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Right as always Bax.

It's not an issue of revenue, it's an issue of priorities.

Fielding a winning product is simply not the primary concern of many of the B1G's institutions. That myopic approach infects these coaching staffs who are content to recruit from their offices and stick with the 'good ol boy' system of assistant coach hiring.

Absolutely right on. The SEC does have certain advantages in over signing and the ability to retain more football profit due to the lack of Olympic programs but as you accurately pointed out, the coaching salaries and hires in this league are the reason the play continues to deteriorate. From a contrast standpoint, look at the basketball hires in the last ten years. OSU hired Williams and Matta (bad judgment in the Ayers hire), IU hired Sampson and Crean, Minnesota hired Tubby, tsun hired Beilein. All of those guys had a track record before they came, in football most of the other schools will hire any coach who has a career record above .500 even if he only has one year of coaching experience at any level

Northwestern has new facility on its way ...

Purdue is spending more $ on staff than ever before ...

Teams agreed to stop scheduling lower tier games ...

I.U has best recruiting class in 10 years ...

finally - going forward schools have agreed to reinvest in the programs w/ commitment ....( this I heard from TOS guru ...schools will have to show this is being done to the conference )

Expansion and growth $$$ still exceeding all others ..

Just looking for positives to throw in

i don't think having a weak b10 is a big deal as long as we can beat the perceived best team in the bowl games. if we get to 24-0 we won't be kept out of the big game

BTW Bax you no longer need to waste the characters to completely type out Appalachian State when referring to A Southern Michigan University's conquerors. They no longer differentiate between OSU and Ohio U, since most likely they are going to lose to either (or any, see: Toledo) of those "Ohio" institutions regardless of the sport involved. They, and you, can simply refer to their vanquishers as Ohio, Appalachian, and now of course, Penn.

As always, great article! I don't always agree with you but it is my opinion that you are clearly the best writer on the staff. Stick with the passion and keep up the fantastic work.

If anything keeps us out the The National Championship Game it will be the coaches vote.That still counts and there are some coaches that will not vote fairly for TOSU,and you know who they are the same ones that put the screws to Urb last season. And I would still take any of the three pieces of crap above over The Joke of Whoreville,any day.He is still the biggest disgrace to The Li'l Eleven out there.GO BUCKS!

lighten up Francis. I didnt post the pic. Some people are so fricken sensitive. Its Friday, have a beer and try to relax.

Which decade was the last that the Big 10 was unquestionably dominant? It's been a long time.