2011 Big Ten Football Preview: Who Will Win The IlliBuck Division?
by RossWB on Sep 1, 2011 9:00 AM CDT
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Like we said yesterday, because Legends and Leaders is (still) stupid and because East and West is mildly incoherent thanks to the Wisconsin-Michigan Paradox (and because jNW and Illinois are also split, I guess), but divisions still need names, dammit. Calling it The IlliBuck division doesn't mean a damn thing for the 2/3 of the teams in the division, but whatever. In any event, the season is just days away, which means it's time for us to put a marker down on who's going to win things. The contenders:
ILLINOIS
Pros: In Scheelhaase we trust. Hooray for competent assistant coaches!
Cons: Zook'd. Y U NO STAY, 2010 BEST PLAYERS?
INDIANA
Pros: #SAVEUSGUNNER. Kevin Wilson knows offense. Damarlo Belcher catches everything...
Cons: ... except when he doesn't. What's a quarterback? Defense is for other teams.
OHIO STATE
Pros: Still Ohio State. Chip, meet shoulder. Luke Fickell, cagefighter M.D.
Cons: Requiem for a Senator. Pourin' out a 40 for TPeezy. Scandal, scandal, scandal.
PENN STATE
Pros: Returning starters ahoy! Defense wins something or other. Silas Redd is running back people.
Cons: Gingers are for mocking, not quarterbacking. Offensive lines should not say "ole!"
PURDUE
Pros: Danny Hope's mustache is set to DETERMINED. Riccy-Riccy-Riccardo!
Cons: ACLOCAPYPSE NOW! What's a Caleb TerBush? OMHR.
WISCONSIN
Pros: Ball/White 2011! Russell Wilson is love. Chris Borland can fly.
Cons: The hol(e)y offensive line is missing the chosen left tackle. Where the Watt at?
Who ya got?
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I hate the Wisconsin is the choice
But I can’t buy Penn State and Ohio State HAS to struggle with the mess they’re dealing with.
I just assume that under Camp Randall there is a factory that produces 6'7" 330lb OL to replace graduated seniors
Basically like the orcs being born out of the mud in LotR
Burt Reynolds is my spirit guide.
we could use a couple
6’2" 280lbs orcs for our D-line. We need some of that mud.
"Sometimes the truth gets in the way of a good story" - KF
by The Bacon Explosion on Sep 1, 2011 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions
It's right next to the factory that produces 6'10 white power forwards with the same haircut
For their basketball team
The only game that might be up in the air for tOSU
is MSU, I know Miami is going to be rough but they lost 8 guys last week. A little hard to game plan around losing that much talent in 3 weeks. I would imagine tOSU will be able to win this one. MSU is going to come in pumped up, knowing this is their best shot. MSU is typically good for one big win a year and I think this is going to be it. They are also good for head scratching losses, see Wisco.
I am not sold on Wisco being able to beat tOSU, with everyone back and Wisco isn’t going to be quite as dominate as they were last year in that game. One conference loss is going to look pretty good, Wisco vs MSU is going to go a long way to deciding tOSU’s fate. I pick Wisco in that game and tOSU wins on a tie breaker.
"Sometimes the truth gets in the way of a good story" - KF
by The Bacon Explosion on Sep 1, 2011 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I thought most of the Miami suspensions were only like 1 game.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah. I think most of the Miami guys will be back in time to torture OSU.
by The Mexican't on Sep 1, 2011 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Yup, I am getting my suspensions mixed up
Miami will have 5 of the 8 back. The three that are gone are the TE, Safety and DE. All appear to be impact players but 3 is a lot easier to swallow than 8.
"Sometimes the truth gets in the way of a good story" - KF
by The Bacon Explosion on Sep 1, 2011 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
This place is a damn Wisconsin blog sometimes.
Jeez, gimme a break.
Now let's go surprise Harry Heth!
I voted PSU. Why? Let’s see:
MSU – Sparty, no
tOSU – coach’s name should be Skippy
Wisconsin – fuck them
IL, IN, OMHR – HAHAHAHAHA
Seeing as how my vote is irrelevant with how this will play out, I’m buying the purple drank Rambler’s been pounding out in Amishland.
Just remember: all the M's and N's are with Iowa.
Everyone else is evil.
by The Mexican't on Sep 1, 2011 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions
All the M's and N's are evil too.
"I've never seen a supernova, but if it's anything like my old Chevy Nova it'll light up the night sky." - Philip J. Fry
Well, yeah.
But less evil because Iowa’s in the Hero Division.
by The Mexican't on Sep 1, 2011 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
OMG
All the M’s & N’s are in our division & LegeNd has an ‘N’ in it!!! (Yes, I just figured that out. I may be slow but i still get there, eventually.) Now, at least I can remember who goes who AND which dumb division name goes with which teams. What a relief!
