What the ESPN panelists said about the B1G team
What Jake Trotter said
“Just how good is Team Big Ten? Neither Tom Brady nor Drew Brees even made the cut. In addition to starring Wilson at quarterback, the Big Ten got my vote for two primary reasons: the absolutely elite contingent at the offensive skill positions (Elliott, Barkley, Thomas, Godwin and Kittle!) and a Bosa-heavy pass rush that matches up with any other conference.”
What Field Yates said
“Honestly, I looked at it like this. You can’t say, ‘Here are the strengths of the roster.’ Because they all have strengths, right? They’re all incredibly loaded. So it’s as simple as, ‘All right, where is a weakness?’ Now, in some conferences it would be hard for me to point to a real major weakness. But if I were to nitpick, you had more players that are ascending and in the prime of their career in the Big Ten, like Michael Thomas and Chris Godwin, as opposed to someone like Larry Fitzgerald, who’s probably year to year at this point.”
Even more proof that the Big Ten has come way back from the slide and downturn it had while the SEC was rattling off seven straight national titles from 2006 to 2012. Now, all the conference in the heartland has to do add another one to what Ohio State did in 2014.
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