41-38 in Eugene
I said it once, Helfrich is on his way out
I said it once, Helfrich is on his way out
Colorado Beats Oregon
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Didn't Michigan kill Colorado? Nebraska's win over Oregon not looking as impressive.
Look like a duck play like a duck.
Well it was 21-7 at the end of the first quarter. Michigan outscored them 38-7 the rest of the way and also missed 2 easy FGs to make it appear even closer than it otherwise was. Colorado's starting QB did get hurt early in the 3rd quarter, but CU's offense with him at the helm had already been bottled up cold for 7 straight drives except for a single busted coverage on a 70 yd TD. After their first drive of the 2nd quarter, CU only had (I think) 2 first downs the rest of the game and 1 was on the last drive in garbage time.
And Michigan was gifted quite a few points by their punter to make it seem worse than it actually was. We can play this game all day long. You're not convincing anybody that that was an impressive performance.
Oregon also lost all kinds of players against Nebraska, and other games this year. Basically all their LB's are out, 2 starting lineman, their stud RB, and many others. Oregon is pretty damn beat up, and against NU last weekend they lost their starting WR as well.
Neb is a 8-4/9-3 or optimistically 10-2 type team this year. Always have been.
But Neb is decent. 7-1 in their last 8 with wins over Michigan State, UCLA and Oregon. Just covered the point spread vs Northwestern last night and won by double-digits, even after two fluke touchbacks that should've been another 2 TD's.
Meanwhile, Iowa did not cover the spread at Rutgers yesterday and won late in the 4th quarter vs a team who barely beat New Mexico State the week prior. Oh and shit their pants vs an FCS team from Fargo.
In conclusion: Iowa looks worse than every single team mentioned in this thread: Nebraska, Michigan, Oregon and Colorado.
Nebraska = not good.
Iowa= pile of feces on the bottom of a burning dumpster fire.
That works for me.
We're ranked 15th and the 2nd best team in the West, behind Wisconsin.
Pfffft.. We means we...the Nebraska program. When you donate dough you can use "we" as much as you want.
You are right...we did play pretty physical against Oregon. I saw many of their players laying on the turf or leaving the field with assistance.
You are clueless. Michigan is dominant. Get over your envy...
That being said, Iowa City in November will be a great game.
Against Colorado? Lol no, Michigan was not dominant. Stats certainly don't reflect dominance either.
If you're looking below Iowa, that's why you're not finding us. Look up, young man.
It's nice to see a realist. You should probably inform Rocky Mountain Hawk that's it's time to wake up to reality. As much as I would like to proclaim that Nebraska is better than Wisconsin, I know that right now that's not the case.
Neb is below Minn as well. Neb has to play somebody this year before they can jump Iowa, Minn & Wis. Have to put you below Pur & Ill until you prove that you can beat those teams on the field also. You're ahead of NW right now. Didn't they beat you last year also??
I guess we need to lose to an FCS school before we move up. Silly silly man..
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we can play whatever game you like. CU got gifted 7 points by a fumble return for a TD. But the fact remains that after the 1st quarter ended, CU did almost nothing the rest of the game on offense. And considering that Colorado looks like a good team this year after winning in Eugene, that isn't a bad performance.
And please keep in mind, I never claimed it was dominant. Just that against a reasonably talented opponent it was a fairly good performance for Michigan. Colorado is a lot better than people thought in preseason.
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Based on what? Beating Oregon? Oregon is not good. Yes, Colorado is improved, but by how much has yet to be seen.
by blowing out 2 bad teams and winning @ Eugene. While Oregon might be "not good", they still have a very big homefield advantage. Colorado is going to a bowl game and they might be close to being a factor in the Pac 12 race.
Might be a factor in the weak Pac 12 race, huh? That's saying a ton right there. There are about 10 B1G teams that would have that distinction in the Pac 12.
Illinois, Maryland, Rutgers, Purdue, Indiana, Northwestern, Penn State, etc. I have a hard time naming 10 Big Ten teams better than Colorado this year.
A healthy PSU is every bit as good as Colorado. Northwestern appears to be playing better and definitely could match Colorado. Maryland and Indiana are TBD, which is why I said "about"
Yet Nebraska fan will closely be watching the Iowa/Northwestern game anxiously wringing their hands hoping Iowa doesn't smoke Northwestern. This is how they are wired, if they say otherwise, they are just lying to themselves.
having just watch PSU and Colorado I'm going to go ahead and strongly disagree. I think both teams at full strength and Colorado is a double digit favorite at a neutral site. That's just me, but CU is much better on the lines. PSU's only edge would be Saquon Barkley and maybe their WRs are a little better. That's really about it.
Well that's an opinion you're welcome to have. Being down 5 linebackers hurt PSU big time. There is no way they get gashed that bad on the ground if they are healthy. Probably more of a 31-17 type game.
Michigan would've had a more aggressive gameplan if they couldn't run between the tackles. They went as vanilla as they could and still couldn't help but score. If PSU had some LBs, they'd have bothered throwing the ball downfield a bit more.
Also, PSU wasn't going to move the ball with more LBs healthy. Michigan's D still would've totally owned them. They were kinda lucky to get 10 points as they did. Michigan called off the dogs.
