Early Thoughts - Rank Em

[Tuco Salamanca]

or if that isn't enough for you, just look at the dates.......Big ole nothing burger

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CCs	NCs	National awards
4	Knowlton Ames	1891–1892	12	12	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
11	Albert E. Herrnstein	1905	8	6	1	1	.813	1	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Noble Kizer	1930–1936	58	42	13	3	.750	26	9	3	.724	—	—	—	2	—	—
9	Charles M. Best	1902	10	7	2	1	.750	2	2	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Oliver Cutts	1903–1904	18	13	5	0	.722	1	4	0	.200	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	D. M. Balliet	1893–1895, 1901	34	22	10	2	.676	0	3	1	.125	—	—	—	2	—	—
26	Jack Mollenkopf[4]†​	1956–1969	132	84	39	9	.670	57	32	5	.633	1	0	0	1	—	—
2	G. A. Reisner	1889	3	2	1	0	.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Jim Young[5]†​	1977–1981	58	38	19	1	.664	26	14	1	.646	3	0	0	—	—	—
6	Samuel M. Hammond	1896	7	4	2	1	.643	0	2	1	.167	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Andy Smith†​	1913–1915	21	12	6	3	.643	6	5	2	.538	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	William W. Church	1897	9	5	3	1	.611	1	2	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	James Phelan[3]†​	1922–1929	62	35	22	5	.605	14	17	4	.457	—	—	—	1	—	—
33	Joe Tiller	1997–2008	149	87	62	—	.584	53	43	—	.552	4	5	—	1	—	—

 

[BoilerN]

Based on the fact that since 1980 only 1 coach, Joe Tiller, has had a winning record? Does that work?

31	Leon Burtnett	1982–1986	21–34–1	.384
32	Fred Akers	1987–1990	12–31–1	.284
33	Jim Colletto	1991–1996	21–42–3	.341
34	Joe Tiller	1997–2008	87–62	.584
35	Danny Hope	2009–2012	22–27	.449
36	Patrick Higgins	2012	0–1	.000
37	Darrell Hazell	2013–2016	9–33	.214
38	Gerad Parker	2016	0–6	.000
39	Jeff Brohm	2017–present	28–29	.491

Tiller raised program expectations.

 

[SuperBigFan]

Tiller raised program expectations.

He did and your lame administration did him wrong.

 

[BoilerN]

He did and your lame administration did him wrong.

Former lame administration, yes. Yes indeed. Good thing absolutely no one from that regime is left. And we now have an administration that is investing heavily in football. They understand the importance. Since Brohm has arrived, almost 200 mil into the program has been completed/is planned.

 

[myteamcanbeatupyourteam]

Big ten west thread. Discussing a west team that has a chance to win it

Odd. NOBODY has predicted Purdue to win the west. Vast majority of predictions I've read have them at 7-5.

 

[myteamcanbeatupyourteam]

Tiller raised program expectations.

14 years ago

 

[IowaHogeyeDoosh]

Odd. NOBODY has predicted Purdue to win the west. Vast majority of predictions I've read have them at 7-5.

14 years ago

Iowa going 8-5 with a bowl loss. Plenty of husker talk on Iowa free board, feel free to get lost.

 

[SOHusker11]

Odd. NOBODY has predicted Purdue to win the west. Vast majority of predictions I've read have them at 7-5.

Odd. Nobody asked for dipshit Iowa fans opinion either. Go argue on your own boards.

Cute name btw. You must be one the toughest kids in your 7th grade class.

 

[BoilerN]

Odd. NOBODY has predicted Purdue to win the west. Vast majority of predictions I've read have them at 7-5.

Really? Must be reading the wrong place. A lot of people are talking about them being a dark horse to win the West.

 

[BoilerN]

14 years ago

Similar to 20 years ago for Nebraska?

 

[king_kong_]

Similar to 20 years ago for Nebraska?

not similar at all

whoever you're talking about 'raised expectations' from doormat to.. perhaps a bit thicker doormat

Nebraska Football has cucked you so hard you spend 24/7 reading every single word you can find about it for your entire life. you're beyond obsessed.

you will never, ever see a Nebraska fan posting on a purdue page. you are nothing. you're a joke & your existence here posting the thirstiest, most pathetic sh*t I've ever seen begging for some teeny tiny bit of validation for your nothing never was dumpy crap team proves it.

