We are getting down to it. Last week, I was bitten by the wrong-way split in the Michigan-Minnesota series. Drew Claussen, however, was not. Last week Drew: 2-1-1 (.400) Paula: 1-2-0 (.400) Season Drew: 72-47-18 (.555) Paula: 73-46-18 (.599) This week Everyone plays in this penultimate week of the regular season. Minnesota still holds first … Read more
There are two B1G series this weekend and one begins tonight. First, how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks: Last week Drew: 2-3-0 (.400) Paula: 2-3-0 (.400) Season Drew: 70-46-17 (.590) Paula: 72-44-17 (.605) Both of us couldn’t have been more wrong about last week’s Michigan State-Wisconsin series, but props to Drew … Read more
Minnesota leads the league with 33 points, but the Gophers are off this week. Michigan trails Minnesota by a point, but the Wolverines play a single nonconference game this week. That makes for an interesting weekend for our six-team league. First, though, Drew Claussen and I share our picks percentages, which were a wee bit … Read more
All six Big Ten teams were in action against each other this weekend, with the three teams at the top of the standings traveling to face off against the three at the bottom. The road warriors, for the most part, prevailed against the bottom three. Here’s how things played out: Minnesota swept Ohio State Michigan … Read more
Happy Valentine’s Day! Last week, Drew Claussen and I were both bitten by the wrong-way split. Last week Drew: 1-3-0 (.250) Paula: 1-3-0 (.250) Season Drew: 65-42-15 (.594) Paula: 68-39-15 (.619) This week Everyone plays and everyone plays on Friday and Saturday. Michigan at Wisconsin Drew: I think that Michigan has the best chance of … Read more
There are two B1G series this week. First, how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks: Last week Drew: 4-4-0 (.500) Paula: 2-6-0 (.250) Season Drew: 64-39-15 (.606) Paula: 67-36-15 (.631) This week The Wolverines and Spartans face off and Penn State travels to Minnesota. Michigan vs. Michigan State Drew: Congratulations to Michigan … Read more
It’s hard to believe there are only seven weeks left in the regular season, but here we are at the end of January and Jayson Moy has Bracketology if you want to speculate about what happens come late March. First, though, how Drew Claussen and I are doing with our picks: Last week Drew: 3-1-0 … Read more
There are two Big Ten series this weekend. First, a peek at how Drew Claussen and I are doing so far with our picks. Last week Drew: 4-1-1 (.750) Paula: 4-1-1 (.750) Season Drew: 57-34-15 (.608) Paula: 62-29-15 (.656) This week Both Michigan teams play in exhibition against the U.S. Under-18 team this week. On … Read more
After last weekend, it looks to me as though the Big Ten standings may be shaping up along the lines of how they’ll appear at the end of the season. I could be wrong, of course. I’m often wrong. Let’s see how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks. Last week Drew: 3-2-1 … Read more
When Drew Claussen sent me his picks for the blog this week, he said something about redeeming himself after his holiday tournament picks performance. We’ve all been there. And, seriously, who knew that Ohio State — the only unranked team in the Florida College Classic — would prevail? I didn’t have them winning a single … Read more
I hope everyone had a great holiday season, I had to get this one posted early before all of the Vikings/Packers festivities begin. Most of the Big Ten teams hit the road to play in a holiday tournament last week, with the exception of Minnesota hosting a tournament and Wisconsin gearing up for the second … Read more
It’s holiday tournament time! Everyone plays for midseason glory except for Wisconsin, who plays a single exhibition game against Trinity Western University Jan. 1. Picks records for Drew Claussen and me first. Dec. 19 Drew: 0-1-0 (.000) Paula: 0-1-0 (.000) Season Drew: 44-27-13 (.601) Paula: 47-24-13 (.637) Both Drew and I picked Michigan State to … Read more
There is a single game to discuss this weekend. First, a look at how Drew Claussen and I have picked the league to this point. Last week Drew: 1-4-0 (.200) Paula: 3-2-0 (.600) Season Drew: 44-26-13 (.608) Paula: 47-23-13 (.645) Poor Drew was bitten by the wrong-way split bug last week, something that plagued me … Read more
Five B1G teams were in action this weekend with four playing each other and Penn State playing one game against a nonconference foe. Ohio State took the weekend off. Here’s how things ended up: Michigan and Minnesota split a pair of games at Yost Ice Arena Michigan State and Wisconsin split two games at Munn … Read more
It’s the second weekend of Big Ten league play, yet the last weekend of conference play before the first half ends. Here’s how Drew Claussen and I have been doing so far. Last week Drew: 4-1-1 (.750) Paula: 3-2-1 (.583) Season Drew: 43-22-13 (.635) Paula: 44-21-13 (.647) This week There are two conference series reminiscent … Read more
Oh, it’s about time! Big Ten conference hockey begins this weekend! So far this season, the Big Ten is 29-32-11 (.479) in nonconference play. Here’s how Drew Claussen and I have done predicting the first two months of the season. Last week Drew: 7-1-1 (.833) Paula: 5-3-1 (.611) Season Drew: 39-21-12 (.625) Paula: 41-19-12 (.653) … Read more
Five B1G teams were in action this weekend with Wisconsin taking another weekend off. Here’s how the games played out: Minnesota was swept at home by St. Cloud State Ohio State was swept on the road by Nebraska-Omaha Michigan State was swept at home by North Dakota Michigan beat Dartmouth on Friday before the same … Read more
Lots of ties last week. Lots. It looks like Drew Claussen and I engaged in a role reversal, too. Last week Drew: 1-4-3 (.313) Paula: 4-1-3 (.688) Season Drew: 32-20-11 (.595) Paula: 36-16-11 (.659) This week There are five Big Ten teams playing this weekend. Wisconsin has a bye. Dartmouth at Michigan Drew: Michigan’s defense … Read more
The Big Ten has been competitive in nonconference play so far. How competitive have Drew Claussen and I been? Last week Drew: 5-3-0 (.625) Paula: 6-2-0 (.750) Season Drew: 31-16-8 (.636) Paula: 32-15-8 (.656) Poor Drew. It isn’t often that he’s bitten by the wrong-way split. I can sympathize. This week There are four teams … Read more
Last week was another good one for the Big Ten. How did Drew Claussen and I fare? Last week Drew: 4-2-1 (.643) Paula: 4-2-1 (.643) Season Drew: 26-13-8 (.638) Paula: 26-13-8 (.638) This week Five Big Ten teams play in nonconference action this weekend. After unseating North Dakota last weekend, Wisconsin has a bye. Canisius … Read more