Palm predicts Ore. OSU Rematch in Big Championship Game

[TomEric4756]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...-tiebreaker-scenarios-with-nine-teams-in-mix/

Indiana: There's no fluke. Through half of the college football regular season, Indiana is ahead of Ohio State in the Big Ten standings. The Hoosiers are 3-0 in Big Ten play and have won every game by at least two touchdowns, including a road trip to Northwestern on Oct. 5. The first big test comes this week as the Hoosiers host Nebraska in a marquee noon matchup. If Indiana wins big, the schedule gets interesting. No. 24 Michigan doesn't look scary without a passing game. Purdue, Washington and Michigan State are middle- or bottom-tier teams. It's really that one game against Ohio State. And hey, if Ohio State or Penn State lose another game along the way, 11-1 could still be enough to reach Indianapolis.

 

[TomEric4756]

My best case thoughts before yesterday was an IU OSU rematch with two Ore BiG losses.

Bucks beat themselves at Ore. Especially considering the offensive PI that took away a key FD.

PS. OSU lost their starting LT during the game.

 

[TomEric4756]

Standings
Conf. W-L PF PA Ovr. W-L PF PA StR. Home Away
Indiana 3 0 125 65 6 0 285 89 W6 4 0 2 0
Oregon 3 0 97 54 6 0 207 116 W6 4 0 2 0
Penn State 3 0 81 48 6 0 205 87 W6 4 0 2 0
Illinois 2 1 88 94 5 1 186 120 W1 4 0 1 1
Ohio State 2 1 104 46 5 1 261 66 L1 4 0 1 1
Nebraska 2 1 66 48 5 1 168 68 W2 4 1 1 0
Iowa 2 1 78 65 4 2 175 106 W1 3 1 1 1
Michigan 2 1 71 75 4 2 141 134 L1 4 1 0 1
Wisconsin 2 1 115 51 4 2 180 120 W2 3 1 1 1
Minnesota 2 2 83 92 4 3 175 111 W2 3 2 1 1
Washington 2 2 85 83 4 3 169 119 L1 4 0 0 2
Rutgers 1 2 35 74 4 2 154 121 L2 3 1 1 1
Michigan St. 1 2 44 93 3 3 119 126 L3 2 1 1 2
Northwestern 1 2 66 75 3 3 130 114 W1 2 2 1 1
USC 1 3 109 105 3 3 184 125 L2 2 1 0 2
Maryland 0 3 62 106 3 3 177 146 L2 2 2 1 1
Purdue 0 3 65 130 1 5 142 234 L5 1 2 0 3
UCLA 0 4 54 124 1 5 87 171 L5 0 3 1 2

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

I’m surprised that Jerry Palm has anything nice to say about IU at all. He’s normally pretty biased,against IU, even if his numbers tell him something differently.
If anybody knows anything about Palm, he is the biggest epitome of Purdue geekdom that there is. From Chicago area. A math champion of some sort. Took like 6 math classes at PU in one.semester. Was a member 9( their Marching Band. He indicates that he was an All-American band member (I didn’t know that they did this at all). Computer Science major at PU. 1985 graduate. His father, and then Jerry himself, held the position of President of the Chicago Purdue Alumni club.
He’s hardcore Purdue.

 

[Kelly_32]

I’m surprised that Jerry Palm has anything nice to say about IU at all. He’s normally pretty biased,against IU, even if his numbers tell him something differently.
If anybody knows anything about Palm, he is the biggest epitome of Purdue geekdom that there is. From Chicago area. A math champion of some sort. Took like 6 math classes at PU in one.semester. Was a member 9( their Marching Band. He indicates that he was an All-American band member (I didn’t know that they did this at all). Computer Science major at PU. 1985 graduate. His father, and then Jerry himself, held the position of President of the Chicago Purdue Alumni club.
He’s hardcore Purdue.

He probably mutters cuss words every Sunday evening when he has to select a bowl game for the Hoosiers.

 

[From the Balcony]

Standings
Conf. W-L PF PA Ovr. W-L PF PA StR. Home Away
Indiana 3 0 125 65 6 0 285 89 W6 4 0 2 0
Oregon 3 0 97 54 6 0 207 116 W6 4 0 2 0
Penn State 3 0 81 48 6 0 205 87 W6 4 0 2 0
Illinois 2 1 88 94 5 1 186 120 W1 4 0 1 1
Ohio State 2 1 104 46 5 1 261 66 L1 4 0 1 1
Nebraska 2 1 66 48 5 1 168 68 W2 4 1 1 0
Iowa 2 1 78 65 4 2 175 106 W1 3 1 1 1
Michigan 2 1 71 75 4 2 141 134 L1 4 1 0 1
Wisconsin 2 1 115 51 4 2 180 120 W2 3 1 1 1
Minnesota 2 2 83 92 4 3 175 111 W2 3 2 1 1
Washington 2 2 85 83 4 3 169 119 L1 4 0 0 2
Rutgers 1 2 35 74 4 2 154 121 L2 3 1 1 1
Michigan St. 1 2 44 93 3 3 119 126 L3 2 1 1 2
Northwestern 1 2 66 75 3 3 130 114 W1 2 2 1 1
USC 1 3 109 105 3 3 184 125 L2 2 1 0 2
Maryland 0 3 62 106 3 3 177 146 L2 2 2 1 1
Purdue 0 3 65 130 1 5 142 234 L5 1 2 0 3
UCLA 0 4 54 124 1 5 87 171 L5 0 3 1 2

Love it. I want to pull a "Lee Corso" and take a screen shot of the B!G standings and make it my screensaver.

 

[82hoosier]

Some teams could end up playing four more games after the end of conference regular season. How many star players will opt out of post season?

 

[Kelly_32]

Some teams could end up playing four more games after the end of conference regular season. How many star players will opt out of post season?

Opt out of the CFP?

Zero!

 

[Jssanto]

Some teams could end up playing four more games after the end of conference regular season. How many star players will opt out of post season?

I have wondered about this total potential games played issue. How many is too many? At some point I can see reducing the warm up cupcake games to one or two, then go to conference games.