Choices For Rose Bowl in Big Ten

“That’s one of the reasons we’ve had a good season”.

Let’s say UNC pulls the upset and Stanford beats USC… now the argument settles on 12-1 ACC Champion UNC, 11-2 PAC 12 Champion Stanford, and an 11-1 Ohio State. Iowa is 11-0 SU when taking a lead into halftime. And going into this matchup, both programs share similar tendencies. While Cook has a chance to break more records, he’d be the first to tell you that those are not almost as important as the team’s success.

“There’s multiple things in there that have held North Carolina back, their overall strength of schedule is not strong, again, depending on the metrics we look at, they’re very high in their strength of schedule, which is not a positive for them”, Long said. They’ve rolled out six different starting combinations, and rotated through several other players to help provide depth. “The guys changed from thinking we were going to be the best defense in the country because everybody was going to do their job to decide that we’re going to be the best defense in the country”.

A big chunk of this year’s fifth-year seniors have been part of two trips to Indy, and that alone could be a plus for Michigan State.

– The Big Ten representative in the Rose Bowl will be either the loser of Michigan State-Iowa or Ohio State.

But since then, Beathard has joined recent Heisman Trophy winners Jameis Winston and Cam Newton in a select group of quarterbacks who’ve started their careers 13-0.

Clemson has wins against two teams in the committee’s top 10, Notre Dame at 8 and Florida State at 9.

“I think anybody on the team would be a fool to go in and take an undefeated team lightly”, Harris said.

Griff: The “best” or the “most likely?”

“From earlier in the season until now it’s insane to see how far he’s come, mentally”, Cox said of Nicholson. I dont know whats going on in their locker room.

So, just how similar are these teams? Recently the series has featured a number of tight contests, with four of the last seven games between the Hawkeyes and Spartans being decided by seven points or less, including two that went to overtime. Iowa is 5-3 SU and 6-2 ATS in its last eight games against Michigan State, per the OddsShark College Football Database.

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The final regular-season College Football Playoff ranking confirmed one thing: that most of the drama about this season’s playoff field has already been drained.

Each of them contributed to the No. 3-ranked total offense in the Big Ten.

Michigan State’s recovered well off of a potential heartbreaker in Lincoln, and I don’t perceive the Hawkeye magic to persist upon Saturday’s end. But if the opportunity presents itself, I will try to make a play with my feet. The numbers that stand out in Beathard’s first year as a starter are 14 touchdown passes and only three interceptions.

He also runs effectively enough to merit designed rushing plays, impressive for a 6-foot-4, 220-pound pro-style quarterback. This Saturday, a win over Michigan State will be attractive for the Hawkeyes, no matter how they get it done.

With history on the line and the tension palpable, here are five facts to keep in mind when you tune in for the Big Ten Championship Game this weekend at 8:17 p.m. ET on Fox.

Both defenses in this game are good.

“Very impressed with their quarterback, ” Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said.

-WR Aaron Burbridge leads the Big Ten in receiving and the senior was named the top receiver in the conference this season.