B1G Ramblings

[Rufus]

Oregon Aside, PAC-12 Teams Were NOT Ready to Join Big Ten!

The #1 ranked Oregon Ducks football team aside, the other three former Pac-12 teams came to the Big Ten Conference unprepared to play.

www.wkyc.com

 

[Rufus]

Some of the first data on the effects of long away games.........

USC and UCLA are currently the top two teams in the B1G in women's soccer and will play each other in the final regular season game of the season to determine the conference champion. USC went 7-0-1 in away games in the B1G this season.

If you have a good team, you are going to win, no matter how far away the games are played..........

Big Ten Title on the Line as No. 6 USC Women's Soccer Hosts No. 8 UCLA - USC Athletics

THIS WEEK - The No. 6 USC women's soccer team plays its final regular season game this week, facing off with crosstown rivals No. 8 UCLA at 12 pm on Sunday in a

usctrojans.com

 

[CL82]

Some of the first data on the effects of long away games.........

USC and UCLA are currently the top two teams in the B1G in women's soccer and will play each other in the final regular season game of the season to determine the conference champion. USC went 7-0-1 in away games in the B1G this season.

If you have a good team, you are going to win, no matter how far away the games are played..........

Big Ten Title on the Line as No. 6 USC Women's Soccer Hosts No. 8 UCLA - USC Athletics

THIS WEEK - The No. 6 USC women's soccer team plays its final regular season game this week, facing off with crosstown rivals No. 8 UCLA at 12 pm on Sunday in a

usctrojans.com

Maybe. Give it time.

 

[Rufus]

https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article294478419.html

Wait, now UW football needs even more money to keep up with The Big Ten? I’m tired.
BY DANNY O’NEIL FOR THE NEWS TRIBUNE

 

[Rufus]

With Caitlin Clark gone, No. 3 USC and No. 5 UCLA women set to make a splash as Big Ten newcomers

Caitlin Clark made Big Ten women's basketball a must-see attraction before leaving for the WNBA.

www.newsday.com

Women's Basketball....

Schools will play 18 conference games. Each team plays 16 of the other teams once. Traditional rivalries will be preserved, with schools like USC and UCLA playing each other twice.

To ease the travel burden, the West Coast schools will combine six games into three trips to the Eastern and Central time zones. Teams from those time zones will go west just once to play two games over four days.

The Big Ten Tournament will be played in Indianapolis from March 5-9, with the top 15 teams qualifying.

 

[Kolumbo]

https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article294478419.html

Wait, now UW football needs even more money to keep up with The Big Ten? I’m tired.
BY DANNY O’NEIL FOR THE NEWS TRIBUNE

This is a great opinion piece! Very well stated and exactly how many fans feel.

 

[Rufus]

Can CBS hit it B1G without the SEC?

Examining CBS Sports' move from home of the SEC to its new Big Ten package, with insights from Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson and Jenny Dell.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

 

[BigTenFan]

College GameDay in Bloomington on Saturday. Transfer Portal and incredible coach has turned IU into a ridiculously good good team in less than a year.

 

[gioff2323]

College GameDay in Bloomington on Saturday. Transfer Portal and incredible coach has turned IU into a ridiculously good good team in less than a year.

Not a single quality win, but ok.

 

[Fishy]

I am enjoying this.

It’s 2 am on the east coast and Rutgers is being blown out 3,000 miles from home in an empty stadium. Oh, and it’s still the third quarter so RU fans have about 40 more minutes of this before they can go to bed.

 

[Rufus]

I am enjoying this.

It’s 2 am on the east coast and Rutgers is being blown out 3,000 miles from home in an empty stadium. Oh, and it’s still the third quarter so RU fans have about 40 more minutes of this before they can go to bed.

All very much true..............and we are still watching the game, which is the entire point Fox made this an 11pm Friday night start time for the East Coast.

 

[Fishy]

All very much true..............and we are still watching the game, which is the entire point Fox made this an 11pm Friday night start time for the East Coast.

No, no one watched that game on the east coast.

Some people straggled over to it after the UNLV-Boise game, but that game was drawing test pattern numbers otherwise

 

[BigTenFan]

Not a single quality win, but ok.

8-0.....hasn't trailed in a game all season.

 

[Rufus]

The big games draw huge crowds @ USC. Not so much Rutgers on night one of the World Series in LA............

MSN

www.msn.com

Historic College Football Program Draws Embarrassing Crowd on Friday Night​

 

[Rufus]

It could be worse............did anyone see the HOMECOMING crowd at Stanford where they hosted Wake Forest? It made USC/Rutgers look like a packed house.

 

[Rufus]

Current and former Pac-12 schools are struggling (collectively): 'There’s no question the travel has played a significant role'

Current and former Pac-12 schools are struggling (collectively): "There’s no question the travel has played a significant role."

tucson.com

This article blames the poor performance of former PAC-12 schools on travel. I'm not sure I agree with that.

