As someone from the big 10, I’m disappointed that no other conference does this

@peggypeters6676

7 ай бұрын

Because the big ten is the best!!

Fun fact about the oval: it was left unpaved for decades as the university let students make desired pathways in the grass. Eventually OSU just paved roads over those student made pathways and that’s why it’s so intricate (including all the way up to 18th Ave)

@MegaBrokenstar

7 ай бұрын

This is also why a lot of students are furious with recent administrations’ attempts to enforce photogenicity of the grass by putting up random chains and ropes to block ways people like to cut through. OSU’s walkways were literally decided by how people wore paths in the grass until these clowns started resisting it.

@hossahunter22

7 ай бұрын

same thing is happening at PSU (albeit not in the oval shape), where every time I go back there seems to be a new paved path on a place you used to see ultimate frisbee or touch football games.

@karlangerman1557

6 ай бұрын

My dad once pointed out that the oval was paved with bricks when he went there. They were replaced with cement after the students used them to pelt the national guard troops during the riots in 70.

Hey man, thank you, you just made my day! I was the creative director and more on this spot at the studio that developed it with B10. Thank you for noticing all the details! Cheers

The bridge in Minneapolis is actually the stone arch bridge, an old rail bridge that is now a beautiful pedestrian bridge with a great view of St Anthony Falls and the skyline, and a bridge i run across multiple times a week :)

@MoriartyMcG

7 ай бұрын

2:55 definitely the stone arch bridge

@hughgitlin5682

7 ай бұрын

It is Stone Arch. Unfortunately, next year it is closing for 2 years for repair:(

@caseysmith544

7 ай бұрын

I ran that bridge in early 2010's and 2009 for the River to River Ragnar relay. The first year the team was fast and got in the top 10 for the 12 man teams at about 8--10 We were mostly from Pierre (Pier) South Dakota. Then the next few years we were slower due to the fast guys being injured as one of them tried to stupidly keep up very hard training. That first year we did the race, person on an old steel 10 speed road racing Campagnolo or Japanese Sun bike in Tour De France Yellow, they nearly took me out on the bridge just lightly brushing my skin with the bikes metal pedal that the guy had old style clips for, he looked like he used the bike for super touring having front and back racks on the bike.

I have always loved the fact that Camp Randall jumps up and down for Wisconsin. I have always thought that it was a nice touch.

It even has sound easter eggs btw. for example when it gets to MSU the bell rings. and purdue has the train noise.

As someone who volunteers to fill and tie balloons at husker games, I’m so disappointed that they got rid of them

@adriansmith5279

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, it is a nice feeling to see y'all do that in Lincoln. I hope you guys decided to do that again!

@Zanthorr

7 ай бұрын

Tbf, it's not worth the terrible effects of microplastics on our environment.

@drhouse6165

7 ай бұрын

As someone who lives in Nebraska I'm glad we don't throw a bunch of eventual trash in the air.

@Hunter-dj9ld

7 ай бұрын

@@rowdyjr2318The other issue is we had to use a lot of helium for all of the balloons. The helium was better used elsewhere, especially since there was a helium shortage and it is a non renewable resource.

@DavidLisk

7 ай бұрын

Releasing balloons is as environmentally friendly as throwing plastic shopping bags into a river or forest

One thing you missed with OSU is behind the stadium is the oval, as central grassy area that signifies the border of north and south campus and is a great area to hang out and it has a bunch of paths through it to connect to a sidewalk to take you anywhere on campus. It is also home to the largest library on campus

@osubucknut100

7 ай бұрын

Was about to say this

As a Maryland alum, I have to agree, I think this is one of the best commercials ever. When I first saw this we were the newbies with Rutgers, and I thought to myself, what a wonderful welcome and what an awesome conference to be part of. Still feel that way almost ten years later. Thanks for running through each school and welcome to the new, newbies from the west coast!

@jamiegreenberg8476

5 ай бұрын

as a PA girlie im obviously rooting for penn state but i go to GW and even tho im not big into college sports i like the fact that i can hop the train into maryland if i ever wanna get my big10 fix

@deanzaZZR

25 күн бұрын

As a Rutgers fan I approve of this message.

