Everyone talks about how awful the B1G is this season and how great the B12/SEC is...
Sure, LSU/Bama are better than probably any team in the other conferences, but then what? South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Auburn? Come on. Those teams aren't special.
B1G has Nebraska, Sparty, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Penn State etc that are all at the same level, if not better than, the above mentioned SEC schools.
The B12 has ChOklahoma, Okie State, Texas, Texas Tech. ChOklahoma has had some bad games and don't seem dominant, Okie State is good but who knows with them, and Texas/Texas Tech are middle of the road.
My whole point is that the conferences mentioned aren't that much different from one another. What the B1G is missing is a nationally elite/dominant team. But that doesn't mean the entire conference as a whole is bad.