Who's going to win the Big Ten West?

Minnesota, if they get healthy, are still the best in the West. Illinois has been looking pretty good though. That can be a really tough game, right before OSU.

Dunno.  Don't care.  Ohio State and Penn State are the teams standing in our way.  After that, I assume whoever wins the West will be at best the 3rd best team we play all season.  

The West hasn't won a single Big Ten Title game and I don't see any reason why this season will be different.  Everyone bitched about Leaders & Legends because no one knew who was in what division, but this is why they initially didn't want to it geographically.

Purdue should have beat Penn State. If they can actually close out games they could come out of the West, especially if they keep playing the way they did today vs. Minnesota

I like Minny and Bert having an epic thunder dome classic with Minny coming out on top.  Plenty of Punts, tipped passes , non-holding calls on both sides, an unusual rain storm , perhaps a lightning delay , 3 fumbles ,  a blocked punt , a muffed punt, and poor fourth down decisions.  Something like a 17-13 affair with a late illegal formation penalty being the difference.  To call this a pillow fight would be more appropriate than calling it a battle of will or stubbornness.  

Northwestern has won 13 straight games versus B1G West teams in even numbered years.

Northwestern is the pick until this streak ends ……..

Purdue should actually be in the drivers seat.  They don't have a West loss yet, remaining crossover with Maryland  and end of season against IU.    Should have beaten Penn State.

Preverbial drivers seat for me.

Most likely 4 seem like Purdue, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois.    Minnesota has to play Penn State, Iowa has to play OSU, and Illinois has to play Michigan

Purdue has some wiggle room if they can beat Maryland I think.  And of course win their other games.

Would not surprise me to see a 3 conference loss team win the West.

It is going to end up in a 6-way tie...all at a whopping four conference wins. The "tie-breaker" cannot determine a winner and the conference office decides to spare everyone the embarrassment of drawing straws to see who gets trucked into oblivion by the East champion-so the winner of the  East will be declared the B1G champion.

Illinois.

At this rate I’d guess Illinois or Minnesota, but it probably doesn’t matter. Whoever ends up going will be the annual sacrificial lamb to the Eastern champion.  

I don't agree PSU is "somewhat unlikely to lose to anyone but each other."  I'd agree with that if you swap Maryland for PSU.

Unless Maryland will suffer its usual QB and WR attrition by November (did AIRBHG relocate the past few years--AMQBWRHG?), the Terps look destined for 9-3 or 10-2, with PSU being their hardest game left.  They avoid Minnie and Illinois, with Purdue and Wisconsin being their "hardest" remaining cross-division games.

Whereas, the Nittany Lions didn't look particularly impressive yesterday against a really horrific NU team. They still play Minnesota (at State College).

Maryland visits PSU on Nov. 12.  That game could put MD in Top 10 (if they are not already there, they certainly could be 9-1 entering the game) and thus have a NY6 bowl in their target.

This also is delicious for us.  Maryland host OSU the following weekend, which is the week before The Game.  Imagine OSU's week before us is a visit to 10-1 Maryland.  (Ofc we will be hosting Illinois the week before, which is no pushover.)

Nebraska 

I still have Minnesota. 

I called the Purdue game, they always get one big win. That felt like the one.

I think Minnesota runs the table in the B1G West and goes to Indy.

I think it comes down to Illinois or Minnesota

Minnesota plays @Illinois, @PSU, Iowa, @Wisconsin  as far as their toughest games

Illinois plays Iowa, Minnesota, @Michigan for their toughest games

I actually might have to go with Illinois on this one, crazy as that sounds 

Wisconsin is the biggest surprise to me. As a team that relies on experienced OLine knowing the offensive system, I thought they would really benefit from the extra Covid year. I guess having a good QB really is important.

Fleck really screwed up early in the year by putting too many carries on Ibrahim. He had almost 90 carries after the first four games, all of which were blowouts. Why is he getting 23+ carries in a 62-10 win over WIU or 23 carries in a 49-7 win over Colorado? Especially after losing him last season to a leg injury. 

Illinois still has Iowa, Minnesota, Purdue, and Michigan. With 1 loss already they likely get 2 more for 3 losses.

Purdue still has Maryland, Iowa, and Illinois. Already has 1 loss and probably has 2 or 3.

Iowa still has Illinois, Ohio State, Purdue, and Minnesota. With 1 loss already they should have 3 or 4.

Minnesota still has Illinois, Penn State, and Iowa. With 1 loss already that likely means 2 or 3 losses, but they've lost the tie breaker to Purdue.

Looking at schedules left, Iowa is most likely to get eliminated first.

Purdue is the only team to notch a win against 1 of the contenders in the West and they miss Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State.

The winner of the West is likely whoever wins the Purdue-Illinois game.

Purdue might be the winner.

Illinois 

If Ibrahim misses more time, I think it's Illinois. If he plays the rest of the way, I think it's Minnesota, however his injury history suggests that is unlikely. 

The West will be fun to watch.  It seems like it will come down to 1) Purdue, 2) Illinois, or 3) Minnesota - in no particular order.

I don't think Iowa has a chance - certainly, not enough offense.  Wisconsin - hmmm, two losses already.  Northwestern - uh, no.  And Nebraska - ummm, double no.

It'll be MiNorthNebDueWaNois.

The way things are looking? Nobody will win the B1G West.