It is a toss up. Wisky loses to NW, then demolishes NU. OSU loses to an awful VT team, then whoops MSU on the road. F$U can beat anyone, but could also lose to any of the top 20 or so teams. Miami is improved but flawed, GT is a one trick pony, Clumpson is beat to hell, and Duke is not as good as their record. I would say ACC gets a slight edge just due to F$U....until they lose.
This is a completely different team than the one that played VT.
VT was a coaching loss. Having said that, the job that the coaches have done with JT is amazing.
JT Barrett, IMO, is the most improved offensive player that I have ever seen, within one season. Right in front of Terry Glenn.
I think Urban Meyer deserves COTY.
OSU hardly ever wins that.
Big Ten COTY award started in 1972. Since then OSU has only won the award 3 times - all of which were before the Reagan administration. 1973 - Woody Hayes 1975 - Woody Hayes 1979 - Earl Bruce
Here's how the totals break down for the schools. Michigan - 7 Michigan State - 5 Iowa - 5 Illinois - 5 Penn State - 4 Northwestern - 4 Wisconsin - 3 Purdue - 3 OSU - 3 Indiana - 2 Minnesota - 1
I'm still trying to find objective evidence that the Big Ten is "bad" or "worse" than anyone. One could argue that the ACC is horrible. One could argue that the entire SEC East is a big dead fish. One could argue that most of the Big XII are lifeless husks of schools that used to be power houses. One could even argue that the Pac-12 is pretty much Oregon and then everyone else.
And those arguments would be made using the very same logic that the media has used to tell us every year that the Big Ten is bad.
Personally, I wouldn't make those arguments. I'd argue, for this year at least, that there is a lot of parity across the power 5. I don't see any way to say this or that conference is better. There simply aren't enough games played between them to make an objective judgement.
I'm still trying to find objective evidence that the Big Ten is "bad" or "worse" than anyone. One could argue that the ACC is horrible. One could argue that the entire SEC East is a big dead fish. One could argue that most of the Big XII are lifeless husks of schools that used to be power houses. One could even argue that the Pac-12 is pretty much Oregon and then everyone else.
And those arguments would be made using the very same logic that the media has used to tell us every year that the Big Ten is bad.
Personally, I wouldn't make those arguments. I'd argue, for this year at least, that there is a lot of parity across the power 5. I don't see any way to say this or that conference is better. There simply aren't enough games played between them to make an objective judgement.
