Big Ten Football 2024

Which Big Ten Team(s) Quality For The CFP In 2024

  • Illinois

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Indiana

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Iowa

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Maryland

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Michigan

    Votes: 3 50.0%

  • Michigan State

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Minnesota

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Nebraska

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Northwestern

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Ohio State

    Votes: 5 83.3%

  • Oregon

    Votes: 5 83.3%

  • Penn State

    Votes: 2 33.3%

  • Purdue

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Rutgers

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Southern Cal

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • UCLA

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Washington

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Wisconsin

    Votes: 1 16.7%
  • Total voters
    6
  • Poll closed .
Cedar_Point said:
I’m sure it is going to take time for coaches to find a plan that works. I read that Penn St is flying out to LA on Thursday.
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After they drive 2 hours to Harrisburg because the State College airport’s runaways can’t handle a plane big enough to get the entire team there. But I’m not sure why that isn’t an issue when they play the likes of Nebraska and Minnesota - maybe they need a bigger plane for fuel purposes? I’m not an aviation expert.
 
Orin Swift said:
After they drive 2 hours to Harrisburg because the State College airport’s runaways can’t handle a plane big enough to get the entire team there. But I’m not sure why that isn’t an issue when they play the likes of Nebraska and Minnesota - maybe they need a bigger plane for fuel purposes? I’m not an aviation expert.
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Yes, it sounded like it was an issue with the size of plane and needing to stop for fuel. These are the unintended consequences of having a conference that spans the country. Let's just do away with the conferences, it's just silly.
 
Stirred not Shaken said:
The BIG rules the top 5 in AP top 25: OSU no. 2, Oregon no.3, PSU no. 4.
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There is no doubt in my mind that the polls are in place just to keep the matchups looking good in the coming weeks. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Penn State would lose 3-4 games this season in an SEC schedule. Ohio State's only game of the season is this week.

So honestly, the 12 team playoffs is just in place to keep all these teams in the mix. You'll have 3 big ten teams in the playoffs, 4 - 5 SEC teams. This is all about adding juicy matchups at the end of the season.
 
Florida's football schedule this fall...now the Gators aren't great this year, but imagine Michigan, Penn State or Ohio State playing this schedule? This is why the SEC is king and it's not even close.

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14Red said:
Florida's football schedule this fall...now the Gators aren't great this year, but imagine Michigan, Penn State or Ohio State playing this schedule? This is why the SEC is king and it's not even close.

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Miami needed to be bailed out twice by the refs. Samford lol. ATM lost to ND. Mississippi State is one of the single worst P4 programs. UCF sucks and the fans want to fire Malzahn mid season. Tennessee lost to Arkansas. Kentucky got smoked by South Carolina. LSU lost to the Big 10’s very average USC. Florida State is also one of the single worst P4 programs.

There’s 2 very good teams on that schedule. 2 more slightly above average. The rest is average to dog crap. Always get a good laugh at your moronic takes.
 
Orin Swift said:
Miami needed to be bailed out twice by the refs. Samford lol. ATM lost to ND. Mississippi State is one of the single worst P4 programs. UCF sucks and the fans want to fire Malzahn mid season. Tennessee lost to Arkansas. Kentucky got smoked by South Carolina. LSU lost to the Big 10’s very average USC. Florida State is also one of the single worst P4 programs.

There’s 2 very good teams on that schedule. 2 more slightly above average. The rest is average to dog crap. Always get a good laugh at your moronic takes.
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Are you insane? There are 3 top 20 teams in the big ten, and one just joined the league in Oregon. This is like every other year in the big ten. We won't know how good Ohio State and Oregon is until the playoffs (both will make it). Meanwhile in the SEC, you get pushed every single week, especially on the road.
 
14Red said:
Are you insane? There are 3 top 20 teams in the big ten, and one just joined the league in Oregon. This is like every other year in the big ten. We won't know how good Ohio State and Oregon is until the playoffs (both will make it). Meanwhile in the SEC, you get pushed every single week, especially on the road.
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I didn’t make any mention about the Big 10, Ohio State or Oregon.

You apparently are insane for coming away from my post thinking I said.
 
