Yes, hate the names of the two new divisions as much as everyone else. How did that atrocity happen? I don't know, let's not talk about it anymore and just move on to the fact that the Nebraska Cornhuskers are here now, and they arrived just in time to strengthen the Big Ten. At the exact same time that the Ohio State Buckeyes deteriorate into a real life college football … [Read more...] about Big 10 Football Power Rankings: 2011 Inaugural Edition
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Big Ten Power Rankings: Midseason Edition
On my way home from the "Banks Bowl" (nickname I give to the annual Illinois-Michigan State meeting, because the former is my undergrad, the latter my MBA school) on Saturday night I drove past the town of Climax, MI on I-94. The miles immediately leading into Climax are exciting, but then when you're past Climax, it's all downhill. By the way, wouldn't it be HILARIOUS … [Read more...] about Big Ten Power Rankings: Midseason Edition
Big 10 Power Rankings 10-11-10
Big Ten news of the week? Obviously, the polls deeming Columbus the current capital of college football power. The great American poet Cornell Haynes once posed this existential query: “What does it take to be #1, two is not a winner, and three nobody remembers.” In slightly more recent history, another local wordsmith named Kanye West stated “number one can’t put … [Read more...] about Big 10 Power Rankings 10-11-10