Looking ahead to next year...

[Blackshirt]

Who do you think will be the favorite in the B1G? Next years going to be wild if this year wasn't.

 

[goDAWGSsicem]

Nebraska.


There. I just saved you guys a lot of time.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Nebraska.


There. I just saved you guys a lot of time.

We aren't THAT homeristic over here


Let me look over what teams have what coming back and form my analysis.........even though it will probably be wrong

:popeye:

 

[Brasky]

I'm sure Michigan will have the most hype coming back.

 

[Blackshirt]

Yeah, I was thinking Michigan will have a lot of hype. Iowa should get a lot of hype too because they get the easiest schedule of the bunch again...

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Based on current depth charts (not taking into account Jr's leaving early for the NFL), these are what the BIG teams return for starters:

1) Ohio State - 7 Offense, 11 Defense......18 total, return QB
2) Nebraska - 9 Offense, 8 Defense.........17 total, return QB
3) Indiana - 8 Offense, 9 Defense..........17 total, return QB
4) Michigan St. - 6 Offense, 10 Defense........16 total, do not return QB
5) Illinois - 7 Offense, 8 Defense...............15 total, return QB
6) Purdue - 8 Offense, 7 Defense...............15 total, return QB
7) Iowa - 8 Offense, 5 Defense................13 total, return QB
8) Michigan - 5 Offense, 7 Defense..............12 total, return QB
9) Wisconsin - 5 Offense, 6 Defense............11 total, do not return QB
10) Northwestern - 5 Offense, 6 Defense...........11 total, do not return Persa
11) Penn St. - 5 Offense, 5 Defense................10 total, return QB
12) Minnesota - 5 Offense, 5 Defense................10 total, return QB

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Current Records

Big Ten - Legends CONF OVERALL
* - Michigan State 7-1 10-2
* - Michigan 6-2 10-2
* - Nebraska 5-3 9-3
* - Iowa 4-4 7-5
* - Northwestern 3-5 6-6
x - Minnesota 2-6 3-9
Big Ten - Leaders CONF OVERALL
* - Wisconsin 6-2 10-2
* - Penn State 6-2 9-3
* - Purdue 4-4 6-6
* - Ohio State 3-5 6-6
* - Illinois 2-6 6-6
x - Indiana 0-8 1-11

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JJM's 2012 Unreliable Analysis

1) Ohio State - Team gains one of the best head coaches in the country, returns entire defense (that I know of....maybe several are leaving for NFL). Returns QB who is getting better.
2) Nebraska - Returning a lot of experience on both sides of the ball. Returns weapons on special teams. Bo Pelini going into his 5th year.....something tells me he is sick of 9 and 10 win seasons.
3) Michigan - Returning a good amount on defense. Good coaching staff. Have experience in the right places.
4) Michigan State - Returns almost the entire defense. Must replace Kirk Cousins.
5) Wisconsin - No explanation.
6) Iowa - Returns a lot on offense. Good coaching staff.
7) Illinois - Returns a lot overall plus a good QB. Where will this team go with a new coach?
8) Purdue - Returns a lot of experience, plus QB.
9) Penn State - Probably good enough recruits to not come in dead last....but they will have issues under new coaching staff.
10) Indiana - Returning a ton of experience. Don't know if it helps them though.
11) Northwestern - Losing Persa........only 11 starters return. It will be tough.
12) Minnesota - Only 10 starters returning on a team that won 3 games this year. QB returns though.......Kill seems alright.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

That's about as good as I can do under the influence of alcohol.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Preseason my guess would be that Michigan and Nebraska will have the two highest ranked teams from the Big 10........

And I'd guess that all the preseason hype will be about how the Legends division should come down to Michigan and Nebraska.

 

[Brasky]

Nice work sir

 

[Brasky]

LOL "Wisconsin - No explanation"

 

[spdybeaver]

LOL "Wisconsin - No explanation"

Here's your explanation....no Russell Motha Fuckin' Wilson

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Nice work sir

Thank ye.

My returning starters could be off because I just used the depth charts provided for each team on Rivals and I'm not sure how accurate they are.

 

[Red_Alert]

Urban Meyer wins 10 regular season games next year, and the National Title in 2013.

BTW Nebraska @ Ohio St next season is Urban's BiG home debut.