How many wins for B1G football in Week 1 of the 2015 season?

I'm going with 11 wins. Call me crazy, but I think Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Northwestern all pull off upsets, the Big Ten loses to the Utah schools, and Purdue loses to Marshall.

Michigan @ Utah - Sept 3 at 8:30 PM
TCU @ Minnesota - Sept 3 at 9:00 PM
Michigan State @ Western Michigan - Sept 4 at 7:00 PM
Kent State @ Illinois - Sept 4 at 9:00 PM
Illinois State @ Iowa - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Richmond @ Maryland - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Norfolk State @ Rutgers - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Stanford @ Northwestern - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Penn State @ Temple - Sept 5 at 3:30 PM
BYU @ Nebraska - Sept 5 at 3:30 PM
Southern Illinois @ Indiana - Sept 5 at 4:00 PM
Wisconsin vs. Alabama - Sept 5 at 8:00 PM
Purdue @ Marshall - Sept 6 at 3:00 PM
Ohio State @ Virginia Tech - Sept 7 at 8:00 PM

0 isn't an option either because MSU is beating Western.

11.

Wins: Michigan, MSU, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Rutgers, Northwestern, PSU, Nebraska, Indiana, OSU.

Throw it all on a parlay and send me a check for 10% of your winnings. You're welcome.

Wait. I voted before looking at the schedule. Can I change my vote?

Wins: MSU, scUM (god I hate them so much for what they did), Minnesota, OSU, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Rutgers, Penn State, Nebraska, Ohio State

so 11.

Giant Moose wrote:I'm going with 11 wins. Call me crazy, but I think Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Northwestern all pull off upsets, the Big Ten loses to the Utah schools, and Purdue loses to Marshall.

Michigan @ Utah - Sept 3 at 8:30 PM
TCU @ Minnesota - Sept 3 at 9:00 PM
Michigan State @ Western Michigan - Sept 4 at 7:00 PM
Kent State @ Illinois - Sept 4 at 9:00 PM
Illinois State @ Iowa - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Richmond @ Maryland - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Norfolk State @ Rutgers - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Stanford @ Northwestern - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Penn State @ Temple - Sept 5 at 3:30 PM
BYU @ Nebraska - Sept 5 at 3:30 PM
Southern Illinois @ Indiana - Sept 5 at 4:00 PM
Wisconsin vs. Alabama - Sept 5 at 8:00 PM
Purdue @ Marshall - Sept 6 at 3:00 PM
Ohio State @ Virginia Tech - Sept 7 at 8:00 PM

I don't see Wisconsin and Northwestern pulling off those upsets. Minnesota, definitely.

I went with 10 wins.

MSU, Iowa, MD, Rutgers, Northwestern, PSU, Neb, IU, PU and OSU.
Losses - Minny, um, Illinois, Wisky

Did Illinois win 6 last year? I might change my vote.

Michigan @ Utah - Sept 3 at 8:30 PM
TCU @ Minnesota - Sept 3 at 9:00 PM
Michigan State @ Western Michigan - Sept 4 at 7:00 PM
Kent State @ Illinois - Sept 4 at 9:00 PM
Illinois State @ Iowa - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Richmond @ Maryland - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Norfolk State @ Rutgers - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Stanford @ Northwestern - Sept 5 at 12:00 PM
Penn State @ Temple - Sept 5 at 3:30 PM
BYU @ Nebraska - Sept 5 at 3:30 PM
Southern Illinois @ Indiana - Sept 5 at 4:00 PM
Wisconsin vs. Alabama - Sept 5 at 8:00 PM
Purdue @ Marshall - Sept 6 at 3:00 PM
Ohio State @ Virginia Tech - Sept 7 at 8:00 PM

9 wins

If Minnesota beats TCU and State loses to Oregon, I might commit suicide.

The Ingenious Gentleman wrote:If Minnesota beats TCU and State loses to Oregon, I might commit suicide.

Why does Minny winning have anything to do with it?

Ass Dan wrote:

The Ingenious Gentleman wrote:If Minnesota beats TCU and State loses to Oregon, I might commit suicide.

