B1G and the bowl challenge
Don't look now, but the B1G is 4-0 in the bowl games. I am sure its helping the league that we are not in the playoffs this year, so each team is playing down a slot versus the previous years of the CFP. Of course Sparty got another break with Falk not playing in the Holiday Bowl, but what is new.... if OSU pulls it out tonight, I think the B!G has a chance to go undefeated. It also doesn't hurt that the league hasn't had massive head coaching turnover. Frost is definitely an upgrade for the Huskers.
Go Blue! Let's get it done on Monday!
ps- so damn proud of the Meeechigan family and the Chad Tough foundation. It really is GREAT to be a Michigan Wolverine!
December 29th, 2017 at 9:25 PM ^
Pat Fitzgerald tried to blow it with some awful coaching at the end, but I love it so far. I hate when people say it doesn't matter but it absolutely does with the perception that leads to teams getting into the playoffs despite accomplishing nothing this year (see: Alabama).
December 30th, 2017 at 8:58 AM ^
That was very un-Pat like a half back pass on 4th and 1 on the 2 and going for it on your side of the field near the end of the game with a touchdown lead I know it's a bowl game but what the hell Pat! Just keep it up BIG let Pete Feinbaum stew in this and hopefully Bama and Georgia crash and burn too.
December 30th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
He's a good coach to have NW always competitive for so long, but the dude has his "the fuck?" moments.
December 29th, 2017 at 9:28 PM ^
Just as important.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:28 PM ^
PAWWWWWL.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:49 PM ^
They were all wore out, due to their tough late season schedule
December 30th, 2017 at 10:23 AM ^
In addition, there has to be a meeting at ESPN right now where someone is admitting, "Look, this was all about Alabama somehow anyway - most of the rest of the SEC draws worse than late night nude croquet, and you have to try hard to draw fewer eyes than that."
December 31st, 2017 at 10:05 AM ^
My question: who else besides me searched PoonHub with those keywords?
December 29th, 2017 at 9:30 PM ^
that this is updated for all conferences?
December 29th, 2017 at 9:59 PM ^
Or recap/preview show.
Of course they show it a lot more when the SEC is dominating.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:13 PM ^
Waiting for a stubborn blue-tooth connection to establish...
Current standings pre-OSU v USC result
ACC 4-3
B1G 4-0
B12 4-2
P12 1-6
SEC 0-3
December 29th, 2017 at 10:26 PM ^
The fact that the Pac 12 has played 7 bowl games by 12-29 is bad enough, being 1-6 is downright shite
December 30th, 2017 at 12:53 AM ^
OP noted that the B1G is benefiting by not being in the CoFoPo, and is thus slotted against easier teams. Well, the PAC-12 is not in the playoffs either.
December 30th, 2017 at 10:48 AM ^
Traditionally, even without the CFP the B1G "plays up" in bowl games.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^
This is updated every game:http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2017-12-28/college-football-h…
December 29th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^
This is updated every game:
http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2017-12-28/college-football-h…
December 29th, 2017 at 9:31 PM ^
USC is just as bad as OSU. Always root for the BIG 10 is what Bo said when I was in A2.
December 30th, 2017 at 12:07 AM ^
This rhymed in my head.
December 30th, 2017 at 7:12 AM ^
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USC is just as bad as O
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Obviously, I'm no John Coltrane when it comes to Jazz.
December 29th, 2017 at 9:35 PM ^
USC looks shell-shocked out there. Maybe they have bad karma in that stadium, Bama worked them over last season in Jerryworld
December 29th, 2017 at 10:30 PM ^
If it's not in the Rose Bowl, they mail it in.
December 29th, 2017 at 9:36 PM ^
Both Arizona schools lost, Washington State lost, UCLA lost, Oregon lost Stanford loses after having a big lead and USC not looking so good right now.
December 30th, 2017 at 9:02 AM ^
They are lucky Utah joined the conference to save the day
December 29th, 2017 at 9:39 PM ^
Ira addressed the matchups on the mgoblog roundtable this week. Apparently, the B1G was going to have 3 teams in the New Years 6 bowls regardless of whether the champ made the playoff or not, so being left out of the playoff does not really effect the remaining matchups. The Iowa, Purdue, MSU and Northwestern match ups for example would have been the same even if OSU made the playoff. The B1G is making a nice showing so far this bowl season for sure.
December 29th, 2017 at 9:47 PM ^
I want OSU to go down. Other than that, go Big Ten!
December 29th, 2017 at 9:47 PM ^
Darnold looks like O'Korn
December 29th, 2017 at 9:54 PM ^
21 turnovers!!
December 29th, 2017 at 9:58 PM ^
Looked good for a 14-0 lead before he started to fall apart . Darnold hasn’t looked very good at all tonight
December 29th, 2017 at 9:50 PM ^
That kinda record helps ensure the Big isn't left out of the CFP next year, so let's just plan to take that spot
December 29th, 2017 at 10:33 PM ^
This^
The Big Ten has served their time-out. The CFP likes to rotate around who gets left out so they can't be accused of being biased. They'll even leave out the SEC if given a chance.
