2018 College Football Season/Playoff Thread

[AZ_]

Akron beat Northwestern for their first win against the B1G since 1894.

 

[MGMT]

I’m done with thinking Northwestern will be good. I’ve overrated Fitzgerald.

That West division though, ick. Wisconsin should come away with it but, I don’t know.

 

[Stark]

I’m done with thinking Northwestern will be good. I’ve overrated Fitzgerald.

That West division though, ick. Wisconsin should come away with it but, I don’t know.

The B1G is pretty garbage this year, especially the West.

Northwestern and Purdue are the only ones who have played a conference game, so the standings out there don't mean a ton right now, so I'm just going to go by overall W-L.

T1) Minnesota | 3-0 (W vs. NM State, Fresno State, Miami OH)
-- struggled with Fresno 21-14 at home
-- play games @Ohio State and @Wisconsin
T1) Iowa | 3-0 (W vs. Northern Illinois, Iowa State, Northern Iowa)
-- second best team in the B1G West in my opinion
-- have a HUGE home game versus Wisconsin this weekend at 8:30 PM which could have huge implications in the winner of that division
-- play @Penn State on October 27th
-- my predicted record for them right now is 10-2 with losses to Wisky and PSU, but if they slip by UW this weekend, watch out
T3) #18 Wisconsin | 2-1 (W vs. Western KY, New Mexico, L vs. #25 BYU)
-- I've got them as the most talented team out West as of now, even with the loss to BYU
-- rough schedule the rest of the way IMO, as they've got away games @Iowa, @Michigan, and @Penn State; which I can't see them getting through unscathed
T3) Illinois | 2-1 (W vs. Kent State, Western IL, L vs. South Florida)
-- these guys blow and have at least four more losses on the schedule as of now
5) Northwestern | 1-2 (W @ Purdue, L vs. Duke, Akron)
-- these guys also blow and play Michigan State and Michigan the next two weeks; also have later season matchups against Notre Dame and Wisconsin - complete non-factor

Nebraska and Purdue are both winless so far and are complete garbage. Buckeyes have them both on the schedule, @Purdue on 10/20 and vs. Nebraska on 11/3.

If Wisconsin goes down this weekend @Iowa, there could be complete bedlam out there between Iowa, Wisconsin, and maybe Minnesota. This side of the conference is really fucking bad though.

 

[Tlyons]

Gonna have to go undefeated when its said and done.

 

[N7RobBob]

Was at the TCU game, during pregame we saw the LSU game winner in the stadium, OSU fans went nuts. We all like Joe.

I was down there myself. Awesome atmosphere in that grand cathedral of a stadium. Love witness big men touchdowns!

 

[col63onel]

Gonna have to go undefeated when its said and done.

Alot of things would have to happen for a 1 loss B1G Champ Ohio State to get left out.

 

[Tlyons]

Alot of things would have to happen for a 1 loss B1G Champ Ohio State to get left out.

Yea, that was just my knee jerk reaction to how bad the B1G is currently.

 

[Wulfgar1224]

Alot of things would have to happen for a 1 loss B1G Champ Ohio State to get left out.

Agreed. OSU will get in if they win the conference with only one loss. I know they've had unexpected losses before (MSU in 2015 and Iowa last year). But, I think PSU is the only team that I can see beating them. The Wolverines and Spartans would have to improve dramatically to have a chance.

I’m done with thinking Northwestern will be good. I’ve overrated Fitzgerald.

That West division though, ick. Wisconsin should come away with it but, I don’t know.

I think Northwestern does a good job considering their academic standards and size of their school. They'll never be a powerhouse like OSU. But, they field a pretty good team compared to someone like Illinois which is a much larger school that should be able to recruit and develop players better than they do.

 

[AZ_]

OSU is going to win by 14+ in Happy Valley.

 

[Ohio]

OSU is going to win by 14+ in Happy Valley.

It's tough to disagree based on what we've seen so far. Happy Valley at night is almost always tough to play in, though.

 

[Chris]

Is Alabama as good as everyone in the media is saying? I know it's hard to tell after three weeks, especially with their competition.

 

[MGMT]

Yeah, they probably are.

But LSU and Auburn aren’t fucking around either.

 

[col63onel]

Games of note

Stanford @ Oregon
Texas AM @ Bama

Only 2 ranked games this week, and I am not sure Texas AM should be ranked. Very interested to see if Oregon is competitive with Stanford. Take away 2014 when Mariota won the Heisman, and Stanford has won 4 of 5 vs Oregon, with the lone loss being by 2.

Other interesting games:

Michigan vs Nebraska
MSU vs Indiana
Georgia vs Missouri
Wisconsin vs Iowa
Arizona St vs Washington

 

[MGMT]

Wisconsin iowa has significant implications in the west. That’ll be an interesting one.

Nebraska looks poised for a 3-9/4-8 season so I won’t get my hopes up for a Michigan meltdown

 

[Ohio]

Pedsters on upset alert at Illinois...SMH