Oh well. For some reason I thought these games started tomorrow.
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| Author: | Irish Boy [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:39 pm ] |
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Illinois over Maryland Minnesota over North Carolina |
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| Author: | Hawkeye Vince [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:09 pm ] |
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Iowa will be doubled up by Wake. |
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| Author: | Irish Boy [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:15 pm ] |
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I don't know. Wake is pretty awful too. |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:20 pm ] |
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Minn over NC? Why do you say that? |
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| Author: | Irish Boy [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:29 pm ] |
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RFDC wrote: Minn over NC? Why do you say that? Uh, because it just happened about an hour ago? I'm not stepping out on a ledge there. (These are games that have already happened. I'm counting these.) |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:32 pm ] |
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| Oh well. For some reason I thought these games started tomorrow.
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| Author: | Irish Boy [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:34 pm ] |
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RFDC wrote: :oops: Oh well. For some reason I thought these games started tomorrow. Oh, the official challenge isn't for another two weeks. But these have happened, and the teams are reasonably matched. So I'm cheating and counting them. FU, Vitale! |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:35 pm ] |
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| Author: | Irish Boy [ Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:56 pm ] |
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Here are the official matches. Virginia @ Minnesota North Carolina @ Illinois Ohio State @ Florida State Michigan @ Clemson Georgia Tech @ Northwestern Iowa @ Wake Forest Michigan State @ Duke Purdue @ Virginia Tech North Carolina State @ Wisconsin Indiana @ Boston College Maryland @ Penn State Minnesota, OSU, and Wisconsin should have easy wins for the Big Ten. Clemson over Michigan looks safe, and Maryland can probably take care of Penn State on the road. So 3-2 Big Ten in the "obvious games". I think Illinois, Northwestern, Purdue, and Indiana have the edge in their games, so if you win 3/4, that's six wins and the Big Ten should win. MSU at Duke is probably lean Duke, and Iowa at Wake Forest is two pretty bad teams, but if you steal one of those, the Big Ten could end up with seven or eight wins. Plus the two I gave them tonight, of course. |
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| Author: | Irish Boy [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:35 pm ] |
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Wisconsin over Boston College 3-0 |
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| Author: | T-Bone [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:04 pm ] |
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Minny kicks this off tonight. Should be an interesting stretch of games. Would be nice to see the Big Ten walk away with an overall victory. I'll be interested to see how the Illini do against UNC at home tomorrow night and of course Duke vs. Michigan St will likely be a good one. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:08 pm ] |
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How are the matchups set in this thing? Is it just a matter of the two conference AD's getting together and exchanging proposals or is a more standings-based type of thing? There are some really good ones (Duke/MSU, UNC/Ill) but some really "lopsided" ones as well (OSU/FSU comes to mind). |
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| Author: | T-Bone [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:16 pm ] |
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spanky wrote: How are the matchups set in this thing? Is it just a matter of the two conference AD's getting together and exchanging proposals or is a more standings-based type of thing? There are some really good ones (Duke/MSU, UNC/Ill) but some really "lopsided" ones as well (OSU/FSU comes to mind). No idea how this is worked out but I would agree, there are usually at least 3 really top notch matchups and then some real stinkers. Maybe teams are rotated to play someone different each year but I don't even think that is the case because Illinois has played UNC in this just a few years ago I thought. |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:21 pm ] |
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I think the two conferences get together and try to make matchups that make the most sense, competitively, and then release the matchups early in the Summer. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:32 pm ] |
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: I think the two conferences get together and try to make matchups that make the most sense, competitively, and then release the matchups early in the Summer. That's what I thought, just wasn't sure. I understand the reality of having "stinker" games because the weaker teams in each conference face each other - but that makes complete sense at the same time. Like I said, I think a few of these games will be fantastic - I hope I get to watch them. I just thought the OSU/FSU one seemed really mismatched. edit - at least it is "mismatched' in the right direction. |
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| Author: | Irish Boy [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:34 pm ] |
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It's part competitive balance, but they also try to avoid a team playing multiple home or away games in the challenge, and they also try to change the matchups from year to year. That limits the possible selections. On the whole they do a pretty decent job, but sometimes you'll get some weird ones. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:36 pm ] |
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How do you guys think the MAC/MAAC H.O.R.S.E. Championship will end up? |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:39 pm ] |
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spanky wrote: How do you guys think the MAC/MAAC H.O.R.S.E. Championship will end up? Whichever conference is on the road will lose and be really mad about it. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:54 pm ] |
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: spanky wrote: How do you guys think the MAC/MAAC H.O.R.S.E. Championship will end up? Whichever conference is on the road will lose and be really mad about it. See? We're a team! I set them up on a tee for you and you foul tip it! We're magic! |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big Ten/ACC Challenge |
Virginia @ Minnesota W North Carolina @ Illinois W Ohio State @ Florida State W Michigan @ Clemson L Georgia Tech @ Northwestern W Iowa @ Wake Forest L Michigan State @ Duke L Purdue @ Virginia Tech W North Carolina State @ Wisconsin W Indiana @ Boston College W Maryland @ Penn State L I'll give Duke the edge being at home. I'll take the Big Tenlve for 7 wins. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:21 pm ] |
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: Virginia @ Minnesota W North Carolina @ Illinois W Ohio State @ Florida State W Michigan @ Clemson L Georgia Tech @ Northwestern W Iowa @ Wake Forest L Michigan State @ Duke L Purdue @ Virginia Tech W North Carolina State @ Wisconsin W Indiana @ Boston College W Maryland @ Penn State L I'll give Duke the edge being at home. I'll take the Big Tenlve for 7 wins. I'd agree with most of these, but Purdue is gonna have a tough go at Va. Tech. That's an "L" to me. |
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| Author: | lipidquadcab [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:25 pm ] |
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After day one... ACC 1 Big Ten 0 |
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| Author: | T-Bone [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:55 am ] |
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Yeah, that was a little surprising to see the Gophers go down after their strong start. I'll be tuning in for the Illini tonight. Interested to see this stud freshman Harrison Barnes on the UNC squad. |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:51 pm ] |
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Yeah, stupid Minnesota. That loss is going to hurt. Michigan or Penn State is going to have to step-up and make up for that. Illinois needs to take care of business. I've never actually tracked them to see how accurate they are, but the Wall Street Journal computer models show the Illini winning tonight 76-66. Sounds good to me. I'll go with it. |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:56 pm ] |
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Damn you, Minnesota!! You've made me root for Iowa! |
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| Author: | Hawkeye Vince [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:05 pm ] |
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: Damn you, Minnesota!! You've made me root for Iowa! They tried. They might be better than a 7 win team. |
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| Author: | lipidquadcab [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:07 pm ] |
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I have the FSU-OSU game on and they broke in at one point to show some highlights from the Iowa game...the score of the last highlight had Iowa up by 17 or so towards the end of the first half but the game was tied five or six minutes into the second half. How does that even happen? |
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| Author: | spanky [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:40 pm ] |
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Now tied at 2 games each heading into UNC/ILL and UM/Clemson. NW and OSU picking up wins for the Big Ten. |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:36 pm ] |
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To hear these ESPN guys, Illinois is lucky to be within 15 of these guys. |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:43 pm ] |
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How are those lights doing? |
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