[NU Sports] Is the Big Ten overrated?

[DPENDERG at aol.com]

There is a larger issue because we have seen in recent years the  emergence 
of the Sunbelt states (Florida-Texas-California) as the principal  source for 
top young football talent replacing Ohio and Pennsylvania.  The  sport is a 
year-round activity at many high schools in that area with huge  community 
investments in the programs there. The Big Ten's main talent base --  the Midwest -- 
just is not producing the overall quantity and quality that  exists in the 
Sunbelt states these days. Of course, Big Ten schools are trying  to recruit 
with modest success in those areas, but schools such as Florida,  Texas, and USC 
will always have a huge advantage.  And, we see the results  in the recent 
Bowl games.
 
 
In a message dated 1/10/2007 12:28:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
whosonfirst81 at yahoo.com writes:

No one's  brought this inconvenient question up yet, so I'll throw it out 
there.   Clearly, the Big Ten's credibility has taken a hit (at least this year) 
thanks  to the BCS nosedives of its top two teams.  Did the voters and 
computers  give Big Ten teams too much credit?  Or did the 45- and 50-day layoffs  
for Michigan and Ohio State hurt the conference's credibility?  Or  somewhere in 
between?

--  Ben

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