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Originally Posted by valo403
A pretty bad day for the Big Ten, but to be fair the Michigan schools made it look a lot worse than it should have been. Alabama played like the team they could have been all year, absolutely dominant, I think they could have beaten anyone easily with the performance they put in today. Michigan isn't a good team, and their D is so horrendously bad that not giving up 50 would have been a shock. Penn State was a drive away from pulling it out and Wisco lost a real battle. 0-5 is still brutal, but the margin part really is due to two heavily overmatched teams being exposed as such.
MSU is still a good team, they're just not good enough to play the best at their best. Still a big step forward for the program this year. Not a fun game for us Sparty fans, but I'm happy that we're in a place to at least face elite teams now. It's almost like teams like Norway at the world jrs, promoted to the A pool but really not an A team. That's how you get better though, playing the best and losing badly is better than playing in the B pool and getting wins.
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hey I was not taking a shot at the Big 10 necessarily, just that I dont ever remember a single conference having that bad a day ever. I agree that Michigan is horrendous and should never have been in a game against such an opponent.
Wisconsin losing was the biggest stunner to me. They had over 60 lbs per player advantage when their O line faced TCU's d line...and they were beat in the long run. TCU deseres every bit of praise they get IMO, as I believed that WI was the best team in the country when their season ended 5 weeks ago. TCU beat them fair and square.
Interesting day though....now i wonder how the Buckeyes are going to fare against the Razorbacks after all the off field stuff they have gone through.