The only thing that matters is winning conference titles, BCS Bowls and National Titles. Here's a list of the current Big Ten schools that have at least 3.3 Conference Titles and a BCS Bowl victory since 2004:
Ohio State....that's it. Wisconsin was the only otger school that came close.
According to some, that would mean all other schools in the Big 10 should immediately terminate the contracts of all head football head coaches and school presidents. I used a sample of one but I don't think it's a stretch to guess and say for the other four P5 conferences there might be 5-8 other teams that also fit into this elite category. I also think if somebody wins a national title that could certainly trump any amount of conference titles or BCS Bowl wins but nobody but ohio state has won from the Big Ten.
I'm not here to haggle about minutia or a loss here or there. We're a G5 school and peaked in 2013. There is nothing more we can achieve as a G5 program, unless we rip off two undefeated seasons in a row and then maybe, maybe we'd be considered for the college football championship, and i think we'd still get dissed because they don't want to share that $ with "us". Reality is that unless we get promoted to a P5 conference you really should temper your expectations based on the obvious gap in money and recruiting that currently exists. Nobody likes losing to someone you should beat on paper but we laid an egg and until we see this extremely young, inexperienced squad play 4-5 games your guess is as good as mine as to whether we are a 4-8 team, or 8-4 team (realistically i think we should get to 7 wins).
Ohio State....that's it. Wisconsin was the only otger school that came close.
According to some, that would mean all other schools in the Big 10 should immediately terminate the contracts of all head football head coaches and school presidents. I used a sample of one but I don't think it's a stretch to guess and say for the other four P5 conferences there might be 5-8 other teams that also fit into this elite category. I also think if somebody wins a national title that could certainly trump any amount of conference titles or BCS Bowl wins but nobody but ohio state has won from the Big Ten.
I'm not here to haggle about minutia or a loss here or there. We're a G5 school and peaked in 2013. There is nothing more we can achieve as a G5 program, unless we rip off two undefeated seasons in a row and then maybe, maybe we'd be considered for the college football championship, and i think we'd still get dissed because they don't want to share that $ with "us". Reality is that unless we get promoted to a P5 conference you really should temper your expectations based on the obvious gap in money and recruiting that currently exists. Nobody likes losing to someone you should beat on paper but we laid an egg and until we see this extremely young, inexperienced squad play 4-5 games your guess is as good as mine as to whether we are a 4-8 team, or 8-4 team (realistically i think we should get to 7 wins).
