How Big is the BIG 10?

There are currently 4 BIG 10 Teams in the Top 10 of the College Football Playoff Rankings (2.Ohio State, 3.Michigan, 6.Wisconsin and 7.Penn State), and everyone on ESPN and other sports nations are buzzing about the "Dominance" of the Big 10 Conference.

You know, that right there is up for discussion, because the SEC still has the best win-loss percentage out of the 11 conferences. But what's not up for debate is the fact that the BIG 10 has 14 schools. Really, guys, how big is the BIG 10?

When the BIG 10 was founded, 10 schools (Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan State, Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, and Northwestern) came together and vowed to create the biggest conference in the Nation. Thus, they have since added 4 teams in, and divided themselves into 2 conferences, East and West. So if there are 14 teams in the Conference now, shouldn't we call it the BIG 14?

You know, they should have come up with some sort of better name in the beginning, like the Ancient Powerhouse Conference, or the Mid-Western Conference. Because as they have added schools to their league, the name has become more and more irrelevant. Take the SEC for example. When they started, they were 8 schools. And they called themselves the South Eastern Conference, forming the SEC. They have since added 6 schools to the league, and SEC still fits very well.

But the same cannot apply to the BIG 10. The whole name is misleading, false representation of the schools therein. Any of those schools could be left out in peoples minds, because when you say BIG 10 you think about 10 Big Schools. Go ahead and think about it and name some big schools (Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee... Oh, my bad. Wrong conference).

Coming up next- The Big 12 voted against expanding their league from 10 teams to 12. What the fudge???

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