CFB51 College Football Fan Community
The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: nuwildcat on August 26, 2017, 10:57:42 PM
-
Here's ESPN's take on that question
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/20369846/ranking-happiness-every-college-football-fan-base-2017
FWIW, here are how the B1G teams fared
- some of the lower-ranked schools surprised me
- Sparty's been solid recently so maybe that ranking was just based on last season?
- also, if asked today, wouldn't Minnesota's fans be a LOT happier given the energy and optimism PJ Fleck has brought to campus?
- I'm guessing Nebraska peeps are tired of winning 9 games each year
1. Ohio State
9. Northwestern
12. Penn State
14. Wisconsin
22. Michigan
55. Maryland
58. Iowa
59. Indiana
73. Rutgers
87. Nebraska
107. Minnesota
108. Purdue
111. Illinois
115. Michigan State
-
Mine was one of the lost posts on this one...
But for Purdue, I don't buy 108th. The fans were probably even worse than that before Hazell was fired and Morgan Burke retired, but there's excitement over the new coach, the new permanent lights [finally!!], the new Football Performance Complex and locker room to impress recruits, etc.
Purdue football is coming off of dark times, VERY dark times. But there's enough excitement with Coach Brohm and AD Bobinski that we believe the rebuild is in the right hands.