BIG Under Rated?

[desertshox]

OSU is the only real bright spot in this league...like it or not, the perception that the B1G is weak, happens to be correct.

 

MSU goes 12-1 and beats tOSU yet tOSU is the only bright spot?

[Hunter94]

OSU is the only real bright spot in this league...like it or not, the perception that the B1G is weak, happens to be correct.

 

MSU goes 12-1 and beats tOSU yet tOSU is the only bright spot?

 

 

oh gee......ok, i'll give you them this season.......got anyone else that needs to make the list?

[Bowfin]

You could go on, it's just ugly football.

 

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.)

[Bowfin]

MSU goes 12-1 and beats tOSU yet tOSU is the only bright spot?

 

Spartans would be playing for the crystal ball if they were SEC. Who says SEC's two best one loss teams are better than ours, other than the "Solid South" voting clique?

[Redmusky]

For the Big ten to move up in the eyes of college fans we must play against top ranked teams, OU, USC, LSU any of the Florida teams not just Nebraska but all Big 10 teams should be scheduling at least one top 25 team each year.

[Coqui]

For the Big ten to move up in the eyes of college fans we must play against top ranked teams, OU, USC, LSU any of the Florida teams not just Nebraska but all Big 10 teams should be scheduling at least one top 25 team each year.

 

 

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)

[Bowfin]

...like it or not, the perception that the B1G is weak, happens to be correct

 

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]

...like it or not, the perception that the B1G is weak, happens to be correct

 

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.

 

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]

For the Big ten to move up in the eyes of college fans we must play against top ranked teams, OU, USC, LSU any of the Florida teams not just Nebraska but all Big 10 teams should be scheduling at least one top 25 team each year.

 

 

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)

 

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?

[beanman]

no, the Big10 is not underrated.

[ShawnWatson]

no, the Big10 is not underrated.

 

Quite possibly overrated.

[Vizsla1]

+1

[Abdullah the Butcher]

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]

no, the Big10 is not underrated.

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.

[HuskerShark]

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.

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.