Big 10 has won 2.5 National titles (Michigan'97; OSU'02 &'14) in the last 50 years. This severely underperforms every major conference, even ones that doesn't exist anymore like the Big East or Big 8.

Was it resources? No, Big 10 made $$ with the SEC each year. They have huge fans bases & tv ratings.

Is it because of lack of coaching? Some programs like WI or MI had the very best like Barry Alvarez or Bo Schembechler. Jim Tressel for some is right there, with Urban Meyer or Dantonio or even Saban for short period of time.

No one does less with more. Big 10 even makes Texas look good.

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Posted by deltaland

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Posted on 1/15/23 at 2:13 pm to blairjs

It’s a severely overrated conference.

I hate what’s happened to the Big12. They used to be similar to the SEC back when Texas, OU, Nebraska were all strong with a lot of decent teams in the middle

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Posted by blairjs

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Posted on 1/15/23 at 5:11 pm to deltaland

Yeah, before the SEC was king. Big 12 (aka Big 8/Southwest) was.

I recall seeing some really good SEC teams getting blown out by Nebraska in the mid-90s.

Now more than half of those teams are destine to fail.

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