By: Brian Chapman@bchapsports September is finally here and that means that B1G football is here. There’s been a lot of hype for the conference heading into this year with coaching changes (including one last week), a national championship (for the Deep South Buckeyes, ugh!), exciting young players, Heisman trophy candidates and potential 1st rd draft picks. It should be a fun season and I can’t wait. One of the big stories in the East is the strength of the head coaches. Ohio State’s Urban Meyer speaks for himself and when he doesn’t want to speak, he lets his championship rings do the talking. Mark Dantonio has coached Michigan State to consecutive top five finishes. That is especially challenging considering MSU is not a “traditional national power” like Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Florida State, Texas, USC, etc. Penn State is in its second year with James Franklin. He was highly questionable in his first year in Happy Valley, but coached Vanderbilt to consecutive 9-win seasons in the SEC (Vanderbilt!) and was coaching a team last year that was still crippled by major scholarship reductions. And then there’s Jim Harbaugh. He’s been all over TV, radio and magazine covers (even though he says a whole lot of nothing) for a reason…
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