The Big 10 Is 3-6 vs FBS Teams This Week

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With Purdue falling to the Thundering Herd the Big 10 posted a stellar 3-6 record vs the FBS pending OSU.  Two of those were over MAC teams.

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andrewgr

September 7th, 2015 at 1:55 AM ^

OSU only went to the playoffs last year because the Big 12 had two teams with one loss and didn't play a championship game.   Otherwise, they would have been odd man out, and the strength of the conference would have made the difference.  The Big 12 is the only conference to not have a championship game, so the odds of that happening again aren't very high.  People who think OSU squeaking into the playoffs last year is proof that conference strength doesn't matter are just wrong.  It does matter.

That doesn't mean the whole conference needs to be good, or that you should hope your rivals are good, but if you want into the playoffs, I think it's best to have at least two teams that end the year in the top 15 on your resume.  That's easy to do in the Big 12, Pac 12, and SEC; not as easy but still quite plausible in the ACC; and impossible if you're in the B1G West, or if you're OSU or MSU in the B1G East.  (Obviously, you can schedule tougher non-conference games to compensate, I'm just talking about the conference games you can rely on.)

If I could wave a magic wand, I'd want Nebraska to return to glory.  Have a team that's highly regarded year in and year out in the West to play in the championship game, plus they've got some of the nicest fans in the world.  Penn State can stay bad forever as far as I care.

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west2

September 7th, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^

in week 2 or 3 the bgtn lost almost every game, actually it might have been the week that bucky lost to VT. And the pundits pronounced the demise of the conference. We know how that played out. Not mentioned either is the fact that bgtn teams played the #1 and #2 teams in the country in week 1. And one those teams Minnesota (a team on M schedule) played pretty even with TCU. Also if you look at most of the SEC teams they played cupcake teams, some even FCS teams. Not saying that the bgtn is the best conference but I believe the teams will be better than their record this week. M schudule though appears much tougher than first thought.

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