 

[SOHusker11]

Similar to 20 years ago for Nebraska?

You're special. That's an Ioway fan dumbass.

 

[BoilerN]

You're special. That's an Ioway fan dumbass.

Ahh. So I should have said similar to how Iowa is never great... right?

 

[SuperBigFan]

 

[moralvictories]

I laughed when I read this. clappers deserve everything they get.

imagine being indignant about literally anything whilst representing state penn

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They should have gotten the death penalty years ago.

 

[TheWayITellEm]

Minnesota is 7-2 and 6-3 in Big Ten play in the last 2 real seasons. Both times winning at Purdue. We still have Morgan and some pieces...so I don't see why Purdue should be favored.

 

[SuperBigFan]

Minnesota is 7-2 and 6-3 in Big Ten play in the last 2 real seasons. Both times winning at Purdue. We still have Morgan and some pieces...so I don't see why Purdue should be favored.

Tannor Morgan might be the worst starting QB ever.

 

[BoilerN]

Minnesota is 7-2 and 6-3 in Big Ten play in the last 2 real seasons. Both times winning at Purdue. We still have Morgan and some pieces...so I don't see why Purdue should be favored.

Minnesota also has had some very generous calls vs Purdue the last couple of games..... iffy OPI on game winning TD. Minny TD where the ball hit the ground. To name a couple.

 

[king_kong_]

Minnesota also has had some very generous calls vs Purdue the last couple of games.....

those all looked much more like penalties than anything Tennessee's DBs did to purdue WRs during last year's bowl game

 

[huskernkc5]

@Michigan State
@Penn State
vs Rutgers

You call this favorable?


Nebraska has:

vs Indiana
@Rutgers
@Michigan

you know what rutgers and indiana are saying--

good news fellas, we get to play nebraska this year....

 

[SuperBigFan]

you know what rutgers and indiana are saying--

good news fellas, we get to play nebraska this year....

Ha!

Rutgers made the Husker game a "blackout" game!

 

[myteamcanbeatupyourteam]

Similar to 20 years ago for Nebraska?

Lol. Not a Husker fan but no, no Purdue has no similarity. Twenty some years ago Nebraska had national title expectations, granted those expectations are no longer realistic today.

 

[SuperBigFan]

Lol. Not a Husker fan but no, no Purdue has no similarity. Twenty some years ago Nebraska had national title expectations, granted those expectations are no longer realistic today.

After 10 years in the Big Ten it really seems like most fans of most of the teams are just trying to figure out how their team can win 6-7 games...then they occasionally brag about how they think their team might win 8.

It is such a depressing conference.

 

[phoenix4nu]

Ha!

Rutgers made the Husker game a "blackout" game!

We should dress in all white uniforms for that game.
https://scarletknights.com/news/2022/6/21/football-oct-7-vs-nebraska-blackout-game.aspx

 

[BoilerN]

Lol. Not a Husker fan but no, no Purdue has no similarity. Twenty some years ago Nebraska had national title expectations, granted those expectations are no longer realistic today.

Which is exactly my point. Nebraska expectations were raised 20 years ago, but 8 wins is a good year for them based on recent results.

 

[king_kong_]

Lol. Not a Husker fan but no, no Purdue has no similarity. Twenty some years ago Nebraska had national title expectations, granted those expectations are no longer realistic today.

you and @BoilerN should french each other at the next 'Cucked by the Huskers Anonymous' meeting

 

[Rubrum_Magnus_Virtus]

you and @BoilerN should french each other at the next 'Cucked by the Huskers Anonymous' meeting

Lol….”Cucked by the Huskers” is the official name of the iowa homeboard….

 

[mavsker]

1 nebraska 2 wisconsin 3 iowa 4 purdue 5 minnesota 6 illinois 7. north western 1 ohio st 2 michigan 3 penn st 4 michigan 5 maryland 6 rutger 7 indiana

 

[huskerfan1414]

East
Ohio State
Michigan
Maryland
Penn State
Mich State
Indiana
Rutgers

West
Iowa
Wisconsin
Purdue
Nebraska
Minnesota
Northwestern

I really wanna put Nebraska higher but they need to prove it.

Maryland is the surprise team.

