Just more meat to add into the grinder.
Exactly. If those other conferences had to face the greatness week in and week out like the B1G teams do they would be beaten down by bowl season, too. The SEC has nothing on the B1G!
Just more meat to add into the grinder.
I thought Rutgers played a good game until they got run down. Looked good for a while.
I really don't care how they did in their bowl games. It's impossible to get excited about playing or watching either one of these teams.
True, but the same can be said about many of the current Big 10 teams.
I really don't care how they did in their bowl games. It's impossible to get excited about playing or watching either one of these teams.
Yeah as players point of view...and many call it the meat grinder...lol
hated the move to the b1g and hatr it even more now
Both programs have struggled of late and they did well to qualify for a bowl game. Rutgers did reasonably well but depth finally prevailed in the 4th quarter. Hopefully the money they make from the B10 can help get them back on their feet. Business models don't look short term for success. Right now the 10 isn't as strong as it needs to be but things change over time. Successful coaches retire and their replacements don't always succeed. Texas, Michigan,Miami, Nebraska and Tennessee's have all come and waned in time. The SEC will always be good because kids want to play close to home and right now they are hot. The pendulem will swing in time.
I oftentimes wonder if that swing will ever completely occur. I even very recently thought this was inevitable -- but I'm becoming less convinced. These are different times. You only have to look at how the population has shifted over the past few decades. South and West, especially.
The map shows the population growth, by state, 1970-2010.
- Light green = Population growth of 0.00-49.99%
- Green = Population growth of 50.00-99.99%
- Dark green = Population growth of 100.00-149.99%
- Very dark green = Population growth of 150.00% or above
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uspopgrowth.png
Note that every single Big Ten state is in the lowest growth rate category. Sure, some high school kids will travel far from home to attend school, but most don't. And you do see the three states in the Deep South with lower growth rates -- but they are surrounded by Texas, Georgia, and Florida. While I do think the Big Ten can improve -- I don't know that it will ever again be the powerhouse conference that it once was.
The Minny-Syarcuse game was the only shock so far.
I've been more surprised by the egg that the MAC laid. NIU cost me on my Bowl Pick'em.
I'll be shocked if the SEC is ever lower than the second best conference again in my lifetime barring a major scandal.
I oftentimes wonder if that swing will ever completely occur. I even very recently thought this was inevitable -- but I'm becoming less convinced. These are different times. You only have to look at how the population has shifted over the past few decades. South and West, especially.
The map shows the population growth, by state, 1970-2010.
- Light green = Population growth of 0.00-49.99%
- Green = Population growth of 50.00-99.99%
- Dark green = Population growth of 100.00-149.99%
- Very dark green = Population growth of 150.00% or above
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uspopgrowth.png
Note that every single Big Ten state is in the lowest growth rate category. Sure, some high school kids will travel far from home to attend school, but most don't. And you do see the three states in the Deep South with lower growth rates -- but they are surrounded by Texas, Georgia, and Florida. While I do think the Big Ten can improve -- I don't know that it will ever again be the powerhouse conference that it once was.
I liked it up until the expansion to 14 brought in 2 perpetually bland programs with zero tradition and forced Nebraska to the west (and away from the other 3 marquee programs).