You know it's a lousy schedule for this week when the best team the Big Ten plays against is Temple.

Nebraska will fit right in with bunch, they are playing South Dakota State.

Ok Picker, you just said that the big ten is the worst of the majors, and yet in the previous blog you rated Iowa in your top ten. The same Iowa that lost to Arizona. How do you dog on the big ten and put one of their teams in your top ten that just lost? Just asking. I have a feeling that you are just going to ignore that. I understand that you write things to get people to post, but for someone that should be reasonably educated shouldn't you be able to realize when you are going back and forth on what you say and not ever being consistent. I hope that you don't think that people are that stupid. Yes you did get me to make a post, but why not have something intelligent to say or did you use that up on your books?

Sold out is right!!

Actually, its not a terrible schedule. Many of the teams are MAC schools which offer a regional opponent. I would propose that any FBS school who schedules an FCS opponent automatically be disqualified from BCS bowl consideration. It is the only way to ensure that the exhibition games against FCS schools are not counted as actual victories (then again, Virginia Tech didn't do itself any favors, nor Minnesota).

And Mixed-Up Mike, you have just cited 8 games out of a total possibility of 40+ played in 4 weeks. Discounting the games versus Notre Dame (since they are terrible and would finish 7th or lower in the Big Ten), the Big 10 won exactly 1 of those games (Ohio State vs. Miami) Matter of fact, the other games were not all that competitive at all. But I will say that the Big Ten is more worthy of a BCS bid than the ACC and Big East whose teams have looked like cream puffs on the schedule against the SEC and Big XII.

Austin "Powers" !!! Love it. I don't even know where APU is, and I've been in academia for 30 years. No jokes about "Ball" State or Toledo. Come on, Pick, you can do better than that. But honestly, wouldn't it be hilarious if some of these Big 10 pansies actually lost? No matter what the point spread, it wouldn't be shocking, now would it?
Man, I just hate seeing the Huskers lower themselves to the level of these woosies.

Austin "Powers" !!! Love it. I don't even know where APU is, and I've been in academia for 30 years. No jokes about "Ball" State or Toledo. Come on, Pick, you can do better than that. But honestly, wouldn't it be hilarious if some of these Big 10 pansies actually lost? No matter what the point spread, it wouldn't be shocking, now would it?
Man, I just hate seeing the Huskers lower themselves to the level of these woosies.

BLA, you've missed the point entirely...again. The Big 10 doesn't just schedule creampuffs and one big game per OOC schedule is usually good enough. There were more tough matchups in the Big 10 as well. Those are just the ones I could think of off hand.

And what does the Big 10's record against those teams have to do with anything? The argument was over the strength of schedule.

I would be shocked by your post, but then again, this is all coming from the guy who said "TU's offense will give OSU fits."