SEC Network host says Big Ten football is running a ‘Ponzi scheme’

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Per Matt:

The Big Ten has won the past two college football national championships. However, that doesn’t mean that everyone in the sport is impressed with the league.

SEC Network host Peter Burns took to Twitter recently to blast the Big Ten.

The original Tweet from ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg stated that “no league dominates the media discussion like the SEC.”

Rittenberg added that the move by the SEC to talk so much is smart, “especially coming off of a season where the league was objectively a bit down.”

Needless to say, Peter Burns didn’t agree with that take.

"The Big 10 is quiet because they understand over half of their league is hot garbage and only prop up the small amount of true quality contenders they have,“ Burns said.

He didn’t stop there.

”They run a highly successful CFB Ponzi scheme."


Go Gophers!!
 

pretty comical calling half the league hot garbage (not to mention his use of Ponzi scheme).

He did watch bama lose to Michigan, South Carolina to Illinois, Tenn to OSU, Texas to OSU, and a&m to usc right? And he realizes those team outside of OSU were considered middle of the road in the B10 right? But hey I guess mizzou did beat Iowa so that balances it out.

Shocking the network responsible for generating all this press on the sec would hold this view. Shocking!
 


Pound sand. To the degree that it matters I went to a site listing the 50 top American universities in terms of Nobel prize laureates. The Big Ten leads the SEC 141-8. (I counted “classic Big Ten: excluded the former PAC Ten schools and Maryland & Rutgers. For the SEC, I excluded Texas & Texas A & M.). Interestingly, Minnesota & Illinois lead the Big Ten with 30–Ski U Mah! Only Vanderbilt has produced Nobel laureates from the SEC. Tell “Mr. Ponzi Scheme” to look globally at the relative contributions to humanity of the respective conferences.
 

Married@SiebertField said:
Pound sand. To the degree that it matters I went to a site listing the 50 top American universities in terms of Nobel prize laureates. The Big Ten leads the SEC 141-8. (I counted “classic Big Ten: excluded the former PAC Ten schools and Maryland & Rutgers. For the SEC, I excluded Texas & Texas A & M.). Interestingly, Minnesota & Illinois lead the Big Ten with 30–Ski U Mah! Only Vanderbilt has produced Nobel laureates from the SEC. Tell “Mr. Ponzi Scheme” to look globally at the relative contributions to humanity of the respective conferences.
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I'm pretty sure the SEC culture cares a little more about football than humanity. The argument won;t move many. :)
 


upnorthkid said:
pretty comical calling half the league hot garbage (not to mention his use of Ponzi scheme).

He did watch bama lose to Michigan, South Carolina to Illinois, Tenn to OSU, Texas to OSU, and a&m to usc right? And he realizes those team outside of OSU were considered middle of the road in the B10 right? But hey I guess mizzou did beat Iowa so that balances it out.

Shocking the network responsible for generating all this press on the sec would hold this view. Shocking!
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Yeah but.....it just means more.....I mean sure a bunch of hot garbage Big Ten teams beat SEC teams in bowl season but that doesn't prove anything.....SEC SEC SEC SEC. :)
 

Holy Man said:
I'm pretty sure the SEC culture cares a little more about football than humanity. The argument won;t move many. :)
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I don't think that will move many in the Big Ten either....prior to right now I had never once given a single thought to the number of (checks post) nobel prize laureates....I mean it is a cool stat but yeah don't think it is going to move the needle with most sports fans in terms of which conference is better.
 

Married@SiebertField said:
Pound sand. To the degree that it matters I went to a site listing the 50 top American universities in terms of Nobel prize laureates. The Big Ten leads the SEC 141-8. (I counted “classic Big Ten: excluded the former PAC Ten schools and Maryland & Rutgers. For the SEC, I excluded Texas & Texas A & M.). Interestingly, Minnesota & Illinois lead the Big Ten with 30–Ski U Mah! Only Vanderbilt has produced Nobel laureates from the SEC. Tell “Mr. Ponzi Scheme” to look globally at the relative contributions to humanity of the respective conferences.
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Should have included the U of Chicago.

https://www.uchicago.edu/who-we-are/global-impact/accolades/nobel-laureates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_T...ber,programs through an affiliation agreement.
 




MNVCGUY said:
I don't think that will move many in the Big Ten either....prior to right now I had never once given a single thought to the number of (checks post) nobel prize laureates....I mean it is a cool stat but yeah don't think it is going to move the needle with most sports fans in terms of which conference is better.
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They used to hammer this home during orientation...the U loves its Nobel Laureates :ROFLMAO:
 


Dave H said:
They used to hammer this home during orientation...the U loves its Nobel Laureates :ROFLMAO:
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Really though, only grad students should care. No one in the real world, when looking to hire someone with a 4 year degree, is going to give a rat's whatever on if they took classes from a Nobel prize winning prof or an adjunct professor with just a few years experience.
 

GophersInIowa said:
The SEC butt kissers are out in full force. As pointed out many times, there SOS is inflated from the get go.

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Your data is skewed because your pre-season rank is bloated and that bloated pre-season rank is somewhat attributed to having another cupcake.
 




The narrative has gone from "no comparison between our SEC and the Big 10" to "Well, the Big 10 is top heavy"

Clearly those SEC bobos are having to struggle to greater degrees to keep the BS meter in the red.
 

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