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[lineygoblue]

Chips pouring it on Purdue in the 3rd ... 38 - 17

[WM Wolverine]

Purdue belongs in the MAC.

[Paul L]

So does M.

[WM Wolverine]

We'll see, I expect (err, hope) the OL to improve a lot over the course of the season. It's a new scheme to them running inside/outside zone with some man-on-man schemes. ND took a look at M's biggest weakness and exploited it over-and-over-and-over.

[UMStan White]

And you are dumb enough to think that other teams won't?

[whodean]

The Rest of CF

C'mon, it's just shitty Big10 teams, M will win many of them.

[Jeff Buchanan]

C'mon ..... Right now, no they won't.

Did you watch Saturday's game, the post game presser the Monday morning presser? If you did, do you actually think that fat ass is going to lead the team 135 to a BT Championship?

[whodean]

The Rest of CF

Not a championship, but they will beat many of the patsies on their schedule.

[THE_WIZARD_]

The Football Playoff = The NCAA Basketball Tourney...

The Big Ten Championship = The NIT Basketball Tourney...

[whodean]

The Rest of CF

Yep. The JV

[hodgkal]

Here?s some interesting information that sheds light on the quality of incoming freshmen to the various Big 10 schools.It comes from Bridge Magazine and was carried in the Sunday Kalamazoo Gazette.A survey was done of ACT scores of incoming freshmen in 2013 and broken down into the composite scores at the 75th percentile and the 25th percentile for each school.You could probably have pretty accurately predicted these results.Of course they say nothing about subsequent outcomes, academically or professionally, or other considerations that bear on the quality of an applicant, but they are certainly indicators.
In order, top to bottom:(any number between 34 and 36 places a score among the top 1%)
75th25thAverage
Northwestern - 343132.5
Michigan322830
Wisconsin302929.5
Ohio State3127 29
Purdue302829
Illinois312628.5
Indiana302728.5
Minnesota302628
Penn St.292527
Iowa2825 26.5
MSU292326
Nebraska282225
The scores of just Michigan colleges were tabulated separately and those results put UM, MSU, UM-Dearborn, Wayne State, Oakland, and Grand Valley in the top tier.
If we can?t lead the Big 10 in football we at least have this to fall back on.Probably what the president and the regents are looking at.

[hodgkal]

This didn't print like I expected but you get the idea. I'll try it again:

Here’s some interesting information that sheds light on the quality of incoming freshmen to the various Big 10 schools. It comes from Bridge Magazine and was carried in the Sunday Kalamazoo Gazette. A survey was done of ACT scores of incoming freshmen in 2013 and broken down into the composite scores at the 75th percentile and the 25th percentile for each school. You could probably have pretty accurately predicted these results. Of course they say nothing about subsequent outcomes, academically or professionally, or other considerations that bear on the quality of an applicant, but they are certainly indicators.

In order, top to bottom: (any number between 34 and 36 places a score among the top 1%)

75th 25th Average

Northwestern - 34 31 32.5

Michigan 32 28 30

Wisconsin 30 29 29.5

Ohio State 31 27 29

Purdue 30 28 29

Illinois 31 26 28.5

Indiana 30 27 28.5

Minnesota 30 26 28

Penn St. 29 25 27

Iowa 28 25 26.5

MSU 29 23 26

Nebraska 28 22 25


The scores of just Michigan colleges were tabulated separately and those results put UM, MSU, UM-Dearborn, Wayne State, Oakland, and Grand Valley in the top tier.

No information given on Maryland or Rutgers.

If we can’t lead the Big 10 in football we at least have this to fall back on. Probably what the president and the regents are looking at.

[UMStan White]

I'd rather have dumber than rocks players who score that high in speed and agility.

[hodgkal]

This tabulation did not refer just to freshman FB players, but to the entire freshman classes. Maybe you probably already knew that.

[Dr. Strangelove]

I'm not sure it was mentioned here because of our collective misery, but Texas got beat 41-7 by BYU.

Have fun playing them next year :-D