Ive not excused one loss, thank you. My point is on that front that the Big Ten is different now compared to 2011-2014. Bo played two total top ten teams at the time the game was played in the regular season in that timeframe. Cockeyes was going through a resurgence, Urban hadn’t quite gotten tOSU where they were when he left, Franklin wasn’t at PSU, Harbaugh wasn’t at Biff's Butthole Surfers, and so on. You hopefully are seeing my point.
Does a single Pelini team during that timeframe finish this schedule with a winning record? They absolutely drop Oklahoma, MSU, and Biff's Butthole Surfers by 20+ because Pelini teams in prime time against ranked opponents were absolutely awful. Could they get 6? Do you think a Pelini led team wins 2 of the last 5 this year? I’d give them Purdue and I’d bank on the idea he’d likely get deep dicked by multiple TDs against tOSU, Cockeyes, and Wisconsin because it was 100% a Pelini thing to get hammered by anyone who was any good and Wisconsin regardless of their record. So the question becomes could Pelini beat Fleck? I think the answer is no.