homerHAWKeye777
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This is kinda my thinking. NU will be coming in with a very big and experienced O/D Lines. We will lose a playmaker at WR and couple playmaker CB's but for the most part we will bring in a very experienced core of players and likely will have a 2nd year QB. I dont know that much can be said for the 3 teams mentioned. While it will be tougher than the B12 I am not as scared of the schedule as alot would like to think.
The only thing I didnt like and was hoping didnt happen was scheduling OSU and Wisc in the same year as cross division games. I dont know why it wasnt OSU/Purdue and Wisc/Indy. As it stands now we will have 2 years really difficult and 2 years really easy as far as cross division games. But maybe that is the only way the sched worked without screwing someone else royaly.
In the end I dont foresee a team running the table in this conference, especially with the advent of the CCG. Hopefully that doesnt hurt the conferences chances of getting teams into BCS games. It will depend alot on national perception, hopefully we are viewed as the SEC's equal or better.
When they're on their game ... Purdue is kinda like the Big 10's version of Texas Tech. It's not an accident that the Boilermakers almost beat Oregon last year (when the Ducks had Masoli) and they DID beat Ohio State.
Purdue has been pretty inconsistent as of late ... however, when they're executing, they're capable of being a very dangerous squad.
Quite frankly, I'd much rather have Iowa retain Wisky as a protected rival ... Iowa typically matches up much better against Wisky than Purdue.
Given how Nebraska has fared against Texas Tech as of late ... it might be for the better that they're initially missing Purdue too.