Why does Minny winning have anything to do with it?

Minny is unranked and playing at home against preseason #3.
MSU is ranked 5 or 6, playing at home against preseason #5 or 6.

Minny winning and MSU losing 'shouldn't' happen.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:I don't see Wisconsin and Northwestern pulling off those upsets. Minnesota, definitely.

I said say to call me crazy, but I do genuinely think that Alabama is vulnerable this year. The Badgers could pull it off, but it's probably my least confident pick.

I think Northwestern-Stanford will be a great game barely won by Northwestern like how they won the Notre Dame game last year.

I don't trust Wisconsin in any marquee non conference game, have they played anyone lately that wasn't a cupcake? Give me Saban in that one, easy.

InTenSity wrote:

Ass Dan wrote:

Why does Minny winning have anything to do with it?

Minny is unranked and playing at home against preseason #3.
MSU is ranked 5 or 6, playing at home against preseason #5 or 6.

Minny winning and MSU losing 'shouldn't' happen.

Agree with you there, but I just don't think TCU has shown that they are all that good in true road games.

They struggled in their two road games outside of the state of Texas last year, barely beating Kansas and West Virginia.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I don't trust Wisconsin in any marquee non conference game, have they played anyone lately that wasn't a cupcake? Give me Saban in that one, easy.

They did play LSU last year and should have won that game if they didn't fall apart late.

Giant Moose wrote:

InTenSity wrote:
Minny is unranked and playing at home against preseason #3.
MSU is ranked 5 or 6, playing at home against preseason #5 or 6.

Minny winning and MSU losing 'shouldn't' happen.

Agree with you there, but I just don't think TCU has shown that they are all that good in true road games.

They struggled in their two road games outside of the state of Texas last year, barely beating Kansas and West Virginia.

They also blew out Miss St. 42-3 in the Orange Bowl last year. I know it is more of a neutral site, and the whole SEC West is questionable, but I think that is where its coming from. Also, and holy shit! their lowest scoring game last year was 30 points. They beat Minny 30-7, which was also their lowest scoring game. I think that Minny will cover the spread, I'm not so confident they will win.

InTenSity wrote:

Giant Moose wrote:
Agree with you there, but I just don't think TCU has shown that they are all that good in true road games.

They struggled in their two road games outside of the state of Texas last year, barely beating Kansas and West Virginia.

They also blew out Miss St. 42-3 in the Orange Bowl last year. I know it is more of a neutral site, and the whole SEC West is questionable, but I think that is where its coming from. Also, and holy shit! their lowest scoring game last year was 30 points. They beat Minny 30-7, which was also their lowest scoring game. I think that Minny will cover the spread, I'm not so confident they will win.

Let's see how they do at night in Minnesota away from their warm Texas. I just wish the game was later in September so it could be even colder for them.

Where's the option for Threeve? I can't vote if there's no Threeve.

Ass Dan wrote:

The Ingenious Gentleman wrote:If Minnesota beats TCU and State loses to Oregon, I might commit suicide.

Why does Minny winning have anything to do with it?

Because with a TCU loss and MSU victory we probably immediately jump up to #2, but if both lose, we probably drop below TCU in the rankings and have to play catch up.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I don't trust Wisconsin in any marquee non conference game, have they played anyone lately that wasn't a cupcake? Give me Saban in that one, easy.

Exactly this. Also, after the way Urbs manhandled the Badgers I predict Alabama to do about the same level of damage to the Badgers. Badgers play in the fraud B1G West. They are a weak team and program.

8. Minnesota is going to get trucked. So is Wisconsin.

This reminds me, who's doing the tracking for the pick' em this year? I haven't seen that SpartanGuard girl post in a while.

Or we can do something through a website? Is that out there?

9. I think while Wisconsin gets the upset...Iowa gets upset as well. TCU will skullfuck Minnesota, and Stanford will grind down Northwestern. Nebraska will lose to BYU with Taysom Hill, especially with their stud returner/WR out. Purdue loses to Marshall.

I think Harbaugh pulls off a win week 1 though. And the hype is going to be sickening.