@MarylandTerps1

25 күн бұрын

@@jamiegreenberg8476 I went to GW for grad school, Go Revs! :)

Love this commercial as a Michigan fan and a geography nerd. Transitions are super smooth. I’m excited to see how they revamp it with the expansion teams. Will be interesting to see which direction they approach it. Maybe start in Seattle and work down to LA, then make that same transition over the mountains into Nebraska? Also, they need to add some things like the Children’s Hospital in Iowa City, and maybe another reference or two for MSU (as much as I hate them, they’re still a big part of this conference). Maybe something with the Breslin Center? They seemed to have been gipped. Could also add in some pieces of other nearby cities like they did for Detroit, Philly, DC, and NYC. Chicago and Minneapolis make more sense because NW/UM are there already, but lots of other great cities could use a reference here. Very surprised, for instance, that Lucas Oil isn’t on here at all, nothing for Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Des Moines, Omaha. Expand this sucker to a minute flat and give proper reference to actual B1G country, not just the east coast cities the B1G brass wants to be a part of.

@andrewduncan2258

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's sad the Michigan and MSU don't get a little more, but I bet they didn't have a lot of space since the campuses are so close to each other. ps. I'm sure you didn't mean anything by it, so FYI: "gypped" is a harmful word which perpetuates the stereotype of the Roma people being tricksters and thieves.

@cal7772

7 ай бұрын

Screw the expansion teams they arent allowed in this commercial

I thought both songs were fine. I was just glad there was a commercial that wasn't in your face this product is the best it just showed why it's great and added academic statues and buildings and what makes these colleges actually colleges and not a sports franchise. Also when it focuses on Wisconsin you actually hear the words "Jump Jump Jump!"

Really underrated part of the commercial is the background sounds of fans cheering, coins flipping, train horns blowing, etc

Just want to add that Maryland’s state sport is lacrosse, so the inclusion of a lacrosse helmet may be intentional for that reason too.

@mattripley3717

7 ай бұрын

It's actually jousting. But lacrosse is probably the "unofficial" state sport.

@austinweiss5970

7 ай бұрын

@@mattripley3717 Lacrosse is Maryland's official "team" sport

Thank you for making this video! As a Georgia and thus SEC guy who also loves watching all the conferences, this is my favorite college commercial as well. Thanks for breaking it down for us non-Big natives.

Also shoutout to the typography of the land. You see the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes, and gradual elevation of the Appalachian Mountains. Not to mention I love how they have the trees turning orange and red for fall, especially in the northeast.

Hi cole! Rutgers alum. The statue is actually a different one to the football stadium, it’s a statue made of pipes (the “Running Man”)in front of the Biomedical Engineering building on Busch campus.

@chisaegbelu9171

7 ай бұрын

Thanks. Was just coming to say that

@samuelcutler2461

7 ай бұрын

Yup! The title of the work is "Signal" by Ralph Helmick

The way they show The Mississippi River, The Great Lakes and The Hudson River and Atlantic Ocean is very cool..

I’m a bit surprised they didn’t include Indy or at least Lucas Oil Stadium, as its the conference’s favorite neutral site which frequently hosts championship events and its not much further from both Indiana and Purdue than most of the other depicted cities are from their respective campuses. Plus 50% would be a very conservative estimate of the percentage of the college educated population who got their degree from a Big Ten school. Not just Indiana and Purdue either; the others, particularly Ohio State, Michigan, and Michigan State are well represented too.

@charliecarroll33

7 ай бұрын

I think they just didn’t have a lot of room with Purdue & IU both being pretty close to Indianapolis

@MegaBrokenstar

7 ай бұрын

@@charliecarroll33this. Just too crowded.

@aydanpatrick9182

7 ай бұрын

Indiana has huge representation in college sports if you include everything, it’s going to be crowded

As a die hard OSU fan I remember the first year this aired I was in 5th grade. Seeing this every Sat brings me back to the 2014 season and the natty OSU won that year.

