Perhaps it is karmic retribution ... hakuna matata, the circle of life and all that jazz. While it sure was fun watching #1 go down on Thursday night ... maybe we all enjoyed it a little too much. The impact of the Trojan upset began a ripple of aftershocks that were felt throughout the weekend and the nation. It seemed that every Saturday game-break brought more news of upsets in the top 25. Our teams were not immune to the trend ...
Iowa showed well in the first half [or most of it, at least] against a still-undefeated Northwestern team. 19 unanswered points later - the Hawkeyes tucked their tail feathers and retreated to the catacombs of Kinnick after a second straight loss. We are still in this contest ... statistically at least ... but things are not looking as bright as they were before the Cy-Hawk victory. Next week at Michigan State ... ESPN2.
Indiana also recorded their second loss and maybe a lot more ... double-threat QB Kellen Lewis left the game with an injury. Next Saturday, the Hoosiers travel to Minnesota to battle with the dome-dwelling Golden Gophers.
Wisconsin lost to Michigan in thrilling fashion [their last-minute, game-tying two-point conversion was called back on a procedural yellow flag]. It seems that Coach Bielema's Hawkeye tattoo got the best of him ... the Badgers mirrored the Iowa game plan of falling asleep in the second half, giving the Wolverine nation some hope and a .500 record. Wisconsin has a tough stretch ahead ... Ohio State, Penn State, Iowa and Illinois in the next four weeks ... and the biggest competition [IOWA] is a road game.
Purdue did not face a Big10 opponent but racked up a second loss by going down to he Fighting Irish. Conference play begins next week for the Boilermakers. See below ...
Penn State ... the only GCC-team with a W this weekend. And what a win it was ... I swear we could hear the student section out here in the boonies. While the national champion talk may be a bit premature, the Nittany Lions look like the real deal. They can now be officially certified as a high-powered offense after passing the Illini test with flying colors. How about that Derrick Williams guy?! Next week, JoePa and the boys take the show on the road for their next test ... an away game in West Lafayette.
Iowa showed well in the first half [or most of it, at least] against a still-undefeated Northwestern team. 19 unanswered points later - the Hawkeyes tucked their tail feathers and retreated to the catacombs of Kinnick after a second straight loss. We are still in this contest ... statistically at least ... but things are not looking as bright as they were before the Cy-Hawk victory. Next week at Michigan State ... ESPN2.
Indiana also recorded their second loss and maybe a lot more ... double-threat QB Kellen Lewis left the game with an injury. Next Saturday, the Hoosiers travel to Minnesota to battle with the dome-dwelling Golden Gophers.
Wisconsin lost to Michigan in thrilling fashion [their last-minute, game-tying two-point conversion was called back on a procedural yellow flag]. It seems that Coach Bielema's Hawkeye tattoo got the best of him ... the Badgers mirrored the Iowa game plan of falling asleep in the second half, giving the Wolverine nation some hope and a .500 record. Wisconsin has a tough stretch ahead ... Ohio State, Penn State, Iowa and Illinois in the next four weeks ... and the biggest competition [IOWA] is a road game.
Purdue did not face a Big10 opponent but racked up a second loss by going down to he Fighting Irish. Conference play begins next week for the Boilermakers. See below ...
Penn State ... the only GCC-team with a W this weekend. And what a win it was ... I swear we could hear the student section out here in the boonies. While the national champion talk may be a bit premature, the Nittany Lions look like the real deal. They can now be officially certified as a high-powered offense after passing the Illini test with flying colors. How about that Derrick Williams guy?! Next week, JoePa and the boys take the show on the road for their next test ... an away game in West Lafayette.
No G-C Cup standings?
I'll lend a hand:
[1] PSU 1-0/5-0 clearly the best of the bunch so far.
[2] OSU 1-0/4-1 not eligible, but worth paying attention to.
[3] Purdue 0-0/2-2 still undefeated in bigten play.
[4] Wisconsin 0-1/3-1 poor bucky.
[5] Iowa 0-1/3-2 at least they beat iowa state.
[6] Indiana 0-1/2-2 not too soon to think about bball season.
That Hawkeye loss to Pitt is looking a little better today!
The Panthers traveled to the sunshine state and
knocked-off #10 South Florida last night.
Now if Northwestern keeps winning, Iowa might not look
so terrible for having lost back-to-back to those cats.