Looks like the Big 10 is off to a phenomenal start this Bowl Season. As of 8:59 pm EST, the Big 10 is 0-3 in bowl games while the SEC (the best conference in all of football) is 2-1 and leading in the Georgia-Virginia Tech game. Iowa choked against Texas, Purdue looked god awful against bottom feeder Maryland last night (I was at the game and saw the debacle with my own eyes) and Minnesota lost the biggest lead in Bowl Game history and lost to Texas Tech, a middle of the pack Big 12 team.
For all you folks that thought Michigan should be playing for the championship, the pathetic record of the Big 10 is exposing just how weak Michigan's schedule really was. I repeat, THE BIG 10 is 0-3! You can pencil in a loss for Notre Dame (Michigan's big non-conference win) which will further highlight that Michigan played nobody outside of Columbus.
Now contrast that with the SEC that is 2-1 right now and if Georgia holds on they will be 3-1. Also, with Florida State winning their bowl game against UCLA (remember, the same team that beat USC), Florida's opponents are 3-0 in Bowl games so far.
My name is Frank Irizarry and I am an Assistant Professor of Communication at Suffolk University in beautiful Beantown. I teach courses in public relations. I am an avid sports fan with football being my true passion. I played two seasons of College Football for Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York (1989-1991). My most rewarding football experience though has come in the past four years as the Head Coach for my oldest son's Pop Warner football team, the Deland Knights. This past season we were 8-1, 6-0 in our Division and we finished in third place in the Mid-Florida Conference (The SEC of youth football!) . I used to be a college debate coach so I like to make and hear what I think are good arguments.