It’s a cool late September day in 2014, you are watching Indiana play at Ohio state. Life is good

You missed the Oval in the ohio state part. The Oval is the green area on campus at OSU.

@alexburlison

7 ай бұрын

Was just gonna say this

@sethpulsford511

7 ай бұрын

it is the main green area as the south oval is also a thing

The amount of nostalgia from this commercial is insane. Literally my childhood (at least the elder years of it)

Rutgers alum and geography nerd here - always loved the fact that we came last in this commercial and therefore got the most air time 😅

@julesxaxp3745

5 ай бұрын

they played it at the ohio state game and everyone cheered at the end 🥹 core memory

Awesome video! The Minnesota section (2:37) is actually missing a few things. 1. That is the stone arch bridge, a historical landmark that is now a pedestrian bridge crossing the Mississippi river near downtown Minneapolis. 2. That tall buildings are actually in 2 separate cities. The one of the left is the Wells Fargo Building (tallest building in St Paul) and the one of the right is the IDS Center (tallest building in Minneapolis) 3. The small rectangular building is actually the 3M headquarters, one of Minnesota's largest homegrown companies! Nice video!

@alecerdmann8505

7 ай бұрын

Came here to say all of this.

@tonysully1

7 ай бұрын

I was heated when he said the 3rd ave bridge.

@joshuahuang4501

7 ай бұрын

Came here to agree about the Stone Arch Bridge.

@theEWDSDS

6 ай бұрын

The Stone Arch one was pretty weird, I don't know how he knew about 3rd avenue but not Stone Arch

@SCHN4UZ3R

3 ай бұрын

I came here to point this stuff out too. Did he mix up any other school as much as Minnesota?

The statue in the picture is the statue at the head of The Scarlet Walk that honors the first college football game played on 11/6/1869 between Princton and Rutgers with Rutgers' winning 6-4.

For Minnesota, I think that’s actually the Stone Arch Bridge. Very famous icon in Minneapolis that connects downtown (mill city specifically) with northeast, near the campus The 3rd Ave Bridge has fewer arches that are more shallow

On the MSU section, it appears there's a bridge which may symbolize the bridge the Spartans football team walks over to Spartan Stadium before each game when the team does "the walk" across campus. I'm surprised the video didn't feature The Rock, which has been a focal point for many moments in MSU's history, where students come together during times of joy, trouble, sorrow, triumph, and tribute. Anyway, I agree, this commercial for the B1G is one of my favorites and really showcases the conference in a way no other conference can. It's absolutely wonderful.

This commercial is so great, I guess you can say that this commercial... just means more.

@user-cy8kx7zm9b

7 ай бұрын

I see what you did there :)

Fun fact! In the commercial Penn State is placed in a valley, just like the actual campus. That’s why we call it “Happy Valley”

Being from Jersey, I've always appreciated this commercial. Even though Rutgers has been a member for only 10 years, it gives the effect that they have been synonymous for a lot longer. Two of the clues that are referenced to Penn State (the Liberty Bell and Love Sign), can also be used to show how close Rutgers is to two major cities: New York and Philadelphia.

@maestromuffin1

2 ай бұрын

as New Brunswick is much close to Philly than state college is.

I'm not even a Big10 fan I grew up in Florida and I am a fan of The U but, I agree this is awesome. By far the best commercial I've ever seen for any sport. I feel I should add I read a rumor online that ND and The U got AAU status to join the Big10 and my first thought was this commercial with Miami in it lol

@tomdemay6147

7 ай бұрын

Miami is a lock for the Big 10 once the ACC implodes. Notre Dame will be last domino to fall.

