OFFICIAL BIG 10 XC 2014

The blue machine will run all over Wisconsin and Indiana. Ferlic FTW

Every year there is talk of Wisconsin losing and with the only exception being last year whne they seriously did not have enough talent, they come through.

Better race to watch may be who will be last?

Nebraska, Ohio State?

Ohio state is that bad? What kind of times do you think are needed to walk on? However, I don't think they'll be last, Nebraska or Iowa maybe

1. Indiana 2. Michigan 3. Wisconsin 4. Penn state 5. Michigan state

Agree with above.

Although Iowa or Minnesota may sneak up.

Also

11) Nebraska 12) Maryland 13) Rutgers (if they even show up)

I also agree with two above me

Maryland is a top 10 team. How can someone finish 12th in the Big 10?

Wisconsin is going to bi*ch slap the big ten. Wish that Jerry was still at the helm as there is no way they would be restarting the streak this year. Could have won 40 in a row with him. Ridiculous!

Maybe not a bi*ch slap, but I definitely think Wisconsin is the favorite. Indiana played possum like this last year at Adidas and came out and hung right behind Michy and UW and ripped the last couple K at B1Gs to overtake them.

Mick won't let Wisconsin come in too overconfident after many of them faded late in the B1G race last year.

I foresee Malachy and Van Voorhis in the top 5 and then a mix of Hatz (status?), Hardy, McDonald, and Hirsch in the 5-20 range. That should be enough to get it done. I don't think IU or Michigan has the same depth at 3-6 that Wisconsin has. I thought the same thing last year though so we shall see.

Why would you go to a national caliber meet like adidas and lay down. You're not fooling anybody Indiana

The entire field at the Wisconsin Invite was basically jogging for the first 5k, they were barely under 5 minute pace. You can watch it on Flotrack.

Wisconsin is the favorite, however they ran great at the Wisconsin invite last year then got 3rd at big tens and Indiana came out of nowhere.

It's gonna be between Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana like always, and I have a feeling it's going to be a very close race.

Lerenzoo wrote:

It's gonna be between Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana like always, and I have a feeling it's going to be a very close race.

This makes me laugh. Except for 1999 when Wisconsin won by only 2 points until last year the rce was between Wisconsin and itself. The Badgers just had to make sure they ran OK to win and would have needed several major blowups to lose except last year when Indiana won. The closest anybody was to Wisconsin between 2000 and 2012 was 17 points ('03 and '08). Even those years it was closer on paper then the actual race as Wisconsin dominated the front of the race where you could see clearly they were going to win. Anybody who thinks there is more then one player in the Big Ten over the last 15 years is crazy despite Indiana getting a one time victory last year. Expect order to be restored in 2014 for the next 20 years.

Don't be fooled by Indiana's race at Wisconsin. They are the favorites for this year's Big 10

Former Badger wrote:

Wisconsin is going to bi*ch slap the big ten. Wish that Jerry was still at the helm as there is no way they would be restarting the streak this year. Could have won 40 in a row with him. Ridiculous!

And if they could have just kept Jim Stinkzy and Mary Cain and Alexa efraimson didn't turn pro but signed with Wisconsin, the ladies would be Bish sl@ppin the comp at B!Gs too

If Indiana is trying to fool everybody they are being poorly coached. Why would they do this? It makes sense like a team like Wisconsin, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford go to a meet and use it as a workout but why would Indiana? They need at large points and they need experience. The way I see it is Wisconsin won't be fooled in 2014.

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CouldahWoodahShoodah wrote:

And if they could have just kept Jim Stinkzy and Mary Cain and Alexa efraimson didn't turn pro but signed with Wisconsin, the ladies would be Bish sl@ppin the comp at B!Gs too

Yeah, because this is a discussion about the womans big ten meet. Jerry never coached the woman and never had any input with Tegan or Stinzi so your point is irrelevant. My point however is that if Jerry never left they would have continued winning. Mick had a few years in there with crap recruiting. Why?

Former Badger wrote:

CouldahWoodahShoodah wrote:

And if they could have just kept Jim Stinkzy and Mary Cain and Alexa efraimson didn't turn pro but signed with Wisconsin, the ladies would be Bish sl@ppin the comp at B!Gs too

Yeah, because this is a discussion about the womans big ten meet. Jerry never coached the woman and never had any input with Tegan or Stinzi so your point is irrelevant. My point however is that if Jerry never left they would have continued winning. Mick had a few years in there with crap recruiting. Why?

Yeah and your reading comprehension is provincial and one dimensional. No surprise given your sh!t Midwestern education. You're living in fantasy land. Jerry left the stinkole for the exalted resources of Nike. He would have left sooner (~decade ago) if he could. So I gave an absurd example to illustrate why it's bogus to imagine jerry still as head xc coach.

CouldahWoodahShoodah wrote:

Yeah and your reading comprehension is provincial and one dimensional. No surprise given your sh!t Midwestern education. You're living in fantasy land. Jerry left the stinkole for the exalted resources of Nike. He would have left sooner (~decade ago) if he could. So I gave an absurd example to illustrate why it's bogus to imagine jerry still as head xc coach.

Jerry had barely graduated his first runners 10 years ago and no opportunity ever existed for him to go to Nike. He needed to create his stable in Madison before that opportunity came. My argument, which is Jerry would not have lost a big ten title yet can be argued but nobody coaching with half a brain would disagree. He probably would have won 4 or 5 national titles at this point. Mick's success while good is nowhere what Jerry was able to do. Also Mick inherited a program made for success and managed to lose one. Jerry never did that.