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<blockquote data-quote="greyghost70" data-source="post: 1487168" data-attributes="member: 519042"><p>I kind of agree with you, but those coaches that turn it around overnight aren't doing it against Big Ten Teams. I am not saying we are anywhere near where we should be or want to be, but after watching the Big Ten this weekend it becomes obvious this league is grueling when it comes to having a tremendous Wisconsin team, a tremendous Ohio State team, a very good Penn State and Iowa teams, a much improved Minnesota team and a revamped Purdue and Nebraska. With that being said I'm really not even sure how much talent Northwestern, Michigan State and Indiana have. The Big Ten is a meat grinder and a lot of teams would have nightmares playing against many of these teams. I am not excusing the fact we looked horrible against Connecticut, totally choked away the Eastern Michigan and Nebraska games (especially when we went most of the game with a 2 touchdown lead) , but for the last few years Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Iowa have owned us due to superior talent. I do feel we are chipping away at that, but after watching what Wisconsin did to Michigan and what Ohio State did to Nebraska, we just are not in their league, not even close. I wish there was a quick fix hire out there that could eat up this gap, but I really doubt there is. We need to get to the point where we can at least compete with these teams and be able to start beating the Northwestern's, Michigan States, Purdue's, Indiana's, Nebraska's, Minnesota and Maryland's on a consistent basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greyghost70, post: 1487168, member: 519042"] I kind of agree with you, but those coaches that turn it around overnight aren't doing it against Big Ten Teams. I am not saying we are anywhere near where we should be or want to be, but after watching the Big Ten this weekend it becomes obvious this league is grueling when it comes to having a tremendous Wisconsin team, a tremendous Ohio State team, a very good Penn State and Iowa teams, a much improved Minnesota team and a revamped Purdue and Nebraska. With that being said I'm really not even sure how much talent Northwestern, Michigan State and Indiana have. The Big Ten is a meat grinder and a lot of teams would have nightmares playing against many of these teams. I am not excusing the fact we looked horrible against Connecticut, totally choked away the Eastern Michigan and Nebraska games (especially when we went most of the game with a 2 touchdown lead) , but for the last few years Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Iowa have owned us due to superior talent. I do feel we are chipping away at that, but after watching what Wisconsin did to Michigan and what Ohio State did to Nebraska, we just are not in their league, not even close. I wish there was a quick fix hire out there that could eat up this gap, but I really doubt there is. We need to get to the point where we can at least compete with these teams and be able to start beating the Northwestern's, Michigan States, Purdue's, Indiana's, Nebraska's, Minnesota and Maryland's on a consistent basis. [/QUOTE]
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