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2009-2010 Big Ten Bowl Season

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Sad that the Wall Street Journal has better CFB commentary than SI, ESPN, CBS, etc ...

Ohio State's Rose-Colored Redemption - WSJ.com

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Big Day for Big Ten

One of the great misunderstandings in college football is that the Big Ten's teams have trouble winning bowl games generally, and that they are especially out of their depth in games against teams from the Southeastern Conference.

In fact, the Big Ten does just fine year after year?in the early New Year's Day bowls that no one remembers. (It's the big games that have been the embarrassments.) Over the past dozen seasons, the Big Ten is now 13-11 against the SEC in the Outback and Capital One bowls. That is a winning record over a significant time span against upper-level SEC teams in SEC country.

This dynamic was on display again Friday, as Penn State defeated LSU 19-17 in the muddied Capital One. And even though Auburn outlasted Northwestern in a 38-35 overtime victory in the Outback Bowl, the Wildcats amassed 625 yards to Auburn's 425. Anyone who watched the two games would be forced to conclude that the supposedly superior level of play throughout the SEC is an illusion.

Of course, the Big Ten might've dropped both games if coach Les Miles's team were better at clock management.

Down two, LSU got the ball back at its own 41 with just under a minute left, but again the offense was bizarrely inept at the two-minute drill, just as they were in a loss against Mississippi earlier this season. This is the sort of bugaboo that enrages fans?who are always inclined to second-guess coaches?and could one day imperil Mr. Miles's standing if it keeps up.

Another myth that needs to die: the belief that Big Ten teams are boring and stuck in the Stone Ages strategically. Northwestern put on arguably the most entertaining bowl performance since Boise State's classic Fiesta Bowl victory over Oklahoma following the 2006 season.

The Wildcats threw an outrageous 78 passes, tied the game on a trick-play two-point conversion that involved a reverse and a pass, and then tried to win the game on a fake field goal in overtime.

The Big Ten's year-by-year performance against the SEC in the Outback and Capital One games, which typically match the conferences' third- and fourth-best teams (the top two often wind up in the Bowl Championship Series) suggests the depth and quality of play across the Midwest is equal to the sport's most-feared conference. If not better. The problem has been the lack of powerhouse teams at the top
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JDMBuckeye;1634489; said:
Can't wait till next year - Miami Hurricanes, a tough looking badger team - and a still good Iowa and PSU team, as well as the big teams losing their stars.
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Fortunately Wisconsin gave us the building blocks to figure out how to handle Miami next year.
 
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Class'13;1630002; said:
Something that upsets me is how in all of our tie ins, we have to travel to the other teams territory. We play the Rose Bowl vs. Pac10 in Cali. Capital One vs. SEC in Florida. Outback vs. SEC in Florida. Alamo vs. Big 12 in Texas. Champs Sports vs. ACC in Florida. The other two, Insight vs. Big 12 in Arizona, which is near Big 12 territory, and Little Caesars vs. MAC in Detroit, which it neutral.
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The Big Ten has some excellent tie ins (regardless of where they're located). Take a look at what the Pac Ten has for tie ins. There's no pangs of jealousy there whatsoever.
 
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Three losses by a total of 14 points, but...

Underdog Wisconsin pounds The U, 20-14

Penn State edges "the SEC", 19-17

Underdog Ohio State beats PAC Ten champion Oregon, 26-17 :banger:

Underdog Iowa defeats ACC champion Georgia Tech, 24-14

The Big Ten goes 2-0 in BCS bowls, both as underdogs versus champions of other conferences. In other words, fuck the "experts" and the talking heads.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T! :bigten2::osu2:
 
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Jake;1635926; said:
Three losses by a total of 14 points, but...

Underdog Wisconsin pounds The U, 20-14

Penn State edges "the SEC", 19-17

Underdog Ohio State beats PAC Ten champion Oregon, 26-17 :banger:

Underdog Iowa defeats ACC champion Georgia Tech, 24-14

The Big Ten goes 2-0 in BCS bowls, both as underdogs versus champions of other conferences. In other words, fuck the "experts" and the talking heads.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T! :bigten2::osu2:
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This is the key to the Big Ten "rebounding". The bowl record being 4-3 doesn't look outstanding in the absolute sense, but all the teams that matter - Wisconsin, Penn State, Iowa & Ohio State - won their bowls. That should go a long way.
 
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jlb1705;1635968; said:
This is the key to the Big Ten "rebounding". The bowl record being 4-3 doesn't look outstanding in the absolute sense, but all the teams that matter - Wisconsin, Penn State, Iowa & Ohio State - won their bowls. That should go a long way.
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We went 2-0 in BCS bowls, both over champions of other conferences, both as underdogs. The haters can yap all they want, but that's egg on a lot of faces.

The other thing no mediot talks about is we play all of our bowls versus teams from BCS conferences - no fucking games against Temple or Middle Tennessee for us. Only the ACC can also make that claim, and the Badgers and Hawkeyes whupped that ass. :biggrin:
 
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