A couple of things stand out immediately. One – Penn State’s defensive FG effectiveness is atrocious. They are just going to have to find a way to play better defense to have any chance at all. You can’t let an opponent shoot the equivalent of almost 60% against you and expect to have any chance [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Illinois category.
Game Predictions 02/16/08
After a week off, PSU faces a must win situation when Illinois travels to Happy Valley. Two weeks ago in their last home game, the Lions had a nice upset win over Michigan State. However, their failed to sustain that momentum dropping two since including in their last outing, a very winnable game at Michigan, [...]
Purdue/Illinois Power Ranking Update
Given that both teams won last night I thought it would be interesting to take a look at their updated rankings (I also changed the timeline so it would be twice a week, after they both played). Looks familiar – they both track together.
Big Ten Power Rankings (02/12/08)
Purdue continues their unlikely climb through the power rankings moving up to 26th according to Pomeroy. Still they aren’t where you would traditionally expect the outright B10 conference leader to sit. Nor are they getting the votes in the polls that you would expect (19th in the AP and 23rd in the Coaches). # Team [...]
Game Predictions 02/12/08
Purdue pulled a shocker in Madison over the weekend, now they’ll be out to prove they’re for real when they entertain Michigan State tonight. Game Predictions: Purdue 67 Michigan State 65 Minnestota 65 Illinois 62
Eric Gordon Bowl II
Indiana and Gordon make their long anticipated trek to Champagne tonight. I hope, for the sake of all, that things don’t get too ugly. In a close one – Indiana 64 Illinois 63
Game Predictions 02/02/08
I think this is the weekend that Illinois gets finally gets their act together and surprises Purdue. Illinois isn’t as bad a team as people think. They play solid defense and that can usually make games look ugly. I’m calling for a win today knocking Purdue from their lofty perch. Illinois 63 Purdue 61 Ohio [...]
Game Predictions 01/30/08
Northwestern entertains a visitor from the Lone Star State when they host Texas Pan American tonight. They also find themselves in the unusual position of being a favorite. Tonight’s games: Northwestern 75 Tex Pan Am 64 Michigan St 68 Illinois 61 Purdue 65 Iowa 53
Game Predictions 01/27/08
Two Sunday intrastate games today as Michigan heads up the interstate to East Lansing and Northwestern travels downstate to Illinois. If Illinois drops this game, the lynch mob will be after Bruce Weber for sure. Predictions: Michigan State 80 Michigan 61 Illinois 72 Northwestern 58
