[NU Sports] Fw: Big Ten football standings 2006-2010

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

You guys know I'm a stats geek ... so I just had to share this post forwarded to me by a friend from Wisconsin.
It looks at the Big Ten during the Fitzgerald era (the past five years). A couple interesting things ...
- First, dang has OSU been good lately
- Second, interesting to note that although the Big Ten preached parody in their clusterf&#! divisional plan (no doubt inspired by the braintrust that brought us the B(C)S), the top three teams in recent years are all in the same division.
- Third, the good news is that we're in the other division. Which is why I'm hoping Persa comes back 100%, because I like our crossover schedule vs. UNL's and I don't think anyone else in our division really scares us.
- Fourth, throw out that rough first year and Fitz is .500 in league play and pretty close to the upper division. That says a lot about our coach and a lot about this senior class, who have never had a losing season at NU!
- Finally, interesting to note that NU is tied for the third best road record and the only team with a better record away from home than at home - a trend that continued this year if you count our Wrigley game as a home game. Love the road-warrior image, but we gotta defend home turf better. The Purdooo game this year is a prime example, as they don't bring many visiting fans to negate the purple.
Enjoy ...
GO CATS!!!-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG

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Team



Overall



Home



Away




Ohio State



36 – 4 (.900)



18 – 2 (.900)



18 – 2 (.900)




Wisconsin



27 – 13 (.675)



17 – 3 (.850)



10 – 10 (.500)




Penn State



26 – 14 (.650)



14- 6 (.700)



12 – 8 (.600)




Iowa



21 – 19 (.525)



13 – 7 (.650)



9 – 11 (.450)




Michigan State



21 – 19 (.525)



11 – 9 (.550)



10 – 10 (.500)




Michigan



19 – 21 (.475)



10 – 10 (.500)



9 – 11 (.450)




Northwestern



18 – 22 (.450)



8 – 12 (.400)



10 – 10 (.500)




Illinois



16 – 24 (.400)



8 – 12 (.400)



8 – 12 (.400)




Purdue



16 – 24 (.400)



9 – 11 (.450)



7 – 13 (.350)




Minnesota



11 – 29 (.275)



6 – 14 (.300)



5 – 15 (.250)




Indiana



9 – 31 (.225)



6 – 14 (.300)



3 – 17 (.150)