Bye bye Big Ten Awful weekend could end conference

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Bye bye Big Ten Awful weekend could end conference

The first year of the College Football Playoff won't include a Big Ten team.That's not a perception. That's all but fact. The conference entered the weekend with a 17-41 record against ranked nonconference Cameron Maybin Jersey opponents since 2007. It left with two more lo ses andirreparable damage to its already-flimsy reputation."It was a total butt kicking we all took," Michigan coach Brady Hoke said.That's a succinct way to say this is the worst weekend in the history of the conference, and it comes at the worst po sible time.MORE: | | Michigan State? Sorry, Sparty. Playoff teams don't get side-swiped 28-3 in the second half against another playoff-caliber team. It doesn't matter if they Jonathan Villar Jersey are playing on the moon.The Spartans pushed tempo against Oregon too long, and it led to a 46-27 lo s. Michigan State can't claim moral victories anymore. Big boys don't do that.Ohio State? Not after a 35-21 lo s at home at night against an unranked Virginia Tech team. The Hokies sacked J.T. Barrett six times and picked him three more times. Barrett will improve with Urban Meyer, but flagrant homes lo ses are rarely, if ever, forgiven.Michigan? Ha. Notre Dame dominated Michigan 31-0 in Jose Urena Jersey South Bend, and Ann Arbor is about to become a 12-week open caucus about Hoke's job status. Can we get a Harbaugh? Jim or John? Please? After Saturday, it's warranted.What else you got? Wisconsin won't be forgiven for the lo s to LSU. Penn State is ineligible for the postseason.Is anybody else even undefeated? Nebraska needed an . Newbies Rutgers and Maryland are 2-0, but the Terps had six turnovers against South Florida. Rutgers is still Rutgers. Iowa needed a fourth-quarter comeback to prevent a lo s to Ball State.At least they beat a Mid-American Conference team. Purdue and Brad Ziegler Jersey Northwestern can't say that. The Boilermakers are the worst team in the Power 5, and the Wildcats are 0-2.One could make the argument Minnesota looks the best through two weeks. What about Illinois? Indiana? The Gophers are the last one among those teams to win a Rose Bowl, and that was in 1962.The Big Ten bashing normally is reserved for bowl season. In the new postseason world, that timetable is pushed up. And the playoff committee will hear this every week until December, even if the Spartans or Buckeyes run the table.The Big Miguel Rojas Jersey Ten is at the back of the line as far as Power 5 conferences are concerned. Playing each other won't allow them to move back up.That's not a perception either. That's all but fact.
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