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The 2024 college football regular season has ended, and since this is still college football and we care about everybody’s education (wink), it’s only fitting that we hand out some postseason grades.
And, believe me, we’ll be grading on a curve.
The Big Ten enjoyed a historic season in 2024 with the conference expanding to 18 teams with the additions of USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington from the Pac-12. Three of those newcomers had their ups and downs, while one came in and took the league by storm. Meanwhile, Ohio State entered the season as the clear-cut favorite of many to win the conference but exited the regular season without a trip to Indianapolis and now enter the College Football Playoff on the heels of a stunning loss to Michigan in its finale.
Did you just meet expectations or blow past them? Or did you perform so poorly that you’re in danger of being held back a year? All the Big Ten teams had very different seasons. Luckily, I’m prepared to grade them all.
Oregon
Oregon showed up at a new school and was immediately the smartest kid in class. The Ducks were the only FBS program to get through the regular season without a loss and were one of only two Power Four teams to get through conference play without a loss (SMU the other). Oregon beat both Ohio State and Michigan during the regular season and completed the job by beating Penn State in the Big Ten Championship Game, becoming only the second Big Ten program to beat all three in the same season (Michigan State has done it five times). Now, they’ll enter the…
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Author : Tom Fornelli
Publish date : 2024-12-09 18:01:00
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