Guud posted:
"As far as Michigan winning a national title, and therefore a Big Ten school, I understand your thinking. Thing that has to be realized though is that Michigan, unlike the rest of the Big Ten that either refuses to, or can't get the talent, has finally moved into the 21st century."
Big 10 is to college football what Al Davis is to the NFL right now. Outdated, anemic, with no clue how to build a team or recruit the right talent. Nothing has changed, you can build an entire program around tate forcier for the next 3 years and Michigan will still not win a championship. You can take that one to the bank
As far as talent is concerned, big ten has plenty of it. This year alone, Beanie Wells, Aaron Maybin, Malcolm Jenkins, Vontae Davis all went in the first round and are all Big 10. 7 Ohio State players were drafted into the NFL this year, most of them in or before the 4th round. And what did they do last year? Got clobbered by LSU in the championship game. LSU players that got drafted this year? 6. Only one in the first round and every other pick was in round 5 or later.
Some of the best players in the NFL right now have come from Big 10 schools. Hell, even Brady came from Michigan. Anyone can recruited talented individuals, it takes a good recruiting/coaching team to make a viable team.
Knock on USC all you want, but at the end of the day, they're the only school that can lose the vast majority of their team (11 players, and almost all entirely defense)in one year due to the NFL draft and come back the next year and still be a heavy contender for the national championship. USC's 3rd stringers could be starters for most Big 10 teams.
I appreciate you standing by your team, but don't disillusion yourself because you see one spark of life and automatically assume because of one person your entire program has turned around.
"As far as Michigan winning a national title, and therefore a Big Ten school, I understand your thinking. Thing that has to be realized though is that Michigan, unlike the rest of the Big Ten that either refuses to, or can't get the talent, has finally moved into the 21st century."
Big 10 is to college football what Al Davis is to the NFL right now. Outdated, anemic, with no clue how to build a team or recruit the right talent. Nothing has changed, you can build an entire program around tate forcier for the next 3 years and Michigan will still not win a championship. You can take that one to the bank
As far as talent is concerned, big ten has plenty of it. This year alone, Beanie Wells, Aaron Maybin, Malcolm Jenkins, Vontae Davis all went in the first round and are all Big 10. 7 Ohio State players were drafted into the NFL this year, most of them in or before the 4th round. And what did they do last year? Got clobbered by LSU in the championship game. LSU players that got drafted this year? 6. Only one in the first round and every other pick was in round 5 or later.
Some of the best players in the NFL right now have come from Big 10 schools. Hell, even Brady came from Michigan. Anyone can recruited talented individuals, it takes a good recruiting/coaching team to make a viable team.
Knock on USC all you want, but at the end of the day, they're the only school that can lose the vast majority of their team (11 players, and almost all entirely defense)in one year due to the NFL draft and come back the next year and still be a heavy contender for the national championship. USC's 3rd stringers could be starters for most Big 10 teams.
I appreciate you standing by your team, but don't disillusion yourself because you see one spark of life and automatically assume because of one person your entire program has turned around.
You're almost right. Michigan is not building around Forcier, they building a team around the stretch offense, which shows me that they do have a clue. The Big Ten is outdated and hard headed, most of them think traditional college football can still work and the ones that have realized the truth can't recruit the right talent, Michigan being the exception. I have little doubt that once they get some defensive talent in the program they'll walk through the Big Ten.
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