Pony Soup wrote:George S. Patton wrote:03Mustang wrote:Pony Soup wrote:OSU is a poor excuse for a football team. I have grown awfully tired of this Big X sleeper sneaking into the mix only to be absolutely dismantled by bigger, faster SEC teams. USC will likely make a case to the college football world that we should ignore Big X champions for years to come when it comes to slotting the 1 v 2 game in January
Big 10 = incredibly overrated.
wait for it......
It's not overrated. The conference has pretty much been getting bashed during the offseason because of how bad it's been tanking for the last two years.
That's no secret. I don't know where you're getting that from.
CLEARLY it is overrated right now. OSU had NO business in either of the last two championship games. The only reason they got there is because voters failed to properly discount the quality of their opponents, including the 2006 UT team that had won the year before.
Bottom line, General, is that the conference remains overrated
With apologies to jtstang on this, but I'm responding to those who have made this baseless claim.
I completely disagree with that. Ohio State got to the last two championship games because of the flawed BCS system. They were probably not the best opponent for either Florida or LSU, but that's what the computer produced.
The pundits are now calling out/daring Ohio State to even win the big one because the Buckeyes haven't. Many a college gameday shows have talked about how the conference needs to do this and that....and they would be right.
It's probably fourth in strength behind the Pac 10, SEC and Big 12. Maybe a smidge better than the ACC and Big East. And all of the pundits, the coaches and commissioner Jim Delaney know they are in a down cycle.
This a statement weekend for the conference with Ohio State, Wisconsin at Fresno State and Michigan at Notre Dame. If they implode this weekend, the harsh criticism continues.
I think you're confusing overrated for exposure. Yes, the Big 10 is on TV a lot. Why? Each school has a huge alumni base and the national contracts are attractive for ESPN and ABC to negotiate.
Overrated? No. The conference stinks and needs to get its [deleted] together.