QUOTE(Robert Giacometti @ Nov 20 2006, 04:38 PM)
The Badgers? Cmon DrKoz...they played 4 non conference schools that Sac State could have beaten! Ohio State could be the best team in the country this year....and Michigan is a very good team....Wisconsin has only played ONE good team and gotten beat. The rest of the Big Ten is terrible....and that is being kind. Grant HS, here in Sacramento could have beaten some of those schools in the Big Ten!
Michigan beat Norte Dame....but the Irish haven't played anybody either.
I'm not faulting Ohio State, Michigan & Wisconsin for the weak opposition they played....but realistically if these teams played in the SEC.....I would be surprised if they would have the same records they do. If Michigan plays USC in the Rose Bowl who do you think would be favored?
Lets see how many Big Ten Schools actually go to bowl games and lest see how well they do. Who do think would be favored if Wisconsin played LSU, Tenessee or Arkansas?
Typically the Midwest schools are overrated....and always have been.
No rematch...lets see Ohio State play USC, Fla or Arkansas...I'd even settle for Notre Dame if they beat USC.
Let see the other Big Ten schools play against other conferences's similiarly ranked schools!
Let's see...
#1 Big Ten (OSU) against #1 SEC (Arkansas) = OSU Win (Arkansas go spanked against USC!)
#2 Big Ten (Mich) against #2 SEC (Florida) = Mich Win
#3 Big Ten (Wisc) against #3 SEC (LSU) = Wisc Win
#4 Big Ten (Purdue) against #4 SEC (Auburn) = Auburn
That would give 3 of the top 4 to the Big Ten.
You are all about facts... so... give me some about "Midwest schools are overrated... and always have been".
You say the Big Ten should play against other conferences' similarily ranked teams. Well just look at the SEC. Arkansas got spanked against a not as good USC team. Florida's best non-conference will be FSU (who are pitiful this year). LSU played Arizona... give me break... Arizona is a pathetic Pac10 team. Tennessee played Cal... but we can all see what a fraud Cal is now. Auburn played Washington State... another Pac10 bottom feeder.
The big conferences do not like to play the home-and-home series because of money. Its not just the Big Ten.
Same thing last year... as the Badgers went into the Capital One bowl against SEC Auburn... it was supposedly going to be a whooping by Auburn. The SEC was sooooooooo much better than the Big Ten. Who won... oh yeah. Wisconsin... 24-10... and it wasn't even that close.