Well, the South Eastern Conference (SEC) is better than the Big Ten.
Sorry. Believe me, it hurt me as much to type it as it did for you to read it. Take a second or two to let it set in (whiskey tends to help).
Okay, now that the sting from that bourbon is gone, we can have some closure: the SEC is better than the Big Ten. Frankly, it's about as obvious as Britney Spears's sanity (will you just go back to being hot again and lay off the meth?).
On Monday, Louisiana State University (LSU) put Kanye West's work into motion: They were just bigger, faster and stronger.
Maybe we shouldn't measure conferences by depth, but there's no denying that the best team in the Big Ten can't handle the best the southerners have to offer. I guess if it at first you don't succeed; try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try again.
After their ninth consecutive bowl loss to an SEC opponent, saying Ohio State University (OSU) can compete with the SEC is like saying George W. Bush has a higher IQ than Forrest Gump (your boy's...different, Mrs. Bush).
After Florida had it handed to them by Michigan, the table was set for the Big Ten to become the filet mignon of the college football world. Instead, they turned into a burnt steak, or maybe a TV dinner would be the proper comparison?
LSU converted eight of ten third downs in the first half, 11-18 on the game, and were in third and five or longer just four times during the entire game! OSU became uncharacteristically undisciplined. Eighty-five penalty yards from five personal fouls--the most they had all season by far. Matter of fact, you can combine the last three Ohio State games and still not have 85 yards of penalties.
Wisconsin had a chance to beat Tennessee (and should have) and Ohio State became the little brother that follows his big brother around, begging to be allowed to play. Unfortunately, LSU finally let them play, even after warning them how bad of a beating they would get.
Maybe it was play-calling, maybe it was better athletes, maybe it was a non-focused Buckeye team, maybe it was all of the above. Either way, OSU got their bells rung.
I'm a Buckeye fan, always will be. But, I'm also a realist. I've spent hours upon hours defending the "Debacle in the Desert" last year against Florida. I tried to argue that the Big Ten is on the same pedestal as the schools bordering the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Ocean...but it was all in vain.
Ohio State is good, yes, but not great. Ohio State had a chance to be on the same level as the Patriots (three national titles in six years); they now ride shotgun with Jim Kelly and the four-time losers of the Super Bowl: the Buffalo Bills of the early 90s.
Ifs and buts might be candy and nuts, but hearing "We Are the Champions" is better than making your ears bleed with "Another One Bites the Dust." Darn you, Queen!
The good news is, my pessimism is done.Most importantly: Michigan still sucks. Bartender, I'll take another round.
