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QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 10:39 PM) Worst playcall of the night was VT throwing on 3rd and long with a little over 2 minutes left. They should have let Tyrod run with it, and at least milk 40 more seconds off the clock. I'm thrilled Boise won....hard to root against them. The play before that was worse IMO. On that drive they were dominating Boise running it right up the gut, you gain 4 or 5 yards on first down so give it to Ryan Williams twice, you probably pick up the first down and if you don't you punt with like a minute to go. Instead you roll out Tyrod Taylor on 2nd down? Horrible. Also kick the ball out of bounds on that last punt, no reason to give a return there. Coaching failure by VT.

Boise is a solid team, still think they would lose 3-4 games in a major conference. They had a bunch of calls go in their favor down the stretch which took away from the game significantly IMO. Also, not surprisingly those were Big 10 refs tonight who are routinely horrible.

Two huge calls go in Boise's favor down the stretch. Looked like a block in the back on the punt return but the officials overruled the call and then a really questionable personal foul call on Va Tech.

Awful play calling by Va Tech on that last drive. 2nd and 5 how do you not give the ball to Ryan Williams twice when you were dominating with the running game there.

That was a huge miss FG by Boise.

Va Tech up now and has completely dominated since the first quarter.

Va Tech special teams failure yet again. Wow are they bad.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) Ehhh Boise is absolutely dominating the trenches. Don't get me wrong, Boise is a good team but Va Tech has gift wrapped them pretty much all 20 pts this half.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 07:53 PM) Boise looks good. It has been more Va Tech sucking than Boise playing really well so far. A missed assignment on special teams results in one touchdown for Boise and a roughing the punter resulted in the other TD. That has a lot more to do with Va Tech making huge mistakes than Boise playing well.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 11:14 AM) How do you figure SIU doesn't win? We are the top team in 1-AA, Illinois is garbage. I would say SIU by 10 at least. Basketball, it will be the other way around, big time. The top 1-AA team still doesn't have near the size or athleticism as a BCS conference team and Illinois should be able to run the ball all day against SIU with Leshoure. SIU can certainly win but I wouldn't count on it.

Some promising things from the Illinois defense, Leshoure is a stud. Scheelhaase needs to get a lot better but the major concern has to be the offensive line which was a freaking joke today.

And Illinois back to looking like Illinois to start the 2nd half, key drop pass on third down, offensive line not blocking anyone, etc.

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Sep 4, 2010 -> 01:42 PM) UF looks great. They got bailed out by a pretty weak personal foul call on the goal line or they would be in real jeopardy of losing this game.

Wow great half of football for Illinois. Knock on wood but the defense is actually tackling well and although he has made a couple of mistakes Scheelhaase has played very well for his first ever collegiate game.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 06:41 PM) Well its going to be the case of teams in one division beating up each other perhaps. It really makes zero sense to me the way they split it. You have 3 out of the 4 top programs on one side while the other IMO has only one real good program. Michigan is a ways off from being relevant again and the others are second tier teams. Is the split necessary in basketball? Because then its even more lopsided. Split is supposed to be only for football. And I don't think Wisconsin is a better program than Iowa or Nebraska.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 04:04 PM) Eh Minnesota, NU and Michigan State arent exactly world beaters. Indiana is probably the worst team in the Big 10. Illinois is a hit or miss team, they went to the Rose Bowl a few years ago, which is more than a team like Minnesota or MSU can say. Purdue has been solid in the past. Id say Indiana is the worst, but on any given year NU, Illinois, Minnesota, MSU could be the 2nd worst. Honestly I consider Illinois to be the team with the highest upside of that group (long term). That being said, its more about the top teams in the conference. I dont expect Iowa to lose to Minnesota, NU or MSU on a consistent basis. And Id much rather face those 2 teams than having to face PSU/OSU instead of UM/Nebraska. Most Wisconsin sites are reporting that Iowa and Wisconsin were considered equals. Im just not sure how Nebraska= PSU and UM= OSU. Geography must have played a role, because the more logical split would have been PSU/OSU as the 1/2 split. And this isnt about right now, its about since 1993. And since 1993, I believe NU/Illinois have more Big 10 titles and more Rose Bowl appearances then MSU and Purdue. I don't disagree that Illinois has more upside than those other teams, but the fact is that despite making 2 BCS games in the last 10 years they have only made 3 bowls in the last 15 years and have had several 3-9 type seasons. I think Nebraska under Pelini likely will be as good as PSU will be the big difference is that OSU is clearly the class of the conference and there is no indication that Michigan will be back to being an elite program any time soon.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 03:27 PM) Early results on ESPN poll have fans saying Division II is stronger by a 2 to 1 margin. Only states that say Division 1 is stronger, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska and North Dakota. What a joke. Division 1 has significantly more depth than Division 2 when you consider that right now Purdue, IU and Illinois are probably the worst 3 teams in the conference. From an Illinois standpoint I honestly don't think the division is bad for us. We aren't close to competing for conference championships on a consistent basis anyways and to win one we were going to have to beat other top teams anyway. But with this setup we get to face Purdue, IU and NW every year so if they schedule a weak non conference schedule they should be able to make bowls on a consistent basis.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 12:28 AM) The whole 3D thing has started to run its course...I can't think of any movies since AVATAR that 3-D really enhanced the experience to make it worth the surcharge. Maybe STEP UP 3...and some of the animation movies like DESPICABLE ME or TOY STORY 3. I could list about 10 movies that have come out in 3D that weren't worth the glasses, where the movie was retrofitted or 3D added later to take advantage of potential profits. Now, maybe maybe RESIDENT EVIL has a chance to be worth it, as it was actually filmed in a way that 3D glasses would enhance the viewing experience, from watching the preview with 3D glasses on and from everything I've read. Tron it the only movie coming out the rest of the year I would pay the surcharge for because it was actually filmed in 3D and the visuals look amazing.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:05 PM) Was Billy Zane the bad guy in Titanic? Yes

