Greetings from the Windy City
Posted on July 27th, 2009 – 8:39 AMBy Kent Youngblood
I’m in Chicago for the annual Big Ten Conference pre-season media days. With all the coaches and selected players getting ready to talk at some length about the upcoming season, here’s a look at how the collected media views 2009 football.
There aren’t a lot of surprises.
In a vote of attending media, Ohio State has been chosen the preseason favorite to win the conference title, followed by Penn State and Michigan State.
So it should come as no surprise that the media also chose quarterback Terrelle Pryor the preseason offensive player of the year. Michigan State linebacker Greg Jones was chosen the preseason defensive player of the year.
OSU is entering the season looking for a fifth straight title after finighing 10-3 overall last season and tying Penn State for the title with a 7-1 mark. Ohio State returns 12 starters from a year ago.
Ohio State and Penn State return two of the most productive quarterbacks from last season in Pryor and Daryll Clark.
It’s just my opinion, but the pick of MSU for third place seems odd. Last year the Spartans rode Javon Ringer to success, and now he’s gone. But they did finish 6-2 in conference play last year, appearing in a second consecutive bowl for the first time since 1997. they also have 15 starters back, eight on defense. That includes Jones, who finished with 127 tackles last season. he was a first-team all-conference.
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Michigan State linebacker Greg Jones was chosen the preseason defensive player of the year.
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Wasn’t Greg Jones committed to the Gophers before you know who showed up???????????
There was another player committed to Minnesota who switched to Michigan State after Mason was fired. Andre Anderson was his name and he will be the starting tailback for the Spartans. After he leads the conference in rushing this year, that will give you Brewster-bashers even more ammo to dump on him.
Garrick says:
July 27th, 2009 at 9:46 am
There was another player committed to Minnesota who switched to Michigan State after Mason was fired. Andre Anderson was his name and he will be the starting tailback for the Spartans. After he leads the conference in rushing this year, that will give you Brewster-bashers even more ammo to dump on him.
clint, is that you?
How can this be? Two studs brewster couldn’t hold after they were landed by Mason? Nonsense, everyone knows Mason can’t recruit and brewster gets whoever he wants.
It’s amazing the morons that come to this blog. It’s pathetic the same people actually spend rhat much time on something they aren’t fans of. Get a life.
Recruiting says:
July 27th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Michigan State linebacker Greg Jones was chosen the preseason defensive player of the year.
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Wasn’t Greg Jones committed to the Gophers before you know who showed up???????????
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Come on Recruiting! You can say it! It is not a four letter word or can’t you count that high.
Your Coach Is An Asshole Guys says:
July 27th, 2009 at 10:58 am
“Toon is the best wr in college football?” give me a fuuking break losers.
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Fixed your post for you.
Curious George says:
July 27th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Recruiting says:
July 27th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Michigan State linebacker Greg Jones was chosen the preseason defensive player of the year.
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Wasn’t Greg Jones committed to the Gophers before you know who showed up???????????
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Come on Recruiting! You can say it! It is not a four letter word or can’t you count that high.
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Funny how the trolls left out facts like both decommitted before Brewster was even hired.
Derek - Is there contest here to see who can tell the most lies? If there is, it seems to me that a lot of people are really trying hard to win it. Since you have pointed out a lot of them, who is ahead?
Pretty soon Sid Hartmann will say something like this: The gophers under Brewster will have a good chance to win the Big Ten Championship if football this fall.
The truth is they will be lucky to finish anywhere higher than 5th or 6th place in the Big Ten.
Mike says:
July 27th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Pretty soon Sid Hartmann will say something like this: The gophers under Brewster will have a good chance to win the Big Ten Championship if football this fall.
The truth is they will be lucky to finish anywhere higher than 5th or 6th place in the Big Ten.
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Most places have tabbed us 7th to 9th.
Mason Guy says:
July 27th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Mike says:
July 27th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Pretty soon Sid Hartmann will say something like this: The gophers under Brewster will have a good chance to win the Big Ten Championship if football this fall.
The truth is they will be lucky to finish anywhere higher than 5th or 6th place in the Big Ten.
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Most places have tabbed us 7th to 9th.
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Considering that had us at 10th last year and ended up tied for 6th, I’d say 7th to 9th is respectable. Wisconsin was picked 3rd last year. How’d that work out??
