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Colin Cowherd: After 3-7 bowl season, Big Ten is better than SEC

Andrew Olson

By Andrew Olson

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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.

Andrew Olson

Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.

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