Big Ten Dominance: Ohio State, Michigan win consecutive titles for the Big Ten
The blue bloods of college football are hard to avoid, and it seems that whenever they are down, they always figure out a way to rise again like a phoenix. Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan, USC, Oklahoma, Texas. The biggest names in the sport of college football. With the constantly-moving pieces of conference realignment and schools leaving for bigger TV contracts, it's hard t say who is truly America's best, but right now all of the chips are in the hands of the Big Ten Conference. With Ohio State's National Championship over Notre Dame, the Big Ten has back-to-back titles and a very, very bright future.
For Michigan it was a programmatic shift after moving on from National Championship winning coach Lloyd Carr, a member of the Bo Schembechler tree. Carr won a title in 1999 with Charles Woodson and Brian Griese, but while he continued to win a lot of game each year, when the program moved on they took some major hits. Rich Rod never worked in Michigan and Brady Hoke had fleeting success before Jim Harbaugh brought all of the hype and struggled to live up to it at first. But it was Harbaugh's team in 2023-2024 that you could "BET" on as they overcame adversity time and time again, with the deck stacked against them the Wolverines topped Washington for the title.
For Ohio State in 2024-2025, their adversity came during the season in the form of a massive home loss to hated-rival Michigan. The Buckeyes backed their way into the new College Football Playoff but Ryan Day was able to inspire his team to one of the greatest 4-game runs in college football history. In the end, the Buckeyes topped Notre Dame and seem to be reloading for another run at the top.
Now the Big Ten is once again on top and with USC in the conference it is just a matter of time before they figure out how to take that next step and join the Buckeyes and Wolverines.
posted by LJ @ 6:18 AM
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