Tell me about the Big Ten

Illinois: Champaign is basically surrounded by farms. Not that hard to see why they don't recruit elite

Indiana: Heard it's a pretty nice campus. Basketball is their main focus. Very die hard as they haven't had much success in the last 20 years. 

Iowa: Team that always seems like they could be a little better than they are, but oh well. Easiest team to root for besides Michigan in the B1G. Sweet color combo/logo and Iowa City seems awesome.

Maryland: Heard it's a commuter school. They don't really have a rival and idk...they just don't fit well. 

MSU: Generally they're alright. Nothing special or bad in terms of the kind of fan they are...unless Michigan comes into play. Then all bets are off. 

Minnesota: They seem kind of like the Michigan football of hockey. Many teams have had more recent success but that doesn't stop them. 

Nebraska: They're loyal that's for sure. Have to hand it to them for that. 

Northwestern: They're smart as hell

OSU: Fuck em. It seems like the entire state of Ohio is bred to hate Michigan. We'll always be above you, fuckers. 

Penn St: Really rub me the wrong way after the Sandusky thing. The entire situation is just creepy. And they still don't get it. 

Purdue: Probably brings the least to the Big Ten of anyone

Rutgers: At least we can recruit New Jersey easier

Wisconsin: They have my respect because at one point their football and basketball teams pretty much sucked. Now they're always in the conversation in both and that's hard to do. 

Have a Werther's Original and I'll tell you all about it. Back in my day, there were actually ten teams in the Big Ten. Crazy isn't it?

I might be leaning against the grain here, but when I visited Nebraska I wasn't especially impressed with the friendliness of their fans. Now it is true that they applaud the opponents, and I like that a lot; however, my visit there (Kickoff classic or some analogous game that used to happen the week before the rest of the teams started, August 2002) the fans around me weren't particularly friendly. The ones behind me were downright arrogant, and when I introduced myself they launched into an obnoxious and rather delusional rant about who they felt should have won a unified title after the 1997 season. It wasn't something they actually wanted to be friendly about. Now it may be that I happened into a bad apple, but it left a bad taste in my mouth.

Illinois: Think that Michigan is there rival but they haven’t beat the football team in how long?

Indiana: Basketball fans are pricks.

Iowa: If they ever get a football coach that isn’t boring then they might be elite football team

Maryland: good fans but what in the hell is wrong with them when they lose to Duke a few years ago.

MSU: Obsessed with Michigan and they are little assholes and worse when beer and sofa’s involved.

Minny: They are great people, until Hockey is involved they are the worse.Nebraska: They are alright, but damn they need to lower there expectations of the football team.

NU:  I got nothing for them, but who was a NU fan I mean really.

OSU: Where do I need to begin with them, They are asshole,dickheads and they are obbessed with Michigan.

PSU: They are delusional at best

Purdue: Well they have a .500 record last year at least

Rutgers:  Well they do have meatheads in NJ

Wisconsin: They supply us with the beer and cheese in the world nothing bad about themme see

Don't tell me what to do.

This thread is so dumb.

somehow got Mizzu before the sec did, and didn't add Rutgers. They would have been a great addition and they would be pretty close to Illinois, Nebraska and Iowa. Also, you could split the divisions up in east and west better, for example:

West-Mizzu,Iowa,Wiscy,Indiana,Nebraska,Purdue,Minny.

East-Illinois,OSU,MSU,PSU,Michigan,Maryland,NW

No lie - I grew up NU fan. Lived 5 min from campus

Indiana: sucks Maryland: sucks Michigan State: sucks OSU: sucks PSU: sucks Purdue: sucks Northwestern: sucks Wisconsin: sucks Iowa: sucks Rutgers: sucks Minnesota: sucks Nebraska: sucks

From the view of the rival:

Maryland and Rutgers: haven't interacted with them much due to their new presence as B1G members, but I have spent time in college park and Maryland fans seem generally harmless, if rather uninspired when it comes to football.

Wisconsin: rowdy, loud, occasionally rude but mainly just passionate. Met a ton of UW fans in Indy for the championship game and none of them seemed combative, given the stakes of the game.

PSU: the worst fan base I've ever encountered. They're rude and combative both home and away, violent on their own turf, and generally deluded about their place in the conference hierarchy and about the Paterno/Sandusky situation.

MSU: I think the little brother complex applies to us in some ways too. MSU just wants to be considered a top team in the league, and their attitude reflects that. Most of the fans that I've met haven't been hostile or anything.

Michigan: arrogant, but generally, the UM fans I've met have been great. I tend to be more sensitive to visiting Michigan fans because of the crap they take from locals, and most that I've met have been nothing but grateful when I've had the chance to interact on our campus and theirs.

OSU: I will admit the central Ohioans that come into the city are terrible. Drunk, loud, combative and rude to the point where the student are often found clashing with the older fans. However, I've found that much of the student body and alumni are about the same as any other fanbase, albeit part of a more passionate following than most schools.

Nebraska: the only ones I've met have been old and nice.

I won't mention Illinois, Indiana, northwestern, and uhh are there others? Because none of them seem to care all that much

I may also be biased from my time at Purdue...

Indiana: Toothless pricks living in the glory days of basketball
Illinois: Great academics obsessed with Michigan for some reason, when their rivals are NU, Mizzou, and Purdue.
NU: Excellent academics in the center of Michigan's largest alumni association gathering
MSU: Little brother with an inferiority complex
Ohio: Fuck Ohio
Minny: Nice fans, in all sports except Hockey. The hockey fans are pricks.
Wisconsin: Drunk, need I say more
Penn State: 50/50 mix between really nice fans and a bunch of delusional assholes.
Rutgers: Sopranos?
Maryland: Frat bro's
Purdue: boring, nice people, great academics for STEM.
Iowa: held back from a poor man's Lloyd Carr.

PSU:  Cult-of-personality, pedophile-enabling, delusional, assholes.

Worst line ever!

the percentages may vary ..... but they only vary slightly.  I've enjoyed every B1G city I've visited, and I've seen them all outside of Iowa City and College Park, MD.  Similarly for the non-B1G cities (been to about 10-12 of them).

I'll get preachy ...... I'm not a big fan of stereo-casting people, which, to be blunt, is occurring a bit in this thread.  In the long run, we're all just people.  Our alma mater/school does not define us.

It's big and there are 10 teams...wait no.

They have beaten Michigan 4 out of the past 5 times they've played, and have only missed a bowl appearance once during that time, which also includes as many BCS bowl game wins as Michigan has during that same period.  I don't understand why they're not taken seriously here.