The fightin kiffins may score a lot on you but can probably outscore them…their defense is simply abysmal…uf and AU are in their own mess…
Wins for the Remainder of Season?
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Arkansas has a problem similar to Rutgers. SEC West is a grinder:
On their schedule though:
W Carolina
Kent State
BYU- (they lost!, but BYU is no cupcake).
FIU
That's 4, the rest is the SEC, and no slam dunks: LSU, Aggies, Ole Miss, Bama, Miss State (maybe a slam dunk this year), Florida, Auburn, Missouri.
I’m with you here. The last time I thought we had a real chance against Wisconsin I drove for almost 2 hour in a miserable rain storm to watch us lose 37-0. That was back in 2014. While this years version of Wisconsin probably has the weakest defense of their teams that we’ve faced since joining the conference, I’m at a place where I’ll believe it when I see it in terms of us playing a competitive game against the Badgers. An extremely lopsided start to finish outcome would be disappointing though. Buffalo is terrible - they went into the locker room down 14-10 at half.
All the other teams I think we could beat on a given day.
It's time we start winning these games vs MSU, Iowa, and even Wis.
Not saying all of them, but get at least one of them(and maybe 2 given MSU seems they shouldn't be in this group).
Get to 7 and I feel we had a very successful season. 6 wins feels mandatory at this point, anything less then 6 would be pretty brutal.
Not saying all of them, but get at least one of them(and maybe 2 given MSU seems they shouldn't be in this group).
Get to 7 and I feel we had a very successful season. 6 wins feels mandatory at this point, anything less then 6 would be pretty brutal.
I fear some of ya'll in this thread are getting a bit ahead of yourselves.
Some - yes. It’s crazy to think about 8+ wins at this point. We haven’t beaten anyone who will make a bowl yet. We have 2 teams left on the schedule that won’t make bowl games if they lose to us. The other 5 teams are probably going to bowls no matter the outcome of our games.
So thinking about 8+ wins is getting ahead for sure. Now if we don’t get to 6 wins that will mean we either lose out the rest of the way or go 1-6. Either of those outcomes would meet the definition of disappointing at this point. Can’t really argue otherwise. We need to find a way to win at least 2 more.
Well I hope they start on Saturday as I will be in the Moscow of the Midwest for the game.
Call me crazy, but I think VTech may make a bowl. 2-3. They found their QB (the one who played against RU). They beat Pitt last week.
4 more winnable games of these 5- Syracuse, BC, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest.
Same. I should add we haven’t won yet outside of our home field and we definitely struggled more with false starts vs Michigan outside the friendly confines of our own stadium so that’s definitely another factor to keep an eye on.
We only had one away game, against Michigan. Or are you talking more generally?
Because we beat Temple and BC away last year. And in 2021, we beat Illinois and Indiana away. In 2020, oddly, we lost all of our home games, but won away games against MSU, Purdue and Maryland, but that was a year where no fans were in the stands. We will not discuss 2022 ever again on these forums.
That’s fair. Technically - I supposed NW and even Temple could still make bowls too I guess. But it’s an uphill battle for all. 5 of our next 7 games are against teams that would have to have epic collapses not to go bowling.
Not talking about last year. Different season and penalties were a problem at home too last season. False starts have nothing to do with Michigan’s talent level. We’ve played really clean games at home this year. It was definitely noticable that the crowd caused us to be a bit more jumpy vs. Michigan. My only point was that this could come into play for road games. Something to keep an eye on is all.We only had one away game, against Michigan. Or are you talking more generally?
Because we beat Temple and BC away last year. And in 2021, we beat Illinois and Indiana away. In 2020, oddly, we lost all of our home games, but won away games against MSU, Purdue and Maryland, but that was a year where no fans were in the stands. We will not discuss 2022 ever again on these forums.
Purdue v. Iowa will be interesting to see how Iowa does with a new QB.
Maryland v. Ohio State will be interesting too, unfortunately same time as our game.
FWIW, I will be making a lot of noise on Wisconsin third downs in Camp Randall Saturday. I'm bringing in my own train horn. Apparently, Camp Randall allows train horns to be brought in the stadium.
