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The Future Of Big 10 Football?

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Ahnenerbe

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This is my first post, so I thought I would ask a provoking question. I have been an Ohio State fan for 16 years. I cut my teeth in the John Cooper era (boy how disappointed I was) and in the Tressel era have become a super fan. One thing that irks me though is the complete lack of respect the big ten schools get. The nation always pokes fun at our schools and treats them like a step child. Of course the reason is these schools usually never win games against SEC schools or other big opponents. I have noticed that most "big" conferences use a spread type (basketball on grass) style of offense. Big Ten schools (OSU and UofM) have struggled against this. So, do you think our schools should change to keep up, and go with a spread with the option, or, keep it more the way it is, three yards and cloud of dust? To me it seems like we will not gain national respect until we can match the speed and style of these other teams.
 
Nonsense. For one thing, Illinois, Purdue, Northwestern, and others all supposedly run this magical spread-style offense.

For another, this stuff goes in cycles. The Big Ten used to be the conference that cannibalized it's own national title hopes. Perfect example, 1999, UM, MSU, and Wisconsin beat each other out of the national title picture.

The Big Ten just needs some coaches besides at UM and OSU that can recruit some damn talent to the conference.
 
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HailToMichigan;993697; said:
The Big Ten just needs some coaches besides at UM and OSU that can recruit some damn talent to the conference.
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I think that's a big part of it. I'd throw Illinois in there too, but they're not recruiting the A.Benn's and M.Wilson's they got last year.

Wisconsin recruits a ton of under the rader guys to go with one or two bigger time guys. Iowa WAS hot for a year, but not so much now. Penn State's having a down recruiting year this year and when Joepa leaves, it'll be interesting to see if they become a hot team to go to (ala the transition from Coop to Tress) or one that fizzles (ala Nebraska). If MSU keeps taking these 3* players from Ohio that the OSU's and UM's don't take, they could really make some noise and get that wagon rolling downhill.
 
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Ahnenerbe;993687; said:
This is my first post, so I thought I would ask a provoking question. I have been an Ohio State fan for 16 years. I cut my teeth in the John Cooper era (boy how disappointed I was) and in the Tressel era have become a super fan. One thing that irks me though is the complete lack of respect the big ten schools get. The nation always pokes fun at our schools and treats them like a step child. Of course the reason is these schools usually never win games against SEC schools or other big opponents. I have noticed that most "big" conferences use a spread type (basketball on grass) style of offense. Big Ten schools (OSU and UofM) have struggled against this. So, do you think our schools should change to keep up, and go with a spread with the option, or, keep it more the way it is, three yards and cloud of dust? To me it seems like we will not gain national respect until we can match the speed and style of these other teams.
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Gee that's great, you became a "superfan" when the team has had its most success since Woody.....

:roll1:
 
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Didn't we alreadyhave a thread like this get locked in the past couple of hours?

Its the week of The Game. Fuck the rest of the country and fuck discussions about the spread, fluffing or the money shot, we have the RR for that.
 
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Ahnenerbe;993687; said:
This is my first post, so I thought I would ask a provoking question. I have been an Ohio State fan for 16 years. I cut my teeth in the John Cooper era (boy how disappointed I was) and in the Tressel era have become a super fan. One thing that irks me though is the complete lack of respect the big ten schools get. The nation always pokes fun at our schools and treats them like a step child. Of course the reason is these schools usually never win games against SEC schools or other big opponents. I have noticed that most "big" conferences use a spread type (basketball on grass) style of offense. Big Ten schools (OSU and UofM) have struggled against this. So, do you think our schools should change to keep up, and go with a spread with the option, or, keep it more the way it is, three yards and cloud of dust? To me it seems like we will not gain national respect until we can match the speed and style of these other teams.
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When was the last time you would classify an Ohio State offense as "3 yards and a cloud of dust"? Those days are long gone.

SEC has a losing record vs. the Big 10. Ohio State beat Michigan, Notre Dame, and Texas (all pretty "big opponents") within 4 games of each other in 2005-2006.. to say that "these schools sually never win games against SEC schools" is completley and totally wrong. Go do some research and turn off ESPiN..

I heard some people behind me at a tailgate last week saying how LSU was going to rip Ohio State up.. I asked them why they thought that.. their response "SEC speed." These must be "superfans" like yourself.

Sorry to be a dick, shit like that makes me salty.
 
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