You may still see some reference to the Rose Bowl with UCLA playing in the Big Ten next year with the Bruins playing their home games there. As well as Pauley Pavilion and Banners from Basketball. USC with the Coliseum and Downtown LA for both schools and possibly Smurf Stadium. Oregon I see of course Autzen Stadium, maybe of couple of Campus buildings, as well as drop of Downtown Portland Washington I could see Husky Stadium with Lake Union and Lake Washington, of course beautiful Downtown Seattle skyline that include Lumen Field and T Mobile Park

Wow, great job with this. I just have one thing to add. South of Rutgers... the Ferris Wheel and Roller Coaster..... is just a "general nod" to the "Jersey Shore" communities that start at Cape May and go up to about Asbury Park with 10 resort towns in between. Many have rides, as does Ocean City like you said.

For Ohio State, the blimp also flies over the oval, which is the main walkway in between classes. Love this video so much!!!!

For the amusement park near Rutgers, the most logical guess from me is Six Flags Great Adventure, since it shows a thrill coaster and a Ferris wheel and Great Adventure is the closest park resembling that, Gillian’s Wonderland Pier only has a kiddie coaster

@alexmurphy8837

7 ай бұрын

Morey's Piers could also be one since it is located in South Jersey, but it has to be Great Adventure. They must moved it down bc other Rutgers graphics lol

@maestromuffin1

2 ай бұрын

oh, I just assumed it was great adventure.

They can easily add Philly in there, too, with DC and NYC! The city has a lot of Penn State and Rutgers alum.

Such a beautiful commercial. I’ve always thought about how cool it would be to buy a full shot of it as a mural or something.

Great commentary. Two quick thoughts: 1. Why wouldn’t that have put in the Iowa children’s hospital in this? Seems so iconic and a beautiful thing they do on game day. 2. For Rutgers, I believe the Ferris wheel is an ode to the Jersey shore boardwalk. In this case, I think it is the one from Seaside Heights

@markknapp3714

5 ай бұрын

The commercial came out in 2014 and Iowa didn't start the Wave until 2017

@NJBrick22

5 ай бұрын

@@markknapp3714 Ah - good call.

@maestromuffin1

2 ай бұрын

and the ferris wheel from seaside heights would be in the the ocean!

Outside of the military academies, Purdue has the more graduates become astronauts than any other institution. I think they've had 15 go into space.

goat commercial agreed and i hope they keep this general concept when usc and co are part of the b10 and as such make some changes to the easter eggs because as a uw student, the pink flamingos on bascom hill (where the abe statue is and is already shown in the commercial) would be such an easy add and stealing one become a huge part of being a student or the arch going into camp randall (love walking through this little area to get home)

4:16 The bike may also be about the movie Breaking Away, which was filmed in Bloomington and had a bunch of people from IU help with

@maestromuffin1

2 ай бұрын

well, I was an extra in the movie - and i say it's both(really one in the same!).

Actually Nebraska has five national titles, not four. The last year, 1997, is around the corner of the statue. I to also enjoy the commerical every time it is shown. I like the fact that Nebraska is first. John B.

BRO THANK YOU FINALLY SOMEONE SPEAKING ABT IT this commercial is SO good

Gonna miss this commercial. End of an era.

I wish every conference had their own commercial.

I love that commercial! Omg im so glad you agree. It always gave me the chills how cool it is

The rollercoaster for Rutgers is probably a reference to Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ, where King Da Ka is

As a big ten guy, passionate ohio state fan, and Southwest ohioan, I absolutely like the b1g map commercial.

Correction - as a Minnesotan, I can tell you that's actually the Stone Arch Bridge. It's a much older and more historically significant bridge that used to be used to bring milled flour in and out of Minneapolis, but now is a scenic pedestrian and bike path.

It’s an amazing commercial. Really hope they keep it as is. It’s perfect.

i love how as a collective we all love dis commercial

The Roller Coaster and Ferris Wheel are Casino Pier at Seaside Heights - but broadly represent The Jersey Shore

@maestromuffin1

2 ай бұрын

isn't the roller coaster still in the ocean????

WOW! Never thought I would spend 8 minutes watching a breakdown of a commercial...and loving it! I also love this commercial, and have been looking forward to the new, revised version!

