[Vision2020] Pac 10 vs. Big 12

[Chris Storhok]

Gee, wow a whopping 15 in the Big 12...lets look at the Big 10, since
1950 the traditional teams of the Big 10 have won 21 national titles
awarded by one, some,  or all of the polling organizations.  Add in Penn
State and the number jumps to 24.   College football reality is simple,
the winner of the Big 10 is historically the best team in the nation.
The reason that there are not more national champions out of the Big 10
is because the schedule is so darn tough.  What other conference do you
play the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Penn State, Iowa,
Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue, etc. in stadiums that hold between
50,000 and 106,000 folks every week.   I guarantee that if the so called
great teams like Texas, USC, (Maryland - give me a break!) Miami, and
FSU that the media go crazy over had to play the Big 10 roster every
year their winning percentages and national championships would drop
off.   The Big 10's problem is that there are really only three patsy
football programs (Indiana, Northwestern (and even they have been
winning in the last few years) and Illinois) so even the best teams
finish with 1 or 2 losses and thus are eliminated by the stupid BSC
system.  Either 1A college football should adopt a playoff format or
drop the BSC system so that the rest of us can enjoy arguing over the
split polls. 

God I miss live college football, Go Vandals!!!!!

 

Chris

 

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Drew Hicks
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 2:24 PM
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Subject: [Vision2020] Pac 10 vs. Big 12

 

Since 1950, teams from the Big 12 region have received 15 national
titles opposed to the Pac-10 region's 8. 
Rivaled only by teams from the SEC region. Of course I'm adding the
"region" phrase because of the fluctuation that has occurred in every
conference in the last 50 years. I might also add that the Pac-10
certainly contributes 1 or 2 schools to the national picture each year
with a USC or a WSU years ago or a UW in the early 90s sometimes even a
UCLA gets in there, while the Big 12 consistently contributes several
top 5, top 10, teams each season. On another note, I might add that the
last two years have seen the number 2 seeded Pac-10 schools face a 4th
or 5th seeded Big 12 school in the Holiday Bowl. The Result - 2005 - #4
Cal gets thumped by unranked Texas Tech and 2006 - #11 Oregon gets
thumped by unranked Oklahoma.......startin' to make sense..... 


drizzle

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