Over the next 5 seasons, who will be the most successful program in the Big Ten West?

[Rolltide94]

It's no wonder that AlaskaFag is fawning all over Minnesota. They have a better bowl win than anything UW has done the past 19 years.

 

[Thiefery]

Scott Frost hopes they do. Right now he's got the greatest gig in the world. He gets paid and doesn't have to worry about winning or losing

Atleast he isn't costing them 75 mil for the same results

 

[PickleRick]

Minnesota, until they bust Fleck for whatever he is doing to snag these top recruits all of a sudden.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Big Ten West includes:

Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Purdue
Illinois

What say you and why?

First, why isn't this a poll? But I still think it's going to be Wisconsin, they've proven the ability to just have consistently good teams and no other team has in that division. Iowa has huge ups and downs, Minnesota (recently) and Northwestern have randomly decent seasons but nothing yet that's proven any kind of consistent success against the best teams and Nebraska is in the shitter with no end in sight.

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

Minnesota, until they bust Fleck for whatever he is doing to snag these top recruits all of a sudden.

Its charisma.......










and hookers

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Minnesota, until they bust Fleck for whatever he is doing to snag these top recruits all of a sudden.

They don't really have anything too unusual at this point. They only have 4 four star kids for 2021, and 2 last year. They had a little success last year, and with Fleck's name, it make sense that their recruiting would get a little uptick. They still rank like 6th in the B10. If we want to talk about unusual recruiting, let's talk about North Carolina with the 3rd ranked class, or Tennessee with the 4th.

 

[Thiefery]

Yeah Jerry Kill did pretty good recruiting for MN too.. But Fleck has proven that he has an eye for talent. He was the first to jump all over a DE/TE/DT/WR jack of all trades kid by the name of Regis in TX. He decommited ,but he's been blowing up, picking up a lot of offers including UT and aggy.

 

[BigRedMoe]

wood

 

[BigRedMoe]

Its charisma.......










and hookers

They all get a go at his personal stripper.

 

[Thiefery]

wait y'all think Fleck uses his wife the way Jimbo used his ex wife Candy??!

 

[BigRedMoe]

wait y'all think Fleck uses his wife the way Jimbo used his ex wife Candy??!

Nah, I was just being a dick.

 

[Chewbaccer]

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Nebraska
4. Minnesota
5. Purdue
6. Illinois
7. Northwestern

If Minnesota holds on to Fleck, flip them and Nebraska

 

[Deep Creek]

I'll take none of the above.

Tater salad?

 

[Deep Creek]

Atleast he isn't costing them 75 mil for the same results

 

[iowajerms]

Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Purdue
Nebraska
Northwestern
Illinois

 

[HuskerinBig10]

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Minnesota
5. Nebraska
5. Purdue
6. Northwestern
7. Illinois

The West Division will belong to Wisconsin for the foreseeable future.

If Ferentz is canned, doubt it, then Iowa moves down.

Fleck is recruiting and winning. But Iowa has beaten Minnesota the last five years.

You can probably put Northwestern, Nebraska, and Purdue as interchangeable until one finds magic or falls on their face.​

Since 2011, Nebraska's worst season has been 4-8, Northwestern's worst season was 3-9, Illinois worst season was 2-10, Purdue's worst season was 1-11.

Nebraska or Purdue. Both schools have proven, solid coaches that won before, but can they break through like Fleck has?

Northwestern has good coaching(proven), all they need to do is find a QB. Another Clayton Thorson and they win again.

I can't see Illinois improving with Lovie Smith as the Head Coach.
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[outofyourmind]

1. Wisconsin
2. Iowa
3. Minnesota
5. Nebraska
5. Purdue
6. Northwestern
7. Illinois

The West Division will belong to Wisconsin for the foreseeable future.

If Ferentz is canned, doubt it, then Iowa moves down.

Fleck is recruiting and winning. But Iowa has beaten Minnesota the last five years.

You can probably put Northwestern, Nebraska, and Purdue as interchangeable until one finds magic or falls on their face.​

Since 2011, Nebraska's worst season has been 4-8, Northwestern's worst season was 3-9, Illinois worst season was 2-10, Purdue's worst season was 1-11.

Nebraska or Purdue. Both schools have proven, solid coaches that won before, but can they break through like Fleck has?

Northwestern has good coaching(proven), all they need to do is find a QB. Another Clayton Thorson and they win again.

I can't see Illinois improving with Lovie Smith as the Head Coach.
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[olympicoscar]

Wisconsin.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

2020 Conference Games That Will Have the Biggest Impact on the CFB Playoff

6. Minnesota at Wisconsin, Oct. 10

Both the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Wisconsin Badgers are on the outer fringe of CFP contention. According to Caesars Palace lines collected on Sunday, Wisconsin has 40-1 national championship odds and Minnesota is listed at 100-1—both in the top 20, neither in the top 15.

But someone has to represent the Big Ten West in the conference championship, where that team could be one win over Ohio State or Penn State away from locking up a spot in the national semifinals.

Most likely, that team will be the 2020 winner of Paul Bunyan's Axe.

Neither Minnesota nor Wisconsin has to face either Ohio State or Penn State during the regular season, so it's feasible that the victor runs the table in what otherwise looks like a mediocre division. Maybe one or both loses to Michigan. Each one also has a regular-season finale—Minnesota at Nebraska; Wisconsin at Iowa—that could prove difficult. Certainly not a guaranteed loss anywhere on either slate, though.

Dating back to 1892, this rivalry has basically been a draw. Wisconsin holds a slim 61-58-8 edge over Minnesota in 127 all-time meetings. But dating back to 2004 is a much different story, as the Badgers have won 15 of the last 16 meetings, including a surprisingly comfortable 38-17 road win over an AP Top 10 Golden Gophers squad last November.

Can P.J. Fleck's guys return the favor now that the Badgers no longer have Jonathan Taylor in the backfield? Minnesota's QB-RB-WR trio of Tanner Morgan, Mohamed Ibrahim and Rashod Bateman should be one of the best in the country, but we'll have to see how well the defense—which wasn't that great to begin with—withstands the loss of seven starters, including second-round draft pick Antoine Winfield Jr.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Minnesota is back !!!