Possibly Highest Praise Ever

[GlideCat]

This article is about potential upsets next year in the B1G West. We are on the list as a team that might be upset by Iowa. We are now on the other side of the upset predictions.

Movin' on up.

http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/142427/upset-alerts-for-big-ten-west

 

[FloridAlum]

Iowa fans will not like reading that, but I don't think it was a shock. I expect to be favored against them at home. In fact, I expect to be favored in nine games this year if we are playing reasonably well. I think we will be an underdog against Penn State, Wisconsin and Nebraska.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Hayden Fry just rolled over in his pink-walled grave.

 

[gocatsgo2003]

Iowa fans will not like reading that, but I don't think it was a shock. I expect to be favored against them at home. In fact, I expect to be favored in nine games this year if we are playing reasonably well. I think we will be an underdog against Penn State, Wisconsin and Nebraska.

I'm not 100% sold on Nebraska either.

 

[NJCat]

Hayden Fry just rolled over in his pink-walled grave.

Just hope we don't hurt any of his boys.....

 

[FloridAlum]

I'm not 100% sold on Nebraska either.

I'm not either but Nebraska usually gets the benefit of the doubt, and it is a home game for them.

 

[NURoseBowl]

I'm not 100% sold on Nebraska either.

Agree with you and FloridAlum, GCG. That should be a terrific game; I'm very much looking forward to the trip.

 

[phatcat]

Well I shared that link at lightning speed

Below that article on June 1 they peg our over under at 7 and Iowa 6.5. Not much of an upset

 

[NURoseBowl]

Well I shared that link at lightning speed

Below that article on June 1 they peg our over under at 7 and Iowa 6.5. Not much of an upset

7 is too low. Book it.

 

[FloridAlum]

7 is too low. Book it.

Agreed. I think 8

 

[D_C_B]

This article is about potential upsets next year in the B1G West. We are on the list as a team that might be upset by Iowa. We are now on the other side of the upset predictions.

Movin' on up.

http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/142427/upset-alerts-for-big-ten-west

Wait 'till next year when somebody ranks Notre Bleeping Dame as "an upset special" candidate against us!!

 

[Mr Wickerpark]

I'm not 100% sold on Nebraska either.

They probably have better talent than us but we should have opportunity.

 

[gocatsgo2003]

They probably have better talent than us but we should have opportunity.

Not so sure about that either.

 

[GlideCat]

Not so sure about that either.

Okay... Iowa as an underdog with upset hopes I saw as a positive. Michigan State as an underdog to us is also positive. Saying that Purdue's best chance at an upset is us kind of ticked me off.

http://btn.com/2017/06/21/dienhart-every-big-ten-teams-best-chance-to-pull-an-upset/?ref=yfp

 

[gocatsgo2003]

Okay... Iowa as an underdog with upset hopes I saw as a positive. Michigan State as an underdog to us is also positive. Saying that Purdue's best chance at an upset is us kind of ticked me off.

http://btn.com/2017/06/21/dienhart-every-big-ten-teams-best-chance-to-pull-an-upset/?ref=yfp

I still don't see how NU beating UNL would be an upset.

 

[NJCat]

I still don't see how NU beating UNL would be an upset.

There would be about 77,000 people in Lincoln who'd be upset though.....

 

[GlideCat]

There would be about 77,000 people in Lincoln who'd be upset though.....

They might be getting used to it by now.

 

[gocatsgo2003]

There would be about 77,000 people in Lincoln who'd be upset though.....

They're used to it by now.

 

[gocatsgo2003]

They might be getting used to it by now.

JINX!!!

 

[GlideCat]

They're used to it by now.

Great minds think alike... and I guess ours do, too.

 

[eastbaycat99]

He has an interesting distribution of upset victims:
The Cats, MSU and UNL are each the potential victim 3 times; Minnesota, PSU, OSU and Michigan are one time each, with the 14th out of conference Oregon.
If any of the "3" teams loses the first two, I would think the third would cease to be an upset!

Wisconsin escapes his crystal ball of disappointment. If I were writing the article, I think I would have written up UNL to upset Wisconsin, both to keep it all in-conference, but also because the Badgers have to go to Lincoln the week after playing the Cats to start conference play.