This will be an interesting season. Ohio State will certainly be better under Meyer. Although, OSU is not eligible for a conference championship (probation). They also have a talented mobile QB that gave our D fits last year (as does Michigan). Wisconsin will probably be worse and NU plays them in Lincoln this year. The Badgers got lucky once again by recruiting a last minute QB, Danny O'Brien from Maryland. However, the word on the street is that he is nowhere near what Russel Wilson was last year. Michigan State returns many defensive stars including DE star Gholston, but lost Worthy to NFL. However, they lost Kirk Cousins and B.J. Cunningham to graduation/NFL as well. I seriously doubt they will win 11 games in 2012. Penn State went through way too much turmoil in the offseason.
I understand the rationale behind Pelini commenting that the Huskers need to take the next step. I think every Husker fan in the country is feeling it. If the offense is more balanced this year, NU has a shot at the B1G Ten championship.