Halfway through the season

[JJ Husker]

If becoming bowl eligible needs to be discussed............I'm at a loss for words.

At this point, if we don't make the CCG, the season will have been a complete failure. The door is wide open.

I can see us losing one more with that loss coming to Penn St or possibly Michigan. Neither one would be because the other team is "better" or even "good" but likely the result of an off week for the Huskers. I think we'll have a brain fart game at some point, it's just hard to identify which game it will be. Northwestern, MSU, and Iowa are all pretty pathetic. There's a couple decent defenses in there but I have no concerns about our O outscoring any B1G D that also has a lousy offense.

I might be nipping the Kool-Aid again but even tOSU looks very beatable at this point. If we can stay out of our own way, we could easily win out, at least up to the bowl game.

 

[Mavric]

Hey, one more victory to qualify bowl eligibility. What's the easiest win for remaining schedule? Iowa or Minnesota?

Don't we need two more? I don't think SDSU counts.

SDSU counts - it only doesn't count if you play two FCS schools; you only get one of them. If I remember correctly.

Yeah, I guess that's right. I didn't think they used to count but maybe that's changed. (Or maybe I just don't remember so good.)

 

[Comish]

"Halfway through the season" is a sobering thought. The way this year has unfolded with it's byes, lack of noteworthy opponents, and the "fits and starts" style of our own offensive and defensive units, it really seems like all we have played is a long, boring, eminently forgettable NON-CONFERENCE schedule. It really feels like the conference hasn't started yet, and like it won't until Northwestern in November.

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

Hey, one more victory to qualify bowl eligibility. What's the easiest win for remaining schedule? Iowa or Minnesota?

Don't we need two more? I don't think SDSU counts.

SDSU counts - it only doesn't count if you play two FCS schools; you only get one of them. If I remember correctly.

Yeah, I guess that's right. I didn't think they used to count but maybe that's changed. (Or maybe I just don't remember so good.)

I think confused with D-II and FCS. Used to be SDSU D-II school five years ago. The last Huskers' foe was Pacific University (D-II) my guess.

 

[Landlord]

Hey, one more victory to qualify bowl eligibility. What's the easiest win for remaining schedule? Iowa or Minnesota?

Don't we need two more? I don't think SDSU counts.

SDSU counts - it only doesn't count if you play two FCS schools; you only get one of them. If I remember correctly.

Yeah, I guess that's right. I didn't think they used to count but maybe that's changed. (Or maybe I just don't remember so good.)

I think confused with D-II and FCS. Used to be SDSU D-II school five years ago. The last Huskers' foe was Pacific University (D-II) my guess.

USD was DII - I don't think SDSU was.

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

USD was DII - I don't think SDSU was.

USD and SDSU used to be D-II, again five years ago or so....the same conference with UNO Mavericks. Now both schools upgraded to FCS, a member of MVC (Bohl's crew, Youngstown, USD, S.Illinois, Illinois St, Mizzou St, SDSU, W.Illinois, N.Iowa and Indiana St)

MVC Standing Link

 

[deedsker]

Shove down your throat with a few basic plays until you decide to stop it or stack the box and then hit easy throws behind coverage.

That is what it looks like to me.

 

[presidentjlh]

If becoming bowl eligible needs to be discussed............I'm at a loss for words.

At this point, if we don't make the CCG, the season will have been a complete failure. The door is wide open.

I can see us losing one more with that loss coming to Penn St or possibly Michigan. Neither one would be because the other team is "better" or even "good" but likely the result of an off week for the Huskers. I think we'll have a brain fart game at some point, it's just hard to identify which game it will be. Northwestern, MSU, and Iowa are all pretty pathetic. There's a couple decent defenses in there but I have no concerns about our O outscoring any B1G D that also has a lousy offense.

I might be nipping the Kool-Aid again but even tOSU looks very beatable at this point. If we can stay out of our own way, we could easily win out, at least up to the bowl game.

I'm on board with this.

I see 11-1 as a fairly decent possibility, and I see 12-1 as a slightly unlikely, but not unreasonable, outcome.

 

[sd'sker]

statistics!

Predicting the Big Ten Division Winners

What truly surprised me is the almost zero chance that Michigan has to win the Legends Division outright. In 999 of 1000 cases model runs it needed help from someone else, or relied on tiebreakers to secure their place in the conference championship game. It looks like this is a direct result of the vagaries of their schedule...of the Legends Division contenders, they alone must fact Ohio State. Also, if Michigan is to win the division outright it has to defeat both Nebraska and MSU. But in doing that it greatly aids the case of each to tie. It's a bit of a Catch-22 that Michigan finds itself in this year. Together, the odds of beating Nebraska, MSU, and Ohio State while Nebraska and MSU implode is pretty remote, hence the improbability of an outright Michigan division title.If any team is going to win the division outright, it will likely be Nebraska or Michigan State. Both have an almost equal chance of doing that.

There's about a 40% probability that there will be some kind of tie for the Legends Division title. Here's the results of the model for tied seasons involving Nebraska, Michigan, and Michigan State.