osubuckeyes2731;1561570; said:
In my opinion, the big ten is on its way back up.. I know people think its weak. But I can feel the confidence coming back into the conference. All the teams look really tough.
Disagree...
tOSU= On an upswing, offense needs to continue to improve.
PSU = Very vulnerable along the OL, defense has holes. Showed how overrated they were against Iowa.
Iowa= Stout defense, but not much offense to speak of. Solid, not spectacular.
Wiscy= Have struggled with some bad teams. Slow, unathletic defense that we're gonna exploit Saturday
scUM= Offense is improving, but defense is
terrible and showing little sign of improvement
MSU= Regressing from last year.
Illinois= Falling apart before our eyes. Worst thing that could have happened to them was sneaking into that Rose Bowl because now they're stuck with Zook.
Minny= Getting better, still not that good
Northwestern= Decent team, still not very good.
Purdue= bad team
Indiana= May get to a bowl, but not very good
The only teams I would feel good about if bowl season started now would be tOSU (our D will let us play with anybody) and maybe scUM (if they were in a 2nd/lower tier bowl because of their offensive potential)...maybe PSU if they were also playing in a 2nd/lower tier bowl. If the conference was getting better, it wouldn't be 0-3 against a so-so ND team.