4 at most. They are good,no argument here.
Yeah. This is comparable to high school big metro public school vs little rural christian school matchup.
Last time they met Vols won like 48-28. Vols were up 28 on iowa in first 20 minutes just last year, last time Vols played Michigan they had at least a 20 point halftime lead. They beat the buckeyes last time they met too.
Vols are a bunch of big ugly beasts, with top notch facilities to make like the russian in rocky 4. They don't get beat by no corn eating slow midwestern hay bale training fat bastards. It'll be ugly
Men vs boys my man,men vs boys
yet in those last 17 non exsistent years the Vols have beat the living shit out of multiple big 10 powerhouses. . so how bad is the big 10 then? thier best teams are getting crushed by a non exsistent team in the bottom half of the SEC. like i said its just a different level of football. theres SEC, FBS,then FCS. im sorry, i know it sucks as a fan. but no one takes the big 10 seriously
Putting a few things into perspective: The Big 10 Conference, formerly know as the "Western Athletic Conference" when it was founded 120 years ago,
now stretches from the Atlantic Seaboard (Rutgers/Maryland) to the Eastern edges of Wyoming/Colorado (Nebraska). The "Big-10" with its long history of academic excellence and "winning" traditions in sports has allowed the Conference to become rich in tradition while they bask in the glory of past successes
and to some degree during the present....... Ohio State did win a National Football Championship (on the field last) last year.
Over the long-years, I've always felt the "Big 10" Conference has looked down in a condescending manor at the other conferences that existed 70 years ago
when I first began to follow Big-10 football, particularly (The SEC, the old Southwest Conference and even the Pacific Coast Conference at times ). I can remember when the University of Wisconsin (I was there on campus beginning in 1952) would NOT schedule games against those "Southern Schools" because they felt they weren't on the same academic level as the Big-10 schools.....(talk about intellectual arrogance). Some of this mind-set still lingers to this very day if you dig deep-enough into the alumni ranks and the faculties of these staid mid-western Land-Grant Colleges & Universities.
What makes me chuckle today is how the "Big-10" has come full-circle with their conference make-up when they "allowed" Nebraska, Rutgers, Maryland and Johns-Hopkins...(Lacrosse only) to play football in Columbus, Madison, Ann Arbor, Champagne, Bloomington (et al) on Saturday afternoons during the Fall of the year..........Suddenly, It's all about money, (TV money) isn't it. Don't get me wrong, a student athlete can still get what [he or she] wants academically at any one of the Big 10 schools but they can do that just as well in the schools of the other Conferences (The SEC, The Big 12, The Pac-10, the ACC).
So, what does all the above have to do with trying to determine which is the best football conference in America ? Nothing actually, now that the Big-10 schools are willing to play those "boys" from the South or the Southwest or the West Coast. The "best" (the champions) can be determined on the Gridiron on any given Saturday afternoon each year or in the play-offs....all the "perception" and a need to speculate has gone by the wayside today.
Me? I've been following college football for more than 70 years and loved every year of it.....It gets better each and every passing year.
Is the Big10 the best conference in college football this year ? Let the debate continue. Good luck during this years bowl season Guys.
now stretches from the Atlantic Seaboard (Rutgers/Maryland) to the Eastern edges of Wyoming/Colorado (Nebraska). The "Big-10" with its long history of academic excellence and "winning" traditions in sports has allowed the Conference to become rich in tradition while they bask in the glory of past successes
and to some degree during the present....... Ohio State did win a National Football Championship (on the field last) last year.
Over the long-years, I've always felt the "Big 10" Conference has looked down in a condescending manor at the other conferences that existed 70 years ago
when I first began to follow Big-10 football, particularly (The SEC, the old Southwest Conference and even the Pacific Coast Conference at times ). I can remember when the University of Wisconsin (I was there on campus beginning in 1952) would NOT schedule games against those "Southern Schools" because they felt they weren't on the same academic level as the Big-10 schools.....(talk about intellectual arrogance). Some of this mind-set still lingers to this very day if you dig deep-enough into the alumni ranks and the faculties of these staid mid-western Land-Grant Colleges & Universities.
What makes me chuckle today is how the "Big-10" has come full-circle with their conference make-up when they "allowed" Nebraska, Rutgers, Maryland and Johns-Hopkins...(Lacrosse only) to play football in Columbus, Madison, Ann Arbor, Champagne, Bloomington (et al) on Saturday afternoons during the Fall of the year..........Suddenly, It's all about money, (TV money) isn't it. Don't get me wrong, a student athlete can still get what [he or she] wants academically at any one of the Big 10 schools but they can do that just as well in the schools of the other Conferences (The SEC, The Big 12, The Pac-10, the ACC).
So, what does all the above have to do with trying to determine which is the best football conference in America ? Nothing actually, now that the Big-10 schools are willing to play those "boys" from the South or the Southwest or the West Coast. The "best" (the champions) can be determined on the Gridiron on any given Saturday afternoon each year or in the play-offs....all the "perception" and a need to speculate has gone by the wayside today.
Me? I've been following college football for more than 70 years and loved every year of it.....It gets better each and every passing year.
Is the Big10 the best conference in college football this year ? Let the debate continue. Good luck during this years bowl season Guys.
since 98 tn 3-1 against big ten in such marqis bowls as Citrus/taxslayer/outback. remember you cant spell Citrus without a UT. Maybe one day tn will get in a bowl that means something. Have they been in a Bcs bowl since 98? Ohio state has been in like 13. Only reason Tn won a Championship in 98 is because Ark Qb cant run a victory formation without fumbling and then they play a backup qb in title game. Be proud of that Tn program lol. I honestly dont even know who they are playing in this yrs bowl game. I hope they win for you to give you some hope that they will actually matter again sometime this decade.
Vols are a bunch of big ugly beasts, with top notch facilities to make like the russian in rocky 4. They don't get beat by no corn eating slow midwestern hay bale training fat bastards. It'll be ugly
Easy my friend, easy. If there's a coach in this country I would have paid to play for, it was Meyer. Another game that shouldn't be close, but it's all up to tude. You're not in the playoff, my attitude is big damn deal. Get your ass out there and play like a man.
~T~
Right, those Michigan men trounced those Florida boys in their own home state.
Glad Bama had to beat that tough Gator team to win the SEC.
B10 vs SEC in bowl games proves nothing but match-ups.
Michigan finished third in their division yet destroyed a team in the SEC title game.
Going by that theory UM would have easily won the SEC East, which I would say is a stretch.
Most people realize OSU was the best team in the B10 and had one letdown game in 26 games. OSU is 25-1 in their past 26 games which is pretty sick and should have been defending their title.
That is why the playoffs need to go to 8 teams, to account for unbalanced conference schedules and sometimes the best team in the division/conference not winning their conference title.
The only true conference champion is the B12 champ who do not play an unbalanced schedule. There is no excuses in the B12. Everyone plays everybody, no hiding or getting lucky in cross divisional match-ups.
