Which Big 10 teams will lose to mid-majors (or less) in 2013?

[Jack_John_Mark]

Alright alright.....you were right, I was wrong. I didn't do my homework well enough. Now we can move on.

Can't wait to see Ohio State beat Alabama in the National Championship!

 

[Sox33OSU]

Alright alright.....you were right, I was wrong. I didn't do my homework well enough. Now we can move on.

Can't wait to see Ohio State beat Alabama in the National Championship!

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

No need to facepalm man........you have the team of a lifetime

 

[Sox33OSU]

No need to facepalm man........you have the team of a lifetime

So there is no middle with you, huh? It's either we are way overrated or we are the best in the world? Seriously, you can't even try conversation?

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

So there is no middle with you, huh? It's either we are way overrated or we are the best in the world? Seriously, you can't even try conversation?

Listen, this all started because I said I wasn't buying into the OSU hype......

I didn't say they were way overrated, I said "they are a top 10 team, but I'm not so sure on them being top 5."

Every single response you've made to me has implicated that I'm ignorant and don't follow College Football.

That is why you and I cannot have a conversation about this........because you, unlike other OSU fans, immediately go on the defense when I say I don't believe your team should be immediately considered the #2 team in the country.

 

[Sox33OSU]

Listen, this all started because I said I wasn't buying into the OSU hype......

I didn't say they were way overrated, I said "they are a top 10 team, but I'm not so sure on them being top 5."

Every single response you've made to me has implicated that I'm ignorant and don't follow College Football.

That is why you and I cannot have a conversation about this........because you, unlike other OSU fans, immediately go on the defense when I say I don't believe your team should be immediately considered the #2 team in the country.

I personally think we do deserve it, and I've made my case. If I came on here and said "I think Nebraska's offense isn't really that good" and took a small sample size of 2-3 games from last season as my reasoning, you'd probably call that pretty stupid logic, no?

As I said, last year's OSU team had flaws, no doubt. I've said that many times. Teams improve, though, and Meyer has shown the ability to do this in year 2 as well as anyone. If you think we're overrated, that's fine. We're all entitled to opinions. However, you aren't backing it up, nor are you even giving any reason why all of those other teams are better.

 

[HuskerInSecLand]

JJM I see you have met Sox.

 

[Sox33OSU]

JJM I see you have met Sox.

 

[Red_Alert]

So there is no middle with you, huh? It's either we are way overrated or we are the best in the world? Seriously, you can't even try conversation?

He's concentrating on his bobber.

 

[it'sHuskers4me]

Listen here Sox - we (all of us including you) don't know shit about the 2013 teams until they play out the season, a few bad injuries can and do screw up the season. So what anyone thinks doesn't matter anyway... so let's move on

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

bold = losses
italics = very good chance for a loss, but I'm not picking it


Illinois - Southern Illinois (Aug 31), Miami of Ohio (Sept 28)
Indiana - Indiana St (Aug 29), Navy (Sept 7), Bowling Green (Sept 14),
Iowa - Northern Illinois (Aug 31), Missouri St (Sept 7), Western Michigan (Sept 21)
Michigan - Central Michigan (Aug 31), Akron (Sept 14),
Michigan St - Western Michigan (Aug 30), Youngstown St (Sept 14)
Minnesota - UNLV (Aug 29), @ New Mexico St (Sept 7), Western Illinois (Sept 14), San Jose St (Sept 21) Nebraska - Wyoming (Sept 31), Southern Miss (Sept 7), South Dakota St (Sept 21)
Northwestern - Western Michigan (Sept 14), Maine (Sept 21)
Ohio St - Buffalo (Aug 31), San Diego St (Sept 7), Florida A&M (Sept 21)
Penn St - Eastern Michigan (Sept 7), Kent St (Sept 21)
Purdue - Indiana St (Sept 7), Northern Illinois (Sept 28)
Wisconsin - UMass (Aug 31), Tennessee Tech (Sept 7), BYU (Nov 9)

The following teams play American Athletic Conference (AAC) (Formerly Big East) teams in 2013. The AAC will lose AQ status in 2014.

Illinois - Cincinnati (Sept 7)
Michigan - Connecticut (Sept 21)
Michigan St - South Florida (Sept 7)
Penn St - Central Florida (Sept 14th)
Purdue - Cincinnati (Aug 31)

 

[Red_Alert]

You know I make this thread just for you BSF27

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

LOL

Boise hath casted his stank bait into the Husker waters.

