Big Ten Boo Yah

[edro]

I just want to take a moment to give a big BOO YAH! to all you SEC/PAC/ACC fanboys.

The Big Ten teams won ALL 4 of the ranked bowl games.

Top 25 Bowls
Rose Bowl
(8) Ohio State - 26
(7) Oregon - 17

Orange Bowl
(10) Iowa - 24
(9) Georgia Tech - 14

Capital One Bowl
(11) Penn State - 19
(13) LSU - 17

Citrus Bowl
(14) Miami - 14
(24) Wisconsin - 20

Unranked Bowls
Alamo Bowl
Texas Tech 41
Michigan State 31

Outback Bowl
Auburn 38
Northwestern 35

Insight Bowl
Iowa State 14
Minnesota 13


Yes, I know... a Big Ten team didn't make the Championship game, but better luck next year. 🙂

 

[KMc]

Finally a decent Big Ten bowl season. We've been stinkin up the joint for quite a while!

 

[cronos]

cheers! :beer:

 

[Tea Bag]

Orange Bowl
(10) Iowa - 24
(9) Georgia Tech - 14

 

[edro]

^ Haha! Nice 🙂

 

[rudder]

If it weren't for the SEC championship knocking Florida from an undefeated season... it would be a SEC vs SEC BCS Championship game.

The SEC has won 5 of 11 BCS Championships. Be gone with your wimpy big-10...

 

[Miramonti]

If it weren't for the SEC championship knocking Florida from an undefeated season... it would be a SEC vs SEC BCS Championship game.

The SEC has won 5 of 11 BCS Championships. Be gone with your wimpy big-10...

Can't argue that, it's the way it is. But while the best from the SEC>Big Ten best in top bowl games in recent years, the Big Ten is a much stronger league overall than what credit people tend to give it (and its probably fair to say the some top SEC teams over the years could probably beat some bottom nfl teams as well, lol.)

Great to see the big ten kick @ss in some bowls this year. (I cringe at the northwestern loss...a dramatic comeback, only to fall a hair short. 🙁 )

 

[vi edit]

If it weren't for the SEC championship knocking Florida from an undefeated season... it would be a SEC vs SEC BCS Championship game.

The SEC has won 5 of 11 BCS Championships. Be gone with your wimpy big-10...

And the only ranked team Florida played all year got thumped by the third best team in that wimpy conference.

 

[SirStev0]

I was very proud of our bowl performance this year.

 

[Squisher]

The Big Ten is just awful

 

[Possessed Freak]

After trying our best to lose the bowl game, Penn State came through... WHEW!!!

 

[rudder]

And the only ranked team Florida played all year got thumped by the third best team in that wimpy conference.

Wait.. what? an SEC team won the BCS?

one SEC to rule them all (even though I was hoping Alabama would lose so I could laugh at my neighbor... it was a forgone conclusion when Colt McCoy got knocked out of the game).

 

[SirStev0]

Anyone know the overall ranked bowl record?

 

[LikeLinus]

If it weren't for the SEC championship knocking Florida from an undefeated season... it would be a SEC vs SEC BCS Championship game.

The SEC has won 5 of 11 BCS Championships. Be gone with your wimpy big-10...

It's actually 6 of the last 12. SEC is 6-0 in BCS Championship games. Four different teams.

 

[TheVrolok]

The Big Ten is just awful

I much prefer to be realistic and then get surprised, rather than a fan with blinders on. And honestly, if it wasn't down pouring for half of the Capital One Bowl, I don't think Penn State would have pulled that out. Miami beat themselves against Wisc (although Wisc did play well). OSU looked good (or perhaps more appropriately Pryor looked good) against Oregon, and Iowa was solid against GT. I could easily see that Big Ten at 2-2 in those 4 games, but luckily we pulled out what we needed to for the wins.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I much prefer to be realistic and then get surprised, rather than a fan with blinders on. And honestly, if it wasn't down pouring for half of the Capital One Bowl, I don't think Penn State would have pulled that out. Miami beat themselves against Wisc (although Wisc did play well). OSU looked good (or perhaps more appropriately Pryor looked good) against Oregon, and Iowa was solid against GT. I could easily see that Big Ten at 2-2 in those 4 games, but luckily we pulled out what we needed to for the wins.

go figure, a Big 10 team fared better than an SEC team in proper football weather

 

[TheVrolok]

go figure, a Big 10 team fared better than an SEC team in proper football weather

I can't agree with that more. I wish some of the bowl games were played in cold weather states. The Rose Bowl drives me nuts in that respect, play right in the PAC-10's kind of weather.

 

[edro]

I don't see why they can't have some bowl games in the North, inside a stadium.
Have one in Indy or Detroit.

 

[EvilYoda]

Well, there used to be the Motor City Bowl...which was a joke, heh.

 

[Poulsonator]

And the only ranked team Florida played all year got thumped by the third best team in that wimpy conference.

Florida played two ranked teams this year - LSU and Alabama.

Not much better, but there were two. I gave Florida fans shit all year about their ridiculous cream-puff schedule.