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<DIV>I don’t think Illinois was going to get in regardless of their loss
today. It boils down to Iowa and Michigan for the 7th team from the B1G to
get a bid. If Nebraska can beat the Wolverines, and the Hawkeyes take care
of business on seniors day at Carver, it will be real interesting. It will
depend on who performs best in the BTT. If either team is one and done,
they are out. If both go one and done, then it’s really interesting.
If one of them has a good showing, then they will probably get the bid to The
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<DIV>So, assuming the Cornhuskers can beat Michigan tomorrow night, and Iowa
wins tomorrow, Iowa finishes the conference with a 10-8 record and Michigan will
be 9-9. Iowa beat Michigan in their only game. But if it comes down to
these 2 teams for a bid and the difference is 2 more wins by Michigan for their
overall record (which they have now), I guess the committee will consider
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<DIV>1. Both teams have several quality wins.</DIV>
<DIV>2. Head to head game – Iowa wins at home in OT</DIV>
<DIV>3. Cook out of action due to injury for seven games</DIV>
<DIV>4. Strength of schedule – Michigan had a tougher non-conference
schedule, and went 10-3. Definite edge to the Wolverines. </DIV>
<DIV>5. Iowa has more bad losses.</DIV>
<DIV>6. How are they playing lately? Michigan has the edge, 5-2 last
7, while Iowa is 4-3. Both teams have a pair of QWs in that stretch.
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<DIV>I guess the best thing for Iowa would be to beat Penn State tomorrow and
play a game a week later – on Sunday in the BTT – and win.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dennis v.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=steve@somermeyer.com
href="mailto:steve@somermeyer.com">Stephen Somermeyer</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 04, 2017 5:57 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=herky@lists.herky.net
href="mailto:herky@lists.herky.net">herky@lists.herky.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Herky] NFL Combine</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr class=qtdSeparateBR>On another note, Illini got beat by Rutgers
today which really damaged their NCAA hopes and help the Hawkeyes if they can
beat Penn. St. tomorrow. Several of the bracket 'experts' seem to think if
Iowa can beat Nittany Lions and win 1 in the Big Ten Tourney, they'd get an
invite. I've been really impressed at the perseverance and the team
defense over the last several game. Getting hot at the right time.
Hope it continues tomorrow!</DIV>
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Hawks!!<BR></DIV>
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