Hawk fans are stupid so if they ***** about it consider it an endorsement.
Minnesota & Fleck
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I would say Purdue and Wisconsin are pretty big wins. Minny beat Wisconsin for the first time in 15 years, and Purdue has beaten Iowa 2 years in a row. I wish we could say that.
1.) I've been told for years by TOE fans that recruiting rankings don't matter.
2.) EABOD
Purdue ended the year with 6 wins (even if two were against Iowa and OSU). They also got absolutely embarrassed in their bowl game against Auburn 63-14. The year before that they won 7 games and did not have one ranked victory. Wisconsin last year also did not have a ranked victory and their best win was Iowa and Iowa choked at the end.
Did Hayden Fry run over your dog when you were a kid or something?
You made the claim that Phil Fleck was bringing in some "real talent". What are you basing that off of?
Fleck's last two classes have literally been on par with Iowa's... Take a closer look at his classes he is bringing in kids that other P5 schools want. He hasn't had any big fish that inflate the total rankings but he also doesn't fill out his classes with low level two stars either All things considered he has the talent to compete, especially in the West with that weak a** crossover schedule.
Outside of Wisconsin last year, Minnesota hasn't recorded a marquee win in nearly a decade. I think the last time they beat a top-10 team was Penn State in the late '90s.
Yeah, it's even worse than I thought. Since 2010 Minnesota is 3-26 against teams that were ranked in the AP top 25. Their wins were against #24 Iowa, #24 Nebraska, and #23 Nebraska.
Minneapolis is a nice city, but not nearly as great as they make it out to be. It's not NYC or Paris or London or San Francisco.
This was precisely my point. Since 2006, Minnesota has three victories against ranked teams, Iowa was one of them and then two came against Nebraska when Nebraska just entered the conference . In 2005, Minnesota beat two ranked opponents #11 Purdue and #21 Michigan. Purdue ended with a record of 5-6 and Michigan 7-5, so even those teams they beat were not stellar.
Can Confirm: Minneapolis isn't on the same level as Paris, London or New York
I live in the cities and I think they win the West. Yeah I might be crazy but they have gotten better each year under Fleck and the west is meh and last year MN had the youngest team in the country. I think they'll surprise some people.
Actually, Minneapolis is a fantastic city.
Sounds like another B1G school I know, and it's not Nebraska.
