This is another football post, but I'll bury it behind another post here in a few minutes.
Big Ten football (which I will call the Big 11 from here on out) is one of the better con-jobs out there. Somehow they've convinced the world that because they play each other competitively, they must all be good. I site OSU and Michigan being 2 of the top 3 teams in the nation after their game last year, and then getting clobbered in their bowl games. The top 10 teams from the Big 11 this year are OSU and Wisconsin. Look at their non-conference schedule. The Citadel? UNLV? Youngstown State? Akron? Michigan (whose problems this year have been well documented) beat Penn State in one of the most boring games ever. And Michigan State let Notre Dame score. Twice. But I guess that's what college football is all about. Play well for a decade or two, then find some other schools that were also good, and play each other in your own little club forever, while telling the rest of the world that you're still the best.
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Yes. Very good analysis. The Big 10 [11] is not looking so big anymore - and it's a well agreed upon fact that Penn State games are always boring (at least in the 4 generations that JoePa has been coaching).
I very much dislike that particular conference :)
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