vewyphishy
The Original Smoking Fish
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Big-10 is only tough because they have 11 teams. 
Where most of the other "strong" conferences have one or two standout teams, the Big-10 has 4 really good ones. Perenial top-10 or top-15 teams. Question is, when will one of them cash it in and get to a national championship game?
SEC is traditionally a very tough conference. But that also works against the teams in that conference. They're busy kicking each other's asses and knocking each other off the higher ranks leaving weaker teams with weaker schedules to take the top spots.
Big-12 is a strange conference. It's loaded in the South... and very limited in the North. The winner of the North might have just 7 or 8 wins this year. However, the Sooners, Longhorns, Red Raiders, and Aggies make a pretty formidable 4-some in any conference. What I find most amusing about those 4 teams is that each of them have a unique strength from the other 3 teams.
Sooners - Defense
Red Raiders - Offense
Longhorns - Recruiting
Aggies - 12th man
Combine the 4 and you have one awesome program.
I'd like to see more cross-conference battles. I'm totally stoked about the UT-Ohio State game on Sept. 10. Any other key non-conference games?
Where most of the other "strong" conferences have one or two standout teams, the Big-10 has 4 really good ones. Perenial top-10 or top-15 teams. Question is, when will one of them cash it in and get to a national championship game?SEC is traditionally a very tough conference. But that also works against the teams in that conference. They're busy kicking each other's asses and knocking each other off the higher ranks leaving weaker teams with weaker schedules to take the top spots.
Big-12 is a strange conference. It's loaded in the South... and very limited in the North. The winner of the North might have just 7 or 8 wins this year. However, the Sooners, Longhorns, Red Raiders, and Aggies make a pretty formidable 4-some in any conference. What I find most amusing about those 4 teams is that each of them have a unique strength from the other 3 teams.
Sooners - Defense
Red Raiders - Offense
Longhorns - Recruiting
Aggies - 12th man
Combine the 4 and you have one awesome program.
I'd like to see more cross-conference battles. I'm totally stoked about the UT-Ohio State game on Sept. 10. Any other key non-conference games?