When a guy comes in first year with a thrown together transfer roster and is the clear cut 4th best team, well that’s means everyone basically stinks. The entire mid-tier needs to step it up and Michigan and USC need not suck.
The Big 10 stinks
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And your point is ?
OSU is still the favorite to win it all.
No one cares about 2nd place.
Or mid tier Big Ten...
They do not stink
They are the second best conference in the country.
That’s not even debatable.
Just like the SEC being the best conference,that too is not debatable.
They are the second best conference in the country.
That’s not even debatable.
Just like the SEC being the best conference,that too is not debatable.
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Why on side kick?
Just spent 6 minutes getting it within a 2 scores and just hand them 7 points.
Just spent 6 minutes getting it within a 2 scores and just hand them 7 points.
IU is potentially missing the playoffs because of two disasterous special teams plays.
Ole Miss is gonna lose. IU will be in the playoff
I’m watching. Helps tremendously. Now go Auburn.
We didn't hand them seven with the onside kick. All they were going to do was run the ball.
So take the punt return and call it back because of a couple illegal blocks and that possibly changes the score. Then call the holds on the final long run and that does change the score. Get rid of the screwed up punt that he seems to have taken his eyes off the ball and that could change the score. Not saying we could have won but it would have been a lot closer game.
I think the game turned when IU had a 3rd down & 1 & was moving the ball, then IU got called for illegal procedure when it seemed obvious OSU was guilty of offsides, the Fox TV crew saw it that way, then it's 3rd & 6, OSU sacked Rourke & it was game over pretty much right there.
Absolutely no reason to on side kick in that situation.
If it’s a one score game then yeah.
Ole Miss just lost to a 5-5 Florida team and they said no way IU should make it in over Ole Miss. SEC is all powerful..
One reason was to not look like were only trying to keep the score looking good for the committee. We had to onside it.
Punt return wasn't given, we did not cover and they blocked us
No, the defense brought one more rusher than IU had as blockers, an OL player can't block two rushers. It is a OC problem not OL problem.
Florida is better than their record.
3 of their losses are to playoff teams (Georgia, Texas, Tennessee), and the other 2 are to potential playoff teams (Miami, Texas A&M).
Cig told Fisch that was the turning point. Said we couldn't do anything offensively after that.
It doesn’t matter. They aren’t putting in 3- loss SEC teams. Particularly a team that lost to Kentucky and a .500 Florida team.
Agreed, just disputing how you labeled Florida as a "5-5" team to diminish their talent level.
And because we literally played no one with a pulse in the non conference. Not sure how we do against Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois but it would have been nice to play a couple of them instead of UCLA, MSU, and Purdue.
BigTen isn’t as bad as the OP is trying to make it sound. It seems bad because we won’t have played anyone of the top 6 or 7 teams besides Ohio State.
If we do get in there’s absolutely no reason to ever play anyone with a pulse in non-conf.
After years in the BIG East, I'll never apologize for a break in the schedule and never shed a tear for the west teams now having to play big boy football.
I’d say that dropped snap on the punt is what did everything in. Gave OSU unbelievable field position and a pretty easy score going into halftime. Completely changed the momentum of the game. That punt return would’ve still happened, but it wouldn’t have followed a disastrous end to the first half. Missed snap changed momentum, punt return TD finished us off.
That ball gets punted, you’re probably looking at 7-7 halftime.
Disagree. Beating every team except one elite team, at their place, is good enough to get in.
We deserve to get in. And with a more standard B1G schedule, there isn't much reason to play tougher OOC. Just happened to fall against us.
Now, I'd never have not played Louisville, feel them and Cincinnati are the perfect level to play one medium OOC game. But still, we played a B1G ten schedule and have only lost once.
A couple times the RB stepped up to block no one. Haven’t to the wrong hole. But you nailed it by bringing up that’s the OCs problem. To have two weeks to prepare for them and no real results is a shame.
They've also beat Ole Miss and LSU and all of their losses are to teams ranked in the top 15.
You choose how you label teams.
LSU is 6-4 and only one of floridas losses is by one possession. A few were 30 point blowouts.
Even Hoosier fans are drinking SEC koolaid.
Why not? So, Ole Miss gets a pass because of uber talented Florida but IU does not against Michigan? They have the same level of talent as Florida.
you need not apologize, but we are 50/50 at
making the playoff because of how weak our schedule ended up being. Need to put 70 on Purdue next week.
Why not? So, Ole Miss gets a pass because of uber talented Florida but IU does not against Michigan? They have the same level of talent as Florida.
Agreed. Same goes for basketball. Not deserving of the Big Dance with our piss poor non-con. You have a great point. We play nobody. Big Ten basketball is terrible this year. Leave em out. Everyone knows it’s a weak conference and we play a cream puff schedule. I agree with your thought process entirely!
