Gold Rush
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These are completely arbitrary and you will have to pardon my Gopher bias, but these are the Big Ten games from last weekend. I ranked them in the biggest positive surprise for me to the least impressive. I think the Big Ten showed a lot of strength this weekend. Many teams looked pretty strong.
1 - Michigan St. : 38 #24 Miami :17 - the Spartans are on the rise and throttled a top 25 team. Good job!
2 - Minnesota : 30 Colorado : 0 - the Gophers came in as dogs and completely outclassed the Buffs on the road.
3 - #10 Penn St. : 28 #22 Auburn : 20 - big win at home over a good SEC team - will be a force.
4 - #25 - Michigan : 63 - Northern Illinois : 10 - The Wolverines throttled a bad team but rushing attack looks great
5 - #5 Iowa : 30 Kent St. : 7 - by the book, the Hawkeyes opened up in the second half.
6 - #3 Oklahoma: 23 Nebraska: 16 - even though they lost, the Huskers were right in it until the end.
7. - Rutgers : 45 Delaware : 13 - Rutgers is 3-0 on the rise with the right coach back. Getting better in a hurry!
8 - Maryland : 20 Illinois : 17 - Big ten wins on the road aren't easy and Maryland gets one.
9 - #9 Ohio St. :41 Tulsa : 20 - this was only 13-6 at the half. OSU is beatable this year and not playing very well.
10. #8 Cincinnati : 38 Indiana : 24 - the Hoosiers had the lead in a back and forth game but faded late.
11. #12 Notre Dame: 27 Purdue : 13 - the Boilermakers aren't there yet.
12. Illinois : 17 Maryland : 20 - and neither are the Illini. New coach at least has them fighting.
13. Duke : 30 Northwestern : 23 -- the Cats are probably heading for the cellar.
I think both the Big Ten East and Big Ten West are up for grabs and there will be a lot of good games coming up that should be very fun to watch. The conference looks very strong this year.
1 - Michigan St. : 38 #24 Miami :17 - the Spartans are on the rise and throttled a top 25 team. Good job!
2 - Minnesota : 30 Colorado : 0 - the Gophers came in as dogs and completely outclassed the Buffs on the road.
3 - #10 Penn St. : 28 #22 Auburn : 20 - big win at home over a good SEC team - will be a force.
4 - #25 - Michigan : 63 - Northern Illinois : 10 - The Wolverines throttled a bad team but rushing attack looks great
5 - #5 Iowa : 30 Kent St. : 7 - by the book, the Hawkeyes opened up in the second half.
6 - #3 Oklahoma: 23 Nebraska: 16 - even though they lost, the Huskers were right in it until the end.
7. - Rutgers : 45 Delaware : 13 - Rutgers is 3-0 on the rise with the right coach back. Getting better in a hurry!
8 - Maryland : 20 Illinois : 17 - Big ten wins on the road aren't easy and Maryland gets one.
9 - #9 Ohio St. :41 Tulsa : 20 - this was only 13-6 at the half. OSU is beatable this year and not playing very well.
10. #8 Cincinnati : 38 Indiana : 24 - the Hoosiers had the lead in a back and forth game but faded late.
11. #12 Notre Dame: 27 Purdue : 13 - the Boilermakers aren't there yet.
12. Illinois : 17 Maryland : 20 - and neither are the Illini. New coach at least has them fighting.
13. Duke : 30 Northwestern : 23 -- the Cats are probably heading for the cellar.
I think both the Big Ten East and Big Ten West are up for grabs and there will be a lot of good games coming up that should be very fun to watch. The conference looks very strong this year.