The Blue Board

IMO you guys could have really used Baker this year. Bell has taken far too many touches this year, and having Baker as a change of pace while keeping Bell fresh would have been a huge benefit to to you guys.

I am not holding out hope for Denard, until I see him play.

What is a decent team for him to be compared to, that is left on the schedule? Minnesota has one of the top passing efficiency defenses in the B1G right now.

I felt that Michigan was going to be a 7-8 win team next year with Bellomy or Morris at QB, I feel better with Gardner at QB, even if it slighty hurts the WRs.

Bowl projections were being brought up on RCMB and the B1G would get BOMBED in these scenarios. 0 wins and all blowout losses are likely

Rose: Wisconsin vs BCS At-Large (Oregon to the NCG, so Oklahoma? Notre Dame?)
Capital One: Michigan vs SEC (Florida)
Outback: Nebraska vs SEC (SEC East winner, Georgia?)
Gator: Michigan State vs SEC (South Carolina)
BWW Bowl: Northwestern vs B12 (Texas
Meineke: Minnesota vs B12 (TCU or OKState)

Gator doesn't want Northwestern, so MSU will most likely get bumped up because of that, assuming we win out. Ticket City and Pizza Bowl will be left unfilled, and if Minnesota loses to Illinois, Meineke will be left unfilled too

Rose: Michigan/Nebraska v. Oregon State/Stanford ... toss up
Capital One: Nebraska/Michigan v. LSU ... LSU
Outback: Wisconsin v. TAMU ... TAMU
BWW: Northwestern vs WVU ... WVU
Gator: MSU vs South Carolina ... toss up
Meineke Car Care: Minnesota vs Texas Tech ... toss up
Heart of Texas: Indiana v. Oklahoma State ... Okahoma State

It wont be OSU or Stanford. If Oregon goes to the NCG, Rose bowl becomes an at-large, think TCU vs Wisconsin a couple years ago, i dont think they get another P12 team since USC has been so awful and Oregon State will lose to Oregon the last week of the season which should knock them out of the top 14.

South Carolina will destroy MSU, Texas Tech would destroy Minny.

Indiana will not get to a bowl game.

Agree on IU (probably misses getting to a bowl). Disagree on Oregon State. For some reason, the media loves them. If they beat Stanford and lose to Oregon, I think they will be on the bubble for being BCS eligible. Alternatively, if Stanford beats Oregon State but loses to Oregon, they will be on the bubble. It's possible neither will be BCS eligible, but it will be close and depend on which other highly rated teams lose again from here on out (e.g. South Carolina, Louisville, USC, UGA, UF, Rutgers, Oklahoma, etc).

That's a bold stretch. Even if State pulls out the win yesterday, the only way it would have helped is if Michigan won out. And even then, that just puts us in the B1GCG against most likely Wisky.

It's not even close to a lock that Michigan gets to the Rose Bowl with a Nebraska loss.

The Rose Bowl almost certainly will not have UF as an option because of the "two team per conference" restriction (Alabama to BCSCG and its replacement to Sugar). Similarly, if FSU wins the ACC, the Rose Bowl cannot select them because they will be locked into the Orange Bowl. I agree on ND, assuming Oregon goes to BCSCG and no other P12 teams are BCS eligible, but I believe it's very possible one of Stanford or Oregon State might squeak into the top 14. We will have to wait and see on that. Also, if Oklahoma wins out they will be on everyone's short list for a BCS at large.

I think Nebraska/Wisconsin would get blown out by anyone other than Oregon State (not sold on them, at all) or Stanford which would be tossups. If Michigan gets to the rosebowl, i think they beat OSU or ND, with a tossup with Stanford and whoever else gets picked (except an SEC team)

Didn't even realized i quoted you, didn't meant to lol

Michigan, with Denard is better then Wisconsin. Sure Wisconsin could win, but they wouldn't be favored.

I dont think Minny has the pure athletes to keep up with Gardner
We probably wont see him for OSU, so i'd still like to see how he does against Northwestern who can limit him on his feet with a better Rushing D. Just my opinion. Not saying he wont do good, just wanna see what he can do

The refs can cost the game, see GB vs Seattle this year. I wasn't saying they can't. I was saying, don't let that happen. There are plenty of plays throughout the game that if they went one way or the other, change the outcome of the game. Control what parts you can control, and then you won't have to worry about the refs controlling the part that they control.