ESPN: B1G West Stock Watch

Saunders

Saunders

Heisman Trophy Winner
It’s been more than four months since the last college football game of the season was played in Tampa, Florida, and plenty has happened since then. Through signing day, offseason roster changes, injuries and some spring practice development, most teams look a bit different as college campuses start to clear out for the summer.

With that in mind, it’s time to take stock in how the last third of the calendar has changed the Big Ten programs. Which of them will be a worthwhile investment heading in 2017? After examining the East earlier this week, we turn to the West Division today:

Nebraska: Hold. The Huskers returned to their nine-win plateau in Mike Riley’s second year. At the end of spring, they haven’t provided many reasons to believe they’ll reach double digits in 2017, especially with cross-divisional games against Penn State and Ohio State on the schedule. Tanner Lee won the quarterback battle in the spring, but there is still some uncertainty about the full cast of receivers he’ll be targeting. New defensive coordinator Bob Diaco might need a couple years to recruit the ideal players for his 3-4 alignment.

http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/142296/big-ten-west-stock-watch-wisconsin-strengthens-its-status-at-the-top
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"nine-win plateau"... Man that is getting old. In reality the article seems pretty accurate, albeit vanilla, around the west.

 
Pretty standard article. I agree with all that is said. Wiscy should be the clear leader and we should be at the same spot as Iowa and Northwestern. All have strong spots and some big questions. Minny is the wildcard this year. Purdue will score points and Illinois is Illinois.

 
Why go people claim we have had a 9 win plateau?

It's like they have forgotten we won 10 games three times with Bo.

 
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It’s been more than four months since the last college football game of the season was played in Tampa, Florida, and plenty has happened since then. Through signing day, offseason roster changes, injuries and some spring practice development, most teams look a bit different as college campuses start to clear out for the summer.

With that in mind, it’s time to take stock in how the last third of the calendar has changed the Big Ten programs. Which of them will be a worthwhile investment heading in 2017? After examining the East earlier this week, we turn to the West Division today:

Nebraska: Hold. The Huskers returned to their nine-win plateau in Mike Riley’s second year. At the end of spring, they haven’t provided many reasons to believe they’ll reach double digits in 2017, especially with cross-divisional games against Penn State and Ohio State on the schedule. Tanner Lee won the quarterback battle in the spring, but there is still some uncertainty about the full cast of receivers he’ll be targeting. New defensive coordinator Bob Diaco might need a couple years to recruit the ideal players for his 3-4 alignment.

http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/142296/big-ten-west-stock-watch-wisconsin-strengthens-its-status-at-the-top
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Buy. Now is the time to buy that Nebraska stock.

 
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