I'll get this started here late-night so we can get into some discussion...
Still working through the games but some quick impressions...
I expected Michigan to play well on offense and give up some points...both happened... Milton been my guy for awhile so glad to see a solid first start from him. The run defense needs some work on assignments, no doubt. Minny defense was about what I expected and obviously missing guys on oline sucked. I said lean over but definitely was thinking more like 31-27 kinda game. Michigan could of had 60's easily without missed FG's and the two last drives ending in zero points.
I said Michigan State would be bad... and they are... This was well known last year. The pandemic saves them from having to get whitewashed by BYU and Miami this season thankfully. I don't think they are as bad as a double digit loss to Rutgers, but that many turnovers will do that to ya. Good for the Rutgers program to get a 'road' win in conference and turn the corner ever so slightly. I saw bits and pieces of this game...what happened to Elijah Collins?? My goodness.
Ohio State and Nebraska is exactly how you thought it would go. I am curious what people thought of the Bucks running backs...I'll let @cubsker and others chime in more on this game as I saw nada so far.
Wisconsin rolled Illinois as it appears they may have taken a step back this year. Boxscores do not always tell the picture and I'll let @HUNT discuss the Badgers a bit more as he had some interesting takes that he relayed after the game.
Obviously the game of the week was the Indiana and Penn State game. The Hoosiers finally got that big win they have been looking for against the top of the conference. This is such an interesting boxscore to me as it 'looks' like Penix was very average and Scott didn't really do a lot. On the other side, Clifford was a lot of the offense running and passing for the Lions. I mean, Indiana had 211 total yards...Time of possession was 2:1...but turnovers were the equalizer.
Maryland is godawful...
Nice win for Purdue coming back late for the victory. I like this team to keep getting better this year. It was mentioned that with all the young guys getting time last year with injuries that it would prove to benefit this year. Iowa, on the other hand, just seems foreign to me. They still are near the top of the league on hyphenated players but there are a lot of names new to me.
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This week....
Discussion on Wisconsin Corona situation HERE
I'll start local. I know everyone will bet on Sparty due to line 'value'. I saw a twitter post today asking what line would have been preseason and I saw some baffling numbers to be honest (like 9.5 to 13.5 in many cases). With the venue change I would have had this at 17.5 minimum. Now, I am low on Sparty and actually a bit higher on Michigan than most (no homer, just feel great about Milton and one of the few that liked the OL more even with 4 new starters). Anyways, obviously last weeks results have thrown this line out of wack. Yes, the opener may have been a bit high but something like -20.5 would have been agreeable to me. We'll learn a lot more this week but I can easily see a 44-14 type game. The things that Michigan looked weak on defensively last week are not the strong suits for Sparty. Heck, this Elijah Collins thing really is a shock to me. Now, it is a rivalry but I don't know if CMT will have the same passion and hate as Dantoni did. He always had something up his sleeve. I'll come back to this more tomorrow night...
Minnesota should get healthy at Maryland. I'll wait for some @Timh thoughts but things look bleak right now. Can the offense do anything to entice an over bet here? The Minny defense is not good, again.
You see the immediate buy on the Purdue line at Illinois for good reason. No way I would touch it at the current number. I need to see Illinois again to get a full read on them.
Iowa and Northwestern should be a good battle. This line seems about right. I don't know how to feel about Northwestern yet, just due to the lack of competition in their first game.
The Wisconsin and Nebraska cap will be interesting as we await the Corona news on the QB's... obviously if you bet Nebraska early... congrats...
Primetime in Happy Valley...what a tough way for PSU to start the season. No white-out here and the Buckeyes should just outscore them...What are the thoughts on the PSU defense? Can they put together a few stops? The total seems like it got bet down pretty hard at open here.
The Indiana and Rutgers line presents serious value on Indiana IMO. Now, this is an interesting situational game with the big win last week. For me here, I really learn about the IU offense and PSU defense via this game... and hopefully that gives a clear cap for IU/UM in week 3. I'll be very interested in this game and likely invested as well.
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Alright, discuss away.... lets go false positive at Wisky and hope for another clean week of B10 football.
