was 'neutral site' in Vegas.
 
Red_Alert said:
They're both on a bye this week, so makes sense in that their records won't change before then.
Indiana will be one of the few (maybe two) undefeated Big 10 teams remaining.

Ohio St/Oregon guarantees to eliminate one undefeated this week.

I think #4 Penn St loses @ USC.
USC's two losses were both on the road.
Their LSU win was 'neutral site' in Vegas.
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Yeah, that's the best game the week of 10/19, so it was the logical choice. Gonna get a huge number too(4+ million IMO), because all the other marquee games that weekend are at 3:30 and primetime.
 
BIG teams in BIG play are 1-8 when traveling 2 + time zones this season.

Also just got me thinking. Are Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida the only 2 SEC teams outside the central time zone?
 
Wishbone said:
BIG teams in BIG play are 1-8 when traveling 2 + time zones this season.

Also just got me thinking. Are Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida the only 2 SEC teams outside the central time zone?
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Kentucky. But I agree, the conference should be renamed the South central conference
 
Wishbone said:
BIG teams in BIG play are 1-8 when traveling 2 + time zones this season.

Also just got me thinking. Are Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida the only 2 SEC teams outside the central time zone?
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I think Tennessee is EST. Let me look
 
Wishbone said:
BIG teams in BIG play are 1-8 when traveling 2 + time zones this season.

Also just got me thinking. Are Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida the only 2 SEC teams outside the central time zone?
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Tenn. and KY
 
I think with a PSU win over USC this weekend, the B1G will only be looking at the most they could possibly get into the CFP is 4. OSU, PSU, Oregon and IU. I guess maybe Illinois if they won out, with their only loss to Oregon. Much like with the SEC and Texas, if OSU, PSU and Oregon only lose to each other(PSU doesn't play Oregon) I think 3 is probably what we're looking at. I would like to see IU finish 11-1 to see what the committee would do with them. If they finish with that record, they may not have a top 25 win by the end of the year, assuming the loss is to OSU. At this point some combination of OSU, Oregon, PSU and IU are all but assuredly the participants in the B1G title game in some capacity.
 
ericd7633 said:
I think with a PSU win over USC this weekend, the B1G will only be looking at the most they could possibly get into the CFP is 4. OSU, PSU, Oregon and IU. I guess maybe Illinois if they won out, with their only loss to Oregon. Much like with the SEC and Texas, if OSU, PSU and Oregon only lose to each other(PSU doesn't play Oregon) I think 3 is probably what we're looking at. I would like to see IU finish 11-1 to see what the committee would do with them. If they finish with that record, they may not have a top 25 win by the end of the year, assuming the loss is to OSU. At this point some combination of OSU, Oregon, PSU and IU are all but assuredly the participants in the B1G title game in some capacity.
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Only need one. Fuck em all
 
ericd7633 said:
I think with a PSU win over USC this weekend, the B1G will only be looking at the most they could possibly get into the CFP is 4. OSU, PSU, Oregon and IU. I guess maybe Illinois if they won out, with their only loss to Oregon. Much like with the SEC and Texas, if OSU, PSU and Oregon only lose to each other(PSU doesn't play Oregon) I think 3 is probably what we're looking at. I would like to see IU finish 11-1 to see what the committee would do with them. If they finish with that record, they may not have a top 25 win by the end of the year, assuming the loss is to OSU. At this point some combination of OSU, Oregon, PSU and IU are all but assuredly the participants in the B1G title game in some capacity.
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I think if Nebraska goes 9-3, with only two more losses @ Indiana and @ OSU, but finishing the year with wins over USC, Iowa, and Wisconsin, they would all but assuredly be ranked, if not closer to top 15. Also if IU plays OSU reasonably close, I can't imagine how they could leave them out at 11-1. I do think Nebraska and michigan are both must-wins though.
 
Across The Field said:
I think if Nebraska goes 9-3, with only two more losses @ Indiana and @ OSU, but finishing the year with wins over USC, Iowa, and Wisconsin, they would all but assuredly be ranked, if not closer to top 15. Also if IU plays OSU reasonably close, I can't imagine how they could leave them out at 11-1. I do think Nebraska and michigan are both must-wins though.
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Yeah, I think at 9-3 Nebraska would be ranked as well. Just not sure they can get there with how they've played lately. I'm surprised how they've regressed it seems like.

And yeah, I think at 11-1 IU is definitely in. I'm more so curious where they would be slotted. Also, if OSU beats everyone(IU, Oregon, PSU) and everyone else wins out, who the hell goes to Indy? Lol. Because I think that's very realistic if OSU wins this weekend.
 
ericd7633 said:
Yeah, I think at 9-3 Nebraska would be ranked as well. Just not sure they can get there with how they've played lately. I'm surprised how they've regressed it seems like.

And yeah, I think at 11-1 IU is definitely in. I'm more so curious where they would be slotted. Also, if OSU beats everyone(IU, Oregon, PSU) and everyone else wins out, who the hell goes to Indy? Lol. Because I think that's very realistic if OSU wins this weekend.
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At that point PSU and Oregon would vote IU in to avoid the extra loss

:laugh:
 
ericd7633 said:
Yeah, I think at 9-3 Nebraska would be ranked as well. Just not sure they can get there with how they've played lately. I'm surprised how they've regressed it seems like.

And yeah, I think at 11-1 IU is definitely in. I'm more so curious where they would be slotted. Also, if OSU beats everyone(IU, Oregon, PSU) and everyone else wins out, who the hell goes to Indy? Lol. Because I think that's very realistic if OSU wins this weekend.
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That's a good point. I'm sure the conference has some crazy, convoluted method of how the tiebreaker would work.
 
