Friday, July 18, 2008

Big Ten Conference: Top 20 OOC games for '08


Conference bragging rights are always a great debate. Here's my Top 20 OOC games for Big Ten teams in '08...
  • 1. #1 Ohio State at. #2 USC... Buckeyes are playing for a lot in this one on the road to the BCS in '08

  • 2. #16t Illinois vs. #6 Missouri at St. Louis... #1 OOC rivalry today for a Big Ten team...

  • 3. #11 Wisconsin at #25 Fresno State... a great game for UW, but shouldn't the Badgers play an OOC BCS team too?

  • 4. Michigan State at California... classic Big Ten vs. Pac Ten 2nd tier match up for '08...

  • 5. Purdue vs. #20 Oregon... another 2nd tier Big Ten vs Pac Ten, w/ Big Ten hosting...

  • 6. Michigan vs. Utah... after last year's Appalachian State game, this one should be on the must watch list...

  • 7. Michigan at Notre Dame... are the Fighting Irish back in '08?

  • 8. Iowa at Pittsburgh... why isn't Penn State playing Pitt... Iowa plays Iowa State each year?

  • 9. Michigan State vs. Notre Dame... are the Spartans for real?

  • 10. Purdue at Notre Dame... this will be Joe Tiller's chance to go out on top, as he will retire after '08 from his head coaching job for the Boilermakers...

  • 11. Penn State vs. Oregon State... 4th Big Ten vs. Pac Ten match up in '08...

  • 12. Purdue vs. Central Michigan... both teams are playing 3rd game in nearly one year between each other, wow!

  • 13. Minnesota at Bowling Green... a rare BCS team for a home appearance for Bowling Green...

  • 14. Northwestern at Duke... the only Big Ten vs. ACC game in the '08 regular season...
    15. Indiana vs. Central Michigan... is this a dangerous Nov. game for Big Ten?

  • 16. Minnesota vs. Florida Atlantic... a revenge game for the Gophers at home this season...

  • 17. Iowa vs. Iowa State... the Cy-Hawk Series is the other Big Ten vs. Big 12 rivalry game that doesn't quite have the national flare as the game in St. Louis...

  • 18. Penn State at Syracuse...new QB in the Carrier Dome for Nittany Lions... danger?

  • 19. Illinois vs. Western Michigan in Detroit... Nov. 8 road trip in the OOC vs. a MAC school... upset trap?

  • 20. Michigan vs. Miami-OH... the Wolverines are 23-0 all time vs. MAC teams... head coach Rich Rodriquez's inaugural season could be a dandy?
One game I'll regret leaving off this list: Ball State at Indiana, Sept. 20th.

peace

1 comment:

Adam J said...

Gotta think BSU @ Indiana is a lot better than PSU @ Cuse... no chance that Syracuse goes to a bowl, while both Ball State and Indiana have a good shot. Brady Hoke's got one of the best teams in a slowly improving MAC.