Wow, this video was awesome. Love the little details. I’m an SEC guy but yeah i always take a pause to watch this commercial as well

I have a couple predictions for when they update the commercial for the Pac 12 teams, I think for USC and UCLA they add the Hollywood sign and the coliseum and Washington they add the Seattle Space Needle, I need to do more research on Oregon and really all the campuses themselves. I don’t know much about the West Coast campuses.

@frankschaefer8890

7 ай бұрын

oregons track and field center gotta be there.

@alyosha1974

7 ай бұрын

@@frankschaefer8890 Phil Knight and Nike, too. The Duck.

@cardsfish

7 ай бұрын

They will probably update the other schools as well such as adding the children's hospital for Iowa

@frankschaefer8890

7 ай бұрын

@@alyosha1974 the wave too.

@blucaptain

7 ай бұрын

Washington could have the boats near the stadium. Microsoft campus as well as Boeing field (Everett). Ohhh Pike Place Market where they throw the fish … probably show the sign and a guy catching a fish (tourist thing to do but it’s recognizable)

I'm so happy someone is talking about this commercial. I love it so much

As a fellow native of Big Ten country, I always loved this commercial too. Although I've never attended a Big Ten university, I did recently graduate from one of the schools in the University of Illinois system (University of Illinois at Springfield). My mother and her partner are big fans of Michigan football as well (as am I by default), and my favorite commercial for an individual Big Ten University would have to be this one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mamekqadoJfIdaQ.html

I think the amusement park is in reference to wildwood with its roller coaster that famously sunk in hurricane sandy and the Ferris wheel that serves breakfast.

@DrewEvans-qz5pb

6 ай бұрын

That was seaside heights i think not wildwood

Always loved this one! This makes me appreciate it even more.

Fantastic breakdown, learned a lot about the different B1G schools. I'll definitely pay more attention to this commercial the next time it's on! Did you ever come across info on who actually produced the animation?

This was needed. Fantastic job.

I definitely agree. The Big Ten always brings it with good conference commercials. I imagine the commercial will be a little longer with new teams added (personally, I am NOT a fan of the whole superconference thing, I worry we'll end up like the NFL with just two conferences, but the commercial will still be really cool I imagine).

This is definitely my favorite commercial. I assume they add the Hollywood sign for LA along with their stadiums. The world knows Nike for Eugene though that may be a marketing issue. Of course the Space Needle for Seattle. I'd love to see the White Out and fireworks added for PSU as an alum. PSU is central PA so Pittsburgh references can also be added.

I agree, this was a good ass commercial. Especially since this to me sum up the Big Ten. And I'm from Philly and both of my two sisters went to Penn State.

this was an awesome video dude! loved this breakdown

Just to chime in for the statue at Rutgers, I believe it is the statue found outside the Biomedical Engineering building called The Rutgers Running Man, thanks.

The little 500 “Breaking Away” rider gets me every time and I went to UGA. I just really loved that film growing up

I also the think the roller coaster for Rutgers could be a references to six flags great adventure but it could also be the New Jersey coast as a whole because it has many theme parks down the whole coast

That statue on the rutgers campus is literally just a statue of a guy running made of pipes on campus outside the biomed engineering building

The Northwestern field is for their women's field hockey team actually as it's their most successful team sport with multiple national titles

This commercial instantly takes me to a sunny afternoon in the fall with no worries other than watching football

Great video. I was wishing for someone to make this exact video last weekend

I feel like most intros should be like this, so cool to show where the campus is and some of the major landmarks. Would love to see the big sky do something like this

Me and my dad popped off when we heard that they changed the commercials song back to Silver Linings by Guards 😂

i dont go to a sport oriented school (which im happy about- its not really my vibe) but seeing the big10 commercial makes me wish i actually did commit to either penn state or purdue (both schools i got into) my sister is applying to penn state this year and i know she would love the atmosphere! sad that as she gets in to college they rearrange everything

I won't say which school I'm a fan of because this is about the B10 as a whole and I Love It! I thought I was weird cuz I ALWAYS stop to watch this whole commercial also. It is so unique and catchy. And I've been wondering how it will change next year also, I hope they keep the spirit and theme of this one. Thanks for making one of those videos that simply had to be made!

