Do you hear me, AP? What about you USA Today?
Herbstreit provides all the evidence from last season I need: "seemingly out of nowhere, the league posted a 38-15 non-conference record last season, which included a 5-2 mark in bowls. Ohio State won the national championship while Iowa (No. 8) and Michigan (No. 9) finished in the top 10, and Wisconsin, Minnesota and Purdue all upset higher-ranked teams in their bowl games."
The Big Ten is looking to put up a dangerous season and send a lot of tough teams to bowl games, BCS included. Maybe we'll surprise far fewer college football fans than we did last year, and it's definitely a tall task to repeat as Nat'l Champ (even within the same conference, nevermind same team), but the stories out of summer camp across the Midwest are mightily similar: 12 seniors returning here, 9 there, another 13 over there plus they got their start quarterback back (in spite of his nasty off-field problems, but hey, all these boys pretty much major in the NFL anyway, so what're a few ethical hangups to to your average AD anyway). All I know is I'm going to be rooted down somewhere near the ABC/ESPN feed for a good chunk of my Saturdays.
The Big Ten is looking to put up a dangerous season and send a lot of tough teams to bowl games, BCS included. Maybe we'll surprise far fewer college football fans than we did last year, and it's definitely a tall task to repeat as Nat'l Champ (even within the same conference, nevermind same team), but the stories out of summer camp across the Midwest are mightily similar: 12 seniors returning here, 9 there, another 13 over there plus they got their start quarterback back (in spite of his nasty off-field problems, but hey, all these boys pretty much major in the NFL anyway, so what're a few ethical hangups to to your average AD anyway). All I know is I'm going to be rooted down somewhere near the ABC/ESPN feed for a good chunk of my Saturdays.
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