Cover3
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Someone on here recently made a good point that the conference has been similarly poor in the past, but has bounced back. Indeed, after looking up the 1981 standings to refute the idea that Hayden would have taken only one team to Pasadena under the conference tiebreaker rules circa 2002-2010, I stumbled across 1982:
1982 Big Ten Conference Year Summary | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
The conference as a whole in '82--THE ENTIRE CONFERENCE--logged a grand total of one week in the AP top ten that entire season. It was by Michigan. In mid-September. That's bad. Like, 2012 bad. Things will recover.*
*-That's not to say the B1G will become a total powerhouse, either. Historically, the conference has had trouble against the Pac-10/12 in the Rose Bowl, going back probably to 1980 at least.
1982 Big Ten Conference Year Summary | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
The conference as a whole in '82--THE ENTIRE CONFERENCE--logged a grand total of one week in the AP top ten that entire season. It was by Michigan. In mid-September. That's bad. Like, 2012 bad. Things will recover.*
*-That's not to say the B1G will become a total powerhouse, either. Historically, the conference has had trouble against the Pac-10/12 in the Rose Bowl, going back probably to 1980 at least.