We have a more favorable schedule than what we have had for a while. Wisconsin will obviously be the favorite this year again to win the West division, but could this be the year that we turn it around and challenge for the West Title?
We do have to go to Wisconsin this year. We also have to go to Minnesota, where we got robbed a couple of years ago. However, we have one of the Big Ten's best QBs. Our OL should be the best that we have had for a while. We don't have a true #1 WR this year, which is different for us, because it has been Moore or Bell over the last 4 years. I know people will say Thompson, but he is coming off knee surgery, so it could take him a while to get back into the swing of it. We do have exciting transfers to work with. a couple from our most hated rival. Our running game will not be a strength, but it has to be better than what it has been.
We did lose Karlaftis, so our top QB rusher is gone. However, the secondary has more experience on it than we have had for a while. It would be nice to have Trice back to full strength after losing him for the 2021 season. I have not heard how he is progressing. Anyone heard anything? Even though we don't have Karlaftis, our DL should be more experienced and have more depth than we have had for a while too. LB still has a few question marks on it, but I think we can get those figured out.
Barring injuries, which of course can affect any team, I think we have a legitimate shot this year of breaking through in representing the West in the BT Title game. It really come down to whether we can finally break "The Curse" that has gone on for way too many years.
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We do have to go to Wisconsin this year. We also have to go to Minnesota, where we got robbed a couple of years ago. However, we have one of the Big Ten's best QBs. Our OL should be the best that we have had for a while. We don't have a true #1 WR this year, which is different for us, because it has been Moore or Bell over the last 4 years. I know people will say Thompson, but he is coming off knee surgery, so it could take him a while to get back into the swing of it. We do have exciting transfers to work with. a couple from our most hated rival. Our running game will not be a strength, but it has to be better than what it has been.
We did lose Karlaftis, so our top QB rusher is gone. However, the secondary has more experience on it than we have had for a while. It would be nice to have Trice back to full strength after losing him for the 2021 season. I have not heard how he is progressing. Anyone heard anything? Even though we don't have Karlaftis, our DL should be more experienced and have more depth than we have had for a while too. LB still has a few question marks on it, but I think we can get those figured out.
Barring injuries, which of course can affect any team, I think we have a legitimate shot this year of breaking through in representing the West in the BT Title game. It really come down to whether we can finally break "The Curse" that has gone on for way too many years.
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