Osler's Razor

While they continue to lead the nation in mascot awesomeness, the Big Ten has taken a hit in the football department.

Michigan got creamed by Notre Dame.  Ohio State lost to an unranked Virginia Tech team, at home.  Northwestern lost to Northern Illinois.  Iowa lost to Iowa State (which in turn had already lost a game to a division I-AA team, North Dakota State).  Michigan State and Wisconsin both already have losses, albeit to good teams (Oregon and LSU).   Minnesota got humiliated by TCU, and lost there not-too-effective quarterback in the process.  Indiana lost to Bowling Green.

It looks like an ugly year, and confusing.  With the addition this year of Maryland and Rutgers, the Big 10 now has 14 members, which is just silly.  They did, at least, get rid of the bizarre "Leaders" and "Legends" divisions, which seemed like something the commissioners came up with while drunk.   Now it's just an East/West thing, like a European civil war.

Maybe at this point I will turn my football passions to the MIAC...