Ohio State Stuns Texas: Big Ten Lands Major Blow to SEC Supremacy

Big Ten Hands the SEC a Blow

The Big Ten’s win over the SEC’s top team has the conference looking to continue its supremacy from last season. During last years’ bowl season, the Big Ten went 11-6 while the SEC went just 8-7. Texas had revenge on their mind but instead, the Longhorns are sent back to the drawing board to figure out what needs to be done to get over the hump.

After nearly two decades of dominance, has the SEC lost its biggest advantage because of the implementation of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL)? The SEC had a talent gap over the rest of college football, but has that gap closed?

Michigan showed a year ago there backup could take on the best from Alabama, and now Ohio State showed, despite losing a number of starters to the NFL, they can still play with the SEC’s best.

Finebaum Left to Cope

The SEC’s biggest propagandist on how the SEC is “just different” now has to look in the mirror and accept the SEC is not the dominant conference it once was. After saying on multiple occasions that Texas would definitely beat Ohio State, he now must admit he was wrong. And it’s the Big Ten, not the SEC, that has the frontrunner to win the national championship in 2025.

Finebaum works for ESPN, which owns the rights to the SEC, so it should come as no surprise that he pushes the SEC narrative. But to  give a team like Ohio State no chance to win a game is flat-out embarrassing and delusional.

Texas walked into the Big House and dominated Michigan after their national championship a year ago. There was no way they were going to do the same to Ohio State. Michigan didn’t have the success on the recruiting trail over the years, letting the Buckeyes to just reload not rebuild, after losing several top players to the NFL. A fact Finebaum let slip his mind and forgot to factor into his position.

The question is, will Finebaum admit that he was wrong and finally give the Big Ten the credit it deserves?

Manning Looks Ordinary at Best

Manning had +600 odds to win the Heisman Trophy this season, but those odds will drop after this performance on Aug. 30. Two times inside the 5-yard-line and zero touchdowns to show is a hard pill to handle for Texas fans.

What makes it even harder to take is that Texas had the chance to tie or win the game late. But when the lights became the brightest and the game was on the line with just over two minutes, Manning failed to produce. To say his performance today was underwhelming is an understatement. Manning came on late but didn’t do enough to give his team or the SEC the win they needed.

On the day Manning went 17-of-30 with 170 yards and one TD, along with one interception. Texas’s offensive failures inside the 5 will end up haunting Manning and their fans on what could have been.

Now that the Texas-Ohio State game is over and the No. 1 SEC team has loss, will the SEC finally come to the realization that the Big Ten is no longer running behind them? And with the resources the top Big Ten programs have when it comes to NIL, is the Big Ten about to pass the SEC as the dominant conference?