PFF Big Ten Football Rankings

[Wasker77]

Pro Football Focus rank the Big Ten teams for the upcoming season. Somewhat surprised they have Illinois ranked 4th.

1. OSU 2. Mich 3. PSU 4. Illinois 5. Minn 6. Iowa 7. Wis 8. Maryland 9. Purdue 10. MSU 11. Huskers 12. Rutgers 13. IU 14. Northwestern

 

[arf_man]

We are who we have been, we'll be who we strive to be today.

 

[InMotion]

If I was a Nebraska player and I saw this, I just might trash my pipe and sell my game console and start 2 a days now.

 

[Jesseblackshirts43]

If I was a Nebraska player and I saw this, I just might trash my pipe and sell my game console and start 2 a days now.

I know our Oline is a lot of juniors, but more and more - the NFL evaluates collegiate Oline players their junior year, often getting them to leave early.

Long story short, if our Oline isn’t taking this off season seriously, they might as well be working an internship over June.

 

[Spectrumalaska]

They like Big Bert.

Glad he is not our coach no matter how sculpted his wifey is.

 

[SickOfPractice]

I probably needed this dose of pessimism.

 

[c3o]

Other than hiring Matt we haven’t done a thing to deserve any preseason merit.

 

[SuperBigFan]

Everything past 2 is a crapshoot.

That is why this conference has (should have been) been great for NU.

 

[SickOfPractice]

Everything past 2 is a crapshoot.

That is why this conference has (should have been) been great for NU.

"I coulda been a contender, I could’ve been somebody..."

---On the Waterfront

 

[Wasker77]

Other than hiring Matt we haven’t done a thing to deserve any preseason merit.

Hope like hell the Huskers surprise people and win at least 6 games. A bowl game would be nice.

 

[c3o]

Hope like hell the Huskers surprise people and win at least 6 games. A bowl game would be nice.

Me too. Hoping for a great season and a brand of football that promotes optimism

 

[maplesyrup95]

Reality is still undefeated

 

[moralvictories]

Pro Football Focus rank the Big Ten teams for the upcoming season. Somewhat surprised they have Illinois ranked 4th.

1. OSU 2. Mich 3. PSU 4. Illinois 5. Minn 6. Iowa 7. Wis 8. Maryland 9. Purdue 10. MSU 11. Huskers 12. Rutgers 13. IU 14. Northwestern

I think we finish ahead of Iowa and Wisconsin.

 

[Rubrum_Magnus_Virtus]

"I coulda been a contender, I could’ve been somebody..."

---On the Waterfront

iowa has already taken that mantra and it’s been theirs since 1961. We’ll have to come up with something else.

 

[Charlie Marlow]

So much of this season is hinging on the health of one player. It’s really hard to project anything in this case.

 

[Redmich]

So much of this season is hinging on the health of one player. It’s really hard to project anything in this case.

and his play … he is going to have to outperform his historical numbers for us to have a lot of success - clearly Rhule and Satt saw something that suggests to them that he will

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[Yantzeee]

every year it takes Rhule to put a good team together, it will be that much harder to bringing back a younger fan base. Retired people may not care as much. What else are they going to do on Saturdays that you can’t do during the week. But when you work for the weekend, watching a bad football team doesn’t feel like the best thing to do on beautiful fall Saturdays. 0-2 would be extremely bad. 1-1 would be ok, not great but ok. 2-0 and you’ve got some energy back in the program.

It’s a tuff task to ask for Matt but that’s why he gets paid the big bucks. Colorado is going to be his most important game of the year I think just because some wanted Deion here in Lincoln. And if he beats us, it will feel like we hired the wrong guy for some.

We’ve got to bring youth back to the program

 

[timnsun]

every year it takes Rhule to put a good team together, it will be that much harder to bringing back a younger fan base. Retired people may not care as much. What else are they going to do on Saturdays that you can’t do during the week. But when you work for the weekend, watching a bad football team doesn’t feel like the best thing to do on beautiful fall Saturdays. 0-2 would be extremely bad. 1-1 would be ok, not great but ok. 2-0 and you’ve got some energy back in the program.

It’s a tuff task to ask for Matt but that’s why he gets paid the big bucks. Colorado is going to be his most important game of the year I think just because some wanted Deion here in Lincoln. And if he beats us, it will feel like we hired the wrong guy for some.

We’ve got to bring youth back to the program

I don’t think the team rises or falls on the first 2 games of the Matt Rhule era.

If he goes 0-2 but finishes the season on a 6 game winning streak the fans will be there. Even the younger ones. No need to be so pessimistic. He will get this thing turned around and the fans will be there when he does.

 

[Redmich]

Here is what Colorado lost from its roster - if we lose that game the program should just fold

 

[ND Heaven68]

Everything past 2 is a crapshoot.

