[NU Sports] Bad day for the Big Ten ...

[Michael Vance]

At 9/10/2005 11:20 PM, Jim Bendat wrote:
>When Northwestern wins while Ohio State, Michigan and Iowa lose, it is a 
>great day.  Period.

If it was conference play, I'd agree with you 100%, Jim.  But all you are 
going to see and hear on the highlight shows and the national media 
coverage is that it was like Stephen's original subject line, a "bad day 
for the Big Ten."  Even though the other eight teams won, it's the 
performance of the Big Three, the ones who were on national broadcast 
television, that will shape the perception of the conference for the rest 
of the country.  Winning non-conference games, especially against the other 
BCS teams, is too important.  Since the bulk of the BCS is decided by 
polls, which are based on the collective perceptions of a national 
audience, today was not a great day.

Besides, no day on which Notre Dame wins can be a great day.  But the 'Cats 
won.  So that at least makes it a good day.  :-)

-Michael

>-----Original Message-----
>From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Sep 10, 2005 10:51 PM
>To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>Subject: [NU Sports] Bad day for the Big Ten ...
>
>Well, at least the Big Three of the Big Ten.