November 1, 2008: The Worst Saturday in Big Ten Football History?
Puke. Have a root canal. Contract dysentery. Get run over by a car. Be a Clemson football next to Woody Hayes on the sidelines. Watch Kirk Herbstreit hit on my girlfriend. Follow Mark Mangino into the crapper.
Not sure what all of these horrific and disgusting experiences have in common? They are all things I would rather do than watch Big Ten Football today.
Just take a look at these quick-hit facts about the Big Ten football schedule for November 1, 2008:
– The only two good teams in the conference, Penn State and Ohio State, are both off today.
– The most important game in terms of the standings is Northwestern at #17 Minnesota.
– The least important game involves Michigan, as the Wolverines and Purdue have a combined 1-7 record in Big Ten play.
– Indiana is actually taking a step up in competition this weekend by playing a non-conference game…against a MAC team, Central Michigan. Seriously. The Chippewas are 6-2 overall and 5-0 in the MAC. It is not a ridiculous question to ask if they are the best team in the state of Michigan. Michigan State would probably beat them behind Javon Ringer, but does anyone think Michigan would beat them? Right — just like they beat Toledo.
– Iowa and Illinois somehow tricked ABC into broadcasting their game. Truth be told, this game could be exciting to watch. Iowa has an exciting running back, Illinois has Juice Williams, and there is always the joy of watching Ron Zook pace around the field appearing to be in a perpetual state of confusion.
– Wisconsin and Michigan State are playing. Do you care?
I grew up around Big Ten football and have always enjoyed watching the typical noon game on ESPN. And there always seemed to be at least one important game being played on any given Saturday. But in a season where there are really only two teams in the entire conference worth watching, and neither of them is playing this weekend, it makes it pretty difficult to get excited about Big Ten football today.
KVB is a defensive Ohio State fan and likes to defend the Big Ten against attacks on the conference’s credibility, so he will probably post some hippie-infused, I-miss-Woody-and-Bo bullcrap that means nothing in the era of three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-bust appearances by Big Ten teams in BCS title games, and bowl games in general.
Big Ten football has been down for awhile now, and I officially submit this Saturday for consideration as the low point of Big Ten gridiron competition this decade.
[tags]big ten football, ncaa football, college football[/tags]
Tags: Big Ten football, College Football, ncaa football, ron zook
The whole YEAR can be named the low point in Big Ten Football when Michigan is going to have a losing overall record for the first time since before Bo (RIP). 40+ years?
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That wasn’t very combative KVB. I was expecting more. As a great man once said, “I was expecting the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.”
Just watching College Gameday — hilarious exchange between Bob Knight and Lee Corso when they were talking about the Michigan-Purdue game. Knight picked Michigan, Corso picked Purdue.
(Paraphrasing:)
Knight: “How can you pick Purdue in anything?”
Corso: “Indiana fired me!”
Knight: “They fired me too!”
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