Give me 3 reasons why Big 10 are weak?

Question

1. USC thumps Mich
2. Florida thumps Ohio st
3. Afraid to play against SEC and Pac-10 in a non conference game.

Answer 1

Another reason is their bowl record: 2-5.

And to Roman N:

Sure Ohio State beat #2 Texas "at the time." That doesn't mean anything. When FSU beat Miami, they were #12. They ended up 7-6 and won a minor bowl game over Nevada by one point. I don't think they deserved the #12 ranking, just like Texas was nowhere near the second best team in the nation this year. A team's ranking at a particular time does not determine how good they are, as was clearly shown by OSU and Michigan in the bowls.

As far as claiming that USC had two losses, so did Michigan at the end of the season, and one of them came to USC. And to even claim that OSU would beat USC is ridiculous. The Big Ten sent its two "best" teams to the BCS, and each were soundly defeated by other conference champions.

Answer 2

Who said they were afraid? OSU is playing USC in upcoming years. They have also played Washington and UCLA in the past. I'll give you three reasons though...Northwestern, Indiana, and Minnesota. Want more? Illinois, Michigan State, and Iowa. The only good teams are OSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, and (to a certain extent) Penn State. Four out of eleven teams are good or decent. That's about the same as most conferences. Pac-10 has USC, Cal, and UCLA. Big-12 has Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. SEC is the exception because it has Florida, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, and Georgia. Arkansas was great this year as well. Every conference has it's powerhouses while the rest are either so-so or crap. Give up the "weak Big 10" argument. Lloyd Carr always sucks in bowl games, that's why Michigan lost. OSU had a really bad night and got outplayed by a huge margin. Two bad games don't make a bad conference. Oh yeah, didn't Wisconsin beat Arkansas? The third place Big 10 team beat the SEC runner-up. Oh, and Tennessee got beat by Penn State. The SEC is a tougher conference, no doubt, but to say that the Big 10 is weak is really dumb after the two conferences tied each other in the bowl games.

Answer 3

I'll give you 1 and 2, but there is actually a lot of non-conference play between the Pac Ten and the Big Ten, and a fair amount between the Pac Ten and the SEC. The Big Ten and the SEC usually meet no more than once in non-conference play every season (this year it was Michigan and Vanderbilt, but Indiana and Kentucky usually play every year).

Every big conference is ducking the other big conferences, because the current system does not reward playing tough non-conference schedules. So SEC teams load up on Sun Belt and weak CUSA schools, Big Ten teams beat up on MAC schools, Pac Ten schools play WAC schools, etc. Few teams play tough non-conference schedules (notable exception being teams like Colorado) and some have notoriously weak schedules (Virginia Tech, Kansas State, Wisconsin, etc. year in and year out don't play anyone out of conference). As long as the system is as it is and all anyone cares about is record (hence the Boise State bulls**t we were subjected to, when all people cared about was 13-0), no one is going to step up their OOC schedules. Put a playoff system in with a meaningful strength-of-schedule component to the selection process (a la college basketball) and you'll see teams step up their OOC schedules, and you won't keep getting soaked for $50 to see your school play Central Upper Nebraska Tech every September.

Answer 4

1. Should be renamed the BIG 2

2. Your #3

3. 7 BIG 10 teams in bowls, 9 SEC teams


South Carolina would give Ohio State a run for their money

Answer 5

What??? How stupid might that be? different than USC the %10 blows-AZ, AZ State, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington State--purely terrible. do you realize that the massive 10 produces the 2d maximum NFL expertise just to the SEC (greater convention). the massive 12 Oklahoma team lost to the WAC champ BOISE STATE! With 3 communities each year interior the right 10 - it relatively is purely a real stupid question. LOL--%10 a powerhouse branch...positioned down the crackpipe!

Answer 6

Do you follow college football at all? Give me two reasons USC is weak. 1:UCLA 2:Oregon St.
Florida was a better team than Ohio State on Monday, I will give you that.

Answer 7

ohio state made it through the whole year beating at the time #2 texas also beating #2 michigan but usc lost 2 games this year true they did beat michigan but michigan isnt ohio state if they would have played ohio state they wouldve gotten whooped

Answer 8

Some of you may have noticed that I have recently taken a strong liking to Paul and in what he calls, "His gospel." I have come to see that it is so different than what I thought I understood over so many years. I now realize that I was not a Bible Believer - I was a Bible Teachings Believer. God has opened up the Book to me as He has for many many others, I am sure.

Answer 9

^(2 above)^That's because USC is semi-overrated as well. Besides Oregon St. and Berkley there isn't much competition.

SEC is hands down the toughest conference

Answer 10

OSU Sucks
Michigan Blows
The rest dont really matter