Checking this statement for B1G teams last season:
Purdue: Q3 5-0, Q4 5-1
Indiana: Q3 3-0, Q4 6-0
Maryland: Q3 2-0, Q4 9-0
Michigan State: Q3 2-1, Q4 4-0
Illinois: Q3 3-0, Q4 7-0
Northwestern: Q3 2-0, Q4 7-0
Iowa: Q3 1-1, Q4 5-1
Rutgers: Q3 2-4, Q4 7-0
Penn State: Q3 4-0, Q4 6-0
Ohio State: Q3 N/A, Q4 6-1
Michigan: Q3 5-0, Q4 4-1
Wisconsin: Q3 2-1, Q4 5-0
Nebraska: Q3 1-0, Q4 7-1
Minnesota: Q3 1-2, Q4 5-0 (how did we lose that game....)
By quads, we don't look all that different from our peers. However, taking a deeper look...
Non-con SOS for B1G teams:
Michigan State 37 (always a TOUGH schedule for these guys)
Wisconsin 72
Nebraska 80
Purdue 81
Indiana 104
Illinois 116
Ohio State 120
Iowa 126
Michigan 145
Maryland 159
Penn State 278
Northwestern 295
Rutgers 314
Minnesota 348
That's sad. Second-worst nonconference schedule in the league, only behind a Minnesota team that knew they were going to stink. We could play this game better and get to a top 150 non-conference schedule without that much more risk of a bad loss.