Thinking back before Nebraska joined the Big 10, has your respect for the Big 10 grown since then?
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I guess you are forgetting the last few years for the Big 12? That is still worse.
LOL! That is always my go-to, Crusader.
Nowadays, whenever I've gotten disgusted with by incredibly bad call, I say to myself, "At least these jokers aren't as bad as those final years in the Big XII."
If only this kind of official review had been around back-in-the-day:
Replay Officials:
"Holy Crap, that Penn State WR caught the ball three feet out-of bounds."
"Damn, that Florida State RB fumbled the ball before reaching the endzone."
"Unbelievable, that A&M players punched that Nebraska player right in the balls!!!"
Having lived in B10 territory for nearly all of my life, I can say with confidence that the B10 has gotten much better over the years. Back in the salad days, Nebraska would have won the B10 nearly every year from 93 to 2001. Ohio State was not close to as good as they are now, with the exception of their 98 team, which was exceptional.
Nobody in the B10 is afraid of the SEC anymore, which is particularly satisfying.
Sadly, the same time frame was the downfall of Nebraska as a dominate program. Pelini sort of completed, but he was an ass and apparently wasn't willing to recruit and get the players it takes to win it all, not just stay relevant. And since then it's largely been a joke.
But, I think the B10 has been incredible for other sports, specifically wrestling and of course volleyball. Basketball is relevant for the first time in my memory, and I'm sure there are other sports that have really benefitted as well.
The whole west coast thing is puzzling, but it has led to some good games over the past few years that we would not have seen otherwise.
Nobody in the B10 is afraid of the SEC anymore, which is particularly satisfying.
Sadly, the same time frame was the downfall of Nebraska as a dominate program. Pelini sort of completed, but he was an ass and apparently wasn't willing to recruit and get the players it takes to win it all, not just stay relevant. And since then it's largely been a joke.
But, I think the B10 has been incredible for other sports, specifically wrestling and of course volleyball. Basketball is relevant for the first time in my memory, and I'm sure there are other sports that have really benefitted as well.
The whole west coast thing is puzzling, but it has led to some good games over the past few years that we would not have seen otherwise.
During the off season, the B1G refs have a side hustle by reffing WWE wrestling matches.
Those are the same refs that get distracted by someone in the audience while one of the wrestlers in the ring grabs a steel folding chair and beats the $hit out of another guy on the floor. Actually, these refs are better during their wrestling gigs.
Those are the same refs that get distracted by someone in the audience while one of the wrestlers in the ring grabs a steel folding chair and beats the $hit out of another guy on the floor. Actually, these refs are better during their wrestling gigs.
I give you Cignetti, at IU, how does one explain that? Our leadership is terrible or at least was
You aren't seeing anyone else do what Cignetti is doing. IU aligned around his asks for NIL support - but more important was a great eye for talent, being able to recruit talent and setting the culture right in very short order. All of that contributes to the results.
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YES, but it took a long time. Not because the league got competitive on the national stage the last few years. It was because it took a couple decades to finally get treated equally by the Big 10. As newcomers to the conference the Big 10 SUCKED for so long. We were treated like crap by pretty much everyone involved. It was 100% different than how welcoming The Big 8 was to the schools joining when the SWC folded.
Speaking of B1G teams....not a good start for Rutgers last night. They got beat by 16 points by UMass. UMass was on a sixteen game losing streak and were 29.5 point underdogs.
Ouch.
Ouch.
Anybody who needs a jolt of CFB adrenaline to get psyched for Saturday, watch the final 2 minutes of the Colorado vs Georgia Tech game on YouTube. WILD.
I watched it live. GT QB needs to learn clock management. The second last series he snapped ball with a lot of time on the play clock (40 seconds on 3 plays). I know CU scored on a play that was snapped with 41 or 42 seconds left, but the extra pressure on the players with mere seconds left compared to over half a minute are night and day different.
GT did respond and had an opportunity to win, but I still feel it shouldn't have gotten to that point. Know the game.
Well they always say a football team makes their greatest improvement from Week 1 to Week 2.
Michigan pulled a Texas against Western Michigan. Criminal referees
