Re: Dabo has absolutely broken the nut necklaces on 11 warriors.

Pretty much any Big Ten team is a “layup.” Other than the 2014 “an” Ohio State University’s title, plus the 2002 title the refs gave to “an” Ohio State University’s title, no Big Ten team has won a National title since 1997, and that was by? It was a split title. I can’t remember who it was. It was Nebraska (who is a Big 8/12 orphan) and some other team from the Big Ten. ??. Who was that again? “an” Ohio State University had a great team last year. They were a worthy adversary for anyone, but let’s not pretend they have really had any competition in the Big Ten in about ten years. The Big Ten is usually inflated by the fact that it accounts for a large media market in the Midwest and college football nostalgia. Before 2014, you’d really have to go back to 2002 to find a Big Ten school (also “an” Ohio State University, and they won that title because the refs threw a ridiculous penalty after the game had ended) that has been even remotely competitive when matches against the National elite. Honestly, other than “an” Ohio State University, the Big Ten has been totally irrelevant, realistically, in the national title picture for over 20 years. The Big Ten, much like Michigan, has been living off the first 75, of the last 100, years of college football.

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Re: based on the comments, the bucknut fans clearly believe they

Dec 14, 2020, 10:55 AM

First of all, I don’t drink intoxicants. Secondly, you say your aren’t “complaining” about refs, but then you bring of last year’s Fiesta Bowl. I think getting outscored 29-7 had more to do with “an” Ohio State University losing than some referee decision. Also, there is no comparison with the 2002 debacle. That game was OVER. Miami had won. aOSU had not won a single thing during the regulation period you are referencing. aOSU may not have snapped that third down play before the 40 second play clock had expired. So, the 3rd down pass you reference would have been irrelevant anyhow had the refs caught that. However, in the OT, Miami HAD stopped aOSU on the 4th down play. The game was over.

As to aOSU “competing” for national titles, the 2006 and 2007 squads were hardly competitive in those games. 2014? I’ll give you that one, but one could make the argument they never should have been in that position anyhow because Baylor and TCU had better resumes to get into the CFP that year.

The Big Ten is not the end all be all league that it is made out to be. In the first 6 years of the CFP’s existence, the Big Ten has an overall record of 2-3. Clemson and Alabama are 7-2 and 6-3 by THEMSELVES. Furthermore, in the last 22 years (since the dawn of the BCS/CFP, and I choose this because while both systems have been flawed, it has only been since 1998 that we’ve been guaranteed a true #1vs#2 title game) there has been a grand total of ONE team, aOSU, from the Big Ten to appear in a National Title game. Their record is 2-2. Every other Power 5 conference has had at least 2 teams, with the SEC having 5 different teams, play for a National Title.

BCS/CFP National Title Game Appearances
1.) SEC (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU)
*2.) BIG-12 (Nebraska*, Texas, Oklahoma)
3.) ACC (Clemson, Florida State)
**3.) Big East (Virginia Tech, Miami)
3.) PAC-12 (Oregon, USC)
6.) B1G (Ohio State)

*Were Big-12 members in 2001
**This conference is no longer exists in football)

So, the myth of the Big Ten’s supremacy is just that: a myth, at least as far as the virtual last quarter century is concerned.

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Dabo has absolutely broken the nut necklaces on 11 warriors.