I am Magglio Merkin. CGB asked me to chime in on the BigTen, Michigan Athletics or basically anything on his blog. I usually curse often, but I will try to hold back until I get the lay of the land. I don’t want to come off as an asshole. Let me know what you think in the comments. kthankbai.

1.Will Rich Rodriguez turn it around at Michigan in year two?

Good God I hope so. I have never known how long the off season is when you don’t make a bowl game. 1999 must have really sucked for the buckeye faithful.

2. Is Juice Williams going to do something, anything in ‘09?

When the Juice is on it is spectacular. I think the team will be decent. They lost some talent at wideout, but Juice is a special player if he can gain consistency.

3. What’s the final score of tOSU v USC?

Unfortunately this will not be another 35-3 satchel pounding. The buckeyes will be more mature at QB and they tend to reload at RB and LB so those key off season losses may not be as important as they seem. TP will pressure the defense and open it up for heir apparent Brandon Saine. I fear the young QB USC is going to run out there may be a bit intimidated in the shoe. USC goes down fighting 24-21.

4. Is Danny Hope going to turn around Purdue?

Has anybody “turned around” Purdue in the history of ever? On the other hand the guy could go 5-7 and it would be considered a turn around… so… no.

5. Will he put on 200lbs to complete the Joe Tiller impersonation.

There is nothing more salty and fat than a depressed Midwesterner throwing on pounds in the dead of winter after losing twice as many games as they win. Absolutely.

6. Will Wisconsin start fast and die slow?

I don’t see Wisconsin starting fast or dying slow. They will start slow and die fast. That line is looking weak as all hell this season and, shit, we beat them last year so they have to suck right?

7. Is Terrelle Pryor ready to become the big man on campus?

Eff him. Yes, eff him, he is. Eff him, he is a solid QB, eff him. And eff him, he is going to be a menace, eff him for two more years, eff him, in the Big Ten, eff him.

8. The Heather Dinich Bowl, Indiana @ Virginia, who wins it?

I googled Heather Dinich and this came up:

followed by this:

There is a Seinfeld “she only looks good in certain lighting” joke in there somewhere. I am going withVirginia becauseIndiana seriously sucks at football. At leastVirginia has not sucked in the recent past.

9. Will Northwestern be able to fill C.J. Bacher’s shoes?

Uhhh…2009 stats: 60% completion percentage, 17 passing TDs, 14 INTs. I hope so, but we are talking about the purple Wildcats here. No.

10. Will TCF Bank Stadium raise Minnesota’s profile?

I think so. The dome was a curse and really elevated the risk of injury to their players. I think they will get better recruits in the new digs, but they had better reel in Seantrel Henderson (2010 National #1 overall recruit from Minnesota) or else they are in trouble. If you can’t sell a home grown kid on that new stadium in year one then you have issues a new stadium isn’t going to change.

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