by Sean Szymczak 1) Michigan (1-0, 0-0 B1G) Previous ranking: 1 Week 1 result: W 30-3 vs East Carolina I have a feeling there will be a lot of shuffling between Michigan, Penn State, & Ohio State this season depending on when teams have good/bad games. Michigan didn’t look particularly impressive in their win over…
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Big Ten Football Power Rankings: Week 1
The Big Ten football season finally gets kicked off tonight when Nebraska heads north to face off against Minnesota. Before the season officially gets underway, we have to finalize the final power rankings of the off-season. Our Big Ten Tiers can further break down where each team stands heading into 2023. note: the “previous ranking”…
The Floor Slap’s Big Ten Betting Guide – Week 1
by Jordan Beckley and Sean Szymczak Congratulations!!! We made it through the offseason. Week 0 has come and went and – despite the less than stellar slate – we were reminded of two things. One, how great it is to be spending Saturday watching a game on a couch or a barstool. The second lesson…
2023 Conference Championships, College Football Playoff Predictions
by Sean Szymczak Conference Championships Big Ten Championship: Penn State (11-1) vs Iowa (9-3) I’m picking Penn State to come out of the Big Ten East for two main reasons. I can’t trust Ohio State to beat Michigan this year, and I don’t like that Michigan’s three hardest games of the year are stacked at…
Predicting Every Big Ten Award Winner, Stat Leader in 2023
by Sean Szymczak Big Ten football returns in just a few short days. Before the season kicks off, The Floor Slap predicts which player will win every award and who will lead the confrerence in every statistic in 2023. Award Winners The Chicago Tribune Silver Football: Marvin Harrison Jr (Ohio State) Marvin Harrison and Caleb…
Jerome Tang and Kansas State Want a Seat at the Table
by Jordan Beckley Jerome Tang passed all the tests in Year 1. After a rough ending to the Bruce Weber era, Kansas State turned to Jerome Tang and hired him to be a head coach for the first time at the collegiate level. Tang left his National Title winning associate head coaching job at Baylor…
2023 College Football Preseason Top 25
by Sean Szymczak Let me start by saying that preseason polls are stupid. They try to create narratives around teams that are often inaccurate or based solely on opinion. Perceptions of teams are often built from preseason expectations, muddying how we evaluate teams and quality of wins & losses. This can be harmful to schools…
2023 Big Ten Football Projected Standings
by Sean Szymczak The race for the 2023 Big Ten Championship should be one of the most competitive conference races in all of college football. The Big Ten East is the best division in the country with Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State all thinking CFP. Maryland looks to take another step under Mike Locksley…
Observations from all 7 Big Ten Foreign Tours
by Jordan Beckley Foreign tours offer a glimpse of what is to come for the next season in college basketball. Sometimes it can provide hints for breakout players, starting lineups and even play style changes. Often the foreign tour games mean nothing! Let’s breakdown what we saw from the 7 Big Ten Teams overseas even…
Mick Cronin is Going Abroad
by Jordan Beckley Mick Cronin has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success in his first four years at UCLA. With the core he built his early success on all gone, Mick is following a rival coach’s strategy in an attempt to continue winning in Westwood. Conference Realignment has shaken up the College sporting world. While…