Big Ten Weakness Truth or Fiction?

Contributor Written on December 26, 2008

Big Ten weakness truth or fiction?

Is the Big 10 as bad as I keep reading and hearing? I decided to find out for myself so here are the numbers 1995 to present. My father is fond of saying “numbers don’t lie but liars figure. Big Ten 47 wins, 54 losses, winning only 46 ½ % of their bowl games. Only three teams have winning records in bowls since 1995 (Penn State, Wisconsin, Iowa). The real shock (to me) is that Ohio State and Michigan are below .500

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