My friend also wants to know if the recruiting rankings will be awarded points too ((you guys are Really making him nervous))🙄
The Official - INDIANA vs Iowa - Score Prediction Thread
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My friend also wants to know if the recruiting rankings will be awarded points too ((you guys are Really making him nervous))🙄
And that's as close to anything resembling a Win as you're going get over the next 4 days so enjoy it...🤣😂🙄
Sorry, Rutgers and Maryland have been by far the worst 2 teams in the B1G. So I would imagine the West has all but guaranteed themselves 4 wins annually just through those two. Indiana vs Purdue, Ohio State vs Illinois were canceled last year. There really isn't any way you can compare the two divisions. I'm sorry. Having to play Ohio State and Penn State every year while Iowa is playing......Wisconsin and ?? Northwestern? To sit there and pretend that's comparable is being disingenuous.
Yeah, Indiana had a very low class last year due to the limited number of players IU brought in. The B1G East STILL out recruited the West. ha You are proving my point.
Who left the door open? We've got some hawks squawking in our barn.
IU - 31
UI - 27
IU - 31
UI - 27
Ugh I unfortunately think we will fall short.
IU 26 IOWA 30
I hope I get to eat crow. I gladly will!
IU 26 IOWA 30
I hope I get to eat crow. I gladly will!
*backup qb with seperated shoulder
Feeling good. IU 38 Iowa 21. Stephen Carr runs for over 100 yards
Indiana 93-6
chance for 100 but the clock expires
chance for 100 but the clock expires
Proposed mercy rule comes too late for Iowa.
I went by ESPN's list, I don't know if this is up to date or not....welp...
51 - Ohio State
35 - Michigan
33 - Iowa
33 - Penn State
22 - Wisconsin
19 - Nebraska
14 - Maryland
13 - Purdue
12 - Illinois
12 - Minnesota
12 - Rutgers
11 - Michigan State
10 - Northwestern
8 - Indiana
O$U has now beaten 17/18 big ten opponents they’ve played, all of the games coached by Ryan Day, by double figures. Only IU last year lost by single digits.
Come on, guy! If you're starting an "official" prediction thread, you need to make a serious prediction. 😜
Hoosiers 24
Hawkeyes 20
Ohio State by itself makes it unbalanced. Ordering by records looks more balanced now based on records since Michigan State has imploded and Iowa passing Penn State this past year. Before last season, Penn State was ahead of Iowa and a few years ago MSU was in Tier 3.
Tiers based on records since 2014 when divisions split
Tier 1: Ohio State
Tier 3: Wisconsin, Iowa, Penn State
Tier 4: Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern
Tier 5: Minnesota, Nebraska, Indiana
Tier 6: Maryland, Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers
Note: MSU and Nebraska are falling like rocks. Indiana is slowly climbing
It's getting more balanced based on PSU and MSU having a bad year last season
If I had to do tiers now, it would be
Tier 1: Ohio State
Tier 3: Wisconsin, Penn State, Iowa, Indiana
Tier 4: Michigan, Northwestern
Tier 5: Minnesota, Michigan State, Maryland
Tier 6: Illinois, Nebraska, Purdue, Rutgers
The problem is that Maryland and Rutgers are recruiting pretty well, especially Rutgers. I don't think it will be long before they are noticeably better than Nebraska, Purdue and Illinois (if they aren't already this year). So the records from 2014 til now will probably be the most even split that we will see. Indiana, Rutgers and Maryland (the supposed bottom feeders of the East) are getting better. It looks like Nebraska, Purdue and Illinois will be the worst teams in the conference moving forward and they are all in the Big Ten west.
In a few years, it won't look equal based on trajectory of the programs.
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We're taking points because we're on the road. I suspect if we were at home, the spread would be the other way.
Regardless, this board has definitely drank the coolaid. I hope all the prognosticators are correct. But difficult for me to see IU rolling through Iowa.
Iowa 21 - IU 18
Two seemingly evenly matched teams, one with the home field advantage - advantage goes to Iowa.
I will be happy for IU to be 1-1 after these first two weekends, depressed as hell if 0-2, ecstatic to the point of giddiness if 2-0.
Two seemingly evenly matched teams, one with the home field advantage - advantage goes to Iowa.
I will be happy for IU to be 1-1 after these first two weekends, depressed as hell if 0-2, ecstatic to the point of giddiness if 2-0.
It is a shame you are such a downer and can't look at the roster for this year. IU add very highly rated transfers that will make the team stronger than last year but I doubt any facts will matter.
IowaIU 31 - 17. We are better on O, D & special teams!
Experts picked Iowa to beat us in hoops last year. Twice. How'd that work out for you?
Experts at what?
Ahh. September in Bloomington. She sums it up pretty good for our fan base. Maybe this season will be different.
We're the higher ranked team....
We are getting points because we are on the road. If the roles were reversed, we would be giving the points.
We've finished the last two seasons with 8 wins and 6 wins (in a 8 game season). Why wouldn't we be optimistic about this year?
Hey man. We may very well win and blow them out. And I will be ecstatic. That said, don’t put too much stock into college football rankings in week 1.
