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[QUOTE="44cuse, post: 860881, member: 693"]
Not sure that's right exactly.  I think football changed in general.  10 years ago on these same boards people were saying the same things about the Pac 10.  The game changes (I'm not old enough to have seen more than a couple of cycles) and it affects the leagues from the mid tier down very significantly.  I actually think the Big 10 has the same level of quality, it's just that right now other styles are better.

I've been fortunate to see college football all over the country for 20 years.  There isn't a major sport that is more regional (I guess maybe hockey) than football.  But that is college.  The NFL, IMO, is less affected by these fluctuations.  I haven't done this yet, but an interesting off season project would be to chart NFL draftees by position by conference over the last 25 years and see if the Big 10 is consistent.  My bet would be that even though the league may not be as strong overall, the NFL draftees would be constant.

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