Lettuce discuss all things B1G footbaw. Leaders. Legends. The end of the Jim CASH MONEY Delaney era. The B1G Network. Mark Dantonio's incomprehensible deal with the devil. Paul Chryst's neanderball tendencies. Why on earth Lovie Smith is employed or Rutgers exists.

B1G B1G B1G

B1G news of the day is obv RON ZOOK to Maryland as a senior assistant, but I also learned as a result of looking for confirmation that WR JeShaun Jones tore an ACL and is out for the year.

Jim Delaney made $5.5 million last year, or $21,000 per working day ($2,600 per hour), excluding and vacation or benefits (and he got a $20 million retirement package).

Dwayne Haskins made $0, FYI.

People are waaaaaaaaay too high on Nebraska this year.

The warp speed offense doesn't work as well when the opposition has the talent and conditioning to keep up. They'll be scary in the future, but that's when the machine is cranking at 100% and they're not there yet this year.

Conservative predictions for the season:

-Michigan will have 1 or fewer conference losses going into the OSU game
-Minnesota will go into the Wisconsin game with a chance to win the B1G West
-Neither Illinois nor Rutgers will finish last in their division

Bold predictions for the season:

-Wisconsin flirts with bowl inegilibity
-Shea Patterson is your 2019 Heisman Trophy Winner

Goldy gophers are a sleeper team to come out of the West this year.

I hopped on them to win the B1G at 50-1 when futures went up, they're down to 20-1 now.

If Tanner Morgan can improve I'm really high on them this year. Tyler Johnson is an awesome college WR and their OL can really push people around.

They have a really nice 3 headed running back attack, and rashod Bateman at Wr is going to be a stud, and your right, their oline is legit. If their d is as good as it was last year after they switched D coordinators, they can easily win 10 games.

Flip side is they are still the gophers so the joke is on me

they're getting pretty close. martinez, spielman, wandale, mills, and washington are going to be pretty tough for a defense to deal with at one time. Just depends on if they find a center.

The West should be super fun this year, every team that isn’t Illinois has a legit chance.

Somewhere out there is a person that is going to light $10 on fire betting Rutgers to win the B1G. Don't be that person.

BOLD prediction: Michigan finishes this football season with a record of 10-3.

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Haven't looked to see if accurate yet but read a post today that the hotshot freshman QB at Wisconsin that supposedly helped nudge Hornibrook out the door is not leading the competition to start this fall.

Also, apparently Tate Martell will not be starting at Miami.

ILP, are we still 100% screwed because Ohio State got Fields or are you going to walk that back any since Urbz left?

I guess we'll have to see, but I'm not ready to buy the Fields hype just yet.

It's not supposed to be Coan, who played a decent amount last year?

Graham Mertz was supposed to be pushing to start from day one. Coan sure as hell didn’t push out Hornibrook.

Here's a hot take that's probably not even hot. There's more QB talent in the West than in the East. And next year it's going to be even more pronounced. Martinez, Johnson, Morgan, and Coan will all be around for awhile and all have real talent. Stanley is Iowa solid and Sindelar will do well for Brohm.

The biggest problem with B10 football, other than not paying their players to the level of the SEC/B1G, is the level of coaching. Brohm and Frost are maybe the two best coaching hires of the last few years. That's dramatically improved the conference as a whole.

As a NU grad, I'm happy to see we're the second longest shot in the west. As usual, I expect to be at the top or near it at the end of the season.

MM MD

doesnt really matter. osu has way too much talent.

I mean as a whole top to bottom, sure it's possible.

Top tier talent, I just don't see it. Even past this year, I'd take Dylan McCaffery with 2 years of backup experience over Morgan and Coan.

I buy the hype with Frost and Fleck. I'm less sold on Brohm having long term success in high major CFB. Basing that mainly off a gut feeling.

The biggest problem the West faces, is that even with the coaching talent infusion for 2018 and 2019, they're still way behind UM, OSU, PSU in terms of recruiting talent. All of the B1G West teams are relying on finding 3* guys and turning them into big time players. It can be done, Michigan State has largely had success with that model for 12 years under Dantonio. But ultimately to compete year in year out, you need to recruit talent that can compete with Ohio State, and nobody in the West is close to that right now.

Some perspective for the "FIRE HARBAUGH" crowd

IU has 2 4* QBs, hope one gets the job so I don't have to watch Ramsey again this year.

At least you won’t have a DeBord offense regardless of QB

Schembechler was so f'n good.

They haven't dropped football yet?