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Michigan, Michigan State and Maryland. Get the jug back?
Michigan here, MSU and MD away
https://gophersports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=352
Michigan will be tough, even at home.
MSU should be a win on the road, unless we take a big step back.
Maryland is really fast and talented. Could be a tough game.
Let's win at Iowa first
We will have already played I-O-W-A and Sconnie before playing for The Jug.
This means we'll already have The Broken Chair, The Bell, The Axe, and The Pig in the Trophy Case.
Pretty sure haven't had the big three at the same time since 1967.
2020 to be the Minnesota's Year of Trophies!
In 1978 we had had all three trophies for a couple of weeks.
We will have already played I-O-W-A and Sconnie before playing for The Jug.
This means we'll already have The Broken Chair, The Bell, The Axe, and The Pig in the Trophy Case.
Pretty sure haven't had the big three at the same time since 1967.
2020 to be the Minnesota's Year of Trophies!
Michigan will be tough, even at home.
MSU should be a win on the road, unless we take a big step back.
Maryland is really fast and talented. Could be a tough game.
This. Always. But, to speculate on a Monday as a fan, is OK too. Of course. And I do not want to be a party pooper again, but we lose a ton, a ton of talent. More in one year than I can ever remember. The whole front seven on D, three very, very talented offensive players, several back up and special teams guys. And, all the guys who will replace them have not been able to break into the starting rolls yet even though the starters are not, in several cases, All Big Ten type players, just good guys doing the best they can. So I am all for enjoying this amazing season while understanding that there are ups and downs in the road ahead. I just think it is a reach to think all our seniors can be replaced without, at the least, a real rebuilding phase in the result column.
Why do we try to make Maryland sound good year after year? They are awful. They were a bad B1G team the last two years too. They are not good. This year, they are probably between our fourth and sixth best win.
I took that as sarcasm.
OK, so I'll ask it one more time, if the younger guys are so good why are they not replacing the seniors who are no better than mid Big Ten players, if that? The official depth chart shows me the whole front seven as seniors. Bud Wilkinson who was a coaching god said that a really good player will start as a sophmore. We have no four man pass rush past Coughlin, it is our biggest single area of weakness, yet the other three guys, all seniors, are still starting here in November. But, it is a free country and you can believe whatever you want. But I'll stick with the D is going to be a major rebuild next year. Nobody would pick OSU next year to repeat if they were losing their front seven on D.
The talent of the younger players is debatable. What I'm saying is, I don't know what depth chart you're looking at but the entire front 7 is most certainly not departing. For one thing, there's really only a front 6 because they've mostly only been playing 2 LB's. You've said emphatically in multiple threads that the front 7 is gone next year and it's just not true. WTF
This. Always. But, to speculate on a Monday as a fan, is OK too. Of course. And I do not want to be a party pooper again, but we lose a ton, a ton of talent. More in one year than I can ever remember. The whole front seven on D, three very, very talented offensive players, several back up and special teams guys. And, all the guys who will replace them have not been able to break into the starting rolls yet even though the starters are not, in several cases, All Big Ten type players, just good guys doing the best they can. So I am all for enjoying this amazing season while understanding that there are ups and downs in the road ahead. I just think it is a reach to think all our seniors can be replaced without, at the least, a real rebuilding phase in the result column.
Agree about not the entire front 7 (6) departing but it looks to me that the only returning starter is Dew-Treadway at nose DT. Grateful that he was granted another yr here. We lose both DE's (Carter, Delattiboudere(sp?), Renner at one DT, both LB's (Barber & Martin), and Williamson at "Nickel" DB. That looks like a large turnover in a critical area. Going to be an interesting year. PJ and staff have been working on this with playing time for Mafe, Otomewo, Schad, Teague, Sori-Martin, Oliver, Rush, etc., so let's see how it develops. 2020 maybe a more difficult yr than 2019 so let's enjoy!
Maybe we'll pick up a few transfers who can fill in to some spots.
Who knows how tough those crossover games will be. MSU right now is having a really poor year, but they have been traditionally pretty strong. Playing them on the road will be a tough test.
I would say that game will be our 4th toughest of the year behind Michigan, Wisc, Iowa.