Big Ten Power Poll - Post Week 10

by Bama Hawkeye on Nov 11, 2009 12:56 PM CST in Big Ten Power Polls Comment 11 comments

Well, so much for the unanimity. The losses by our consensus top two teams from last week put everything into a complete disarray in the Top 4. Behind that, it's even more of a mess. The Big Ten isn't helped by the fact that every team outside of the Top 4 has been shown to be mediocre at best. It's led to some ugly football. That's led to me finding these ugly pieces of merchandise.

1.	108 (8)	You have to trust me on this: after the second martini, seeing Brutus stare at you will be downright creepy.
2.	97 (2)	Most of the Hawkeyes will be hanging their walking cast boot in place of stockings this year.
3.	88	There is a Joe Paterno/graden gnome joke in there somewhere, but I don't think that the gnome is quite that old yet.
4.	87	Yes, I want to make it look like a giant rodent is invading my house by punching through a wall.
5.	63	Foam rubber hats are dumb anyway, but what the hell is that?
6.	57	MSU sweater for your punting-sized dog? That screams "tough guy."
7.	49	Hey! Don't put your drink on the table. That's what the coaster with the buck-toothed rodent is for!
8.	43	I've got a fever and the only cure is a prescription gold ball with a Purdue train logo. Dear God, who comes up with these things?
9.	29	You'll see that the temperature has gone down on Ron Zook's seat.
10.	23	You'll notice that the plate is disposable. Just like the Indiana football season.
11.	16	Instead of a dumb comment about the Michigan travel pillow, I want to stop and acknowledge what has happened here. The voters, well-informed Big Ten football fans, have come to the conclusion that Michigan (MICHIGAN!) is the worst team in the Big Ten. How would you like to travel back through time to 1984 and tell Bo Schembechler and Bobby Knight that in twenty-five years, their schools' respective football and basketball programs would be judged to be the worst teams in the Big Ten? What is going on in this world?

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I don’t know what would piss me off more; having a badger in my house, or the big F’n hole in my wall.

Columbus til I die, Columbus til I die. I know I am, I swear I am, Columbus til I die!

by BLAZER_FAN_199 on Nov 11, 2009 1:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

oh yeah!

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by grahamfiller10 on Nov 11, 2009 1:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

This makes me laugh no matter how many times I see it.

Columbus til I die, Columbus til I die. I know I am, I swear I am, Columbus til I die!

by BLAZER_FAN_199 on Nov 11, 2009 2:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Look, it's not RichRod's fault.

Just ask [name redacted]. It’s Lloyd’s fault. Retiring like that after beating Florida etc. etc.

Personally, I think Bo’s responsible. He didn’t leave Lloyd enough talent to leave to RR. These things take a few generations to clean up.

I’m stunned at the juggernaut-thy-name-is-Illinois.

Mr. Boh Knows ...

by Bellanca on Nov 11, 2009 1:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

So it's all Gary Moeller's fault

for tipping too many back, leaving Lloyd the keys to a national championship team, which enabled Lloyd to run the program into the “Defeat the defending National Champs in a bowl game” kind f mess that he left behind.

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by Bama Hawkeye on Nov 11, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

RichRod

It’s not like he inheirited a perennially manic-depressive team like Michigan State, or a team as short on talent/depth as Indiana. RichRod was given the keys to a Cadillac-type program. Freakin’ MICHIGAN! With the way that program can recruit nationally, there’s no way in heck that it takes “generations” to clean up whatever mess was left behind — especially when that “mess” was of the finish-in-the-top-2-or-3-of-the-BigTen-and-go-to-a-decent-bowl-game-EVERY-YEAR variety.

Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss. -- Lou Mannheim, Wall Street

by ChiSpartan on Nov 12, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Talking to 1984 Bobby Knight

If you could do that, just make sure you’re not within arm’s reach of him when you do so, lest he try to “teach” you properly. Also, would not recommend telling him on a hunting trip.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Nov 11, 2009 1:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I was prepared for having Illinois vault IU

And was planning to protest. But I see that you left Michigan at Number 11. So, as long as we have someone to look down upon — and particularly if that someone is Michigan — well, OK. And I’ll be satisfied with the knowledge that we beat Illinois. So, never mind.

by hoosierdaddynow on Nov 11, 2009 3:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

How would you like to travel back through time to 1984 and tell Bo Schembechler and Bobby Knight that in twenty-five years, their schools’ respective football and basketball programs would be judged to be the worst teams in the Big Ten? What is going on in this world?

You mean Indiana last year right? It’ll take some explanation to justify putting them behind Iowa basketball this year.

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Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

by Seer on Nov 11, 2009 6:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I know what that thing is...

Clearly it’s a wildcat eating your head. Because everyone wants to be devoured by a purple mammal.

by hmlee on Nov 11, 2009 6:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

This thing borders on indecent ...

They really HAD to make the wildcat ears stick out on this headgear, otherwise who would want to walk around looking like a giant purpleheaded [REDACTED]?

Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss. -- Lou Mannheim, Wall Street

by ChiSpartan on Nov 12, 2009 12:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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