Colin Cowherd: After 3-7 bowl season, Big Ten is better than SEC
On Wednesday’s edition of “The Herd,” Colin Cowherd made a bold declaration that the Big Ten is a stronger conference than the SEC. In Cowherd’s opinion, the SEC does not have a distinctive second-best program, while the Big Ten has four strong teams heading into 2017.
Cowherd’s claim has curious timing as the Big Ten just went 3-7 in bowl season, the worst record among the Power 5 conferences. The outspoken Fox Sports 1 host dismissed Penn State’s Rose Bowl loss to USC (52-49) and Michigan’s Orange Bowl loss to Florida State (33-32) as being road games due to the in-state venue advantage for the Trojans and Seminoles. He also stated that Ohio State is a better team than it looked against Clemson on Dec. 31, when it lost 31-0.
Curiously absent from Cowherd’s comments are any references to the Music City Bowl or Outback Bowl, games in which the two conferences met head to head. Tennessee defeated Nebraska 38-24 on Dec. 30 and Florida thumped Iowa 30-3 on Jan. 2.
Cowherd is such a a$$hat.
cowturd is irrelevant… why he was fired at ESPN. he HATES the SEC . he sniffs Harbow & urban cryers jocks and begs for more.. and that is all I’m gonna say about that…
No he mentioned those, he said Iowa is a center of the country team with no High Schools to draw from, and and can’t remember exactly what he said about Nebraska but it’s about the same thing.
Why does this happen? because people who hire sports journalists don’t require them to be unbiased reporters. Maybe consumers will get wise to program and conference cheerleaders and quit buying their garbage. Sports journalism could be so much better.
Its funny how Colin Cowherd said today the Big 10 is better than SEC after this mediocre bowl season, the only 2 bowl games we played against the Big Ten were victories for Tennessee and Florida. That argument could only be made for the ACC, who we still went 2-2 against and will be continued in the National Title game. The SEC is still better and Bama plays Clemson & FSU in its next 2 games, the 2 best teams in the ACC, as Louisville went 0-2 vs. SEC this year, so the best conference will be decided after those 2 games, Collin. What a joke
This numb nut is so weak he has to make dumb statements like that to get any attention. Boycott anything is does and maybe he will go away. No credibility at all!!
Dumb statements to get attention? Remind you of anyone?
Ryan Lochte?
Barack Obama?
Butch Jones??
I listened to him a couple of times years back but found him horrible. Comments like this would be the reason why. He rarely makes any sense, and then to make it worse, he repeats himself way too often. The B1G had some nice wins early in the season, but they were definitely exposed during the bowl season. Their top teams did not match up well with the others leagues top teams. Their middle didn’t do very well either. Their really wasn’t a dominant conference this year. The ACC has the strongest claim.
I think Cowherd was weaned too early, hence the need for attention.
And you’re right about the ACC. 8-3 puts them ahead of the SEC’s 6-6 (pending next Monday, of course).
The SEC didn’t have the strongest conference this past year but we still had a strong conference than the Big Ten. The ACC had the strongest conference from from top to bottom.
What is a Colin? Is a body part?
Cowherd makes some decent points about relating sports to business but that’s it. He is a Shock-Jock Sports talking head. He used to make fun-of wacky FM DJs. Now he IS the wacky Sports Radio DJ. He never backs up his arguments or is credible in the least. Remember when he said the Cowboys would never win with the “Dak n Dunk” QB? Now he thinks Dak is the greatest QB to ever play the game…. Best not to take anything he says serious as tomorrow his shock topic will be something new.
Yes sir, If only Ohio State had been able to play closer to home. Of course Clemson didn’t have to travel at all. THE Ohio State University, shut out on the big stage. Keep the excuses coming.
Maybe Phyllis from AL needs to call up “Colon Cow-Turd” and give him her 2 cents. He would talk with her to just get his ratings up!
I agree with him. The SEC sucked this year. The east is full of mediocre teams. The west has Alabama and one pretty good team in LSU who lost to Wisconsin (Big 10’s 4th best team).
You agree with him right? A 3 and 7 conference is better than a 6 and 6 conference. Well congratulations, you are just as smart as he is. If you will wait right here I’ll be right back with you Bozo button. Don’t go away now, wait here.
Yes I do. If you only judge the quality of conferences based on bowl performance then you’re the idiot. The Big 10 also got more teams in Bowl games that people care about with stiffer competition. But if you want to say that the SEC is better because Miss St. beat Miami OH then go right ahead buddy.
Yes I do. If you only judge the quality of conferences based on bowl performance then you’re the idiot. The Big 10 also got more teams in Bowl games that people actually care about. But if you want to say the SEC better because Miss St beat Miami OH then go right ahead buddy.
Oh look, a B10 homer with a GA avatar. Everyone has been all about how good the B10 is all year, and they got exposed in bowl season. Admit it, move on. It defies all logic not to call them the weakest and most overrated conference.
They lost to the ACC 3 times, the SEC twice, and the PAC 12 twice. They have losing records against 3 of the 4 other power 5 conferences. The top 4 teams in the conference went 0-4. They didn’t win a single game.
MSST winning in the toilet bowl doesn’t change any of that. And the fact that the conference was considered so great in the regular season had everything to do with the fact that they were playing each other and everyone was comparing overrated apples to other overrated apples.
I’m not a Big 10 Homer, I’m actually a student at UGA I’m just not gonna lie to myself and say the SEC is better than they are. Just like I’m not gonna root for an SEC team just because they are in the SEC. I would be perfectly happy if Auburn Bama Florida and Tennessee never won another game.
Cowturd will say anything to get attention.