Just an FYI

[NCHawkeye24]

The way I interpret it:

If Illinois loses to Michigan and Purdue, and; (that is if Illinois beats MSU today and they are trailing right now)
Purdue wins out (Illinois, NW, Indiana), and;
Iowa wins out;

Iowa/Illinois/Purdue finish in a 3-way tie at 5-3 and Iowa wins the tiebreaker #2, wins in your division. Iowa 5-1, Illinois and Purdue 4-2.

Just so you know.

Edit: I was wrong. In this scenario Illinois would be tied with Iowa in tiebreaker #2 at 5-1, thus, Illinois wins because of head to head. Illinois will have to lose 2 more times for Iowa to win the west outright.

 

[QChawks]

shoulda beat Illinois

 

[biggreydogs]

The way I interpret it:

If Illinois loses to Michigan and Purdue, and; (that is if Illinois beats MSU today and they are trailing right now)
Purdue wins out (Illinois, NW, Indiana), and;
Iowa wins out;

Iowa/Illinois/Purdue finish in a 3-way tie at 5-3 and Iowa wins the tiebreaker #2, wins in your division. Iowa 5-1, Illinois and Purdue 4-2.

Just so you know.

Way to polish a turd.

 

[NCHawkeye24]

shoulda beat Illinois

I agree

 

[Mr. Carfino]

In that scenario Illinois would also be 5-1 in the division. They would have losses to 2 East teams (IU and Mich)

 

[NCHawkeye24]

In that scenario Illinois would also be 5-1 in the division. They would have losses to 2 East teams (IU and Mich)

You are right, sorry, I did that wrong.

 

[markfromj]

Also, 9 games, not 8.

 

[hawkjt]

MSU helped us out today.
Still need PU and Mich to help us down the road.

 

[Suterman]

Iowa wins out and Illinois loses to Michigan and Purdue, Iowa wins the West.

 

[cmhawks99]

Iowa wins out and Illinois loses to Michigan and Purdue, Iowa wins the West.

It’s not impossible NW sneaks up on them….they do that kind of thing as we know.

 

[grayhair81]

Soooo. You guys are hoping for another beatdown from OSU AND as reward a matchup vs TN or Bama in a Florida bowl? There are some sick SOBs on here.

 

[millah_22]

As much as I want to win the west, I do not want to watch Iowa play Michigan or OSU again 😅

 

[markfromj]

Iowa wins out and Illinois loses to Michigan and Purdue, Iowa wins the West.

Agreed. But can we get to Indy with just one more Illannoy loss? Here’s what I think:

Purdue, Iowa, and Illannoy can end 6-3. All 1-1 against each other (pu beats Ill). Ill and Iowa 5-1 in West. Purdue 4-2 (beat Indy last game) or 5-1 (lose to Indy). If former, they drop and we lose head to head with Illannoy. If the latter, then it goes to who did best against 4 place west team. Minny?

Complicated but I think we can get to Indy with just one more Illannoy loss.

 

[nelly02]

As much as I want to win the west, I do not want to watch Iowa play Michigan or OSU again 😅

It can't be worse than the last time we played either one

 

[bulletproof90]

The way I interpret it:

If Illinois loses to Michigan and Purdue, and; (that is if Illinois beats MSU today and they are trailing right now)
Purdue wins out (Illinois, NW, Indiana), and;
Iowa wins out;

Iowa/Illinois/Purdue finish in a 3-way tie at 5-3 and Iowa wins the tiebreaker #2, wins in your division. Iowa 5-1, Illinois and Purdue 4-2.

Just so you know.

Your end result is correct but your math is wrong. If Illinois loses to Michigan and Purdue, they finish with 4 conference losses, not 3. If we win out in that situation, we win the division, but it's because we would own the tiebreaker with any other team who could still finish with 3 conference losses (i.e. Purdue).

Agreed. But can we get to Indy with just one more Illannoy loss? Here’s what I think:

Purdue, Iowa, and Illannoy can end 6-3. All 1-1 against each other (pu beats Ill). Ill and Iowa 5-1 in West. Purdue 4-2 (beat Indy last game) or 5-1 (lose to Indy). If former, they drop and we lose head to head with Illannoy. If the latter, then it goes to who did best against 4 place west team. Minny?

Complicated but I think we can get to Indy with just one more Illannoy loss.

I don't think we can win the West with just one Illinois loss.

If Purdue loses to Indiana, they have 4 conference losses and aren't a part of that hypothetical tiebreaker anymore. We lose the 3-way tiebreaker to Illinois for the reasons you mentioned.

