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Really coming on since we humiliated them at Breslin.
Illinois has to be pissed. Finished 16-4 to Michigan’s 14-3 and Michigan gets the conference
Hawks losing 2 to Hoosiers and 1 to the goofs
For Mich, Brooks got hurt early and Wagner was limping on the last play.
I don’t have any problem with Illini fans feeling screwed. Both Iowa and Illinois had to deal with major injuries and still play a full schedule.
Considering that Mich is 0-2 without Brooks, there’s potential losses if they had to play 20 too.
I don’t have any problem with Illini fans feeling screwed. Both Iowa and Illinois had to deal with major injuries and still play a full schedule.
Considering that Mich is 0-2 without Brooks, there’s potential losses if they had to play 20 too.
And suddenly Michigan doesn’t have fresher legs than their opponents.
I wish the B1G would have established a minimum number of games played to be eligible for the title. It doesn't seem right Michigan could miss as many games as they did and still be the regular season champion.
the sole “big ten champs” finished .5 games behind Illinois in the final standings.
Warren is a walking clusterf*ck.
MSU likely locked up a bid. Drake is gonna be sweating hard this week. If I were them, I’d schedule a neutral site game with fellow bubble team SLU this week and see what happens.
Didn't watch any of the game, but I would have to assume that the powers that be in the B1G office gave JH a call and encouraged him to do what it takes to make sure that MSU and Izzo get an NCAA bid...
I know your being tongue in cheek here. Howard is a heck of a coach and not a douche like some of his peers who would lower his team to do something like that....
no. It’s not. At the end of the day it has to be about the student athletes.
This sets a horrible example. Fixing this (declaring co-champs) would not hurt anyone while not fixing it would unnecessarily and unfairly penalize student athletes who earned that recognition.
It’s hard for me to understand how the executive staff at the premiere college athletic conference in the nation could be so incompetent. It’s really unbelievable.
Agreed. Michigan should not be allowed the title.
And Illinois had a much tougher in conference schedule.
You’re absolutely correct.
That said...I can’t seem to generate much sympathy for the Illini. Never have liked them much.
Even before Michigan's loss today I've said in multiple other threads that if Iowa wins out, winning the BTT while beating ILL and MICH along the way, I don't see how the Committee could explain away Iowa NOT getting a #1 seed. They would basically have to say that they completely ignored the BTT, and that Iowa losing to Indiana 6 weeks earlier was a more important factor.
Let's hope we get to find out if I'm right or wrong.
After reading several posts like yours, I realized that this is absolutely the perfect thing for the B10 to do. It's teaching the students--and all of us--how arbitrary everything is now. It's not quite up-is-down, but there is a hell of a lot of compromising of principles ... and rules ... and laws ... and whatever comes after that. The world is bizarre.
Agreed the world is bizarre. Not sure it’s changed much in how things work but quite a bit more transparency than there used to be and the ugly side of fairness gets exposed
i hear ya. But if it happened to us I would be raising holy hell about it and I wouldn’t be alone. Again... what the heck are we teaching kids?
Make incompetent decisions and then refuse to rectify them even when doing so would hurt no one?
and again... talk about no confidence in the conference leadership. Jeez...
what
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Joke
time for replacement.
Yeah, that could be it, what's always happened is now more exposed. I like that. Well, I like your insight, not so much the way the world is.
I was thinking maybe ILlinois jumps Michigan after the tMSU loss? And thenmfall
If Iowa can sweep, will have a better overall than illinois, and maybe the committee sees that and saved the last #1 for IL, Mi Or iowa if Iowa wins BTT, and swaps seeds with Illinois
Yeah. The glow of the supposed "Michigan invincibility" we kept hearing about two weeks ago seems to have lost its luster suddenly.
I couldn't care less how the Illini feel. They slinked by a CJ-less Iowa in Champaign-Urbana. They might be good but they had a favorable schedule and a HELL of a lot of luck. They suck.
JMHO 😉
I'm excited to see what he screws up next.
Eli Brooks got hurt early (ankle, seriousness unknown), but the other UM players all played big minutes. I didn't see the game, but MSU shot more than twice as many free throws, which is just the opposite of how UM usually plays. Maybe Izzo had some relatives officiating... 
If Iowa sweeps the rest of the season, we ARE a #1 seed.
Champion of the Toughest conference in NCAA history, umm yeah
Champion of the Toughest conference in NCAA history, umm yeah
Not so sure about Howard not being a “douche.”
He’s been a “douche” ever since I can remember & we’re pretty much the same age.
I hope Howard keeps his trajectory for Michigan going down.
He’s a piece of trash & it’s fun watching him lose all of the time!
He’s a piece of trash & it’s fun watching him lose all of the time!