That is why this conference has (should have been) been great for NU.

Not so sure as most of the preseason forecasts has PSU right in the thick of the B1G race and almost every preseason top 10

 

[SuperBigFan]

Not so sure as most of the preseason forecasts has PSU right in the thick of the B1G race and almost every preseason top 10

Yeah, that is true...

 

[king_kong_]

Yeah, that is true...

College football media are clueless sycophants

There will be zero unbeaten B1G teams this year and hopefully zero B1G playoff teams unless we win the league

 

[SuperBigFan]

College football media are clueless sycophants

There will be zero unbeaten B1G teams this year and hopefully zero B1G playoff teams unless we win the league

With that said...I LOVE OSU -27 at Indiana to start the season of the Tom Allen fairwell tour.

 

[kruller]

Wisconsin will have growing pains this season with their new Air Raid system. I'm still blown away that they are going to it even though it's supposed to be more run based, or so they say. It was complete deja vu watching their spring game from their play down to what their announcers were saying. I'm predicting they don't even finish .500.

 

[BoilerN]

With that said...I LOVE OSU -27 at Indiana to start the season of the Tom Allen fairwell tour.

Tom isn't going anywhere unless iu wins 2 or less

 

[king_kong_]

Tom isn't going anywhere unless iu wins 2 or less

They could go 0 for the next 5 years and not change

They don’t care about football. Never have, never will.

One of the worst programs in the country for a century and yet B1G fans insist having them on the schedule instead of a non-con game makes things unfair

 

[SuperBigFan]

Tom isn't going anywhere unless iu wins 2 or less

Like I said...this is his fair well tour.

 

[SuperBigFan]

They could go 0 for the next 5 years and not change

They don’t care about football. Never have, never will.

One of the worst programs in the country for a century and yet B1G fans insist having them on the schedule instead of a non-con game makes things unfair

One of my good friends lives like a mile from campus (Bloomington) and he said on game day he hardly even notices that there is a game going on.

He went to school there and I don't think I ever heard him mention FB once.

I won't bother looking it up but Indiana has to be one of the worst teams (bottom 10) out of P5 schools.

They messed up when they fired Kevin Wilson for being "mean"

 

[king_kong_]

One of my good friends lives like a mile from campus (Bloomington) and he said on game day he hardly even notices that there is a game going on.

He went to school there and I don't think I ever heard him mention FB once.

I won't bother looking it up but Indiana has to be one of the worst teams (bottom 10) out of P5 schools.

They messed up when they fired Kevin Wilson for being "mean"

Forget P5, they’re one of the worst D1 programs in the country, right up there with Rutgers and northwestern

I’m sure other P5 leagues have 3 historical asseaters, but can’t think of them

 

[Wasker77]

I don’t think the team rises or falls on the first 2 games of the Matt Rhule era.

If he goes 0-2 but finishes the season on a 6 game winning streak the fans will be there. Even the younger ones. No need to be so pessimistic. He will get this thing turned around and the fans will be there when he does.

every year it takes Rhule to put a good team together, it will be that much harder to bringing back a younger fan base. Retired people may not care as much. What else are they going to do on Saturdays that you can’t do during the week. But when you work for the weekend, watching a bad football team doesn’t feel like the best thing to do on beautiful fall Saturdays. 0-2 would be extremely bad. 1-1 would be ok, not great but ok. 2-0 and you’ve got some energy back in the program.

It’s a tuff task to ask for Matt but that’s why he gets paid the big bucks. Colorado is going to be his most important game of the year I think just because some wanted Deion here in Lincoln. And if he beats us, it will feel like we hired the wrong guy for some.

We’ve got to bring youth back to the program

I think Deion has set himself up to fail much like Scott Frost did when he came to Lincoln. You can only blow smoke so much before it caves in around you.

 

[SuperBigFan]

Forget P5, they’re one of the worst D1 programs in the country, right up there with Rutgers and northwestern

I’m sure other P5 leagues have 3 historical asseaters, but can’t think of them

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My god, they are worse than I thought.

 

[Redmich]

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My god, they are worse than I thought.

They are a basketball blue blood.

Their football team is better than our basketball team

 

[BoilerN]

Like I said...this is his fair well tour.

He might not be gone then. IU doesn't care

 

[BoilerN]

They are a basketball blue blood.

Their football team is better than our basketball team

Not even sure they are a basketball blue blood. Haven't been the best team in the state in what, 10 years? Haven't won anything of significance in 20?

 

[SuperBigFan]

Not even sure they are a basketball blue blood. Haven't been the best team in the state in what, 10 years? Haven't won anything of significance in 20?

I think that for the most part all their winning came under Knight, right? They were not awesome before him or after?

 

[BoilerN]

I think that for the most part all their winning came under Knight, right? They were not awesome before him or after?

They had one other coach way way back I think.