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<blockquote data-quote="dbeverly26" data-source="post: 1503590" data-attributes="member: 515868"><p>Agreed on the top 4 and agreed that you don’t need marquee wins to dance, but the wins have to come from somewhere. The B1G schedule-makers did us no favors this year and we have a decidedly uphill climb.</p><p></p><p>Say the magic number is 19 wins. That means 13-10 the rest of the way. We’ve got each of the top four twice save OSU. Win none of those and you need to win out the non-con, sweep the rest of your home games (which includes three solid wins against Purdue, Iowa, and IU), and go 3-3 on the road against everyone else.</p><p></p><p>I think this team will take a couple of games off of the top of the league. Even if they do, the margin for error is paper thin. You need Mizzou, can’t drop a bad one at home, and probably can’t give away anything on the road to the bottom four (and we miss trips to Lincoln and Minneapolis anyway).</p><p></p><p>Nobody would be happier than me if I’m wrong, but I really don’t like how this sets up. A 2-3 start to league play and a win in St. Louis is pretty much required to get back on track.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dbeverly26, post: 1503590, member: 515868"] Agreed on the top 4 and agreed that you don’t need marquee wins to dance, but the wins have to come from somewhere. The B1G schedule-makers did us no favors this year and we have a decidedly uphill climb. Say the magic number is 19 wins. That means 13-10 the rest of the way. We’ve got each of the top four twice save OSU. Win none of those and you need to win out the non-con, sweep the rest of your home games (which includes three solid wins against Purdue, Iowa, and IU), and go 3-3 on the road against everyone else. I think this team will take a couple of games off of the top of the league. Even if they do, the margin for error is paper thin. You need Mizzou, can’t drop a bad one at home, and probably can’t give away anything on the road to the bottom four (and we miss trips to Lincoln and Minneapolis anyway). Nobody would be happier than me if I’m wrong, but I really don’t like how this sets up. A 2-3 start to league play and a win in St. Louis is pretty much required to get back on track. [/QUOTE]
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