So, I think it's relatively simple right now. To win the West, Iowa needs to win out and have Illinois lose 2 of their last 3. The only other possibility is some bizarre tiebreaker where multiple teams are tied at the top with 4 losses, which I don't have the patience to figure out right now.

 

[Chishawk1425]

shoulda beat Illinois

By 2 TDs

 

[anon_b29nm7v7dwp6r]

Wouldn’t Illinois have four conference losses? Indiana, MSU, Purdue and Michigan?

 

[cmhawks99]

Soooo. You guys are hoping for another beatdown from OSU AND as reward a matchup vs TN or Bama in a Florida bowl? There are some sick SOBs on here.

Absolutely!!!! Plus gives you more opportunities to bitch about the coaches…win-win!!!

 

[isuisshit]

Soooo. You guys are hoping for another beatdown from OSU AND as reward a matchup vs TN or Bama in a Florida bowl? There are some sick SOBs on here.

we're masochists, we had to be after the offensive "performances" most of the year

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Soooo. You guys are hoping for another beatdown from OSU AND as reward a matchup vs TN or Bama in a Florida bowl? There are some sick SOBs on here.

I don't think we would get either of those teams in a bowl game. OSU, Mich, Penn. St. still ahead of us. Only one, at most, makes the playoffs.

 

[101st Abn Hawk]

As much as I want to win the west, I do not want to watch Iowa play Michigan or OSU again 😅

millah_22, I think those game would be more competitive than earlier in the season, especially after the OL continues to improve (it is November!!) and hopefully, Brian can continue to call good games.

 

[grayhair81]

I don't think we would get either of those teams in a bowl game. OSU, Mich, Penn. St. still ahead of us. Only one, at most, makes the playoffs.

Loser of Mich/OSU will go to Rose. PSU to Citrus. Iowa would go to Tampa if they won out, made the championship and lost. They would get the 3rd place SEC team there.

 

[pistachio1999]

As much as I want to win the west, I do not want to watch Iowa play Michigan or OSU again 😅

Then don’t.

 

[cmhawks99]

Then don’t.

LOL….exactly!

 

[MVPFAN]

We have more than enough to worry about trying to win our games.

 

[NCHawkeye24]

We have more than enough to worry about trying to win our games.

Good thing we don't have to worry about it, we can just talk about it.

 

[dadster]

Too much football to be played to speculate right now. Love how the Hawks have played the last 2 games but none of our remaining opponents are going to hand us a W. Winning the the west would mean getting into a bowl game that's over our head this year.

 

[MitchLL]

I won't even think about these things until we beat the stinkin Badgers.

 

[HawkDoggy]

Too much football to be played to speculate right now. Love how the Hawks have played the last 2 games but none of our remaining opponents are going to hand us a W. Winning the the west would mean getting into a bowl game that's over our head this year.

If we won out and finished 8 and 4, regardless of what happened in the Championship game, we would certainly NOT be in over our heads in our bowl game. Simply nonsense.

 

[Milt31]

Soooo. You guys are hoping for another beatdown from OSU AND as reward a matchup vs TN or Bama in a Florida bowl? There are some sick SOBs on here.

Yep guess so. Better than being a pussy about it.

 

[iahawks10]

Absolutely!!!! Plus gives you more opportunities to bitch about the coaches…win-win!!!

 

[Franisdaman]

shoulda beat Illinois

Should have beaten the Clowns, too

7-2 would mean we are nationally ranked

 

[KuwaitHawk]

Iowa wins out and Illinois loses to Michigan and Purdue, Iowa wins the West.

Suterman is right again!!!

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Loser of Mich/OSU will go to Rose. PSU to Citrus. Iowa would go to Tampa if they won out, made the championship and lost. They would get the 3rd place SEC team there.

I feel like there would be at least 2 teams from the SEC in the NY6.

 

[markfromj]

Should have beaten the Clowns, too

7-2 would mean we are nationally ranked

Why?

 

[CarterHall]

The way I interpret it:

If Illinois loses to Michigan and Purdue, and; (that is if Illinois beats MSU today and they are trailing right now)
Purdue wins out (Illinois, NW, Indiana), and;
Iowa wins out;

Iowa/Illinois/Purdue finish in a 3-way tie at 5-3 and Iowa wins the tiebreaker #2, wins in your division. Iowa 5-1, Illinois and Purdue 4-2.

Just so you know.

 

[HawkDoggy]

Should have beaten the Clowns, too

7-2 would mean we are nationally ranked

Should of, would have, could have. Stop wishing for yesterday....it isn't coming back.

 

[CarterHall]

Should of, would have, could have. Stop wishing for yesterday....it isn't coming back.

You are what your record says.