Records of all Big 10 teams since our 17 game winning streak began:
(Teams haven't played the same # of games because some started earlier in '05 and later in '07)
Team__________Wins____Losses_____%
OSU____________17________0____100.00%
scUM___________13________2_____86.67%
Wisc___________12________4_____75.00%
PSU____________10________6_____62.50%
PU______________9________7_____56.25%
NW______________7_______10_____41.18%
Iowa____________5_______11_____31.25%
Minnesota_______5_______11_____31.25%
Indiana_________5_______12_____29.41%
Illinois________4_______12_____25.00%
MSU_____________2_______14_____12.50%
Sadly, even though they regularly embarrass the conference early in the season and in Bowl Games, the skunk weasles'
only losses in the conference since the beginning of our winning streak have been
to The Ohio State University. If they had managed to win those two games, this winning streak would be theirs.
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In fact, since JT joined the conference, the following are scUM's losses to teams not named The Buckeyes:
- MSU in '01
- Iowa in '02 and '03
- Wisconsin and Minnesota (by identical 20-23 scores), in '05
- No one in '04 or '06
- A total of 4 teams for those who weren't counting
Ohio State, by contrast, has lost 9 games to Big 10 teams outside of TSUN.
Only Iowa and Wisconsin have beaten both OSU and scUM since 2001.
Only Iowa has
blown out either team in that span, and they've blown out both of them (OSU in '04 and scUM in '02).
In the 3 years since losing three games in a row to start the '04 Conference Season, Ohio State has lost only two conference games. From three on consecutive Saturdays to two in three years is pretty remarkable improvement.
