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FBO: Powering up in the Big Ten

By Brian Fremeau and Bill Connelly
Football Outsiders

Friday, August 28, 2009

The Big Ten has 11 member teams -- not enough to split divisions and host a championship game and too many for round-robin scheduling. Is it a big deal? It can be a problem. In the other five BCS leagues, the two best teams are guaranteed to play each other at least once every year -- either in the regular season, in a conference championship game, or both. In the Big Ten, the best teams meet most years, but it isn't a guarantee. Every Big Ten team schedule includes only eight of the other 10 ...

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