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(09-30-2019 08:05 PM)eroc Wrote:  

(09-30-2019 05:19 PM)C1ncy4Life Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:45 PM)eroc Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 07:20 PM)C1ncy4Life Wrote:  

(09-29-2019 06:22 AM)eroc Wrote:  A good Nebraska team? They let the Illini put up 38 points on them. in general the b10 is overrated, again; and it's hard to tell how good any of their ranked teams are. i'm sure osu is good, even top 5 worthy. Best in the nation? Hard to tell since they haven't been tested.

I guess it all depends on your definition of what a good team is. Nebraska may not be anything special, but in my opinion they are a good team.

I wouldn’t say the B10 is any over rated than any other conference outside the SEC. Would you take the PAC 12 over the B10? The ACC over the B10? The B12? The second best conference IMO with some very good second tier teams outside OSU. Penn State, Wisconsin, Iowa, etc...

Let me clarify. When i say the b10 is overrated i mean that pollsters have inflated the quality of their members. Therefore, this isn't about whether i would take any other conference over the b10. Out of curiosity, if Nebraska is good team what does that make Illinois in your opinion?

Illinois is average at best, but definitely not good. I’m not going to put a lot of stock in a team coming close at home.

A lot of people picked Nebraska to win the B10 West this year in the preseason. Seemed a bit far fetched to me, but they are a good team, with some solid young players. My guess is they will struggle some on the road and against very good-elite teams, which is what we’ve pretty much seen from them this year.

As far as pollsters inflating B10 teams, isn’t that what they do with all P5 teams in general outside the elite teams?

...in that the top 25 is comprised almost exclusively of p5 teams and ND, i reckon the answer is yes?

Right, so I don’t get the point in singling out the B10, when it’s really the case for all of the Power conferences. Big 10 is one of the less egregious (behind the SEC, IMO). The pollsters keep trying to rank different, questionable P12 teams to have them lose the very next week.