I've enjoyed the Big 10 season immensely from a handicapping perspective - more the process than the results and alot of that's due to the fact that handicapping severely flawed teams and the abilty of another flawed team to exploit that weakness is interesting to me.
People have thought that the Big 10 has been overrated for years, but they've never been rated that highly to begin with. This year is the low. No QB leaders anywhere but Penn State, no real dominating defenses and no real high-powered offenses. 2009 is the year where what the press has been saying for years is actually true. But I don't think it's been discussed all that much and I don't think that it's in these bowl lines.
Iowa probably has the best OOC win when they hosted Arizona early, but there has been some pathetic OOC results ( OSU v. SC/Navy ; Iowa v. UNI/Ark St ; MSU v. CMU ; Minny v. Cuse ; NW v. EMU/Cuse ; Purdue v. NIU ; IU v. UVa )
Past result since 2004
2008
Rose Penn State +9 USC 24-38 L
Fiesta Ohio State +8.5 Texas 21-24 W
Outback Iowa -3.5 S. Carolina 31-10 W
Capital One Mich State +8.5 Georgia 12-24 L
Champs Sports Wisky +6 FSU 13-42 L
Insight Minny +8 Kansas 21-42 L
Alamo NW +12 Mizzou 23-30 W
2007
Alamo Penn State -5 Texas A&M 24-17 W
Championship Ohio State +3.5 LSU 24-38 L
Rose Illinois + 14 USC 17-49 L
Champs Sports Mich State +5.5 BC 21-24 W
Capital One Michigan +11 Florida 41-35 W
Outback Wisky +1.5 Tennessee 17-21 L
Motor City Purdue -7.5 CMU 51-48 L
Insight Indiana +5 Okla St 33-49 L
2006
Outback Penn State 4.5 Tennessee 20-10 W
Championship Ohio State -7 Florida 14-41 L
Alamo Iowa +9 Texas 24-26 W
Rose Michigan +1 USC 18-32 L
Capital One Wisky +2.5 Arkansas 17-14 W
Insight Minny +7 Texas Tech 41-44 W
Champs Sports Purdue -1 Maryland 7-24 L
2005
Orange Penn State -10.5 Florida State 26-23 L
Fiesta Ohio State -4.5 Notre Dame 34-20 W
Outback Iowa E Florida 24-31 L
Alamo Michigan -10 Nebraska 28-32 L
Capital One Wisky +10 Auburn 24-10 W
Music City Minny -6.5 Virginia 31-34 L
Sun NW +2.5 UCLA 38-50 L
2004
Alamo Ohio State +3.5 Oklahoma St 33-7 W
Capital One Iowa +6.5 LSU 30-25 W
Rose Michigan +7.5 Texas 37-38 W
Outback Wisky +8 Georgia 21-24 W
Music City Minny +1 Alabama 20-16 W
Sun Purdue -8 Arizona St 23-27 L
I may not be on these games at the end, but I'm taking a position against all the Big 10 right now because I think once people start to analyze these matchups, I can't see the lines moving in their favor
Football - 226 Miami Florida -3 -110 for Game
Football - 237 Iowa State +2? -110 for Game
Football - 242 Auburn -7? -110 for Game
Football - 245 LSU +3 -110 for Game
Football - 248 Oregon -3? -110 for Game
Football - 260 Texas Tech -7 -110 for Game
Football - 264 Georgia Tech -4 -110 for Game
People have thought that the Big 10 has been overrated for years, but they've never been rated that highly to begin with. This year is the low. No QB leaders anywhere but Penn State, no real dominating defenses and no real high-powered offenses. 2009 is the year where what the press has been saying for years is actually true. But I don't think it's been discussed all that much and I don't think that it's in these bowl lines.
Iowa probably has the best OOC win when they hosted Arizona early, but there has been some pathetic OOC results ( OSU v. SC/Navy ; Iowa v. UNI/Ark St ; MSU v. CMU ; Minny v. Cuse ; NW v. EMU/Cuse ; Purdue v. NIU ; IU v. UVa )
Past result since 2004
2008
Rose Penn State +9 USC 24-38 L
Fiesta Ohio State +8.5 Texas 21-24 W
Outback Iowa -3.5 S. Carolina 31-10 W
Capital One Mich State +8.5 Georgia 12-24 L
Champs Sports Wisky +6 FSU 13-42 L
Insight Minny +8 Kansas 21-42 L
Alamo NW +12 Mizzou 23-30 W
2007
Alamo Penn State -5 Texas A&M 24-17 W
Championship Ohio State +3.5 LSU 24-38 L
Rose Illinois + 14 USC 17-49 L
Champs Sports Mich State +5.5 BC 21-24 W
Capital One Michigan +11 Florida 41-35 W
Outback Wisky +1.5 Tennessee 17-21 L
Motor City Purdue -7.5 CMU 51-48 L
Insight Indiana +5 Okla St 33-49 L
2006
Outback Penn State 4.5 Tennessee 20-10 W
Championship Ohio State -7 Florida 14-41 L
Alamo Iowa +9 Texas 24-26 W
Rose Michigan +1 USC 18-32 L
Capital One Wisky +2.5 Arkansas 17-14 W
Insight Minny +7 Texas Tech 41-44 W
Champs Sports Purdue -1 Maryland 7-24 L
2005
Orange Penn State -10.5 Florida State 26-23 L
Fiesta Ohio State -4.5 Notre Dame 34-20 W
Outback Iowa E Florida 24-31 L
Alamo Michigan -10 Nebraska 28-32 L
Capital One Wisky +10 Auburn 24-10 W
Music City Minny -6.5 Virginia 31-34 L
Sun NW +2.5 UCLA 38-50 L
2004
Alamo Ohio State +3.5 Oklahoma St 33-7 W
Capital One Iowa +6.5 LSU 30-25 W
Rose Michigan +7.5 Texas 37-38 W
Outback Wisky +8 Georgia 21-24 W
Music City Minny +1 Alabama 20-16 W
Sun Purdue -8 Arizona St 23-27 L
I may not be on these games at the end, but I'm taking a position against all the Big 10 right now because I think once people start to analyze these matchups, I can't see the lines moving in their favor
Football - 226 Miami Florida -3 -110 for Game
Football - 237 Iowa State +2? -110 for Game
Football - 242 Auburn -7? -110 for Game
Football - 245 LSU +3 -110 for Game
Football - 248 Oregon -3? -110 for Game
Football - 260 Texas Tech -7 -110 for Game
Football - 264 Georgia Tech -4 -110 for Game
