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Athlon's early 2018 top 15

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Has OSU #7, Michigan #7, Wisky #8, MSU # 10 & PSU #11

I'd switch Michigan & PSU.

Bama & Clemson are 1 & 2.
 
Has OSU #7, Michigan #7, Wisky #8, MSU # 10 & PSU #11

I'd switch Michigan & PSU.

Bama & Clemson are 1 & 2.

I would have to agree considering PSU beat UM by almost 30pts. But, PSU is losing one of the most talented players in the game.

Either way, that's 4 B1G East teams in the top 15? Maryland did decent this year and has a really good recruiting class coming in so I see them being right on the cusp of big things too. Time to tighten the boot straps!
 
Has OSU #7, Michigan #7, Wisky #8, MSU # 10 & PSU #11

I'd switch Michigan & PSU.

Bama & Clemson are 1 & 2.

IU's 2018 Schedule and path to bowl:

FIU - W
UVA - W
BSU - W
MSU - L
RU - W
OSU - L
IA - W (Home)
PSU - L
MIN - W (Away)
MD - W
UM - L
PU - W

That's 8-4 and a bowl, folks. Even if none of the teams we beat end up with a winning record, we win 8 games!!!
 
I'd like to see Indiana stand up and beat Sparty in Bloomington. That will be a hard fought game, similar to the 2017 version. We beat them in 16' at home, let's do it again.

The dream scenario for IU, would be to start out 5-0 heading to Ohio State.
 
IU's 2018 Schedule and path to bowl:

FIU - W
UVA - W
BSU - W
MSU - L
RU - W
OSU - L
IA - W (Home)
PSU - L
MIN - W (Away)
MD - W
UM - L
PU - W

That's 8-4 and a bowl, folks. Even if none of the teams we beat end up with a winning record, we win 8 games!!!
I saw the same thing on here multiple times about 5 months ago for the 2017 season.

Hopefully we get it done next year.
 
That looks doable!!!!

Damn, I'm being sucked in again...........
If we can maintain a level of defensive play anywhere close to that of the past two years I would think we will definitely end up better than this season record-wise.

We lose virtually nothing on offense and I have to believe that a year of development and experience makes us noticeably better on the O-line. Even if we don't have a dominant group there, additional bodies and maturity have to be a huge plus. Even though we have questions at QB we do have experience returning and I don't think we have to scheme for two drastically different styles of player there. We do have to replace an outstanding kicker as well

Of course, injuries are always the great unknown but for crying out loud we have to have a little better luck with that next year. I wasn't a big fan of the "breakthrough" thing because you can set yourself up to look foolish with those kinds of slogans, but I am really optimistic about next season.
 
Not gonna fall into the same old trap of predicting Ws and Ls...
I'd just love to see a much improved program (all inclusive) in 2018 game 1 and build from there.
 
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We have a young team and we don't know how good our QB play will be yet. We must run the ball a lot better this season.
 
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