Big Ten football is interesting not just because four new teams are joining

The Big Ten Conference will be fascinating to watch for all the obvious reasons connected to conference realignment. Seeing USC, Oregon, Washington, and UCLA in the conference of the Midwest will be new and fresh. The matchups in the conference will be new and interesting. We can say that Washington State and Oregon State got a very raw deal, and we can also say that it’s a shame the Pac-12 no longer exists, but we can also admit that having Penn State go to the Los Angeles Coliseum to face USC will be really cool. Seeing USC go to Ann Arbor and the Big House for a regular-season conference game versus Michigan will be special. Of course Big Ten football will be richly intriguing in 2024, for all the obvious reasons. Yet, there are reasons beyond the obvious why the Big Ten will sizzle with drama and mystery.

One reason is that the Big Ten quarterbacks are not largely proven. There’s Dillon Gabriel of Oregon and then there’s not much else. Miller Moss could be great, but he does have to prove himself. Drew Allar of Penn State could be great, but he still has to prove himself. It’s the case for most Big Ten quarterbacks this year: plenty of potential but not a lot of elite results to this point in time.

Mark Rogers talked about this and more on his Big Ten show at The Voice of College Football:

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