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Big Ten Bowl Saturday(Please vent here)

  • cats gone wild
    Skyhook79;620931 wrote:Are you talking about OSU or the Conf? Being in the top 4 (which means they could be 1,2,3 or 4th) year in year out is acceptable for a Conf.
    If your implying that OSU isn't an "Elite" program than your just dead wrong.

    Conference.
  • Cleveland Buck
    The Big Ten is the second best conference, just as I said it was all season long. The only debate for who is better is the Big XII and Pac-10, and they haven't been any better than the Big Ten this bowl season. They aren't as good as the SEC. No one is. No other conference can get away with paying their players, and many also have to admit students that meet academic requirements. Of course the SEC will have the advantage.
  • jordo212000
    IggyPride00;620927 wrote:1) and another 1 loss Co-Champ (who was putting up 70+ seemingly every week against fellow Big 10 schools) manage to put up only 19 in a loss to a non-AQ school.

    2)so I guess really there is nothing to stop the narrative at this point about the general weakness of the conference.

    1) a non-AQ team who happens to be undefeated with a couple of nice victories under their belt

    2) TCU would not be able to run through the gauntlet that is Northwestern, Indiana, Purdue, and Michigan!!!! :)
  • darbypitcher22
    Cats,

    I'm curious as to how you would rank the conferences in order of how they're finishing...

    The Big Ten looks bad, but lets face it, the Big XII isn't exactly lighting it up this year either
  • Hb31187
    Fly4Fun;620935 wrote:Why is there a Big Ten venting thread?

    Would I prefer that Big Ten teams win, sure, I enjoy seeing teams like Wisconsin and PSU do well. Does this frustrate me in any way? Nope. As long as the Buckeyes win I am happy.

    Because it was being discussed in like 8 different threads about how bad the big 10 is doing, and most fans come bowl season want to see the conference do well
  • Cleveland Buck
    In what year is LSU going to be back? Each year we hear about all of the returning talent and the coaching prowess of Les. Will it be next year?
  • johngrizzly
    I think the SEC is the best league, hands down. I couldn't even tell you who is the next best. The rest of them all seem about the same.
  • Con_Alma
    Hb31187;620946 wrote:Because it was being discussed in like 8 different threads about how bad the big 10 is doing, and most fans come bowl season want to see the conference do well

    I believe that they do but can you explain to me why they want conference teams to do well?
  • IggyPride00
    In what year is LSU going to be back?
    Not an LSU fan, but they have won 2 BCS National Titles since 2003. What is your definition of being "back"?
  • Hb31187
    Con_Alma;620965 wrote:I believe that they do but can you explain to me why they want conference teams to do well?

    Why wouldnt you want your conference to be successful?
  • wes_mantooth
    IggyPride00;620967 wrote:Not an LSU fan, but they have won 2 BCS National Titles since 2003. What is your definition of being "back"?

    Yeah...i agree
  • darbypitcher22
    IggyPride00;620967 wrote:Not an LSU fan, but they have won 2 BCS National Titles since 2003. What is your definition of being "back"?

    Playing home games in New Orleans.

    I'd like to see what happens if they're playing in Miami, Glendale, Pasadena, etc
  • Skyhook79
    cats gone wild;620920 wrote:The Big 10 might want to stay away from the Rose Bowl. They have only won 1 game there since 2000. Wow


    Actually its twice since 2000. Wisky in 2000 and Ohio State last year. But then again you obviously started at 2000 because you knew the Big 10 won 4 in a row starting in 1997
  • Con_Alma
    Hb31187;620975 wrote:Why wouldnt you want your conference to be successful?

    They are your opponents and true loyalty to your own school creates a disdain in athletic competition towards anyone you play. That's one reason. Can you tell me why you want those teams to do well?
  • Thinthickbigred
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  • Skyhook79
    Thinthickbigred;620997 wrote:)#@%& !!!!!!! $#%^%$ !!!!!! ^%$#$*%$#@#$^* !!!!!@#$$%$#@%^&*& AND ANOTHER THING %$#@%^*(*(^$#!!!!!!!!!!!!! @#$$$##%&^%^%^!!!!!!!!!!!

    I never thought of that. The Wisky coaches should have done that. But do you really think it would have worked?
  • cats gone wild
    Skyhook79;620984 wrote:Actually its twice since 2000. Wisky in 2000 and Ohio State last year. But then again you obviously started at 2000 because you knew the Big 10 won 4 in a row starting in 1997

    Nope, didnt skip anything. I just saw this stat somewhere else and no one denied it (including bucks fans). I didnt look anything up.
  • cats gone wild
    Skyhook79;621013 wrote:I never thought of that. The Wisky coaches should have done that. But do you really think it would have worked?

    lol :)
  • believer
    cats gone wild;620869 wrote:Serious question...In what year will the Big 10 be back?
    Serious answer: When BCS bowl games stop being played in the SEC's back yard; when the sports media, the BCS, and the NCAA stop sucking SEC dick; when the other BCS conferences lower their academic standards to SEC levels, when the other BCS conferences start getting away with paying their players like the SEC, etc., etc.
  • vball10set
    serious question for mods--how long are you going to allow cats gone wild to deficate on this site?
  • lhslep134
    Who cares V-ball? LSU is irrelevant the only teams that matter year in and year out are the ones playing in BCS games, hence why they have the biggest payouts and the biggest ratings.
  • vball10set
    lhslep134;621533 wrote:Who cares V-ball? LSU is irrelevant the only teams that matter year in and year out are the ones playing in BCS games, hence why they have the biggest payouts and the biggest ratings.

    you're right--this thread is to vent about the Big Ten, not about idiot posters--sorry
  • Tiernan
    Yeah no doubt the Big 10 sucked on the tailpaipe yesterday, but really the BCS Bowls are the only real bowls anymore and if OSU can pull off a victory the B10 goes 1 - 1 in anything that matters.
  • KnightRyder
    Tiernan;621553 wrote:Yeah no doubt the Big 10 sucked on the tailpaipe yesterday, but really the BCS Bowls are the only real bowls anymore and if OSU can pull off a victory the B10 goes 1 - 1 in anything that matters.

    actually only one bcs bowl matters, and the OSU isnt playing in that one.
  • dwccrew
    Red Saul;620076 wrote:I dont know if there is a worse defense in america than Michigan.

    There has to be some pee wee football team somewhere in the country that is worse.
    barbarian;620865 wrote:UCF would beat about 9 of the Big Ten schools.

    Good one.
    Skyhook79;620984 wrote:Actually its twice since 2000. Wisky in 2000 and Ohio State last year. But then again you obviously started at 2000 because you knew the Big 10 won 4 in a row starting in 1997
    Good point.
    cats gone wild;620920 wrote:The Big 10 might want to stay away from the Rose Bowl. They have only won 1 game there since 2000. Wow



    cats gone wild;621014 wrote:Nope, didnt skip anything. I just saw this stat somewhere else and no one denied it (including bucks fans). I didnt look anything up.
    Please don't forget that the Big 10's best team didn't represent the Big 10 in 2002 (Oklahoma beat Washington St. while OSU was winning the national title over Miami), in 2006 and 2007 Ohio State was playing in the national title game as well. So out of those 10 years you listed, 3 of them had a team other than the conference #1 and one of those years was no Big Ten rep. Kepp trolling though CGW.