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ESPN article: Big 10 right now is as dominant as the SEC was in the BCS era
Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:52 pm
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I like how the article slams Oklahoma because "We don't know if their win over Tennessee is good or not" but praises Michigan for beating the worst team in the Pac-12 and calls Penn State "good not great".
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Which brings us to today in the Midwest. For Ohio State and Michigan State, the road looks familiar. The high-profile Power 5 wins are out of the way (thank you Hokies and Ducks). Now the goal will be to survive mid-fall without a letdown, bulldozing the bad teams (Indiana, Maryland, Rutgers, Purdue, take your pick) and knocking out good-but-not-great, big-brand-name opponents (Michigan and Nebraska for MSU, Penn State and Minnesota for OSU) before the Nov. 21 showdown in Columbus, Ohio.
I like how the article slams Oklahoma because "We don't know if their win over Tennessee is good or not" but praises Michigan for beating the worst team in the Pac-12 and calls Penn State "good not great".
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Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:54 pm to accnodefense
What a clown. Not even close.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:54 pm to accnodefense
This is your fault, Arkansas, Auburn and Tennessee
Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:55 pm to accnodefense
Ridiculous.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:56 pm to accnodefense
The SEC is down and certainly overrated, but that is just pure stupidity.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:56 pm to accnodefense
4 different teams won titles during that run though. The Big Ten (Twelve) won't do that.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:59 pm to accnodefense
MSU scored 31 on Oregon. Eastern Washington scored 42 on them the week before. Don't know about Oregon's coach, but he's no Kelly.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:01 pm to JohnForney
Except the Big 10 hasn't waxed an SEC team in the title game like UF and LSU did to Ohio State.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:01 pm to spslayto
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Big Ten (Twelve) won't do that
The B1G currently has 14 teams
Agree it is a ludicrous article though. The B1G needs to win some big bowl games and throw up a couple more titles
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:03 pm to accnodefense
Nebraska
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:04 pm to Buckeye06
The top of the B1G is just fine. Ohio St. can play with anyone, and Michigan St. isn't far behind. Wisconsin is a solid program, and Michigan will get there with Harbaugh.
The B1G's problem is the middle and bottom of the league. Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Rutgers are glorified MAC teams. The middle of the league; Minnesota, Penn St., Northwestern, Iowa is blah at best.
The B1G's problem is the middle and bottom of the league. Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Rutgers are glorified MAC teams. The middle of the league; Minnesota, Penn St., Northwestern, Iowa is blah at best.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:05 pm to Buckeye06
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The B1G currently has 14 teams
I can't even keep up. Call it the Big 14 now. Why not?
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:06 pm to accnodefense
Michigan State and Ohio State are elite top 5 teams right now.
If the voters were being real with themselves, which they usually don't do besides trying to get the right team at #1, they would have Ohio State first and Michigan State second in the rankings since Michigan State has the best win on the season and likely all season long.
Wisky isn't what they use to be. Michigan is without a doubt on the rise. For anyone that watched them obliterated Oregon State, you will have known that Michigan held Oregon state to less than 10 yards of offense in the second half and dominated the game at the LOS.
Michigan is likely to win 8 games this year and next year they bring in Peters the QB recruit. IMO, Peters is the best high school QB in the nation by a half of a mile. Go and watch his game on ESPN3 from this past Friday night to see for yourself.
Top to bottom though the SEC is deeper. But at the top, the B1G is currently better.
If the voters were being real with themselves, which they usually don't do besides trying to get the right team at #1, they would have Ohio State first and Michigan State second in the rankings since Michigan State has the best win on the season and likely all season long.
Wisky isn't what they use to be. Michigan is without a doubt on the rise. For anyone that watched them obliterated Oregon State, you will have known that Michigan held Oregon state to less than 10 yards of offense in the second half and dominated the game at the LOS.
Michigan is likely to win 8 games this year and next year they bring in Peters the QB recruit. IMO, Peters is the best high school QB in the nation by a half of a mile. Go and watch his game on ESPN3 from this past Friday night to see for yourself.
Top to bottom though the SEC is deeper. But at the top, the B1G is currently better.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:06 pm to accnodefense
The SEC has the Big 10 and Big10/12 by the nuts
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:06 pm to Trash Can
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The B1G's problem is the middle and bottom of the league. Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Rutgers are glorified MAC teams. The middle of the league; Minnesota, Penn St., Northwestern, Iowa is blah at best.
Maryland and Rutgers may be ok teams in the future, with the additional $ they are bringing in and some good in state recruiting possible
Minny has gotten better every year, and NW looks pretty good this year (2 weeks in of course).
To be great, you need 2-3 top 10 caliber teams, and 2-3 more who are top 25 or right there (5 total)
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:07 pm to nebraskafaninwi
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Top to bottom though the SEC is deeper. But at the top, the B1G is currently better.
You mean the top two teams?
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:07 pm to boXerrumble
I guess we'll find out how strong the conference is this weekend:
USF @ MARYLAND
ILL @ UNC
NW @ DUKE
VT @ PURDUE
PITT @ IOWA
NEBRASKA @ MIAMI
USF @ MARYLAND
ILL @ UNC
NW @ DUKE
VT @ PURDUE
PITT @ IOWA
NEBRASKA @ MIAMI
This post was edited on 9/14/15 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:09 pm to Team Vote
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This is your fault, Arkansas, Auburn and Tennessee
Somebody left the door open!
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:09 pm to SabiDojo
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USF @ MARYLAND ILL @ UNC NW @ DUKE VT @ PURDUE RUTGERS @ PENN STATE PITT @ IOWA NEBRASKA @ MIAMI
Good finds. These are a lot of ACC/B1G games where the teams are thought to be about equal (aside from VT who should throttle Purdont) and the B1G game in there
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:09 pm to accnodefense
The actual headline of the article:
"Flipping the Field: Ohio State-Michigan State has Big Ten looking like dominant SEC of BCS era"
You can't argue against the headline. Michigan State is the only team in the country the last two seasons that finished in the top 5 of the two major polls. They beat the Big 12 conference champ last year. They beat the Pac 12 champ in the Rose Bowl. They beat Oregon this past Saturday.
Ohio State is the defending national champ.
"Flipping the Field: Ohio State-Michigan State has Big Ten looking like dominant SEC of BCS era"
You can't argue against the headline. Michigan State is the only team in the country the last two seasons that finished in the top 5 of the two major polls. They beat the Big 12 conference champ last year. They beat the Pac 12 champ in the Rose Bowl. They beat Oregon this past Saturday.
Ohio State is the defending national champ.
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