Published 8/15/2008
by David Nethers
at Bleacher Report - College Football
Critics of the Big Ten, and there are many, argue that the conference cannot really ever have a champion because, unlike the SEC, there is no conference title game.
But as the oldest Division I conference in the nation it's as if, at least before the BCS, the conference actually reached for something greater.
The conference does have a championship tournament for baseball. In basketball, the league has crowned its champion after a playoff tournament since 1998. The Big Ten has tournaments to decide who wins the conference title in wrestling, field hockey and 16 other sports.
But in Football, the overall conference record decides the champion. There is no Big Ten title game.
How can you have a champion without a playoff? Easy, the NFL does it every year. In each division in the NFL there is a champion.
The Pittsburgh Steelers last year claimed the AFC North title, even though they had the same overall record as the Cleveland Browns ...
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