Illinois football coach Bret Bielema is bullish on the Big Ten
<p>With Jim Harbaugh long gone to the NFL, the Big Ten Media Days don’t have quite the same edge. When the three-day event kicked off at the Hilton Chicago on Tuesday, there was a lot of inside-football talk about 3-3-5 defenses and plenty of coach-speak about leadership and cohesion.</p><p>But there also was substantive discussion of some of the storm clouds hovering over college sports in general and football in particular.
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<p>With Jim Harbaugh long gone to the NFL, the Big Ten Media Days don’t have quite the same edge. When the three-day event kicked off at the Hilton Chicago on Tuesday, there was a lot of inside-football talk about 3-3-5 defenses and plenty of coach-speak about leadership and cohesion.</p><p>But there also was substantive discussion of some of the storm clouds hovering over college sports in general and football in particular. And as usual, there were a few zingers from Illinois coach Bret Bielema.</p><p>He didn’t wait long to take a shot at the SEC, which has been going back-and-forth with the Big Ten about which is the best -football conference.</p><p>“They want to live in 2005 forever,” Bielema said.</p><p>He’s qualified to talk about the two leagues, having been a coach in both with stints at Wisconsin and Illinois wrapped around a forgettable stint at Arkansas.</p><p>A follow-up question on his SEC hot take led to Bielema weighing in on the Big Ten’s much-maligned and long-gone division names: Leaders and Legends.</p><p>“I don’t know how the hell we got there,” Bielema said, echoing the feelings of most fans and the rest of the college football world.</p><p>Wondering how he got to talking about the names of almost forgotten divisions? It was part of a story about the need to turn the page, which he clearly believes the SEC should do.</p><p>Bielema recalled his unhappiness about Wisconsin not getting the same respect as some traditional powers when the divisions were created.
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- <p>With Jim Harbaugh long gone to the NFL, the Big Ten Media Days don’t have quite the same edge. When the three-day event kicked off at the Hilton Chicago on Tuesday, there was a lot of inside-football talk about 3-3-5 defenses and plenty of coach-speak about leadership and cohesion.</p><p>But there also was substantive discussion of some of the storm clouds hovering over college sports in general and football in particular.
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