BIG
Ohio State vs.
Indiana
Ohio State leads series 78-5-12.

East Carolina vs.
Michigan
First meeting.

Nebraska vs.
Minnesota
Minnesota leads series 36-2-25

Central Michigan vs.
Michigan State
Michigan State leads series 8-3

Utah State vs.
Iowa
Iowa leads series 2-0

Fresno State vs.
Purdue
First meeting.

Buffalo vs.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin leads series 1-0

Towson vs.
Maryland

West Virginia vs.
Penn State
Penn State leads series 48-2-9

Toledo vs.
Illinois
First meeting.

Northwestern vs.
Rutgers
Rutgers leads series 3-2

Notable OOC
Florida vs.
Utah
Florida leads series 2-0

North Carolina vs.
South Carolina
North Carolina leads series 35-4-20

LSU vs.
Florida State
Florida State leads series 8-2

Thanks, Cubucks. Not exactly a glamorous weekend of games but good to have real football back. I've been watching replays on the BTN and SEC Channel for too long!

(08-29-2023 02:28 PM)NotoriousOne Wrote:  Thanks, Cubucks. Not exactly a glamorous weekend of games but good to have real football back. I've been watching replays on the BTN and SEC Channel for too long!

You're welcome!
The three conference games are all intriguing to me, and Penn State/West Virginia could be fun. But yes, the rest are not glamorous at all!

Gameday! Let's get it on!!!!

Freaking Nebraska turnovers...yuck!

I'm so damn sick of seeing Deion ride a stupid Buffalo!

This stupid sport is not good for my health.

Purdue has a horrible defense.

What Purdue needs to do is stop holding on every play and fire your conditioning coaches.. way too many injuries today. Fresno had zero you were down to your fourth center. C'mon man, it's not even that hot compared to Fresno 100+ degree standards.

Odd first weekend for the BIG.

-Michigan looked good, and was basically stretching their legs and in cruise control.

-Ohio State has a new QB so there will be some learning curve, but they will be fine and tough to beat.

-Penn State seems to have a good young QB of their own.

The BIG looks like a three headed monster again, as the rest of the league was pretty bland this week. Future BIG teams looked good, though I am fascinated to see what happens when they actually have to play against teams who value defense.

(09-03-2023 08:35 AM)NotoriousOne Wrote:  Odd first weekend for the BIG.

-Michigan looked good, and was basically stretching their legs and in cruise control.

-Ohio State has a new QB so there will be some learning curve, but they will be fine and tough to beat.

-Penn State seems to have a good young QB of their own.

The BIG looks like a three headed monster again, as the rest of the league was pretty bland this week. Future BIG teams looked good, though I am fascinated to see what happens when they actually have to play against teams who value defense.

I'm not sleeping on Maryland, they might put a dent in someone's season here in the east division.

RU dominates Nw for 56 minutes. Then lets up a last second TD in garbage time. Well a win is a win..

Here is a nice article on some week 1 BIG games.
https://www.foxsports.com/stories/colleg...-dominance

Home attendance numbers:
Nebraska at
Minnesota- 53,629 - 105.6% of capacity.

Central Michigan at
Michigan State- 73,752 - 98.3%

Ohio State at
Indiana- 50,050 - 95.1%

East Carolina at
Michigan- 109,480 - 101.7%

Utah State at
Iowa- 69,250 - 100.0%

Fresno State at
Purdue- 54,898 - 95.9%

Buffalo at
Wisconsin- 76,224 - 94.9%

Towson at
Maryland- 37,241 - 71.9%

West Virginia at
Penn State- 110,747 - 103.9%

Toledo at
Illinois- 48,898 - 80.6%

Northwestern at
Rutgers- 53,026 - 101.1%

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Big...all_season

9.1 mil for the LSU/FSU game. Congratulations to both those fan bases, huge number!

Congratulations!

2023 Big Ten Football Players of the Week

Sept. 5
Offense: Drew Allar, So., QG, PSU
Defense: Miles Scott, So., DB, ILL
Defense: Tyler Nubin, Sr., S, MINN
Special Teams: Dragan Kesich, Sr., K, MINN
Freshman: Dillon Thieneman, Fr., DB, PUR
https://bigten.org/news/2023/9/5/illinoi...onors.aspx

Tv Ratings
Ohio State at
Indiana. CBS - 4.65 mil

West Virginia at
Penn State NBC - 3.50 mil

Nebraska at
Minnesota. FOX - 3.49 mil

Northwestern at
Rutgers. CBS - 2.68 mil

Central Michigan at
Michigan State. FS1 - 1.06 mil

Buffalo at
Wisconsin. FS1 - 784K

Utah State at
Iowa. FS1 - 561K

Fresno State at
Purdue. BTN - 343K

Toledo at
Illinois. BTN - 294K

Towson at
Maryland. BTN - 102K
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/schedules/

That will wrap up week 1!

Did I read some of those series stats correctly? OSU 78-5-12 against Indiana? State Penn 48-2-9 against Hillbilly? Damn!