College Sports and the Big Ten Options

[mahaffey]

I am pretty sure that most will not care, but the Big Ten is sucking at major sports this year. Michigan loses to Appalachian State in football earlier this year, a Division I-AA team. Now Michigan State loses to Grand Valley State, a Division II team, in basketball. In addition, Division II Findlay defeated Ohio State in basketball also. The basketball games are exhibition, so they do not count in the standings, but what happened to the time when the Big Ten was dominant at most sports. At least the Big Ten still has field hockey, volleyball, and wrestling.

[Existentialist]

Should Kansas, BC, VT and OSU be penalized for playing in shitty conferences? Yes. The same way we recognize that the winner of the Special Olympics is not a good athlete.

Last year, OSU was the winner of a much stronger Big Ten and got boned by UF. This was because the Big Ten has no speed or athleticism that can compare to much of what is seen in the south. For the same reason, VT got demolished by LSU this year, and BC lost to fucking FSU.

The only reason Kansas and OSU are undefeated is because they haven't played any fast and athletic teams. VT and BC both lost only in their single games against athletic teams from the south. Once Kansas and OSU have to do the same, the results will be the same. Unfortunately, because people never learn, we'll have to wait until the BCS game to see it just like last year.

This post has been edited by Existentialist: Nov 7 2007, 1:48 pm