Anyone bold enough to opine about this season and where the teams may end up?
Here's my thoughts...somewhat at random, in order of finish (groups)...other thoughts equally valid, of course
* PSU is clearly at the top
* Wisconsin and Purdue have the best shot after PSU at finishing high, in particular Purdue returns all 6 starters and could make life very miserable for the rest of the conference; Wisconsin will do very well to match their 15 wins from last season
* OSU and Minnesota graduated excellent setters and their challenge will be integration; 13 and 17 wins from last year (respectively) may be difficult to match
* Michigan and MSU return 5 starters each and could challenge OSU and Minn, but they must play well on the road
* Illinois, ditto their 6 wins, they should be able to get 7 or 8
* Iowa should be able to be a couple of wins better than 2 wins (as they did last season)* Indiana may again win only 1 or get the 0-20 conference bagel as they lost their starting setter as well and must incorporate/integrate
Rob