Across The Field said:
That's a good point. I'm sure the conference has some crazy, convoluted method of how the tiebreaker would work.
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I'd probably guess it would be Oregon since they would have wins in the non conference that would actually be worthy. Beating Boise State and for now Oregon State looks like a decent win.
 
ericd7633 said:
I think with a PSU win over USC this weekend, the B1G will only be looking at the most they could possibly get into the CFP is 4. OSU, PSU, Oregon and IU. I guess maybe Illinois if they won out, with their only loss to Oregon. Much like with the SEC and Texas, if OSU, PSU and Oregon only lose to each other(PSU doesn't play Oregon) I think 3 is probably what we're looking at. I would like to see IU finish 11-1 to see what the committee would do with them. If they finish with that record, they may not have a top 25 win by the end of the year, assuming the loss is to OSU. At this point some combination of OSU, Oregon, PSU and IU are all but assuredly the participants in the B1G title game in some capacity.
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Whoooooaa. That's the kind of shit that happens in the AAC, MWC, etc. Shouldn't happen in the B1G or SEC. Hell, that shouldn't even happen in the ACC or Big 12. Thank you unbalanced schedules and/or several of your conference mates completely crapping the bed this season.

That said, Indiana didn't do itself any favor with an OOC schedule of FIU, Western Illinois and Charlotte. That's Artie Briles at Baylor level OOC scheduling right there.
 
ericd7633 said:
I'd probably guess it would be Oregon since they would have wins in the non conference that would actually be worthy. Beating Boise State and for now Oregon State looks like a decent win.
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I was figuring the CFP rankings would be part of it, which of course they'd be higher in, but I could be wrong. I was thinking that was the case in years past if the H2H tiebreaker wasn't there.
 
ericd7633 said:
I think with a PSU win over USC this weekend, the B1G will only be looking at the most they could possibly get into the CFP is 4. OSU, PSU, Oregon and IU. I guess maybe Illinois if they won out, with their only loss to Oregon. Much like with the SEC and Texas, if OSU, PSU and Oregon only lose to each other(PSU doesn't play Oregon) I think 3 is probably what we're looking at. I would like to see IU finish 11-1 to see what the committee would do with them. If they finish with that record, they may not have a top 25 win by the end of the year, assuming the loss is to OSU. At this point some combination of OSU, Oregon, PSU and IU are all but assuredly the participants in the B1G title game in some capacity.
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Across The Field said:
I think if Nebraska goes 9-3, with only two more losses @ Indiana and @ OSU, but finishing the year with wins over USC, Iowa, and Wisconsin, they would all but assuredly be ranked, if not closer to top 15. Also if IU plays OSU reasonably close, I can't imagine how they could leave them out at 11-1. I do think Nebraska and michigan are both must-wins though.
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I don't think Penn St beats USC.

Nebraska finishes the season (3-3) at best. More likely (2-4) or even (1-5) tho.

Rhule's 2nd seasons at Temple and Baylor were certainly improvements over his 1st seasons, but the big leaps came in year three at those programs.

Rhule finished his 2nd season at Temple in 2014 (2-5)
Rhule finished his 2nd season at Baylor in 2018 (2-4)

I expect similar in his 2nd season at Nebraska.

@ Indiana: L
@ Ohio St: L
UCLA: W
@USC: L
Wisconsin: L
@ Iowa: ?

Getting Nebraska bowl eligible in year two (i.e. 6 or 7 wins) would be an improvement over year one and I'll take it for momentum's sake going into 2025.
 
Red_Alert said:
I don't think Penn St beats USC.

Nebraska finishes the season (3-3) at best. More likely (2-4) or even (1-5) tho.

Rhule's 2nd seasons at Temple and Baylor were certainly improvements over his 1st seasons, but the big leaps came in year three at those programs.

Rhule finished his 2nd season at Temple in 2014 (2-5)
Rhule finished his 2nd season at Baylor in 2018 (2-4)

I expect similar in his 2nd season at Nebraska.

@ Indiana: L
@ Ohio St: L
UCLA: W
@USC: L
Wisconsin: L
@ Iowa: ?

Getting Nebraska bowl eligible in year two (i.e. 6 or 7 wins) would be an improvement over year one and I'll take it for momentum's sake going into 2025.
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Think you're putting a little too much faith into USC.
 
Red_Alert said:
I don't think Penn St beats USC.

Nebraska finishes the season (3-3) at best. More likely (2-4) or even (1-5) tho.

Rhule's 2nd seasons at Temple and Baylor were certainly improvements over his 1st seasons, but the big leaps came in year three at those programs.

Rhule finished his 2nd season at Temple in 2014 (2-5)
Rhule finished his 2nd season at Baylor in 2018 (2-4)

I expect similar in his 2nd season at Nebraska.

@ Indiana: L
@ Ohio St: L
UCLA: W
@USC: L
Wisconsin: L
@ Iowa: ?

Getting Nebraska bowl eligible in year two (i.e. 6 or 7 wins) would be an improvement over year one and I'll take it for momentum's sake going into 2025.
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Yeah, I'm not sure what to make of PSU/USC. I don't think USC is all that great, but PSU has struggled some this year. I think PSU probably wins a close one.

Yeah, that's a tough schedule to end the year for Nebraska. 9-3 would actually be pretty good given it. I think you'll be at Wisconsin. They've looked terrible this year. If I had to guess I'd say 8-4 probably.
 
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