Wisconsin gets far too much respect. Their only hope is that Wofford is having a down year.
We’re all holding our breath waiting in anticipation of what “Blackie” might blurt out tomorrow (”Bowl Bound” right?) Here are my $.02 predictions, Big 10, Overall:
PS 7-1, 11-1
OS 7-1, 10-2
MI 7-1, 10-2
IA 6-2, 10-2
IL 4-4, 8-4
MN 4-4, 6-6
WI 3-5, 6-6
MS 2-6, 5-7
PU 2-6, 4-8
IN 0-8, 3-9
That’s 42 and 38 with NU not on the board. I guess they must go 2-6? Seems harsh.
Derek - Just stop posting! You are a foul mouthed, ignorant punk that adds nothing.
Mason Guy - Glen Mason did an outstanding job for the University of Minnesota. He has been gone for 3 years. Get over it!
Mike - Are you for anyone or just hate life so much that you don’t support, or understand anything?
ReScooter, Glen Livet, Curious George - I do not always agree with you, but at least you have intelligence and thought behind what you post.
Fans hope that their teams do well. Coach Brewster is aware that he is fast approaching the put-up or shut-up point. My concerns are over the shuffle in Coordinators and coaches since he arrived. Maturi was wise for not talking about an extension until after this season.
Another $0.02…
PSU 7-1, 11-1
OSU 6-2, 9-3
IA 6-2 9-3
MN 5-3 8-4
MS 5-3 8-4
MI 4-4 6-6
NU 4-4 6-6
WI 3-5 5-7
IL 3-5 5-7
PU 2-6 4-8
IN 0-8 3-9
Glen…Where do you see NU?
Hey Erik847…Spot-on with the posters comments. Why do the jerks even come here except to show their stupidty and to get a charge out of wizing on legs and telling people it’s rain! I think Northwestern will be higher and maybe Illinois. The Gophers will surprise a lot of people with that season, if they make it. The potential is there, but who knows? I agree that the pressure is on the Brew Crew this year.
Erik847 - You are just like my son Erik, direct and to the point. He is a very good commercial pilot but he doesn’t flow 847s not even 747s.
Erik847 - You are just like my son Erik, direct and to the point. He is a very good commercial pilot but he doesn’t fly 847s not even 747s.
(He is lousy at flowing).
PS Erik847,
Do you take it up the stinky hole like my son? Wish I could break him of that..have tried everything. Any suggestions out there?
Erik847 - As you can see by the above posting we have a several children posting here. They must think that they are back in 8th grade. You have to be pretty immature if you think that is clever.
If you guys are going to make predictions about the up coming Big Ten season, here is a hint: The number of games won will be exactly equal to the number of games lost.
44 wins will be balanced by 44 losses. If a particular team wins seven games, the other teams will have lost those seven games.
(Once a teacher, always a teacher.)
Or, Erik847, you can do the mature thing like me and hangout all day on message boards while real men work!
Coach Brewster is going in the right direction with the team. Hopefully his recruits will pan out this year and in the future. We have to be excited about opportunities to play against some big name teams in upcoming years during nonconference play (even if we may not stand much of a chance in some of the games.)
As for the record for this year, let’s hope Brewster can keep improving like he did from his first year (1-11) to his second year (7-6). The big thing is to have a winning record in the big ten.
Iowa is going to punish you again this year and nothing can stop it.
Erik: Of all the people to single out Derek? Mike? I’ll be quite happy if Minn finishes 5-3 in BT play.
rat fans are the stupidest on God’s Green Earth. They should all be put in the ’showers.’
Interesting about top 3 but would have been more interesting to know where MN ranked.
Last, Tom.
Welter proves once again how ignorant our friends to the south are.
Some fans who say they are iowa fans really suck. Some fans who say they are Minnesota fans really suck. Some fans who say they are wisky fans really suck. Some fans really suck
It sucks to lose Big Ten football games and that’s the bottom line. It sucks when fans aren’t honest about what is happening.
As Minnesota fans, let’s hope for the best and if we don’t get the best let’s have the courage to say: …this sucks…”
No stinking iowa or wisky fan can do anything to help or hurt Minnesota. And no Minnesota fans can do anything to help or hurt iowa or wisky.
There is a certain amount of “it sucks…” to be the fan of any Big Ten football team…or any major conference football team.
