47 minutes ago, LovingBuckeye said:

The B1G’s middle was better than the middle of the SEC as well last season, I think it’ll be again this season.

Time for the Nebraska's USC, UCLA, Wisconsin's and Iowa's to step up.  Two are obviously new to the Big Ten but have been down in recent years.

I am now in pre-game hype "black-out" mode.   No more talk. 

Let's get the game played and see where the chips fall.  

1 hour ago, LovingBuckeye said:

As a Texas fan, I would think you would understand Texas has one national championship in how many years, and struggled in the Big 12. Let’s not act like Texas is the SEC

Well, we’re in now, ace. Deal with it. And y’all must be proud of Gym Jordan. 

3 hours ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

Yep Texas is long overdue for another national championship in football.  A program like Texas should win one at least once every ten seasons and get to that game at least twice a decade if they have their spit together from the top down.  That’s basically what Ohio State has done this century.  Hoping to get at least one in the Manning era and go from there.  At least the next natties Texas wins will be legit, so there’s that.

Yeah, I hear you. I think Ohio State (and Texas) should win a national championship every 6-7 years. Ohio State has definitely been once a decade though since 2000. 99.9% of programs would kill for that, but Ohio State & Texas should definitely be more than once a decade in my opinion. 

2 hours ago, Ironmanz35 said:

Time for the Nebraska's USC, UCLA, Wisconsin's and Iowa's to step up.  Two are obviously new to the Big Ten but have been down in recent years.

USC beat A&M & LSU last season, I'm not worried about them. Wisconsin & Iowa need to step up on the national stage, but again we're talking about the middle, not the top. The middle of the B1G last season beat South Carolina, Alabama, LSU, & Texas A&M. And the top of the B1G ran Tennessee out of the country and beat Texas in Dallas.

I do really like Nebraska this season though.