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 09:39 PM) I'm saying a team lead by 3 seniors (who i think are 4 year starters, maybe 3), 2 sophomores that aren't typical sophomores because of the minutes they played, and a freshman that's a 5 star kind of guy....that's not a team with experience problems. Purdue was a legit final four team last year before hummel went out. They lose kramer, who has a defensive stopper, but an offensive liability. And that one guard that played significant minutes last year (jackson? too lazy to look up his name, i just know he's short) played really well so I don't see that as being a big loss. MSU is the national runner up and lost no one and izzo just reloads every year. IMO those two are givens to be better than Wisconsin. OSU gains the 5 star stud, but have a lot of question marks with the guard spots. Still, lots of talent. Wisconsin has probably the best pure post player in the conference, but otherwise not much. As I said before, I expect them to be good, but I just don't think they'll be as good. They're ceiling isn't as high. They'll play typical Bo Ryan half court, ball possession basketball. I think with the talent those top 4 teams have, it's going to be about which team can run the other out of the gym. MSU lost Raymar Morgan and Chris Allen. That is a lot.

AJ is terrible

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:20 PM) Im just wondering how you guys think Wisconsin will finish 6th? Even if they have what would be considered a horrific home record of 7-2, all they have to do is go above 500 on the road and they finish with a 12-6 record in the Big 10. Barring a horrific injury to Leur, Id expect Wisconsin to be at worst 12-6 in Big 10 play and finish 4th. If they play up to what I think they should be in the top 3 with a chance for the title. For a 12-6 record all they have to do is: At home beat Michigan, PSU, Indiana, Minnesota, NU and go 2-2 vs Illinois, MSU, OSU, Purdue On road beat Iowa, Penn State, Indiana, Michigan and go 1-4 vs Illinois, Minnesota, MSU, OSU, Purdue Unless Wisconsin all of a sudden loses their home court magic, its going to be hard for them to ever finish lower than 4th. They may tie with several teams for 3rd or 4th, but its unlikely theyll finish below them. I think Wisconsin is the 5th best team in the Big 10 and that they have no where near the upside of the other 4 teams. It wouldn't shock me if they finish higher than 5th though.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 05:42 PM) Here's an even harder question to answer: Who is the Big Ten Freshman of the year? Sullinger without a doubt IMO. He is the best player of a very talented group but more importantly is in the best position to put up big numbers.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) Yes. The guy who has no problem with Jenks' disgusting facial hair and Joakim Noah's wild sideshow Bob look will want Manny to cut his hair. It is also the same guy that had Dennis Rodman of all people on his team.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 12:48 PM) Your thoughts on Gregg Doyel saying that weber was behind the whole Anthony Davis thing? I'd pretty much guarantee its not true. Illinois was eliminated really early in that recruitment and didn't really have a dog in the fight. Gregg Doyel is a f***ing joke (this is a guy sporting a mohawk at age 40, brags about his high school athletic achievements and talks about how he could kick your ass, its hard to dream up a bigger douche) who likes to suck off Calipari. The Anthony Davis stuff almost certainly came from a coaching staff actually involved in the recruitment (OSU or Syracuse being the most likely). Illinois didn't do anything about the Derrick Rose stuff and they were much more involved in that recruitment. And I love that Doyel rips on O'Brien for starting a "unsubstantiated rumor" even though O'Brien has sources and pretty much everyone in the AAU scene knew Davis was being bought but then starts his own rumors.