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Division alignment: The Big Ten also must figure out divisions in the coming months. Delany listed three main criteria for sorting them out: competitive fairness, maintenance of rivalries and geography. He stressed that competitive fairness is the No. 1 priority, which I believe to be the correct approach. Geography shouldn't determine divisions. You don't want another Big 12 South scenario.


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Formo
14 years ago
I disagree with Adam Rittenburg (the BigTen blogger for ESPN.com) on conference allignment. He has stated that competitive fairness should be the major focus. Here lays the issue.. OSU at some point will falter.. And if Michigan doesn't bounce back as fast as some people think.. Who's the best team in the conference? Penn State? Iowa? Wisconsin? What do you base that competitive fairness on? History? If so, how far back? Iowa, and Wisconsin tend to have an evenly distributed amount of years they are up and down. Meaning, it seems 5 years they are on fire, and the next 5 years they are down. MSU and Minnesota (Illinois can be thrown in here, too) have had sprinkles of being pretty competitive as well. OSU, Michigan and Penn State aren't always the best teams in the division. So splitting the BigTen via competitive fairness is a poor decision, IMO. I like the East/West split myself and that's my prediction on how it will be split if it stays at 12 teams.

The big argument against the East/West split is pointing to the Big XII South and how that ruined the Big XII. First counterpoint I have is: This isn't the Big XII. This is the oldest and most storied conference in the NCAA. We split our finances between the schools to greater the conference. The Big XII did not. The fact that Texas wanted their own TV network vs. a Big XII network has WAYYY more to do with the Big XII issues now than the unfairness of how the conference was split.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago
So, the Big Ten has 12 teams and the Big 12 has ten teams? Okay ....
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IronMan
14 years ago

So, the Big Ten has 12 teams and the Big 12 has ten teams? Okay ....

"Zero2Cool" wrote:


And the Pac-10 has eleven teams.
Formo
14 years ago

So, the Big Ten has 12 teams and the Big 12 has ten teams? Okay ....

"IronMan" wrote:


And the Pac-10 has eleven teams.

"Zero2Cool" wrote:



12. =)

Had to dig to find this thread because the Big Ten today revealed how the conference divisions were going to line up. And to be honest.. I love them.

O division:  X division:
Ohio State   Michigan
Penn State   Nebraska
Illinois     Northwestern
Purdue       Iowa
Indiana      Michigan State
Wisconsin    Minnesota

The teams that are across from each other are protected rivals. Which means that despite not being in the same divisions, they'll still play every year no matter what.

Which means from a Minnesota standpoint.. This is awesome. First off, we get the Little Brown Jug (oldest trophy game in the sport) back on a yearly basis. Minnesota keeps it's border battles with Iowa and Wisconsin (longest running D1 rivalry games played consecutively).. and they are in the same division as Nebraska. Which is significant because Minnesota has played Nebraska more than any other Big Ten school by a large margin.

To say I'm jacked about this football season and the following is a big time understatement.
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Formo
14 years ago
Gotta be honest.. you guys suck. 🙂
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14 years ago

Gotta be honest.. you guys suck. =)

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Formo are you trying to start something? :shock: :blackeye: :crybaby:
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14 years ago

Gotta be honest.. you guys suck. =)

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For a team that hasn't held the Ax since 03'.. I would say that you guys fulfill that suck role. :wickedfart:
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
Formo
14 years ago
I'm not trying to start anything, and I was not implying that the Badgers suck.

What I was implying was that the posters here at PH.com suck. Am I the only college fan that is excited about the divisions in the Big Ten? What are other's thoughts on the news? Since no one bothered posting anything relevant, I still stand by my statement..

You guys suck.
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14 years ago
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