The Official Big Ten Era Has Begun

[Walter Sobchak]

I want Washington to lose out.

[jay santos]

The B1G tried to "balance" the conference before adding Rutgers and Maryland. Michigan and MSU were in a different division then Ohio St. and the conference had a bunch of cross-over rival games so traditional rivals would still play despite being in different divisions. That was scrapped in favor of a geographic model; hard to blame the conference for that. All the current ranked teams have had cross-over games against the better teams in the other division. Wisconsin played both Ohio St. and Michigan. In other words, I haven't identified any pattern to cheat the system.

They cheat the system by having 8 of their 14 teams absolutely suck, and tricking people into thinking an 8-2 record in the Big 10 means you're a good team.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Bro, you already got your 70 point pound of flesh. You destroyed the psyche of us and probably fired the shot that fires the coach. You can't have everything.

[BigPiney]

I don't care if Ohio St gets in or not. I want Washington to lose out. It boggles my mind when people turn into conference cheerleaders. I like the P12, I think in general the football played in the conference is underrated nationally. Other than my team I'm not going to turn into some bandwagon team because they are in the same conference.

I have never understood that either.

Unrelated though, totally rooting for the Ducks this weekend.

[Paperback Writer]

They cheat the system by having 8 of their 14 teams absolutely suck, and tricking people into thinking an 8-2 record in the Big 10 means you're a good team.

BYU is cheating the system as well with that victory over a Michigan St. team that "absolutely sucks".

Edit: If the same standard is applied to the SEC and PAC-12, they also have 8 of their 14 teams "absolutely suck". So add BYU wins against Mississippi St., and Arizona to the list along with Michigan St. Then there's that BYU loss against a 4-6 UCLA team. Is it still cheating if a team loses to a team that "absolutely sucks"?

[SCcoug]

BYU is cheating the system as well with that victory over a Michigan St. team that "absolutely sucks".

Awesome! I look forward to cheating our way in the playoffs this year.

[jay santos]

BYU is cheating the system as well with that victory over a Michigan St. team that "absolutely sucks".

True, but not as effective as the Big 10. Should have gotten Rutgers, Maryland, and Indiana on the schedule, too.

[Paperback Writer]

True, but not as effective as the Big 10. Should have gotten Rutgers, Maryland, and Indiana on the schedule, too.

BYU didn't have room on their schedule for those teams after scheduling such powerhouses as SUU, Cincinnati, and UConn

[Pelado]

BYU didn't have room on their schedule for those teams after scheduling such powerhouses as SUU, Cincinnati, and UConn

Cool. When's the UConn game?

[Green Monstah]

BYU didn't have room on their schedule for those teams after scheduling such powerhouses as SUU, Cincinnati, and UConn

"Anytime; Anywhere."

-Tom Holmoe

Sorry about killing that home opening game win streak, PBW.

[Paperback Writer]

Cool. When's the UConn game?

UConn got bumped in favor of UMass. BYU is cheating the system worse than I originally thought.

[Paperback Writer]

"Anytime; Anywhere."

-Tom Holmoe

Sorry about killing that home opening game win streak, PBW.

It was a great game. And I apologize for Nebraska's role in aiding BYU's "cheating the system" since Nebraska went 6-7 in 2015 and would meet Santo's standard of "absolutely sucks".

[dabrockster]

to wit, 9 out of 11 posts at the time of this post has referenced or mentioned Ohio State specifically.

It should be noted I mentioned them in my original post in regards to the playoff possibilities but have not since..

People can't help it. Their just awesome..




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[New Mexican Disaster]

This thread is an insult to humanity.

[Omaha 680]

I don't care if Ohio St gets in or not. I want Washington to lose out. It boggles my mind when people turn into conference cheerleaders. I like the P12, I think in general the football played in the conference is underrated nationally. Other than my team I'm not going to turn into some bandwagon team because they are in the same conference.

Agreed. Every other team in the Big Ten besides Nebraska can esad.