bolshoifish Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I have been extremely disappointed by the defense, but I think we are extremely undervalued right now. The espn BIG blog has us at 5th.. that is laughable. Who has Michigan and Michigan St beat? (The Michigan win over ND is an oddity of nature, so I am discounting it). As far as Illinois is concerned, if you think getting Pinkeled is bad.. then you really don't want to be Zook'led. Maybe his new assistants have changed things, but historically.. Zook will lose (badly). The only team that has any offense on the rest of the schedule is Michigan (just view the Iowa vs. Penn St. game). The rest of the schedule has our strength (offense) pitted against the other teams strength (defense) and our weakness (defense) pitted against their weakness (offense). In the end, I think our defense is better than their offenses (again, short of Michigan). I think the hardest games on our schedule are over.. Michigan is a house of cards.. people around here don't have the stomach for Marteniz.. Robinson is much more prone to mistakes. He just throws the ball up and hopes it is caught by his teammates (even more so than Mart.) I'm really not much of a kool-aid drinker.. if we were still in the B12 I would have a different opinion. There is only one team to fear in the B1G, and we already played them. Quote Link to comment
broganreynik Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Northwestern has been the game I've been most worried about all season (aside from Wisconsin). I still think that. Persa could have us seeing shades of Russell Wilson. Quote Link to comment
NoLongerN Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 If by "rolled" you mean "win" ... that is certainly attainable. We would need to score alot of point, play good football and protect the ball ... with some luck ... we could "roll". If that were to happen, I think we'd go to a high bowl and then get "rolled" ... all things being what they have been. The B1G is more like the b1g ... with Wisky bieng the "1". The rest of us fella's are eating the leftovers. I see it a bit different however ... Oh how I hope I'm wrong. I still see three more losses. Mind you, I don't have teams listed ... cause I think our team is such that on any given day ... any of the teams left on our schedule could beat us except probably Minnesota. 1 Quote Link to comment
bolshoifish Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 I was more worried in the beginning of the season about this game than I am now. Northwestern has a couple of good players, but I think their loses will start adversely affecting their performance. I must say, the Wisky loss may really help me out. I'll be in Lincoln for work the week of the NW game and without that loss.. I probably wouldn't of been able to afford tickets. Quote Link to comment
Hammerhead Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 It depends on which team shows up against the tougher opponents. If we see more of the team that played the 1st half against tOSU, we lose at least 2-3 more games. If we see more of the team that played the 2nd half, we very well could run the table all the way to the CCG. Quote Link to comment
NYJ0815 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Northwestern will be tough...but Michigan has me worried. Look what Miller did to this defense before getting hurt, then look at some film on Denard Robinson. There's no way the D is stopping that kid. Quote Link to comment
BigRedPowerWagon Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I think your a fool, no offence but no way we play like weve played all year and roll these teams. We can improve and we can win, but no way we roll. It will be a struggle until we get the D dialed in and martinez to calm down. Do it for a few games, then i will be convinced. Nebraska is not good with mobile QBs at this point and there are a few left in the schedule. Quote Link to comment
bolshoifish Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 If by "rolled" you mean "win" ... that is certainly attainable. We would need to score alot of point, play good football and protect the ball ... with some luck ... we could "roll". If that were to happen, I think we'd go to a high bowl and then get "rolled" ... all things being what they have been. The B1G is more like the b1g ... with Wisky bieng the "1". The rest of us fella's are eating the leftovers. I see it a bit different however ... Oh how I hope I'm wrong. I still see three more losses. Mind you, I don't have teams listed ... cause I think our team is such that on any given day ... any of the teams left on our schedule could beat us except probably Minnesota. About the bowl.. that is a distinct possibility. I do believe that if the B12 and B1G switched bowl match-ups then the B1G wouldn't get their arse kicked so much. Quote Link to comment
bolshoifish Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 I think your a fool, no offence but no way we play like weve played all year and roll these teams. We can improve and we can win, but no way we roll. It will be a struggle until we get the D dialed in and martinez to calm down. Do it for a few games, then i will be convinced. Nebraska is not good with mobile QBs at this point and there are a few left in the schedule. Isn't calling somebody a fool specifically meant to be "an offence"? 1 Quote Link to comment
bolshoifish Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Maybe I should rephrase this.. I think Washington is a better than or equal to all remaining teams on our schedule. So do most posters think that we would get beat by Washington if we played them now vs. in Sept? Quote Link to comment
bolshoifish Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Further, over half of the td's we've given up this year were due to Green or Evans getting beat. At least one, if not 2 of the OSU td's were on Green and Evans getting beat. SJB entered midway through the third quarter and help solidify that position. He doesn't need to be great, just not a sieve like our other corners. So, if SJB can play at all comparably against Denard and Cousins, I think we'll be in good shape. Quote Link to comment
BigRedPowerWagon Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I hope your right. Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I think your a fool, no offence but no way we play like weve played all year and roll these teams. We can improve and we can win, but no way we roll. It will be a struggle until we get the D dialed in and martinez to calm down. Do it for a few games, then i will be convinced. Nebraska is not good with mobile QBs at this point and there are a few left in the schedule. Isn't calling somebody a fool specifically meant to be "an offence"? But he said 'no offense', so it's not meant to be offensive. And I agree about the Northwestern game (if Persa is healthy). That one and Michigan will be scary. Plus, remember folks, if Michigan wins, they'll be a Top-10 unit when we play them at their house. What was that stat about DoNU not beating a Top-10 team on the road since when? Quote Link to comment
WhatDoIKnow Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 If Miller doesn't get hurt, do we win or lose that game? Not trying to be a downer, but I believe I know the answer. Quote Link to comment
Hammerhead Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 If Miller doesn't get hurt, do we win or lose that game? Not trying to be a downer, but I believe I know the answer. Tough to say. We were starting to get some momentum right around the time when Miller got injured. Quote Link to comment
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