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I agree. Just count the wins as they happen........soon.

Glad you are back ... I missed your insight. Love your posts.

To be honest, yes. Although you do provide more comedy, Iowa provides what I am looking for more than you. My opinion is that Iowa gives the best analysis of any poster here.

Or maybe he is married and needs an outlet haha

Gotta spend you time somewhere

Yes, absolutely. Georgia as well as Tennessee would be perfect opponents for us. These are both 2nd tier SEC teams that are beatable that would help give us some confidence going against one of the top SEC teams in the playoffs. The only teams worth scheduling out of the PAC are USC and Oregon.

It appears very likely that with the new playoff format, we will have to get through two SEC teams to win a NC. This doesn't appear likely for TOSU, Texas, OK, USC, or anybody else out there right now.

There is no question that if we are being objective, the only conclusion is that the SEC is head and shoulders above every other conference right now. This has been true for a number of years, but the gap has grown over the last couple decades. The only way to reverse it is to play these teams in the regular season.

FilthyWolveMD,

Whenever TheNutbuster decides to let you outta jail, understand this. How many times in recent history have you beat tOSU? Enter (Crickets chirping). Winning one
d-mn game in the last 7 doesn't qualify for scUM dung. I want you back, so we all can mock, and torture you on these boards..

Go Bucks.

Lest we also forget to mention how Maroney and crew racked up around 500 yards of offense in '05 against our defense, which at the time was a bona fide Top 10 if not Top 5 one.

But to your central point about Minnesota firing Glen Mason, I couldn't agree more. Mason had them running a highly efficient pro style offense. Then they had a bad season in '06 and it was curtains for him. They bring in Tim Brewster who uses his time at Texas and with the Denver Broncos to sell the university brass on how he was going to bring in blue chip recruits and begin a new era in Minneapolis. Never came close to happening. He obviously proved to be a fraud and now they have Jerry Kill who is by far the most inept coach in the conference. This after they built TCF Stadium.
In my opinion Minnesota is the most disappointing of the B1G schools because with its alumni base, location, endowment, facilities, they should be a lot more competitive. They should be a top 5 program in the conference with ease if not on occasion competing for B1G titles and playing in BCS bowls every once in a while.

Ha. I remember being in the stadium as a young man full of piss and vinegar in 1988 vs. LSU. My roommate and I stupidly left the game early!

I agree on all counts. I'm still smarting from the Florida loss, which I consider the worst defeat in my lifetime. If you are going to lose, I'll take a conference mis-step to an SEC humilation any day of the week. LSU the next season added to the misery, and we only started to gain back respect with the Arkansas victory. I enjoyed that game more than any other.

At least our bowl record against SEC improves with Texas A&M being added.

I know. Thats the way it has to be here at 247 with all the other teams. The mods always have to throw a blanket on the flames. Otherwise, a poster like me would go to the scUM board looking for this DICKY, get kicked off their board, come here and make a thread that I was kicked off of scUM Then some posters would retaliate. I think this is how they want it. Get rid of the trolls before it becomes a problem. This is just my opinion but I have been kicked off of a few, or more, boards due to similar circumstances.

Michigan will lose to Bama by 14! Michigan isn't even a top 20 team. Just ranked there because everyone wants them to be relevant again, No.8 hahaha yea right!

So you are saying that Bama is going to score only 14 points?

Dont get your hopes up. Both will get dumped.