The nfl just plain sucks all the time. Run the vikings and this wilf out of town! Never build them a stadium.
Sometimes that’s just the way things are. So, you iowa/wisky people can go jump in a lake. Sometimes you and your teams suck. Sometimes some Minnesota fans suck.
On the other hand…think of how much it would suck if we didn’t have border battle foes in the Big Ten that just plain suck! Life would be pretty boring. That would really suck…
I’m just kidding about everything other than the fact that we should NEVER build the vikings a stadium!
; 0 )
Curious George says:
July 27th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Derek - Is there contest here to see who can tell the most lies? If there is, it seems to me that a lot of people are really trying hard to win it. Since you have pointed out a lot of them, who is ahead?
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It’s hard to say since PH and Bud change screen names non stop. Bayfield has busted Bud on several occasions though, so lets give Bud the lead.
Erik847 says:
July 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Derek - Just stop posting! You are a foul mouthed, ignorant punk that adds nothing.
Mason Guy - Glen Mason did an outstanding job for the University of Minnesota. He has been gone for 3 years. Get over it!
Mike - Are you for anyone or just hate life so much that you don’t support, or understand anything?
ReScooter, Glen Livet, Curious George - I do not always agree with you, but at least you have intelligence and thought behind what you post.
Fans hope that their teams do well. Coach Brewster is aware that he is fast approaching the put-up or shut-up point. My concerns are over the shuffle in Coordinators and coaches since he arrived. Maturi was wise for not talking about an extension until after this season.
Another $0.02…
PSU 7-1, 11-1
OSU 6-2, 9-3
IA 6-2 9-3
MN 5-3 8-4
MS 5-3 8-4
MI 4-4 6-6
NU 4-4 6-6
WI 3-5 5-7
IL 3-5 5-7
PU 2-6 4-8
IN 0-8 3-9
Glen…Where do you see NU?
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LMAOR, poor Erik. You sound alot like antihole, I wonder why?
I guess I’m sorry, I didn’t realize making fun of trolls was so offensive. If you ask other regulars here I’ve added plenty to the conversation in the past. Now then, why don’t you add something constructive….
Erik847 says:
July 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Derek - Just stop posting! You are a foul mouthed, ignorant punk that adds nothing.
Mason Guy - Glen Mason did an outstanding job for the University of Minnesota. He has been gone for 3 years. Get over it!
Mike - Are you for anyone or just hate life so much that you don’t support, or understand anything?
ReScooter, Glen Livet, Curious George - I do not always agree with you, but at least you have intelligence and thought behind what you post.
Fans hope that their teams do well. Coach Brewster is aware that he is fast approaching the put-up or shut-up point. My concerns are over the shuffle in Coordinators and coaches since he arrived. Maturi was wise for not talking about an extension until after this season.
Another $0.02…
PSU 7-1, 11-1
OSU 6-2, 9-3
IA 6-2 9-3
MN 5-3 8-4
MS 5-3 8-4
MI 4-4 6-6
NU 4-4 6-6
WI 3-5 5-7
IL 3-5 5-7
PU 2-6 4-8
IN 0-8 3-9
Glen…Where do you see NU?
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If you are going to call people out like an ass, you may want your numbers to add up.
Welter says:
July 27th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
rat fans are the stupidest on God’s Green Earth. They should all be put in the ’showers.’
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Is that like two pigeon fans in a stall?
NYC says:
July 27th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Erik: Of all the people to single out Derek? Mike? I’ll be quite happy if Minn finishes 5-3 in BT play.
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Thanks NYC.
I’ll be very happy as well with a 5-3 conference record. We need the Oline to improve alot, and McKinley and friends to get to the QB for us to have a shot at 5-3. I’m still going with 7-5, 4-4. 3-1 at home in conference and 1-3 on the road.
David Gillreth was also committed for Mason, but that’s how it goes when there’s a coaching change people leave because they don’t want to come into an unstable program. Happens everywhere there’s a coaching change, even this year we lost guys when the defensive coordinator left for Auburn, it sucks, but it’s part of the game
I am calling it now Gophers football team goes 9-3 overall, 6-2 Conf. and finally plays in a New Year’s Bowl game! They have a star QB and a backup who is a dual threat just in case Weber goes down and do not forget about the All-American WR #7, lookout this team can outscore most opponents and if the Defense is average in the Big 10 I guarantee a winning conference record.
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