1. Oregon is undefeated. If they can do it, so can the other PAC-12 schools, at least the traditionally strong football schools.
2. Olympic sports for the West Coast schools seem to be performing really well. And those schools travel even more than the football teams due to number of games played. USC and UCLA Olympic sports are doing well in the B1G. Stanford is doing well in the ACC.

The arguments outside of travel from the article I agree with. The PAC schools in the B1G need to adapt to the big beefy players in the B1G. That is true. But travel, I'm not buying it. USC and UCLA are the top two teams in women's soccer in the B1G and playing for the outright regular season title on Sunday. The volleyball teams are doing well.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

The big games draw huge crowds @ USC. Not so much Rutgers on night one of the World Series in LA............

MSN

www.msn.com

Historic College Football Program Draws Embarrassing Crowd on Friday Night​

I'm curious as to what type of crowd LSU drew for Nicholls St. What Alabama drew against Western Kentucky, Georgia against Tennessee Tech.

Within the B1G I imagine Michigan and Ohio St would draw a larger home crowd against their weakest/lowest profile opponent than USC would draw at home against their strongest/highest profile opponent.

 

[Rufus]

I'm curious as to what type of crowd LSU drew for Nicholls St. What Alabama drew against Western Kentucky, Georgia against Tennessee Tech.

Within the B1G I imagine Michigan and Ohio St would draw a larger home crowd against their weakest/lowest profile opponent than USC would draw at home against their strongest/highest profile opponent.

I agree, but Los Angeles has more sports options than the schools you mentioned. Just like Rutgers isn't going to see a packed house for lesser programs. But if anyone watched Penn State @ USC, for example, that was a packed house and drew 4.28 million viewers. LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, and Ohio State are the only game in town when they have home games. USC competed against Game 1 of the World Series just a few miles down the road as well as a home Lakers game. For USC to have a packed house in that scenerio, it had to play someone with more clout than Rutgers.

I'm waiting to see how the tv ratings did for Rutgers @ USC for a late Friday night game that didn't start until 11pm. I think anything over 1 million viewers would have to please Fox, which in the grand scheme of things means it doesn't really matter how many were in the stands.

 

[Rufus]

USC wins its first ever B1G Championship in any sport in Women's Soccer (Regular Season). It is also the first time USC ever won an outright regular season title in women's soccer and the most winning regular season for the Trojans at 14-1-2 (10-0-1 B1G).

Women's soccer solidifies Big Ten legacy - Daily Trojan

The Trojans secure its first-ever outright conference title in program history.

dailytrojan.com

 

[gioff2323]

USC wins its first ever B1G Championship in any sport in Women's Soccer (Regular Season). It is also the first time USC ever won an outright regular season title in women's soccer and the most winning regular season for the Trojans at 14-1-2 (10-0-1 B1G).

Women's soccer solidifies Big Ten legacy - Daily Trojan

The Trojans secure its first-ever outright conference title in program history.

dailytrojan.com

See what happens when you move down to a lower conference like the BIG

 

[Exit 4]

USC wins its first ever B1G Championship in any sport in Women's Soccer (Regular Season). It is also the first time USC ever won an outright regular season title in women's soccer and the most winning regular season for the Trojans at 14-1-2 (10-0-1 B1G).

Women's soccer solidifies Big Ten legacy - Daily Trojan

The Trojans secure its first-ever outright conference title in program history.

dailytrojan.com

absolutely scintillating.....as interesting as learning UChicago mens tennis won the D3 national championships last spring over Claremont Mudd.

 

[buddy]

USC wins its first ever B1G Championship in any sport in Women's Soccer (Regular Season). It is also the first time USC ever won an outright regular season title in women's soccer and the most winning regular season for the Trojans at 14-1-2 (10-0-1 B1G).

Women's soccer solidifies Big Ten legacy - Daily Trojan

The Trojans secure its first-ever outright conference title in program history.

dailytrojan.com

What is your purpose here?

 

[KryHavok]

What is your purpose here?

I feel this was a question Lorien should have asked Captain Sheridan in Babylon 5...

 

[Exit 4]

I've always felt like Rufus has been sent here by the B1G ten mothership in some weird effort to promote the collective conf brand to all corners of the college sports world. Maybe the B1G has a clandestine viral marketing group that has fanned out to the various corners of the dark web to suddenly promote the product.

"Hey, sorry your football team is down, but have you tried just switching to the B1G ten and walking away - we have 18 teams to choose from! Look here is some viewership data. Try us!"

 

[UConn Dan]

I've always felt like Rufus has been sent here by the B1G ten mothership in some weird effort to promote the collective conf brand to all corners of the college sports world. Maybe the B1G has a clandestine viral marketing group that has fanned out to the various corners of the dark web to suddenly promote the product.

"Hey, sorry your football team is down, but have you tried just switching to the B1G ten and walking away - we have 18 teams to choose from! Look here is some viewership data. Try us!"

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