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3. Michigan hasn’t had enough talent to compete with Ohio State in the recent past. They still aren’t on par but a helluva lot closer than they’ve been in some time. Hoping Ryan Day forgets he has talented running backs again… 4. It’s a rivalry game. I’d expect nothing less. These two teams are competing for similar recruits. Running up the score against your rival sells in living rooms of high school kids who may be on the fence.

1. What makes you think their D is better than last year? Knowles? They still haven’t played a competent offense (sorry Notre Dame fans). 2. Can the case be made that Penn State is light years better than ND and Indiana could play with ND? If so, remind me who was in control of the ND/OSU game for 3 quarters? Can’t pick and choose. 3. A running game travels better than a passing game in the unpredictable Midwest in late November. Stroud, Harrison, JSN, etc are absolute studs but if weather is a factor (likely) and Michigan can run the ball and keep the OSU offense on the sideline, I love their chances. 4. Revenge is such a dumb metric to cite when predicting a sporting event. Is OSU suddenly going to play harder because they lost last year? Come on. If so, I had been waiting on “revenge” for over a decade prior to last season. 5. The Vegas line has dropped from -14 (preseason) to -8.5 (currently).

Fear you are right, hope you are wrong.

You didn’t hear? They found some kids in diapers in the stands at halftime and decided to give them some second half playing time.

Time to exercise those Madison/Camp Randall demons Boilermakers. Cannot believe you are getting two points.

Back to this topic, has/will OSU played/play a team capable of scoring on every drive? Michigan DID NOT PUNT on Saturday… Now obviously they can’t settle for FGs in the red zone against OSU like they did Penn State but all I heard all last week (including from the great Urban Meyer on the pregame set) was that PSU was going to shut down (or at least slow down) Michigan’s running game. They ran for 418 yards…Penn State had given up 399 TOTAL rushing yards in their five games coming in. Are you convinced OSU’s front 7 is better than Penn State’s?

Heard this one many times…she has her moments.

I’ll take 5A/6A then. Post your brackets here.

Coaching malpractice? (I love it when Cody responds to Cody by the way.) ”There.”

Just saw. Merrillville’s B game should be enough to beat Chesterton though. No shame in losing to them I guess but by 25 damn points? Wow.

Take 4A?

Wait a second, I owe everyone on here an apology. I somehow overlooked the Merrillville score Friday night. Not sure if I did not just hit refresh on Harrell’s site or what but just saw it. What the hell happened?

Figured worst case scenario, folks could just upload their brackets here. What do you say? Start with your sectional champions (1 point per winner). Regional champions (2 points per winner). Semi-State champions (4 points per winner). State champions (8 points per winner). Include your final score for each title game as a tiebreaker. We will have an overall winner and then winner by class. Choose to participate in as many classes as you’d like. Any volunteers to help grade? Due at 7pm Friday.

Believe I helped organize one in the past and I’m willing to do it again if there would be enough interest prior to this Friday’s games. Anyone tech savvy enough to throw it together in a digital format so we don’t have to do it the old school March madness way?

True statements all around.

Left the receipt in my pocket and washed my shorts. 20.5 it is. Not calling a confident win by Michigan by any means but if I were a Buckeye fan and watched that game Saturday against PSU, I’d be sleeping with one eye open going forward. I’m not convinced OSU’s defense is “fixed” and Michigan ran through Penn State like a hot knife through butter. Stroud can’t throw for 400 if he’s on the sideline for 40+ minutes of game action…and the running game travels. UM has the best OL in the country…again. And perhaps most importantly? They now EXPECT to win this game.

Still giving me 21?

Even if OSU beats Michigan by 21+ and drops 50 as you claimed this summer? How you feeling about that game currently?

Slightly inaccurate but I will let it slide. Hope you are right but I just don’t see it. The loser in Columbus goes to Pasadena.

Kokomo (HM) (#34) Carroll (NR)

Can’t let that IU loss go just yet. Yep, finally put em #1 for the first time too… 😉

I fear you may be right. Had no real measuring stick for East Central all season and kept them in the high teens. Not a program built on moral victories obviously but I’ve spoken repeatedly about the amount of respect I have for Roncalli on here so to play them like they did speaks volumes. Could they potentially play spoiler to both New Pal AND Roncalli?

Not ranked. One of about 5/6 teams I considered that narrowly missed the top 50.

1. Michigan 2. Ohio State 3. Penn State 4. Purdue 5. Maryland 6. Illinois 7. Minnesota 8. Iowa 9. Michigan State 10. Wisconsin 11. Nebraska 12. Rutgers 13. Indiana 14. Northwestern

Sorry. Double post.