So the Big Ten has served its time. Next year it will be in.
We can take that slot.
December 29th, 2017 at 11:35 PM ^
That is foolish talk.
Auburn was ranked #2 for the same resume that OSU got left out of the playoff.
December 30th, 2017 at 12:40 AM ^
Was left out because they were starting JT Barrett. Had our boys not broke his leg in '14, they wouldn't have made it past Alabama in the playoffs. Sadly, his eligibility is up and Urban will be forced to play his NFL caliber passer... Hopefully, Urban fucks it up by continuing that QB run shit
December 30th, 2017 at 9:09 AM ^
Urban hasn't proved he can do anything with a NFL passer, Tebow, Miller, Barrett, Prior. He is a read-option guy
December 31st, 2017 at 8:09 AM ^
I think they were 12-0 at Utah
December 30th, 2017 at 9:12 AM ^
JT Barret has a career 152.7 QBR. He's not the reason OSU isn't in the playoffs.
December 30th, 2017 at 11:42 AM ^
By the time camp rolls around in August, 99% of the college football world won't remember or care what any conference's bowl record was the previous year.
December 30th, 2017 at 1:02 PM ^
Yeah, I think this is one of those things that provides bragging rights for about a week. I'd be really surprised if even a double digit percentage of posters in this thread could name the conference that won the Bowl Challenge in any of the last 5 years without looking it up or guessing.
December 30th, 2017 at 1:21 PM ^
ACC won last year. I feel like they mentioned how well the ACC was doing when we lost to FSU. But otherwise I'm sure your point is still correct
December 29th, 2017 at 9:54 PM ^
Only time the Big Ten has been perfect in multiple bowl games is the 1998 season -- the year after our national championship. The dates on the bowl games mess me up.
December 29th, 2017 at 9:55 PM ^
Date | Bowl | Winner | Pts | Loser | Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999-01-01 | Citrus Bowl | Michigan | 45 | Arkansas | 31 | Orlando, FL |
1999-01-01 | Outback Bowl | Penn State | 26 | Kentucky | 14 | Tampa, FL |
1999-01-01 | Rose Bowl | Wisconsin | 38 | UCLA | 31 | Pasadena, CA |
1999-01-01 | Sugar Bowl | Ohio State | 24 | Texas A&M | 14 | New Orleans, LA |
1998-12-29 | Alamo Bowl | Purdue | 37 | Kansas State | 34 | San Antonio, TX |
December 29th, 2017 at 10:08 PM ^
Seeing this score gave me PTSD from the B12 championship game that year. Had a spot in the national championship game locked up. Up 2 scores in the 4th and blew the lead. Not taking anything away from Purdue but I’m pretty sure every player for KSU was drunk during that game.
December 30th, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
Yeah, but most of those KSU teams during Snyder's prime were frauds. They were good top 25 teams and all, but they strung up 11 wins annually against weak competition and were consistently overranked by November with few good wins on their resume. He did a great job capitalizing on down periods for Texas and Oklahoma but once Stoops and Brown became established it tailed off. Still amazing considering it was KSU but they were never as good as their rankings during that late 90s early 00s period in my opinion.
December 30th, 2017 at 12:03 PM ^
Not really. There were some legit top 10 teams in a few of those years. Was the non-con garbage? Sure, but it wasn't like too many decent teams were lining up to go to Manhattan and play KSU. Ask USC how that worked out.
December 30th, 2017 at 2:10 PM ^
Yeah, they beat a USC team that turned out to be good, but it was early in the year early in the Carroll tenure and USC was coming off of a 6-6 season. And it's one game out of....321 he's coached at KSU.
In the big picture, if you take the 10 years of prime KSU football which is 1994 to 2003, Snyder went 100-27. But break that down and you find that he was 3-16 agains top 10 teams and 97-11 against other top 11-25, or unranked teams. Obviously games against top 10 teams are tough, but if you are a legit top 10 program over an extended time frame, you cannot lose 84% of those games against your ostensibly peer top 10 opponents. I stand by the assessment that that program was good, but consistently overrated because of shiny records that didn't hold up when they played good teams.
Don't' get me wrong, Snyder did an amazing job with what was the worst program in major college football at the time he inherited it from Stan Parrish. But no, they were never as good as some of their records and hype indicated at the time.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:35 PM ^
Yes, 1998, John Coopers last Rodeo.
Also, KC Wolve, KSU started the 4th Quarter up, by 15....that's 3 scores.... kinda
December 30th, 2017 at 11:45 AM ^
Pretty sure the rodeo ended at the end of Y2K
December 30th, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^
They missed a bowl in '99 (6-6 record); I'm not sure how survived that. The 2000 teams was a little better but still lost to Michigan and that was it for John Cooper.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:07 PM ^
is the biased shit show it has been the last few years.
December 29th, 2017 at 10:12 PM ^
Stop it
December 29th, 2017 at 10:51 PM ^
That's really all you need to say