Love this breakdown, it really makes me want to get to each campus and stadium

B1G marketing department: "Here's your fly over country!"

THEY CHANGED THE SONG BACK!!?? IM SO HAPPY

*New commercial adds 5 seconds. We start out East with Rutgers and Maryland the rest of the commercial stays the same. Then after Nebraska, you fly up to Washington and Oregon, before flying down and sunset to see Usc and Ucla while the Rose Bowl stadium to end it, because at the end of the year, thats where we all want to be.*

As a Northwestern fan, Indiana fan, Wisconsin fan, and Oregon fan, every time I watch this ad it always gives me chills. I hope they add more stuff to this commercial next year when the pac 12 colleges join us, that would be really cool. However, I wonder if they’ll keep the rose bowl stadium as the start of the ad, as it is north of the campuses of USC and UCLA.

That statue depicted in the commercial actually isn’t referencing the first football game statue, it is a real and completely separate one. The statue shown is located outside of biomedical engineering building on Busch campus. It is a depiction of someone running and it is made up of pipes of varying size to give the illusion of motion when viewed. The fact that the referenced such a specific statue on campus to represent Rutgers School of Engineering is so awesome and just goes to show how immaculate this commercial is and that they did their research and didn’t BS any of the Universities. Go RU!!! And Go B1G!!!

I think one thing that they missed was the Iowa childrens hospital, an important piece of Iowa tradition

Good stuff! Obviously a nod to Saul Steinberg's March 29, 1976 "View of the World from Ninth Avenue" cover of The New Yorker.

I just thought to myself the other day how awesome this commercial is. I’m glad this showed up in my recommended.

@jimhimes3506

7 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing yesterday when I saw this commercial. Great representation of the Big10!

Thanks 4 the breakdown.

Will always be my favorite commercial

Virgil “Gus” Grissom also went to Purdue. He may not be quite as famous worldwide, but he’s got a place in my heart as the man who brought a corned beef sandwich into space just cuz he wanted to.

I missed that Camp Randall jumped, and I absolutely love that it does.

They should add Iowa Children's Hospital and a reference to Pittsburgh.

@adriansmith5279

7 ай бұрын

Cole did say this Commercial starting in 2014, and I think that tradition with the Children Hospital being afterwards. But I agree they should add that.

@chachwa9970

7 ай бұрын

why would they reference pittsburgh?

@davidv2700

7 ай бұрын

@@chachwa9970 they put Philadelphia. I'm a Penn State alum from the western part of the state.

@jeffwarren1242

7 ай бұрын

@@davidv2700I mean Pitt is rivals with PSU and OSU. It’s definitely an ACC city due to Pitt although lots of support for the B1G

Ngl, when I saw this commercial this year with the OG song, I teared up a bit. Reminded me of the good ole days of watching the games with my friends and family. Happy that it’s back. Go Penn

The fall foliage and rivers and lakes in the background also makes me so happy like it’s just so good

the statue for the rutgers portion is called the rutgers running man and is located in front of the biomedical engineering building!

So glad you made this video. I thought I was alone in being glued to the TV whenever it comes on. It truly is a celebration of the greatest conference, both on and off the field. One little nit. You mentioned the Go Blue "flag" but glossed over that this is the M Club banner that the football players famously jump to touch as they run onto the field.

I’m from Madison, so great representation and nicely done for Wisconsin. I am also a student at Purdue and I love what they did for us. I am one of 8 student drivers of the Boilermaker Special so it’s cool to see that shown too.

This deserves way more views!

This is an awesome breakdown. I love this commercial but never catch everything in it. Thank you so much.

The amusement park in New Jersey is most likely either Morey's Piers in Wildwood or Great Adventure. Great Adventure makes way more sense, though it's actually like an hour or so from Rutgers itself

@maestromuffin1

2 ай бұрын

AS is NYC!

I got that album on vinyl in celebration of them bringing it back... it truly is *the* commercial.

I’ve been a fan of Big 10 football my whole life and I love this commercial too! I get so mad when my family mutes/skips it 😂