The weaker Big 8 that saw the only 1,2,3 finish in the AP poll era?
Are you going to pick that one year? You can't deny that 5 games a year in the Big 8 we completely ass-raped the competition. You remember seeing our 5th string RBs back then? I do. And I don't recall seeing that recently.
Hey you have your arguments I can have mine can't I? The Big 8 had tough teams, it wasn't all powder puffs, Nebraska was just that good most of the time. To your point though I think they also split carries more to begin with in the early quarters as well.