 

[Husker Hambone]

East
1. Buckeyes - elite
2. Nittany Lions - great D
3. Wolverines - could be top 2, easy schedule
4. Spartans - could slump
5. Scarlet Knights - really good coaching
6. Terrapins - talented skill, and QB
7. Hoosiers

West
1. Badgers - great D/trench play
2. Gophers - tougher schedule
3. Boilermakers - top qb
4. Hawkeyes - same team, much tougher schedule
5. Huskers - slight improvement, make bowl
6. Wildcats
7. Illini - could surprise and finish in top half of league

 

[scarletred]

We should dress in all white uniforms for that game.
https://scarletknights.com/news/2022/6/21/football-oct-7-vs-nebraska-blackout-game.aspx

I never want to see Nebraska football team in all white uniforms unless their wearing red helmets with them..

 

[nu2u]

Iowa
Purdue
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Minnesota
Norhtwestern
Illinois

Ohio State
Michigan
Penn State
Rutgers
Michigan State
Indiana
Maryland

 

[scarletred]

Iowa
Purdue
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Minnesota
Norhtwestern
Illinois

Ohio State
Michigan
Penn State
Rutgers
Michigan State
Indiana
Maryland

Putting a lot of stock in Petras are you..

 

[nu2u]

Putting a lot of stock in Petras are you..

Defense for Iowa and Offense for Purdue. Nebraska could certainly contend, Big Ten is trench warfare - its hard to win the West if the talent and depth is not sufficiently developed up front. If Nebrska's lines are improved, especailly the OL, the Huskers will be right there.

 

[studed]

west
1. minny
2. wisconsin
3. iowa
4. nebraska
5. purdue
6, illinois
7. northwestern

East
1. michigan
2. osu
3. psu
4. maryland
5. msu
6. indiana
7. rutgers

 

[leodisflowers]

Defense for Iowa and Offense for Purdue. Nebraska could certainly contend, Big Ten is trench warfare - its hard to win the West if the talent and depth is not sufficiently developed up front. If Nebrska's lines are improved, especailly the OL, the Huskers will be right there.

Purdue has zero trenches

 

[nu2u]

Purdue has zero trenches

I wouldn't go that far, I didn't do a deep personell dive there for Purdue. As far as I can tell, they have as many question marks as Nebraska, maybe more.... I guess we'll find out for both. I placed them 2nd on the strength of their passing game, especially the experience there, and expected improvements on defense.

Its always a guess. Every team feels good about the upgrades they have made during the offseason. I'm sure coach Frost feels good about the upgrades and changes made along the OL and DL. Purdue has similar optimism. We'll see if they are right.

 

[Scott559]

Putting a lot of stock in Petras are you..

With my Iowa bias I would like to favor the Hawks to win the West, A lot of returning starters and as has been noted Iowa should be pretty salty on defense, The problem is you can’t count on Petras stepping up his game, Iowa has also been very fortunate in having very good field goal kickers the past several years, This year is yet to be determined.
Until proven otherwise really hard to pick against the Badgers although Mertz has his own question marks.

 

[Chief Wiggum]

Usually the team that has to play Ohio State regular season basically has a handicap of a game back - for whatever reason (sure) Nebraska has had to play OSU 6 times in a row, while both Iowa has played OSU only once since 2013 and Wisconsin only twice in the regular season - call it whining, but that is a huge handicap to essentially be a game down before the race even begins. In no way shape or form would NU have won the B1G West in those six seasons, but just saying....schedule matters tremendously in who wins our mediocre division.

 

[Redmich]

Usually the team that has to play Ohio State regular season basically has a handicap of a game back - for whatever reason (sure) Nebraska has had to play OSU 6 times in a row, while both Iowa has played OSU only once since 2013 and Wisconsin only twice in the regular season - call it whining, but that is a huge handicap to essentially be a game down before the race even begins. In no way shape or form would NU have won the B1G West in those six seasons, but just saying....schedule matters tremendously in who wins our mediocre division.

Last year was the only year that the team with the best divisional record didn’t win the division. There has only been one year since the big went to east and west divisions that a teams cross over schedule against the east mattered in the slightest with regards to who won the division.

Scott Frost in 4 years has won a grand total of 6 divisional games in 23 tries (26%) and has been worse in years 3 and 4 than years 1 and 2. Complaining about cross over schedule seems a bit much when we have only managed a single win against our divisional opponents the last 2 years.