Big Ten Football Goes Bowling: Looking for a Perfect 8-0 Post-Season 1
The Big Ten Conference is sending 8 teams to Bowl Games after the 2010 season.
The Big Ten has an opportunity to shed their “also-ran” or more appropriately their “barely-ran” mantle compiled in recent bowl game appearances.
This year they could actually make their way into the top tier of bowl-winning conferences like – dare we say it – the SEC?
As Bowl Season gets underway this coming weekend, the Big Ten will send eight teams bowling while the SEC lines up ten.
Last year the Big Ten managed to record a winning record of 4-3 in bowl game appearances as Iowa, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin won their contests – with Iowa and Ohio State in BCS Bowls.
Michigan State, Northwestern and Minnesota came close but no cigars. All in all, it was a great bowl year for the Big Ten.
Great, when you consider that after the 2008 football season the Big Ten went 1-6 with only Iowa winning that year over SEC opponent South Carolina.
Following the 2007 football campaign, the Big Ten amassed a paltry 3-5 record. We might also point out that in 2006 and 2007, the Ohio State Buckeyes played for the National Championship, losing both times to SEC opponents, Florida and LSU respectively.
In the past three years the SEC has compiled a 19-8 bowl record while the Big Ten skidded to an 8-14 record. It cannot be overlooked that the SEC has won the last four BCS Championship games.
Indeed, the SEC is an impressive conference and going forward, the Big Ten hopes to catch and pass them as the newly realigned Big Ten begins a new era in Conference play with great expectations. Welcome you Corn Huskers!!
With eight teams vying for victory, can the Big Ten score a strike?
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