Still working through the games but some quick impressions...
I expected Michigan to play well on offense and give up some points...both happened... Milton been my guy for awhile so glad to see a solid first start from him. The run defense needs some work on assignments, no doubt. Minny defense was about what I expected and obviously missing guys on oline sucked. I said lean over but definitely was thinking more like 31-27 kinda game. Michigan could of had 60's easily without missed FG's and the two last drives ending in zero points.
I said Michigan State would be bad... and they are... This was well known last year. The pandemic saves them from having to get whitewashed by BYU and Miami this season thankfully. I don't think they are as bad as a double digit loss to Rutgers, but that many turnovers will do that to ya. Good for the Rutgers program to get a 'road' win in conference and turn the corner ever so slightly. I saw bits and pieces of this game...what happened to Elijah Collins?? My goodness.
Ohio State and Nebraska is exactly how you thought it would go. I am curious what people thought of the Bucks running backs...I'll let @cubsker and others chime in more on this game as I saw nada so far.
Wisconsin rolled Illinois as it appears they may have taken a step back this year. Boxscores do not always tell the picture and I'll let @HUNT discuss the Badgers a bit more as he had some interesting takes that he relayed after the game.
Obviously the game of the week was the Indiana and Penn State game. The Hoosiers finally got that big win they have been looking for against the top of the conference. This is such an interesting boxscore to me as it 'looks' like Penix was very average and Scott didn't really do a lot. On the other side, Clifford was a lot of the offense running and passing for the Lions. I mean, Indiana had 211 total yards...Time of possession was 2:1...but turnovers were the equalizer.
Maryland is godawful...
Nice win for Purdue coming back late for the victory. I like this team to keep getting better this year. It was mentioned that with all the young guys getting time last year with injuries that it would prove to benefit this year. Iowa, on the other hand, just seems foreign to me. They still are near the top of the league on hyphenated players but there are a lot of names new to me.
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This week....
Discussion on Wisconsin Corona situation HERE
I'll start local. I know everyone will bet on Sparty due to line 'value'. I saw a twitter post today asking what line would have been preseason and I saw some baffling numbers to be honest (like 9.5 to 13.5 in many cases). With the venue change I would have had this at 17.5 minimum. Now, I am low on Sparty and actually a bit higher on Michigan than most (no homer, just feel great about Milton and one of the few that liked the OL more even with 4 new starters). Anyways, obviously last weeks results have thrown this line out of wack. Yes, the opener may have been a bit high but something like -20.5 would have been agreeable to me. We'll learn a lot more this week but I can easily see a 44-14 type game. The things that Michigan looked weak on defensively last week are not the strong suits for Sparty. Heck, this Elijah Collins thing really is a shock to me. Now, it is a rivalry but I don't know if CMT will have the same passion and hate as Dantoni did. He always had something up his sleeve. I'll come back to this more tomorrow night...
Minnesota should get healthy at Maryland. I'll wait for some @Timh thoughts but things look bleak right now. Can the offense do anything to entice an over bet here? The Minny defense is not good, again.
You see the immediate buy on the Purdue line at Illinois for good reason. No way I would touch it at the current number. I need to see Illinois again to get a full read on them.
Iowa and Northwestern should be a good battle. This line seems about right. I don't know how to feel about Northwestern yet, just due to the lack of competition in their first game.
The Wisconsin and Nebraska cap will be interesting as we await the Corona news on the QB's... obviously if you bet Nebraska early... congrats...
Primetime in Happy Valley...what a tough way for PSU to start the season. No white-out here and the Buckeyes should just outscore them...What are the thoughts on the PSU defense? Can they put together a few stops? The total seems like it got bet down pretty hard at open here.
The Indiana and Rutgers line presents serious value on Indiana IMO. Now, this is an interesting situational game with the big win last week. For me here, I really learn about the IU offense and PSU defense via this game... and hopefully that gives a clear cap for IU/UM in week 3. I'll be very interested in this game and likely invested as well.
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Alright, discuss away.... lets go false positive at Wisky and hope for another clean week of B10 football.