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Dienhart's Early 2013 B1G Power Rankings

By Buckman -18 January 2013
12 Comments
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1. tOSU

2. Michigan

3. Nebraska

4. Wisconsin

5. Northwestern

to be continued...

http://btn.com/2013/01/17/dienharts-early-2013-big-ten-football-power-rankings/

VintonCountyBuck on 18 Jan 2013 - 6:21pm #

He wouldv'e been better served to list OSU and then left the other 4 spots blank...

“Right now, Michigan is not at the pinnacle of college football, and that’s all Urban Meyer cares about...He’s been there and knows what it takes to get there.”

ATXbucknut on 18 Jan 2013 - 6:26pm #

Word. Totally agree.

Buckeyevstheworld on 18 Jan 2013 - 6:26pm #

I'd put Nebraska ahead of M*chigan. I mean their D has to get better, right? RIGHT?

"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.

babbski on 19 Jan 2013 - 2:05pm #

I'm still baffled that Michigan only managed to put up 9 points against that awesome D.

Buckeyevstheworld on 19 Jan 2013 - 3:00pm #

They had their version of Bauserman.

"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.

kareemabduljacobb on 18 Jan 2013 - 6:30pm #

Don't sleep on NW, I could see them finishing higher.

tennbuckeye19 on 18 Jan 2013 - 6:32pm #

Wisky at 4 seems high.

buckeyechad on 18 Jan 2013 - 7:00pm #

Is Taylor Martinez gone yet? seems like he's been there for 7 years.

brandonbauer87 on 18 Jan 2013 - 7:57pm #

I'd have Nebraska at 2. 3-5 are a toss-up. I think Northwestern is the best team of those 3 but they have the hardest schedule. Wisconsin's schedule isn't terrible which is what I think puts them in the discussion. Talent wise I'm not sure Wisconsin is any stronger Iowa, Penn State or Michigan State.

nmaxwell on 19 Jan 2013 - 12:57pm #

i think 2 is pretty close between tsun and nebraska. nebraska lost burkhead, but there's very little drop-off between him and abdullah as we saw this year. and i think that if scUM played gardner (prepared or not) after denard was injured, they would have beaten nebraska. it took nebraska until the 4th quarter to break the game open, and that was because bellomy would lead offensive drives lasting less than 10 seconds. talk about leaving the defense out to dry. if they're on the field less they contain martinez's shot put and abdullah's running, leaving gardner free to work with the offense more. northwestern returns plenty, but their secondary was tsun bowl game level horrendous last year. either way, it's a ridiculous gap between #1 and #2.

Citrus on 19 Jan 2013 - 2:15pm #

I am uncomfortable with the lack of appropriate distance between 1 & 2. I would list it like this:

1. tOSU

6823499457762574495033746211274650. TTUN
6823499457762574495033746211274650(A). Brasky

VintonCountyBuck on 19 Jan 2013 - 2:47pm #

Give Delany another year he is working on increasing the number of institutions as we speak.

;)

“Right now, Michigan is not at the pinnacle of college football, and that’s all Urban Meyer cares about...He’s been there and knows what it takes to get there.”