I'm starting to hate the Big 10.....

[kmoose]

I don't really hate the Conference. I enjoy the Big 10 style of football; play good defense, play to your strengths on offense. But I'm starting to hate watching Big 10 football on ESPN. I have two choices this morning: listen to Bob Davie doing the Iowa v. Indiana game, or listen that to woman doing the Purdue v. Wisconsin game. Davie is a terrible analyst, and I just cannot get on board with listening to a woman do football. I think I really am becoming a bitter old man.

 

[NDFan4Life]

After watching Iowa/Indy for a few minutes, I switched the to Cincy/Syracuse game on ESPNU. Listening to Davie just irritates the crap out of me and I just despise Purdue.

 

[kmoose]

After watching Iowa/Indy for a few minutes, I switched the to Cincy/Syracuse game on ESPNU. Listening to Davie just irritates the crap out of me and I just despise Purdue.

I don't get the U, on my cable package.

 

[NDFan4Life]

I don't get the U, on my cable package.

I've got Direct TV. They got rid of ESPN Classic to bring ESPNU on. I like Classic for all of the old games, but I guess it's a good trade-off to see games I normally wouldn't have been able to see.

 

[Riddickulous]

The Big 10 is the weakest of the BCS conferences, in my opinion. They play boring football.

 

[tko]

the big 10 is gay

 

[Swash]

i love watching IU man handling Iowa. They are up 21-7 at the end of the half

 

[Dacian_Irish]

Davie is a tool!

The big10 has good defense?

The big10 is way overrated!

 

[kmoose]

The big10 has good defense?

In the past 5 seasons(including this one, so 2005-present), The Ohio State University has been in the Top 15 defenses, for total yards, and the Top 5 defenses, for points against, every year. In 2007, they finished #1 in both categories.

Yeah, the Big 10 has good defenses. The Big 10 is just now starting to implement(more than one or two teams) the wide open offenses that many other conferences adopted years ago. Penn State, Ohio State, and Michigan have all run some form of the spread in the last few years. For the first time in their histories, pretty much. Alot of the defenses are still trying to catch up. But they will.

 

[devolg]

I don't really hate the Conference. I enjoy the Big 10 style of football; play good defense, play to your strengths on offense. But I'm starting to hate watching Big 10 football on ESPN. I have two choices this morning: listen to Bob Davie doing the Iowa v. Indiana game, or listen that to woman doing the Purdue v. Wisconsin game. Davie is a terrible analyst, and I just cannot get on board with listening to a woman do football. I think I really am becoming a bitter old man.

I'm with ya man. Davie is nails on a chalkboard. As for the woman comment, I really believe you want your analysis coming from someone with some form of experience & its obvious women don't play or coach football. If they're calling the WNBA then ok but leave football to the men.

However I am enjoying this outing of Iowa by Indiana even though Iowa just scored again.

 

[domerfor life]

I'm with ya man. Davie is nails on a chalkboard. As for the woman comment, I really believe you want your analysis coming from someone with some form of experience & its obvious women don't play or coach football. If they're calling the WNBA then ok but leave football to the men.

However I am enjoying this outing of Iowa by Indiana even though Iowa just scored again.

Davie is horrible. Indiana just got robbed on that reversal.

 

[Dacian_Irish]

In the past 5 seasons(including this one, so 2005-present), The Ohio State University has been in the Top 15 defenses, for total yards, and the Top 5 defenses, for points against, every year. In 2007, they finished #1 in both categories.

Yeah, the Big 10 has good defenses. The Big 10 is just now starting to implement(more than one or two teams) the wide open offenses that many other conferences adopted years ago. Penn State, Ohio State, and Michigan have all run some form of the spread in the last few years. For the first time in their histories, pretty much. Alot of the defenses are still trying to catch up. But they will.

Who does OSU play? new mexico st. I think there ranking is also a reflection of who they play!

The big10 blows!

Oh and by the way the refs is the Iowa vs IU game are terrible!

 

[kmoose]

Who does OSU play? new mexico st. I think there ranking is also a reflection of who they play!

The big10 blows!

Oh and by the way the refs is the Iowa vs IU game are terrible!

Well, let's see..........they have played Texas three times, USC twice, Florida, LSU, Notre Dame.

I'm not trying to convince you that the Big 10 is full of NFL caliber defenses. But tOSU has been a GREAT defensive team, for the last 5 years. And they do schedule OOC games with meaning. Give credit where credit is due.

 

[Dacian_Irish]

Well, let's see..........they have played Texas three times, USC twice, Florida, LSU, Notre Dame.

I'm not trying to convince you that the Big 10 is full of NFL caliber defenses. But tOSU has been a GREAT defensive team, for the last 5 years. And they do schedule OOC games with meaning. Give credit where credit is due.

And who are the other teams?

 

[kmoose]

And who are the other teams?

They have played some chumps, too. My point wasn't that they have shut down the top offenses in college football, every week, for the last 5 years. But you don't sustain that kind of run, for 5 years, with games against some of the best offenses sprinkled in here and there, unless you are playing a high level of defense.

tOSU has been almost the mirror image of ND. ND has been winning games with their offense. tOSU has been winning games with their defense.

Let me ask you this........

Are Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue quality opponents, on ND's schedule?

 

[phork]

They have played some chumps, too. My point wasn't that they have shut down the top offenses in college football, every week, for the last 5 years. But you don't sustain that kind of run, for 5 years, with games against some of the best offenses sprinkled in here and there, unless you are playing a high level of defense.

tOSU has been almost the mirror image of ND. ND has been winning games with their offense. tOSU has been winning games with their defense.

Let me ask you this........

Are Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue quality opponents, on ND's schedule?

I would say MSU is the best of that bunch. And a quality opponent. There other 2, not this year. Purdue just got hammered by Wisconsin.

 

[kmoose]

I would say MSU is the best of that bunch.

That wasn't the question

 

[Riddickulous]

The Big 10 is incredibly weak.

 

[jason_h537]

I've got Direct TV. They got rid of ESPN Classic to bring ESPNU on. I like Classic for all of the old games, but I guess it's a good trade-off to see games I normally wouldn't have been able to see.

I got DirecTV and get both the U and Classic

 

[kmoose]

Kudos to Iowa's defense, on the big win. All of the analysts are talking about Iowa scoring 27 points in the 4th quarter, to win the game.


But this game was won, by Iowa's defense, in the 3rd quarter.

For those who didn't see the game....

Ricky Stanzi, Iowa's QB, threw 4 interceptions, in the third quarter. On those four ensuing Indiana drives? 1 first down.