>>>Wisconsin has beaten good teams in bowls, too. But even as a Big 10 partisan I don't think there is any comparison between the conferences.
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>>Over the past 6 bowl seasons there have been 16 Big 10/SEC matchups. Each conference has won eight games.
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>Thanks largely to Wisconsin. I am a Big 10 partisan but there is no doubt in my mind which conference is better.

Big 10 Wins

Year       Big 10      Score      SEC    Score
2007       Penn St       20       Tenn     10
           Wisc          17       Ark      14

2006       Wisc          24       Aub      14

2005       Minn          20       Ala      16
           Iowa          30       LSU      25

2004       Iowa          37       Fla      17

2003       Minn          29       Ark      14
           Mich          38       Fla      30

The wins were pretty evenly spread. There is no doubt in my mind which conference plays more interesting football, but better?????? Not necessarily based on these numbers.

It would be interesting if one week of pre-conference play could be set aside as "Conference Tourney Week." That week you would have Big 10 vs SEC, Big East vs ACC, Big 12 vs Pac 10, etc. Each year the conference matchups would vary. The games would be based on conference position the previous year (not necessarily fair, but at least practical) and 1 would play 1, 2-2 etc. It might prove interesting and each 1-1 matchup would have a potential impact on the national championship.

It would be hard to schedule, obviously, but I think it would provide a very interesting weekend of football guaranteed to have several interesting and important games.