Bill Connelly's Big Ten Power Rankings
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/7/28/12307100/big-ten-con…
Tier 1
1. Michigan
2. MIchigan State
3. Ohio State
Tier 2
4. Penn State
5. Nebraska
6. Wisconsin
7. Minnesota
8. Iowa
9. Northwestern
10. Indiana
11. Maryland
Tier 3
12. Rutgers
13. Illinois
Tier 4
14. Purdue
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Purdidn't
As opposed to Purdid? Or maybe Purdon't?
Purwon't
will ruin their OL like he did ours
"I've got a great offensive line coach[.]" - Brady Hoke, October 14, 2013 (one day after Michigan's 30-for-28 (30 carries for 28 yards) performance against Penn State)
Because they are a tire fire.
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Iowa should be #4, they have a very good returning QB and 14 starters in total from a team that experienced some things.
OSU will probably reload better than MSU but we shall see.
Bill C has been very bearish on Iowa all offseason. He had them as the 47th best team in the country last season and they were statistically one of the luckiest teams in college football. He sees them performing at about the same level they did last year, but with a harder schedule and less luck their record will come back down to earth.
lolwut?
Double post, moms delete.
Pick 43 (Round 2, Pick 12) DT Austin Johnson
Pick 65 (Round 3, Pick 2) DE Carl Nassib
Pick 202 (Round 6, Pick 27) DT Anthony Zettel
They also lost a safety:
Pick 204 (Round 6, Pick 29) S Jordan Lucas
And of course, they lost Hackenberg, so someone else is gonna have to play crash dummy behind that OL
Pick 51 (Round 2, Pick 20) QB Christian Hackenberg
Therefore, the analysis must be perfect.
Purdue was still overrated.
They've gained respect since they became a rival of Michigan.
I predict Minny slides toward it's natural place in the bottom third of the B1G this year. Not Rutgets/Purdue bad, but still, Jerry Kill had them way overperforming their resources/modern-era tradition.
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Rutgers is about right, but I agree PSU is too high. Lots of losses on defense including a great DC, and as we saw with Michigan the last few years a lot of returniing OL from a bad line doesn't give you a good line.
I know they replace a lot, but Urban has had double digit wins every year so far
Who's this Dantonio that you speak of? I think he coached the Suns. Perhaps you meant to type Donatello?
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Woosh
I've said it before, i'm not accepting this "until we beat State" shit anymore. We basically did beat those fuckers last year. They needed the miracle of the millenium. And last year is presumably going to be one of the weaker teams Harbaugh will have here. So that fucking gap has been closed between us and them. Now OSU you have an argument about that we still have some work to do. But the whole State argument is dumb to me.
Did you miss the whole "/s" thing at the end of my comment?
Why does he think we lose so many people? We lose a QB, a FB, and a C on offense. A DL and our LBs and a S on defense. Is that really so much?
We return only 25% of our offense? What?
Tier 1:
1. OSU
2. Michigan
3. MSU
Tier 2:
4. Iowa
5. Nebraska
6. Wisconsin
7. Penn State
8. Northwestern
9. Minnesota
Tier 3:
10. Indiana
11. Illinois
12. Maryland
Tier 4:
13. Rutgers
14. Purdue
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should be above us and I agree. Now, go over to Eleven warriors and they'll all be
saying "EVERY Michigan fan says they should be ranked higher than OSU".
in modern history according to Five Thirty Eight.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ohio-states-draft-class-is-the-most…
Consider, for example, that although the Texas Longhorns had 17 players drafted in 1984, eight of those players were selected with the 180th pick or later; conversely, all 12 Ohio State players were selected in the first four rounds, with Jones being the last pick at number 139
1. OSU
2. MSU
3. Michigan
4. Iowa
5. Nebraska
6. Wisconsin
7. PSU
8. NW
9. Indiana
10. Minnesota
11. Maryland
12. Rutgers
13. Illinois
14. Purdue
Because MSU did beat OSU last year
1. MSU
2. OSU
3. Michigan