B1G Power Rankings

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1. Wisconsin

2. Michigan State

3. Nebraska

4. Ohio State

5. Michigan

6. Illinois

7. Penn. State

the article

i don't really know how much is too much to copy and paste from an article, so go and read it. i provided a bit of the list.

my issue is how hard the blogger is towards nu, easy on osu, and impressed with michigan st. yes, we struggled, but that's exactly what fresno st. does to top teams every year. on the other hand, he goes out of his way to mention how "Toledo looks like a solid team and coach Tim Beckman had an excellent plan..." that may be true, but the exact same could be said about fresno, except fresno has superior athletes to toledo. then, he can't stop gushing over msu's win over fau. (a team that the week before lost to florida 41-3) nu did play poorly, and we should be doing what msu is doing, but i really am not so sure our win was that unimpressive and msu's win was that impressive. i don't want to sound whiny, because i don't want to perpetuate the stereotype that nebraskans think everyone is out to get them, but they seem to have been unnecessarily hard on NU while giving other teams passes.

the only team that deserves praise in the B1G is wiscy. "The offense will have its ups and downs, but the Blackshirts won’t beat the Big Ten's better teams with performances like Saturday's." What better teams in the B1G? i know we aren't stellar, but the B1G is not the SEC. we will struggle against wiscy, and probably lose, maybe even twice. otherwise, if we fix our problems (which are manageable) we'll be able to compete and should beat any other team in the B1G.

 
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Um...

Wisconsin and Michigan St. pretty much won like they should and looked like they should while they were doing it. I agree they should be sitting ahead of us in those power rankings based on what we've seen.

I find it amusing that you admit we played poorly and we should have won like Michigan St. did, but somehow take issue with our win being less impressive than Michigan State's... Not only that, but you take issue with their treatment of Ohio St., and yet Ohio St. is apparently ranked below us in the power rankings. I think you may just be confused or tired or something.

 
This list is right on...I hate to admit that.

I know it's still early in the season but Whisky and State are playing lights out.

I need a big glass of :koolaid2:

 
EbylHusker said:
Um...

Wisconsin and Michigan St. pretty much won like they should and looked like they should while they were doing it. I agree they should be sitting ahead of us in those power rankings based on what we've seen.

I find it amusing that you admit we played poorly and we should have won like Michigan St. did, but somehow take issue with our win being less impressive than Michigan State's... Not only that, but you take issue with their treatment of Ohio St., and yet Ohio St. is apparently ranked below us in the power rankings. I think you may just be confused or tired or something.
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i don't know about amusing, i guess maybe i'm wrong but i feel like a lot of people here and otherwise are being too hard on nu. maybe i need to shine my rose-colored glasses.

 
i'll further my point. i'm just not impressed with msu, and i wasn't last year. as far as the osu issue, even though they are rated below us, his post on them was rather favorable, while we vastly under-performed. toledo was well coached and played well, don't worry that fresno's m.o. is sticking it to top teams.

 
i'm just going to say this now, in case this thread goes crazy.

i guess i was wrong, and that's ok. but something about the blog post rubbed me the wrong way. i think it was the mixture of his confidence in B1G and the disbelief in nu. but, i've seen it before there, and just wondered what others have thought.

 
I think he's got us sitting in the 3rd spot and that's probably about right atm. I also think the fact that he has us sitting in the 3rd spot, despite the criticisms, means something. If he really thought we sucked that bad, he'd have us down at 5 below Michigan and Ohio St. But he doesn't, we're above them at number 3.

 
It's more of a respect factor for Fresno State than it is respect for our performance and potential, IMO.

Remember, this isn't the Big 10's first dance with Fresno, and lesser Fresno teams have upended Big 10 and Pac-12 teams that were better (on paper) than Fresno State.

 
I feel with all the preseason expectations NU had, because of Saturday's performance against a 'non-BCS' opponent (mentioned earlier), we're graded a bit harder and it doesn't help that we're the new kid on the block. Wisc looks deserving of their ranking but they are playing how they are supposed to against their competition. MSU, the same as Wisc, but I'm still not sold on Sparty. Maybe after they play OSU my opinion will change. Found out that they play ND next week, so we'll see.

 
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I think it is important to note that B1G writers still only know the pre-neb B1G and until the Huskers get into conference play the appropriate credit due (good or bad) won't be there. As we have seen, there is a wide gamut from people accepting Neb with open arms and ready to declare them B1G champs to people who aren't so pleasant towards Big Red. We just won't know until the conference games start how they really stack up. Too many new match-ups that is not worth it to get mildy worked up over predictions.

Although I will say I think the blogger had a fair assessment of Nebraska's standing within the conference.

 
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Don't take too much stock in this list. It will get sorted out as the year progresses. I think Wisconsin is getting completely over-hyped and that they will have a reality check when they play us. Again, look who they have played: UNLV who got beat worse by Washington State, who is consistently the worst team in the Pac 12, and Oregon State who lost to Sacramento State. Let's wait to give credit where credit is due because I don't think Wisconsin has even played anyone yet. I can say with certainty that a well coached, determined, road resilient Fresno State is far better than either team they have played yet.

 
EbylHusker said:
Um...

Wisconsin and Michigan St. pretty much won like they should and looked like they should while they were doing it. I agree they should be sitting ahead of us in those power rankings based on what we've seen.

I find it amusing that you admit we played poorly and we should have won like Michigan St. did, but somehow take issue with our win being less impressive than Michigan State's... Not only that, but you take issue with their treatment of Ohio St., and yet Ohio St. is apparently ranked below us in the power rankings. I think you may just be confused or tired or something.
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Um...

I find it amusing that you can't seem to comprehend that the OP's post argument wasn't that NU played better but that they played a far better team. I think you may just be confused or tired or something.

 
No they don't. More respect than, say, Oregon St. who also has a history of sticking it to better teams?

Michigan St. and Wisconsin won like they should, we did not. We are ranked in the top 10 and no matter what reputation Fresno St. has, we should have rolled them easily if we deserve that ranking. And we didn't. We've shown absolutely nothing to instill much faith in anyone at this point beyond Husker fans that only see through rose-tinted glasses. Wisconsin and Michigan St., on the other hand, have won convincingly as was expected of them.

Edit - Bottom line is that you clearly don't like criticisms against Nebraska, even when they're fair and valid. Fair enough, but don't expect to post things like that and expect all of us to sit here and give you a grin and a thumbs up.

 
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I don't understand why people seem almost offended that we're ranked in the top ten. It's early. We could be ranked #1 or #31 right now and it wouldn't matter. Win the game you're playing every week and worry about rankings later.

 
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