FWIW, I will be making a lot of noise on Wisconsin third downs in Camp Randall Saturday. I'm bringing in my own train horn. Apparently, Camp Randall allows train horns to be brought in the stadium.
Please don't be sitting near me.
Most Likely to win(2-0)
vs Mich St(2-3, 0-2), @ Indiana(2-3, 0-2)
Maybe win 1 or 2 of Three
@ Wisc 3-1, Vs Iowa 4-1, Vs MD 5-0
Likely loss(0-2)
@ Penn St, Ohio St
Hopefully, worst case is 6-6, best 8-4 which is one up from my early season predictions of 5-7 to 7-5
vs Mich St(2-3, 0-2), @ Indiana(2-3, 0-2)
Maybe win 1 or 2 of Three
@ Wisc 3-1, Vs Iowa 4-1, Vs MD 5-0
Likely loss(0-2)
@ Penn St, Ohio St
Hopefully, worst case is 6-6, best 8-4 which is one up from my early season predictions of 5-7 to 7-5
Good for you in making the trip! I hope it’s a better game than the last Wisconsin game I made it to. I still cringe when I think about that 2014 game. I spent 3 times as long in the car than at that one. Left when my umbrella broke and I was soaked at a point when the game was long over.FWIW, I will be making a lot of noise on Wisconsin third downs in Camp Randall Saturday. I'm bringing in my own train horn. Apparently, Camp Randall allows train horns to be brought in the stadium.
It's going to be a great trip. Seeing our daughter's place for the first time since moving to Madison area in May. Going to tour her company Epic Systems (producer of MyChart app), and we have a fun schedule planned in Milwaukee, Madison and Mt Horeb (home of Duluth trading company).
Don’t forget that Moscow has changed quite a bit. Trotsky would be horrified…
But to be fair, that was against the #2 team in the country and in a stadium with ~110K hostile fans.
#2 team not much correlation with false start sloppiness. Certainly, Michigan’s home court is more intimidating than some other venues but Wisconsin, Iowa and PSU are all similarly tough venues. Only Indiana will be less so.
I was thinking a combination of intimidation and volume. ~110K people can get loud.
As a teen I remember watching games with my dad. He would often say - “I don’t know why they call the damn thing a ball. It sure as hell doesn’t bounce like one.”
As I see it we have two very very probable losses in OSU/PSU, one likely win in Indiana, and four “winable/loseable“ games. So, we can reasonably be anywhere from 5&2 to 1&6. We really don’t know what this team is capable of. So, will split the difference and say we end up 7&5. GO RU.
I remember that game very well and how after seeing the size of their O line , D line and LBers said to my wife “ we’ re in for a very long day. They just dominated the LOS. Not sure that will be the case Saturday. I expect a very good game and if Wimsatt the o line and wr corp can step up this may be the game which elevates the program forward. Why not… Rutgers 24-Wisconsin 21 in OT.
Well reasoned…if you had said 7-5 back in jun - aug…most RU fans would have signed up for it
For me the must wins are MSU and Indiana. After that it’s all gravy. Iowa would be best chance for the remaining games.
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Even once the East/West divisions are eliminated, our schedules will not be any easier. In fact, they may become more brutal with the addition of arguably the four best PACx teams.
If Rutgers upsets Wisconsin ( not crazy) Saturday next game vs Michigan State is going to be really wild. I remember 2005 and winning to go to our first bowl game since the old Garden State Bowl. Would love to see Reggie Sutton leading the band Ala Brian Leonard.
We don’t play Purdue so I wasn’t assessing their bowl chances. Argument could actually be made that NW has an easier path than them (Nw still gets to play Howard). They are not a bowl lock. They may have more talent than NW but NW gets them at home and only has to collect 3 more real wins in the west vs. 4.
Iowa not getting to 6 would be like us not getting there even with swapping our PSU and OSU games with Minny and Nebraska.
A win at Wisconsin changes the trajectory and thus, the expectations of the final 7 games. In August, I'd have signed up for 6-6, but in early October at 5-1 (2-1) with a win at Wisconsin, a 1-5 finish to get there wouldn't feel as great.
Anyway, 1 game at a time.
Anyway, 1 game at a time.
That Wisconsin game was the worst.
My wife made us leave at halftime because we were just getting soaked despite ponchos and blankets.