THE BIG TEN TITLE RACE

ONE THING THAT HAS CAUGHT MY INTEREST THE MOST ABOUT THIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON IS HOW COMPETITIVE THE BIG TEN IS THIS YEAR. I AM OF COURSE BUMMED OUT THAT THE BUCKEYES HAVE LOST A COUPLE OF GAMES, BUT YET ARE STILL IN THE RACE WITH THEIR SINGLE LOSS TO PENN STATE. IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME BACK IN AUGUST THAT PENN STATE AND WISCONSIN WOULD BE ON TOP AT THIS POINT I WOULD HAVE JUST LAUGHED AT THEM. IN BARRY ALVAREZ'S LAST CAMPAIGN, THEY JUST WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE VERY GOOD. PEOPLE SAID PATERNO AT AGE 125 RECRUITED WELL THIS YEAR AND THEY SHOULD BE MUCH BETTER. I STILL DIDNT THINK THEY WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO BE WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. ALSO, MICHIGAN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AFTER STARTING OUT 3-3. WELL WITH A LOT HAPPENING OF COURSE, THEY STILL MATHEMATICALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE THE BIG TEN TITLE. HERE IS WHAT I THINK WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN AND THEN I WILL THROW IN WHAT COULD STILL POSSIBLY HAPPEN. PENN STATE PLAYS WISCONSIN AT HOME THIS WEEK AND THEN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY GO TO LANSING TO PLAY THE SPARTANS. I PRETTY MUCH SEE THEM WINNING THOSE BALL GAMES AND WINNING THE BIG TEN OUTRIGHT. WISCONSIN OBVIOUSLY WOULD LOSE TO PENN STATE WHICH KNOCKS THEM OUT. I THINK THE BUCKEYES WILL WIN OUT, BUT THEN BECAUSE OF LOSING HEAD TO HEAD TO PENN STATE, THEY ARE OUT. THAT IS HOW I SEE IT, BUT HERE IS WHAT COULD ALSO POSSIBLY HAPPEN. WISCONSIN LOSES TO PENN STATE, THEN PENN STATE GETS UPSET BY MICHIGAN STATE, MAKING THE BUCKEYES BIG TEN CHAMPS IF THEY WIN OUT. IF WISCONSIN COULD SOMEHOW WIN OUT AS WELL AS THE BUCKEYES, THAT WOULD LEAVE THE BADGERS BIG TEN CHAMPS DUE TO HAVING THE BETTER OVERALL RECORD NOT LOSING A NON CONFERENCE GAME. STILL WITH ME? GOOD I AM NOT DONE YET. LETS SAY PENN STATE LOSES BOTH OF THEIR FINAL GAMES. WISCONSIN THEN GETS UPSET BY IOWA AT THE END OF THE YEAR. LETS SAY THEN THAT MICHIGAN CAN KNOCK OFF OHIO STATE. THAT LEAVES THE BUCKS, MICHIGAN, AND WISCONSIN WITH 2 CONFERENCE LOSSES. WELL AGAIN THAT GIVES IT TO THE BADGERS DUE TO THE HEAD TO HEAD AGAINST MICHIGAN AND THEN THE BETTER OVERALL RECORD, SINCE THE BUCKS AND MICHIGAN WOULD HAVE 3 LOSSES OVERALL. I KNOW I KNOW, WHERE DOES NORTHWESTERN FALL INTO THIS. WELL SORRY THEY WILL IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM WIN IN COLUMBUS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SO JUST FORGET ABOUT THEM NOW. MICHIGAN BROKE THEIR SOULS AND OHIO STATE WILL BE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE PAYBACK AT HOME. WOW THIS IS INTENSE, I LOVE IT. THEY WERE THE TOUGHEST CONFERENCE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS SEASON BY FAR. THE PAC TEN IS STILL USC(NO UCLA WILL NOT BEAT THEM), TEXAS LEADS THEY WAY IN THE BIG 12 10 STEPS AHEAD OF EVERYONE ELSE. THE SEC IS PRETTY TOUGH, BUT RIGHT NOW IN MY EYES, ALABAMA SEEMS TO BE THE TOUGHEST. THEY MAY ALSO HAVE THE BEST DEFENSE IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW. THE ACC IS TOUGH WITH VIRGINIA TECH, MIAMI, AND FLORIDA STATE, BUT THIS WEEK JUST MAY DECIDE WHO WRAPS THAT CONFERENCE UP. I AM BIASED SURE, BUT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT, IT IS SO HARD TO PICK WHO WILL WIN IN THE BIG TEN. ILLINOIS AND INDIANA ARE STILL AT THE BOTTOM, BUT ANYONE ELSE CAN WIN ON ANY GIVEN DAY. USUALLY SOMEONE HAS SEPARATED FROM THE FIELD BY NOW, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF FOOTBALL TO GO BEFORE THE BIG TEN CHAMP IS DECIDED. AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME, IT SEEMS THAT PENN STATE WILL WIN IT, BUT STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. I AM STILL SO PISSED THAT THE BUCKEYES LOST TO THEM. MAN WE PLAYED SO POOR AGAINST THEM. THEY HAVE A COACH THAT CANT EVEN SEE THE 50 YARD LINE ANYMORE, GIVE ME A BREAK! ANYWAY, BUCKEYE FANS MAY LOOK TO ROOT AGAINST PENN STATE THIS WEEK, BUT WE DONT WANT THAT. WE DIDNT PLAY WISCONSIN SO THAT DOESNT HELP US. WE NEED PENN STATE TO WIN AND THEN WE NEED MICHIGAN STATE TO UPSET THEM. WELL I TAKE THAT BACK, I GUESS WISCONSIN COULD WIN AND THEN LOSE TO IOWA THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND THEN WE COULD STILL BE OK. ANYWAY THERE YA HAVE IT, I NOW NEED A NAP AFTER THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT.