So Hawkeye fan, fill us Huskers in on football in the Big Ten. Which stadiums offer an awesome game day experience? Which stadiums are hardest to play at? Do you have teams that run the spread? How do your recruits look for 2011? Do you all expect Michigan to rise back up? What would you say is unique about football in the Big Ten? Etc, etc, etc.
We're excited to learn more. Let's talk football!!
Just my opinion.
I haven't been to all the stadiums and tailgated so I cannot say anything on that matter
Toughest places to play in the B10
1. OSU(yes it is hard to win there...they don't lose there often)
2. Penn St.(intimidating to everyone except Iowa and OSU apparently)
3. Iowa(Kinnick...Forcier said he never gets rattled...until he played at Iowa)
4. Wisky(call them Wisky...they love it)
5. Michigan(Is said to be quiet despite size)
6. Michigan St.(I don't know what to say really...nice people I hear good things about the stadium)
7. Purdue(a decent place to play when they are good...and they can be again)
8-11. No need to mention them really
NW plays p***y ball and so does Purdue a little bit but not quite like they did under Tiller. Don't sleep on NW they can beat you with it!!! I will repeat that...don't sleep on NW!!! OSU, Iowa, and Wisky know all too well about that. OSU has formations of p***y ball but they are OSU and can do whatever they want and usually be successful. Minnesota tries and succeeds...at failing and PSU will have years where they revert back to p***y ball and then back to more traditional offenses. Indiana does as well sometimes and are actually a team with a good offense but you have to be good on Defense to win in the B10 so they usually fail too. Iowa and OSU both did poorly on offense last year finishing in the lower half of the conference and yet they both still went to BCS games. Offenses looked good for both teams in thier bowl games and I think it's because the defenses that the B10 fields are pretty tough. Defense should not be underestimated in this league.
We actually get better recruits than people give Iowa credit for every year...but since we are Iowa people remain surprised when we finish the season in the top 10 like we have done 4 times this decade. It's funny because EVERY year Kirk Herbstriet sounds so surprised that Iowa has a good defense...It's almost like he forgets that he was also surprised the 7 consecutive years before that too.
Yes Michigan will be back and be very good at some point again...book it. When they are good they are very good.
Football in the Big Ten is about Defense, Defense, Defense. True fans love defense as much as Offense if not more(I like D more)...something that most teams in the PAC-10/BE/B12 seem to have forgotten.