This guy basically says that the entire Big 10 is crap (on ESPN, huge shock). He touts the SEC and ACC. If I had to guess, I would say that the guy was born...uhh, down south, maybe? I'm guessing he missed the playoffs 2 years ago.
This guy basically says that the entire Big 10 is crap (on ESPN, huge shock). He touts the SEC and ACC. If I had to guess, I would say that the guy was born...uhh, down south, maybe? I'm guessing he missed the playoffs 2 years ago.
This guy basically says that the entire Big 10 is crap (on ESPN, huge shock). He touts the SEC and ACC. If I had to guess, I would say that the guy was born...uhh, down south, maybe? I'm guessing he missed the playoffs 2 years ago.
No offense, but this is simply false and not true. Michigan was #8 and Penn State was #10 in Sagarin's ratings before that game. After that game, U-M moved to #7 and Penn State moved to #19.
The final Sagarin ratings had the Top 4 (in order) as Nebraska, Florida State, Florida and Michigan.
There were 2 primary reasons the computers did not love either Michigan --- or the B1G as a whole --- in 1997. (1) Notre Dame (strongest out-of-conference opponent) dramatically underachieved that year. (2) The B1G as a whole had a terrible performance in both out-of-conference games and the Bowls. The B1G went 2-5 in Bowl Games, with Purdue being the only team to win. OSU, PSU and Wisconsin ALL had decisive New Year's day losses, while Iowa and MSU were blown out vs. relatively run-of-the-mill Pac-10 teams.
