[NU Sports] The .500 Club

[Beamsley, Jeff]

All depends on Kafka. He plays against Ill at or near 100%, we should  
win.

Jeff

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On Nov 1, 2009, at 9:57 AM, "Jonathan Hodges"  
<jonathanwhodges at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, I don't find your scenario that far fetched.  Now, the  
> chances of
> ALL of that happening so that the Big Ten ends up with 5 .500 teams  
> is low,
> but possible.  The problem is that all of the Big Ten teams outside  
> of the
> top 4 could beat any of the others any given week.  Don't even count
> Illinois or Purdue out of the picture right now (although one more  
> loss for
> either team would eliminate them).
>
> The key for NU is getting that 6th win (or 7th to absolutely  
> guarantee a
> bowl), which will be a difficult task (since NU will likely be an  
> underdog
> in all 3 now that Illinois has decided to start playing).  After  
> that, I
> guess we'll have to wait and see what happens because as you  
> described, some
> interesting scenarios could emerge.
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Ok, I'm one of the people who failed to turn back my clock so I  
>> have an
>> extra hour this morning, forgive me. Based on Michigan's loss and  
>> MSU's loss
>> yesterday there is a traffic jam on the way to 6-6 in the Big Ten  
>> this year.
>> I feel like Tim Russert working his white board on election night  
>> in 2000.
>>
>> Minnesota (5-4):        lose to Illinois, beat South Dakota State,  
>> lose @
>> Iowa ----------------- finish 6-6
>> MSU (4-5):                beat Western Michigan, win @ Purdue, lose  
>> to Penn
>> State ----------- finish 6-6
>> Northwestern (5-4):   lose @ Iowa, win @ Illinois, lose to Wisconsin
>> --------------------------- finish 6-6
>> Michigan (5-4):          win @ Purdue, lose @ Wisconsin, lose to  
>> Ohio State
>> ------------------ finish 6-6
>> Indiana (4-5):               beat Wisconsin, lose @ Penn State,  
>> beat Purdue
>> ----------------------- finish 6-6
>>
>> This would leave Illinois (3-9) and Purdue (3-9) out in the cold.
>>
>> Granted, Illinois beating Minnesota is remote, Purdue losing its  
>> last three
>> is unlikely, and Indiana beating Wisconsin doesn't seem probably,  
>> BUT it
>> could happen. This would leave the Big Ten with 9 'bowl eligible'  
>> teams and
>> no doubt NU watching from home because of our poor attendance and  
>> small
>> alumni base.
>>
>> Now if Purdue rallies to become the Boiler Spoiler, they could beat
>> Michigan, Michigan State, and Indiana thereby pushing all three  
>> over the
>> edge to a losing record and being 6-6 themselves.
>>
>> Go Cats!
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
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