Just because the B1G teams aren't on the level of the top SEC teams doesn't mean people up here don't care.  It's far from the truth for most of the teams.  Iowa hasn't been great for years now and we have consistently travel very well to whatever bowl game we end up in, wherever it may be.  We're known for that.  Nebraska, OSU, Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State, Wisconsin etc all have great fans that very much care about college football.

 

As far as the playoff teams I think they have it right as it sits right now.  Though it will be a lot different in the end once the games play themselves out.  It's hard to argue that those aren't the four best teams in the country.

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