Trying to be unbiased...but he has a point. We are tied for 1st in the standings. But there is no way any
OSU fan can feel as good about saying "Big Ten Champ" as a PSU fan can. A) We didn't have to play the team PSU lost to. B) We have the same record, and they beat us in The Shoe. They deserve it more than we do. They beat us fair and sqaure...at our place. But they get the Rose Bowl, we don't. And that's the real prize. And they have a Big Ten Championship trophey and rings and shirts and hats. They have to feel sick, because had they not choked against Iowa, they'd likely be #2 in the country and going to the NCG, and also would be undisputed Big Ten Champions. They had a chance...and they blew it. I like that we've finished at least tied for 1st the past 4 years in the Big Ten. And 2005 was different, because they lost to Michigan...and we beat Michigan. So at least we could say we beat the team they lost to. Anyway...if there were a "Big Ten Championship Game" and they were in our division, we'd be sitting at home, and they'd be playing in the Big Ten Championship Game. Or if we were in seperate divisons, we'd get to play them again. It'd be pretty sweet to have a Big Ten Championship Game...I don't want to get into the arguement if it hurts or helps a teams chances of getting into the NCG. It can do both. Without it, Florida would be out. With it, Oklahoma may go from being in, to being out. So it can work either way. But it is an extra Big Ten game...and that would be fun, because I love watching Big Ten football. And i'm sure you do, too. So he is right when he says in the article that the Big Ten needs a championship game. They are fun. They bring hype to the conference and to college football.
He makes some good points though in the article. I understand where he is coming from, and if the rolls were reversed, Buckeye fans would feel the same way. Heck, I remember a lot of people didn't even want Iowa sharing the Big Ten championship in 2002. I'm just trying to not be so biased, and hopefully most of you can respect that. We are four time Big Ten Champs. It's the way the system works, and always has worked. But I can understand Penn State feeling more claim to it than we should.