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Sep 1, 2011 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, I think Wisky is gonna be the one, but I'm tired of seeing their name, so I voted PSU.
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Sep 1, 2011 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
OSU
I’ll happily own the idiocy of this pick if/when someone knocks them off. Until then . . .
PSU
and here is why. I think that Defense is going to be great this year. Defense wins championships. Also, I can’t stand Wisco or OSU.
He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Sep 1, 2011 9:31 AM CDT reply actions
See, this is what I'm talking about.
This is a truly rational thing.
Now let's go surprise Harry Heth!
by ReadingRambler on Sep 1, 2011 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions
If Wisconsin would have had a ginger QB, they'd have won the Rose Bowl last year.
So PSU and their ginger QB get my vote.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Sep 1, 2011 9:36 AM CDT reply actions
The Penn State QB reminds me of
something you get in a Happy Meal with McFries and and an Ultimate Alien Joepa doll
I swear the "robbed a place" was actually not ment as a smart ass remark. I just forgot that he actually robbed a place for a second. ~ justsomehawkeyefan
Wisconsin
will be good, but just when they need to “scratch where it itches” and run the ball down someone’s throat they will think that they are the San Diego Chargers and start throwing the ball on every down. This will result in a few inexplicable losses. Everyone that watched the game will know they were the better team if they had only run the ball. Chryst will be inconsolable and Biliema will be a massive douche bag. In related news grass is green.
He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Sep 1, 2011 9:42 AM CDT reply actions
Does the other 1/3 even care about the IlliBuck?
"...take it to Hamsterdam."
by BoilerHawk on Sep 1, 2011 10:04 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I voted for Penn State because this division is stupid (the division, not the name) and I want RR to be happy.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
It doesn’t matter who wins this division because Iowa will take them out in the championship game anyways. I have seen it well wearing my magic rose colored glasses that allow me to see the future.
He's obviously smokin the cush (Kush).
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Sep 1, 2011 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Me and Herbstreit are eveidently smoking the same thing. He picked OSU to beat Iowa in the championship game. Which is 50% expected and 50% crazy. I have never seen him not pick OSU in a game and I don’t think I have ever seen him pick Iowa for anything.
Our Johnson is bigger and better than LA's Johnson so suck it.
Oh hey. I voted for Indiana.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"I would have fell to those aphrodisiacs that he was throwing around." ~ Michael Irvin
by Blackheartnopants on Sep 1, 2011 11:20 AM CDT reply actions
You and the other 4 people
who voted for Indiana or OMHR seem to have clicked an invalid option
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 1, 2011 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
They also voted for Pat Buchannan in Florida back in 2000.
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Sep 1, 2011 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Someone has to throw them a bone
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
"I would have fell to those aphrodisiacs that he was throwing around." ~ Michael Irvin
by Blackheartnopants on Sep 1, 2011 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
If you throw a player from OMHR a bone
they will tear an ACL reaching for it
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 1, 2011 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I voted for IU
and I did it just to fuck with people.
And, I was hoping to be the lone vote for them but apparently there are way too many readers around here looking for something to do before 2:15 pm.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Sep 1, 2011 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I voted for PSU
If I’m gonna be wrong, at least I can tell my trainer (a former PSU TE) that I voted for his team. Oh, I like it when the Rambler is happy.
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
I can't believe so many of you try to make Rambler happy.
What is wrong with you?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Sep 1, 2011 4:11 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I think he was nice to me in blogwrestling
& doesn’t everyone like the Amish to be happy?
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Sep 1, 2011 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
The Amish do get a bit menacing with their pitchforks and torches when angered.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
but all you have to do
is get in your car and drive away. they can’t keep up with those horse and buggies.
All my good friends at BHGP helpled pick this most awesome name!
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Sep 1, 2011 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Because I'm not afraid to say I utterly hate Wisconsin?
Or is it because I’m just so darned likeable?
Now let's go surprise Harry Heth!
by ReadingRambler on Sep 2, 2011 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Wisky was better than O$U last year.
With O$U losing a lot more than Wisky did, plus the Badgers snagging Russell Wilson to fill their most glaring hole on offense, I think they’ll be better than O$U again this year.
PSU’s defense should give them a shot, but I’m still not ready to bet on their O.
bad news for those who voted for O$U
looks like the buckeyes will not be allowed into the CCG, even if they “win” the illibuck division
That's only the case if they get a bowl ban.
For now, that’s not an issue.
by The Mexican't on Sep 1, 2011 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions
There isn't nearly enough contempt in this comment section for those of you who voted for SANCTIONS.
Finger of shame isn’t good enough for you people.
Now let's go surprise Harry Heth!
Wow
I can’t believe it took almost three plays for AIRBHG to show up. He must have gotten stuck in traffic.
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