Hayseed Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 3 hours ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said: if we beat Purdue are we still fake #1 Yes, Mickey says it only counts at the end of the season. Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 As they say in horse racing, Nebraska is going to jump up in class these last 6 games. Opponent / SP+ ranking / FPI ranking Northwestern - 98 / 105 North Dakota - FCS Georgia Southern - 81 / 86 Oklahoma - 18 / 34 Indiana - 84 / 78 Rutgers - 73 / 79 Purdue - 21 / 22 Illinois - 34 / 38 Minnesota - 11 / 19 Michigan - 4 / 5 Wisconsin - 28 / 27 Iowa - 29 / 41 FYI Nebraska is #67 in SP+ and #76 in FPI. 1 Quote Link to comment
Undone Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, Red Five said: As they say in horse racing, Nebraska is going to jump up in class these last 6 games. Opponent / SP+ ranking / FPI ranking Northwestern - 98 / 105 North Dakota - FCS Georgia Southern - 81 / 86 Oklahoma - 18 / 34 Indiana - 84 / 78 Rutgers - 73 / 79 Purdue - 21 / 22 Illinois - 34 / 38 Minnesota - 11 / 19 Michigan - 4 / 5 Wisconsin - 28 / 27 Iowa - 29 / 41 FYI Nebraska is #67 in SP+ and #76 in FPI. Yep, good stuff. This is what a lot of people just really don't understand with regards to how much more improved the B1G West is now compared to 6+ years ago. It's not full of world beaters...but it's full of a whole bunch of teams that are better than where we're at now. And as a bad as Wisconsin has been at times they're not at a place where we're going to be the favorite at all when we play them. If Busch would have been the DC for the Northwestern & Georgia Southern game though I firmly believe we're 5-1 right now. Not a "great" 5-1 team, but a 5-1 team that's poised to go to a bowl game. I think it's pretty unlikely we snag 3 out of these last 6 to make a bowl. 1 Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Also, if you think our offense struggled vs Rutgers, just wait for these next 6 games. Here are the DEFENSIVE rankings from the computers: Opponent / SP+ Defensive ranking / FPI Defense Efficiency ranking Northwestern - 71 / 107 North Dakota - FCS Georgia Southern - 98 / 123 Oklahoma - 47 / 93 Indiana - 73 / 63 Rutgers - 25 / 54 Purdue - 21 / 31 Illinois - 4 / 5 Minnesota - 5 / 3 Michigan - 9 / 15 Wisconsin - 15 / 65 Iowa - 1 / 6 FYI Nebraska is #68 in SP+ and #114 in FPI. 1 Quote Link to comment
BoSolich Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 we'll be tied for 1st again with a win over llinois...but purdue will own the tiebreaker i assume Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, BoSolich said: we'll be tied for 1st again with a win over llinois...but purdue will own the tiebreaker i assume Purdue will own the tiebreaker over NU, but they haven’t played Illinois yet. Quote Link to comment
WWG1_we_GBR Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I don't think we beat Illinois, or Michigan, or Wisconsin. Minnesota, yes. Iowa, I sure hope so. But based on what I have seen, that's how I see it playing out and I certainly am not going to boast about being in 1st in the West mid-season...gotta make it to the end and gotta have success when that happens (31-70 anyone) 1 1 Quote Link to comment
deedsker Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Northwestern all have 3 losses and only Northwestern hasn't lost to Illinois. They all have to play two of the others in the list which means that they need to sweep the rest of their games to get into the division conversation. This leaves Illinois with a huge advantage over the rest with only one loss. Purdue and Nebraska are in the wings, but Purdue can take down Illinois and have the tie breaker over Nebraska and Illinois and in the driver seat at two losses with only games against Iowa, Maryland , and Indiana outside that. Nebraska also needs to win out to likely have a good chance at the division with Purdue dropping to Illinois and another game to get them behind since they won head to head. Illinois has been through the most to get to a division win with 2 losses. Stuff happens, Purdue has the best shot as division winner with 3 losses, if they can get past Illinois. Purdue @ Illinois is the most impactful to the division. Illinois @ Nebraska play important parts in tiebreakers, placing. Iowa @ Purdue is the most likely game for Purdue to get to 3 or 4 losses. Purdue @ Indiana is the last rivalry game to get Purdue into the muck of a weird 5-4 tiebreak system that is a mess. Illinois @ Michigan is a game that if Illinois wins breaks all chances of someone outside of Illinois, Purdue, or Nebraska winning the division. Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 10:34 AM, Red Five said: As they say in horse racing, Nebraska is going to jump up in class these last 6 games. Opponent / SP+ ranking / FPI ranking Northwestern - 98 / 105 North Dakota - FCS Georgia Southern - 81 / 86 Oklahoma - 18 / 34 Indiana - 84 / 78 Rutgers - 73 / 79 Purdue - 21 / 22 Illinois - 34 / 38 Minnesota - 11 / 19 Michigan - 4 / 5 Wisconsin - 28 / 27 Iowa - 29 / 41 FYI Nebraska is #67 in SP+ and #76 in FPI. Updated through this past weekend Opponent / SP+ ranking / FPI ranking Northwestern - 90 / 100 North Dakota - FCS Georgia Southern - 85 / 82 Oklahoma - 17 / 37 Indiana - 84 / 80 Rutgers - 72 / 81 Purdue - 32 / 36 Illinois - 28 / 34 Minnesota - 23 / 22 Michigan - 4 / 4 Wisconsin - 24 / 24 Iowa - 35 / 46 FYI Nebraska is #64 in SP+ and #71 in FPI. 2 Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 According to the ESPN FPI, our strength of schedule is the 103rd toughest of games played so far. And our remaining schedule is the 20th toughest. 2 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 37 minutes ago, Red Five said: According to the ESPN FPI, our strength of schedule is the 103rd toughest of games played so far. And our remaining schedule is the 20th toughest. We all thought this was a pretty easy schedule through this week's bye week, but it was even easier than most of us imagined. 1 Quote Link to comment
nic Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 16 hours ago, Mavric said: I think I want to see a 7-way tie. Why not? 1 Quote Link to comment
gossamorharpy Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Seeing how equally inept most of this division is and has been for years makes me even angrier at the golden opportunity we pissed away under frosty and riley. Things about to change in 2 years with usc entering the mix. Unbelievable we werent in the mix for the west division every single year, inexcusable we havent been bowl bound with this s#!t division we find ourselves in 3 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, gossamorharpy said: Seeing how equally inept most of this division is and has been for years makes me even angrier at the golden opportunity we pissed away under frosty and riley. Things about to change in 2 years with usc entering the mix. Unbelievable we werent in the mix for the west division every single year, inexcusable we havent been bowl bound with this s#!t division we find ourselves in It blows your mind when you think back to the last X number of years and what was able to be had..... Quote Link to comment
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