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

[Driaz]

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)

We ain't losing to South Dakota St, sir.......I could see possibly Wyoming or Southern Miss way more then SDS........

 

[Sox33OSU]

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

Now that's what I'm talkin about!

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

lel

We could melt down worse than we did against Wisconsin last season in the BIG Championship game and we still wouldn't lose to South Dakota State.

Boise wes fishing

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Good catch all ye sirs who noticed it LOL

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

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?

Yeah they didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, should have gone with underline

I see UCF struggling this year, they're inconsistent, they have a good year followed by a bad year all the time, last year was a good year

you would think these trends would change, but they don't oddly enough

 

[Driaz]

lel

We could melt down worse than we did against Wisconsin last season in the BIG Championship game and we still wouldn't lose to South Dakota State.

Boise wes fishing

Good catch all ye sirs who noticed it LOL

BSF's been gone so long, I forgot him capable of trying to rile things up en sech......Good job, sir!!

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Mine from last year

if Illinois struggles they may lose to La Tech, not likely.

I'll say Indiana will lose to one of those teams

Iowa likely will not lose

Michigan struggled with UMass a few years back where they nearly lost.

Michigan State will have no issues

Minnesota might lose to UNLV depending on how UNLV improves

Nebraska may lose to Arkansas State if they overlook them.

Northwestern probably won't lose to South Dakota but you never know with those Dakota teams

Ohio State won't lose

Penn State has a very slight chance of losing if they struggle

Purdue will probably drop one

Wisconsin has no chance of losing

well, Illinois more than lost to Louisiana Tech, they were blown out LOL, that "not likely" I added at the end means I got Illinois wrong

Indiana lost to Ball State, I got that right

Iowa won by a point over Northern Illinois, and lost to Central Michigan...wrong

Michigan didn't struggle with Umass but did with Air Force, I'm not sure if I'm right or wrong

Michigan State did have some issues with Eastern Michigan, but still right

Minnesota went into 3 overtimes against UNLV, I think that may qualify as right

Nebraska didn't overlook Arkansas State, so they didn't lose, guess I'll be right on that one

Northwestern didn't lose, so correct

Ohio State didn't lose, I got that right

Penn State struggled early in the year and lost to Ohio, hmmm I guess that qualifies as right

Purdue didn't lose, got that wrong

Wisconsin nearly lost to Northern Iowa, and needed a late missed field goal to beat Utah State, I'll say I got that wrong.

 

[ForkEmBucky]

LMAO... BYU is a "mid major" now?

 

[Red_Alert]

LMAO... BYU is a "mid major" now?

By definition they've always been a mid-major. They've never been AQ.

 

[blkflagmafia]

LMAO... BYU is a "mid major" now?

Really?!?

 

[jdwills126]

UNLV Over Minn.
Central Fla over PSU
WMU over Northwestern
N. Illinois over Iowa

Iowa seems to have a letdown every year against a MAC Team

 

[Sox33OSU]

UNLV Over Minn.
Central Fla over PSU
WMU over Northwestern
N. Illinois over Iowa

Iowa seems to have a letdown every year against a MAC Team

4-8 Western Michigan that returns 10 starters is gonna beat 10-3 Northwestern in Evanston?

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Not a chance in hell Western Mich beats Northwestern.

In fact, it will be a blowout in favor of NW

 

[Brasky]

Boise can speak coherently and make tons of sense and then out of left field he comes up with the most outrageous shit ever.

It's like an extremely specific form of tourette syndrome or something.

 

[jdwills126]

WMU is having some success recruiting would I bet no!

But I have to throw out an upset or two.

As for NW 10-3 last year I think that is a little misleading I like them and think they have done a great job turning the program around but I still think they are ripe for an upset!

 

[rmilia1]

Indiana State has a legit shot to beat the Hoosiers IMO. Also Iowa is going to suck this year ( hope Im wrong) so WMU and NIU both have a shot at us.

 

[Red_Alert]

WMU is having some success recruiting would I bet no!

But I have to throw out an upset or two.

As for NW 10-3 last year I think that is a little misleading I like them and think they have done a great job turning the program around but I still think they are ripe for an upset!

Pick what ya wanna pick mang. Nobody knows whether the replacements for a 4-8 WMU team will be better than last season. Not to mention that those replacements did get some playing time. WMU's been known to put up some points so it could be a shootout.

 

[Red_Alert]

Indiana State has a legit shot to beat the Hoosiers IMO. Also Iowa is going to suck this year ( hope Im wrong) so WMU and NIU both have a shot at us.

Indiana St played them to a TD last year. Probably got Indiana red lettered on their schedule.

 

[Red_Alert]

Kudos to Western Michigan for taking the paydays against three Big 10 teams.

Hopefully they can put it to good use in their program

 

[HuskerinBig10]

BYU is my nemesis team for wagering

No matter how I bet them, that team causes my money to remain out of my pocket.

Illinois - won't lose As bad as Illinois was I can't see them losing to either of them.

Indiana - loses to Navy (Sept 7) and Bowling Green (Sept 14)

Iowa - Loses to Northern Illinois (Aug 31)

Michigan - won't lose

Michigan St - won't lose

Minnesota - won't lose

Nebraska - won't lose

Northwestern - won't lose

Ohio St - won't lose

Penn St - won't lose

Purdue - LOSES TO Northern Illinois (Sept 28)

Wisconsin - BYU (Nov 9) maybe if I bet on Wisconsin. I think Wisconsin wins at home. So afr, I have not placed a wager though.