Recent content by GrangeDidn'tWearGray

Yes, and one K State alum was actually coaching there and left his alma mater for what was then (hard to believe now) a lesser, though promising program.

Bruce Douglas was BigTen defensive player of the year in back-to-back seasons, 84-85 & 85-86.

Well, except for the 4A state champions in the same conference.

Particularly ridiculous when Michigan was 41-1 and Ohio State 38-4 (if I did my math correctly) against the rest of the conference during that stretch. (Only MSU and Purdue had wins against the Big 2.) And 2 of Ohio State's losses came in Blackman's first year, when he was still implementing his...

Thanks for the explanation.

I know the BigTen is deep, but I think this is giving way too much credit to the bottom and not enough to the top of the conference. No way a team with 7 (6.8) losses wins the conference and that a 7-win team gets 13th place.

Lovie's relative performance looks even worse if you focus on record against the West Division. (For, example, Illinois faced tOSU every year 2012-2015 and didn't play Rutgers at all. Meanwhile Lovie's team faced Ohio State only once and Rutgers all 5 years.) In addition to providing a uniform...

All 3 of the cancellations were for COVID outbreaks on the ACC team. Backs up BU's point about the BigTen protocols...at least for basketball. Doesn't seem to translate to football, although football teams are obviously much bigger.

In analyzing the state of the Illinois football program under Coach Smith, it is important to establish a uniform baseline against which the program’s recent performance can be measured.* I have chosen the team’s record against its BigTen West division rivals as that reference point, both...