PatrickAdamovicz
Well-Known Member
As we all seen today, the Big Ten was awful in it's matchups. Some of that is due to just the fact that the better teams won, however, a greater portion of it is a result of stupid matchups and the money making aspect in all of this.
For instance, Penn St. had no business being in the Outback Bowl. Had Iowa been slotted against Florida, I think it's easy to say that Iowa would've crushed the Gators. If your a QB and can't throw against Iowa, you are easy pickin's.
Michigan ST. should've been put in the Rose Bowl. I know, they would've lost anyway, but they did have the same record as Wisky and beat them head to head. That would've left Wisconsin against Alabama in the Capitol One Bowl and I think that would have been a great matchup, one that the Badgers could have won.
Keep Ohio St. against Arkansas.
Michigan had no business in the Gator Bowl and it showed. They deserved to be in the Insight against Missouri or something.
My point in all of this is that the Big Ten would do itself some good and instead of allowing (actually I don't think they really have a say) but they should campaign for the better teams that year to get the higher bowl slots, not the more "brand name team". I think it ultimately hurts the Big Ten. I'm probably ******** about nothing, but it just seems to me that the bowl slotting is to much of a result of "money and name brand" instead of the better teams.
For instance, Penn St. had no business being in the Outback Bowl. Had Iowa been slotted against Florida, I think it's easy to say that Iowa would've crushed the Gators. If your a QB and can't throw against Iowa, you are easy pickin's.
Michigan ST. should've been put in the Rose Bowl. I know, they would've lost anyway, but they did have the same record as Wisky and beat them head to head. That would've left Wisconsin against Alabama in the Capitol One Bowl and I think that would have been a great matchup, one that the Badgers could have won.
Keep Ohio St. against Arkansas.
Michigan had no business in the Gator Bowl and it showed. They deserved to be in the Insight against Missouri or something.
My point in all of this is that the Big Ten would do itself some good and instead of allowing (actually I don't think they really have a say) but they should campaign for the better teams that year to get the higher bowl slots, not the more "brand name team". I think it ultimately hurts the Big Ten. I'm probably ******** about nothing, but it just seems to me that the bowl slotting is to much of a result of "money and name brand" instead of the better teams.