BIG Under Rated?
- Thread starter MichiganDad3
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oh gee......ok, i'll give you them this season.......got anyone else that needs to make the list?
Here's a major part of the problem: Too many people equate "pretty" football with "good football". 9 fans out of 10 would rather see (and more likely to notice) a Johnny Manziel running figure eights around in the backfield, tossing up a prayer, rather than an offensive line smash their counterpart to pieces in excruciating detail for 80 yards, in four yard increments. Which one is going to make the highlight reel? Which is more exciting to the casual observer, regardless of the skill involved?
The B1G has "pretty ballerina" type players as well, it's just that they get smashed in the mouth more often in "ugly play". (In the case of Kenny Bell, our "ballerina" player also is required to do some smash mouth blocking rather than tippy toe pirouettes every play.)
Coqui
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They do, it's just when they finally get to actually play them, they may not be ranked anymore. (Cal this year, Virginia Tech next year are excellent examples of that for OSU)
Unless one could line up conference vs. conference, your perception isn't correct, it's just perception. We'll put you into the "I like pretty football" category.
There is one place where the B1G really hurts itself, and that is their embarassing nonconference schedules. These teams need to get rid of scheduling teams in lesser divisions and start headhunting in the bigger conferences.
whateveritis1224
All-Conference
SEC doesn't have any better scheduling practices than the Big Ten. The main difference is that the SEC is winning their big match ups while the Big Ten is more often than not losing.
desertshox
All-Conference
just want to piggyback coqui's statement with a nebraska example.
remember when nebraska played TCU during ladanian tomlinson's senior year? oh yeah, tcu backed out at the last minute. some of the scheduling is bad just because they have to play the lesser schools to get the home game. some of it is because of schools backing out.
and didnt the B1G decide to not play any more fcs schools starting in the next couple years?
ShawnWatson
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Abdullah the Butcher
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0-4 so far in bowls, yes yes I know the other two aren't in yet but still doesn't look good going into next year.
C N Red
All-American
I'd say its not underrated near enough. Its a lot worse than people make it out to be. I wish people would sell our conference much shorter.
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HuskerShark
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Let's just throw it out there - Rutgers and Maryland wouldn't even be in bowls this year if they were already in the B1G. No need to count them.