14Red said:
Florida's football schedule this fall...now the Gators aren't great this year, but imagine Michigan, Penn State or Ohio State playing this schedule? This is why the SEC is king and it's not even close.

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No lies here.

OT I love the new Titans avatar but like the Reds they are also a team I completely stopped following after being so bad for so long.
 
Omega said:
Realities of travel in the realigned Big 10?

At this point of the Big 10 season, teams having to travel two or more time zones for conference games are 1-8. The only win was Indiana at UCLA

www.seattletimes.com

As UW showed Michigan, Big Ten travel demands are taking hold | Analysis

After weeks of non-conference matchups at home, the Big Ten season has ramped up, as have cross-country trips. You’ll never guess how those results are playing out.
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The favorites won pretty much all of those games, no?
 
eastisbest said:
That was the Tyler Trent game. That wasn't a humiliation. On that day Purdue would have taken about anyone in the country.
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No they wouldn’t. OSU was poorly prepared with a terrible game plan. Purdue wasn’t very good and got exposed by Auburn badly later on. Urban had been really struggling as a coach to that point but after that it was clear he wasn’t the man to lead OSU any longer.
 
Spartacus1987 said:
Urban had been really struggling as a coach to that point but after that it was clear he wasn’t the man to lead OSU any longer.
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Struggling in what way? His point differentials against ranked opponents after the Purdue game were 20, 23, 21, and 5 (after announced "retirement") and Purdue was the only game they lost. There was little if anything separating all but Clemson that year. NO amount of bad planning accounts for a 29 point loss to a mediocre talent.

You be you but I think most see the reality of that game. Purdue went on a run because kids had the kind of motivation they could make a real difference. They'd have beaten about anyone on that day. The Auburn game occurred when Trent was all but done. He died a couple days after. They were drained.
 
eastisbest said:
Struggling in what way? His point differentials against ranked opponents after the Purdue game were 20, 23, 21, and 5 (after announced "retirement") and Purdue was the only game they lost. There was little if anything separating all but Clemson that year. NO amount of bad planning accounts for a 29 point loss to a mediocre talent.

You be you but I think most see the reality of that game. Purdue went on a run because kids had the kind of motivation they could make a real difference. They'd have beaten about anyone on that day. The Auburn game occurred when Trent was all but done. He died a couple days after. They were drained.
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Rondale was legit.
 
14Red said:
There is no doubt in my mind that the polls are in place just to keep the matchups looking good in the coming weeks. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Penn State would lose 3-4 games this season in an SEC schedule. Ohio State's only game of the season is this week.

So honestly, the 12 team playoffs is just in place to keep all these teams in the mix. You'll have 3 big ten teams in the playoffs, 4 - 5 SEC teams. This is all about adding juicy matchups at the end of the season.
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I knew you figured it was a conspiracy. Everything is scripted WWE style, right? Some mysterious evil person is pulling all the strings to make the networks as much money as possible. 🤦‍♀️
 
eastisbest said:
Struggling in what way? His point differentials against ranked opponents after the Purdue game were 20, 23, 21, and 5 (after announced "retirement") and Purdue was the only game they lost. There was little if anything separating all but Clemson that year. NO amount of bad planning accounts for a 29 point loss to a mediocre talent.

You be you but I think most see the reality of that game. Purdue went on a run because kids had the kind of motivation they could make a real difference. They'd have beaten about anyone on that day. The Auburn game occurred when Trent was all but done. He died a couple days after. They were drained.
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Again, you aren't looking deep enough. The ranked teams OSU beat after Purdue?

Michigan State - This team finished 7-6

Michigan - Yes this Michigan team was good but nothing to write home about, they feasted on a bad Big Ten. Florida beat them in their bowl game by a wider margin than OSU did in their bowl game.

Northwestern - Solid win here but it's still Northwestern and a game OSU really needed to impress similar to Wisconsin 2014 to make the playoffs and they failed. Northwestern was a solid team but this is still a team that lost to Duke and Akron in the nonconference.

Washington - Solid win but Washington had 3 losses coming in and lost a game nonconference to Auburn who had 5 losses in the SEC. This game was almost the biggest choke job I had ever seen. OSU had a big lead and Washington started to really open up the playbook and expose OSUs lack of a pass defense.

