1:03 AM ET There’s a slogan that coaches repeat often: Good is the enemy of great. The idea is simple enough. To settle for good is to abdicate a quest for greatness. Coaches like great. Good is only important in contract negotiations. Aside from Georgia, which beat Florida easily on Saturday and appears destined for an SEC title game date with Alabama, the biggest question looming over the 2021 season is about the difference between good and great. Georgia is great. Everyone else? Hard to say. Saturday’s games were supposed to offer answers. That brings us to the Big Ten. 4hESPN staff 3hESPN Staff 9hWilliam E. Ricks 2 Related A few weeks back, the Big Ten had five teams ranked in the top 10, and you might have assumed that at least one of them was great. And then Penn State lost in 27 overtimes to Illinois. And then Iowa…
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