(07-01-2019 11:25 PM)Transic_nyc Wrote: Does Minnesota have a serious case for winning the Big Ten West?
I think just about the entire division has a serious case. Sorry Illinois but you should be better as Lovie gets more of his recruits, the team learns his system, etc. but he may need to start showing some tangible results sooner rather than later.
As for the rest, you could make a case for just about anyone:
Wisconsin would be my favorite and they are always in the mix. They won it the prior three years (or so) before last year.
Purdue kept their coach and he should be making more progress. Minnesota is in the same boat (pun intended) with a newish coach who is looking to breakout in his third season.
Northwestern won the division last year and Iowa always creeps up on you (seems like they are due for the division crown, right?)
Lastly, there is the media darlings, Nebraska. You can't look at any preseason preview that doesn't expect big things for Scott Frost's second year. I still think it's a little early for big things from them but you never know.
As many say, the west really needs a national program to anchor the division. I think that's a little unfair to Wisconsin as they have generally held it down but haven't won the conference but they just haven't translated to a national brand.