Everything in this post should be taken in context of the schedule played so far.
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week1 |
week2 |
week3 |
week 4 |
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ILL |
OSU |
@PSU |
@MSU |
IND |
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IND |
Mich |
@OSU |
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@ILL |
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IOWA |
PSU |
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@Mich |
WIS |
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MICH |
@IND |
MSU |
IOWA |
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MSU |
WIS |
@Mich |
ILL |
@NW |
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MIN |
NW |
@WIS |
@PUR |
PSU |
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NW |
@MIN |
PUR |
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MSU |
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OSU |
@ILL |
IND |
@WIS |
PUR |
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PSU |
@IOWA |
ILL |
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@MIN |
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PUR |
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@NW |
MIN |
@OSU |
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WIS |
@MSU |
MIN |
OSU |
@IOWA |
With that in mind here are the offensive yards per carry (YPC) and yards per attempt (YPA) through week 4.
Last week Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin looked to be the most well rounded offenses in the big ten this season. This week Ohio State looks almost as good as MSU and Wisconsin after taking out a year’s or a week’s worth of frustration on Purdue. Wisconsin is done with the portion of their schedule where they play competent defenses with just Purdue, Indiana, Michigan and Northwestern left to play.
The Iowa defense has had back to back dates with two of the Big Ten’s best offenses and came out of it looking very much like Michigan State did. Ohio State’s rush defense answered the bell, holding Purdue to just 1.1 yards per carry last Saturday. Illinois is very quietly putting up a solid defensive season.
This analysis likes Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio State. Iowa has a questionable running game, Wisconsin’s pass defense looks vulnerable.
