Big ten non conf had 8 games against teams that are currently ranked sec had 5 (and none by florida)
Yeah, but look at the ranked opponents FU played inside the SEC. Big Ten's best bet is to move Michigan and Ohio State to the same weekend as Big 12/SEC/ACC Championship games. This would somewhat help Michigan in the leap-frogging done this year. Though the majority just didn't want a rematch. Or, and here's an idea, find a team, add them, and have your own Championship game. Sometime down the road, UM vs. OSU will be moved to mid year and the Big Ten will have a title game. Just my thought.
thats my question though, are they really that good of teams when they fatten there record against so many low teams it's very easy to get to 6 wins when 3 games come against huge nobodies.
Actually in that same conversation was the fact that the Big 10 would be the biggest roadblock for a playoff system. The Big 10 (actually Big 11) is dead set against adding another team & having a conference championship game, and also dead set against a playoff system. They don't like the fact that a "national championship" game was added this year because it devalues the prestigeous Rose Bowl. It is no longer "the grandaddy of them all"... They feel that "playoff" games during the bowls would devalue them. If its not the championship game, its not the "best bowl"....
they've been willing and have tried to have Notre Dame join, but the ncaa gives norte dame so much that there is no point in them joining any conference. They get their own tv deal, get automatic entry into the bcs if they make it to a certain rank. Beyond that the big ten feels that unless they go raid another major confernce that there isn't really a big/good enough mid major that should join them.
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Personally I think that there is room for both the bowls and a playoff system. The playoffs are only going to affect 8 teams. This year there are 32 bowls so 64 teams are in. I would love to see 6-6 teams eliminated from going to bowls.
The current bcs game could rotate the semil final and final game. no more bowl ties in, I'd love to see more mid mjor champs taking on (and beating) the 3rd, 4th, 5th place teams from the snob conferences