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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1879750" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>Sure they do. But the Big Ten seems to have a rep of more of a general slugfest within their Conference... or perhaps the style of ball play. Maybe this goes way back to the 'Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust' thing taken from the footballers of tough, grind-it-out, Rust Belt stuff. Or that signature Big Ten teams like the Illini have been disappointingly inconsistent overall despite a respectable record.</p><p></p><p>The Pollsters have pretty much been in love with Alabama, Houston, Purdue, and UCLA for much of the year. Everyone else is trying to show that they too belong up there or can play with those guys. And like the Illini, some have come maddeningly close to knocking Purdue down a notch.</p><p></p><p>The thing to watch this year is who is the team hiding in the bushes that will make a big splash that everyone is overlooking right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1879750, member: 748116"] Sure they do. But the Big Ten seems to have a rep of more of a general slugfest within their Conference... or perhaps the style of ball play. Maybe this goes way back to the 'Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust' thing taken from the footballers of tough, grind-it-out, Rust Belt stuff. Or that signature Big Ten teams like the Illini have been disappointingly inconsistent overall despite a respectable record. The Pollsters have pretty much been in love with Alabama, Houston, Purdue, and UCLA for much of the year. Everyone else is trying to show that they too belong up there or can play with those guys. And like the Illini, some have come maddeningly close to knocking Purdue down a notch. The thing to watch this year is who is the team hiding in the bushes that will make a big splash that everyone is overlooking right now. [/QUOTE]
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