Well done, sir

 

[Sox33OSU]

Listen here Sox - we (all of us including you) don't know shit about the 2013 teams until they play out the season, a few bad injuries can and do screw up the season. So what anyone thinks doesn't matter anyway... so let's move on

You don't know shit about your own team? I know a lot of shit about my team. I'm not predicting the future, but I know a lot about the present team, I know who they return, I know what I've seen from many of them in the multiple years they've been here, and I know a lot about the teams we play against. I'm not claiming that Ohio State is unquestionably one of the top 2 teams in the nation and will undoubtedly be in the NCG. JJM said he wasn't buying into it and didn't think they deserved the ranking, so I said I disagree and here's why.

If what anyone thinks doesn't matter, why even bother posting on a sports message board to begin with? It's still the offseason, so speculation is all you can do regarding the teams, but you can at least have reasoning when you do it. I didn't realize it'd piss so many of your Huskers off, so for that I apologize.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

I personally think we do deserve it, and I've made my case. If I came on here and said "I think Nebraska's offense isn't really that good" and took a small sample size of 2-3 games from last season as my reasoning, you'd probably call that pretty stupid logic, no?

As I said, last year's OSU team had flaws, no doubt. I've said that many times. Teams improve, though, and Meyer has shown the ability to do this in year 2 as well as anyone. If you think we're overrated, that's fine. We're all entitled to opinions. However, you aren't backing it up, nor are you even giving any reason why all of those other teams are better.

Honestly, I'm just going off of recent history en shit.

How many times in the past decade has the SEC had 4 or more teams in the top 10 towards the end of the season?

So I have to justify in my mind why I should think Ohio State is better than all of those teams. I can't do that based off of anything I saw last season.......and I can't do that based off of what they return from last season.

So I just plain can't do that. And you're right, that's just my opinion. Though I do fully expect Ohio State should run the table in the weak BIG Conference. There should be no excuse for them not to.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Also, let me add that I do completely understand that Urban Meyer is a magician and all that.....

I still am struggling to give him the benefit of the doubt this season though.

 

[Sox33OSU]

Honestly, I'm just going off of recent history en shit.

How many times in the past decade has the SEC had 4 or more teams in the top 10 towards the end of the season?

So I have to justify in my mind why I should think Ohio State is better than all of those teams. I can't do that based off of anything I saw last season.......and I can't do that based off of what they return from last season.

So I just plain can't do that. And you're right, that's just my opinion. Though I do fully expect Ohio State should run the table in the weak BIG Conference. There should be no excuse for them not to.

And how many times was the best SEC team or 2nd best SEC team a team that was coached by Urban Meyer?

 

[Red_Alert]

bold = losses
italics = very good chance for a loss, but I'm not picking it


Illinois - Southern Illinois (Aug 31), Miami of Ohio (Sept 28)
Indiana - Indiana St (Aug 29), Navy (Sept 7), Bowling Green (Sept 14),
Iowa - Northern Illinois (Aug 31), Missouri St (Sept 7), Western Michigan (Sept 21)
Michigan - Central Michigan (Aug 31), Akron (Sept 14),
Michigan St - Western Michigan (Aug 30), Youngstown St (Sept 14)
Minnesota - UNLV (Aug 29), @ New Mexico St (Sept 7), Western Illinois (Sept 14), San Jose St (Sept 21) Nebraska - Wyoming (Sept 31), Southern Miss (Sept 7), South Dakota St (Sept 21)
Northwestern - Western Michigan (Sept 14), Maine (Sept 21)
Ohio St - Buffalo (Aug 31), San Diego St (Sept 7), Florida A&M (Sept 21)
Penn St - Eastern Michigan (Sept 7), Kent St (Sept 21)
Purdue - Indiana St (Sept 7), Northern Illinois (Sept 28)
Wisconsin - UMass (Aug 31), Tennessee Tech (Sept 7), BYU (Nov 9)

The following teams play American Athletic Conference (AAC) (Formerly Big East) teams in 2013. The AAC will lose AQ status in 2014.

Illinois - Cincinnati (Sept 7)
Michigan - Connecticut (Sept 21)
Michigan St - South Florida (Sept 7)
Penn St - Central Florida (Sept 14th)
Purdue - Cincinnati (Aug 31)

The italics are hard to see, But I agree with your picks except....

South Dakota St is NOT gonna upset NU.

You don't see UCF giving Penn St a game?

 

[Red_Alert]

LOL

Boise hath casted his stank bait into the Husker waters.

Well done, sir

Dude went for a master angler with shad guts.

 

[Driaz]

Alright.....well I can see that neither of us are going to budge here so I'm not gonna argue any further.

In an attempt to smash this thing, I will say that I fully expect Ohio State to run the table in the BIG.....I just don't think they can beat team SEC.

For the sake of the BIG, I hope they do......but I don't see it realistically happening.

We kick their ass in the B1G title game, sir!