This isn't even taking into the fact the disastrous struggles in games against Nebraska, Maryland, and TCU OR his massive struggles in games in 2016 and 2017.

Urban was great from 2012-2015 but after that it was time for him to go and he was no longer an OSU caliber coach.
 
14Red said:
There is no doubt in my mind that the polls are in place just to keep the matchups looking good in the coming weeks. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Penn State would lose 3-4 games this season in an SEC schedule. Ohio State's only game of the season is this week.

So honestly, the 12 team playoffs is just in place to keep all these teams in the mix. You'll have 3 big ten teams in the playoffs, 4 - 5 SEC teams. This is all about adding juicy matchups at the end of the season.
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Penn State like OSU has done a really terrible job against the SEC in bowl games the last 10 years. If these teams at least won a few games against that conference in that time frame it would really help with perception.
 
Spartacus1987 said:
Penn State like OSU has done a really terrible job against the SEC in bowl games the last 10 years. If these teams at least won a few games against that conference in that time frame it would really help with perception.
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James Franklin just sucks against anyone with equal or greater talent, isn’t just an SEC issue. He’s 3-17 against top 10 teams and 12-26 against top 25 teams. Hes 4-16 against OSU and Michigan (just 1-9 vs OSU). One of those three top 10 wins was against an Utah team that already had 3 losses and lost Cam Rising early in the 3rd to an injury.

Side note: man, Cam Rising is talented but made of glass.
 
Orin Swift said:
James Franklin just sucks against anyone with equal or greater talent, isn’t just an SEC issue. He’s 3-17 against top 10 teams and 12-26 against top 25 teams. Hes 4-16 against OSU and Michigan (just 1-9 vs OSU). One of those three top 10 wins was against an Utah team that already had 3 losses and lost Cam Rising early in the 3rd to an injury.

Side note: man, Cam Rising is talented but made of glass.
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Also very true. Ryan and Franklin are pretty similar, Ryan just recruits much better
 
Spartacus1987 said:
Penn State like OSU has done a really terrible job against the SEC in bowl games the last 10 years. If these teams at least won a few games against that conference in that time frame it would really help with perception.
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Losing to teams ranked above you isn't that big a deal.
 
Spartacus1987 said:
Penn State like OSU has done a really terrible job against the SEC in bowl games the last 10 years. If these teams at least won a few games against that conference in that time frame it would really help with perception.
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The issue that many people don't see is Fox / ESPN/ ABC NEED to have the midwest markets strong, so of course they are going to play up the big ten's best teams, although they don't match up nationally. The one thing that hurts the SEC is many of the schools are in small markets. There are so many big ten alums in NYC/ Chicago, obviously adding Penn State was a boon to the league for adding the Nittany Lion nation.
The "old" big ten was the big 8 little two (OSU/ Mich) and that's really not changed dramatically other than adding Penn State. Meanwhile, you have many SEC programs taking turns at the top with of course Bama/ Georgia now, LSU has had a couple natty's, Florida has, Tennessee has had good programs. My point has always been the top and middle of the SEC is so much better than the big ten that it makes the upsets like Saturday happen.
 
14Red said:
The issue that many people don't see is Fox / ESPN/ ABC NEED to have the midwest markets strong, so of course they are going to play up the big ten's best teams, although they don't match up nationally. The one thing that hurts the SEC is many of the schools are in small markets. There are so many big ten alums in NYC/ Chicago, obviously adding Penn State was a boon to the league for adding the Nittany Lion nation.
The "old" big ten was the big 8 little two (OSU/ Mich) and that's really not changed dramatically other than adding Penn State. Meanwhile, you have many SEC programs taking turns at the top with of course Bama/ Georgia now, LSU has had a couple natty's, Florida has, Tennessee has had good programs. My point has always been the top and middle of the SEC is so much better than the big ten that it makes the upsets like Saturday happen.
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I can’t disagree. Everything said there is correct. Go look at the talent composite, even the bad SEC teams have a 5 star scattered in there while you’ll be lucky to find a composite top 100 player on the bad Big Ten teams. No reason kids from DC and Maryland should be choosing the SEC over their home. Big Ten needs to do a much better job at recruiting that area before getting better in the southeast.
 
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