Big Ten Divisions - Announcement, Rumor, Speculation - Open Thread

SUCK IT!
HAHA, just kidding.

The whole B10 thing is really starting to sink in for me, but won’t totally hit me till next year. I think it’s like when you move, you think you’re ready, but it’s the little things really catch you, like when there are In and Outs and Jack in the Boxes instead of Runza and Amigos.

PU-Iowa, Ill-NW, IU-MSU, OSU-Mich, PSU-Neb, and Wis-Minn

threads on Black Heart Gold Pants (SB Nation – Iowa) and Black Shoe Diaries (SB Nation – Penn State) for what those fans are thinking….

Annual rivalry with Iowa is gone. Potential rivalry with Nebraska is gone. None of their rivals are in their division. More average travel time, and their division is more top heavy to boot.

I think Nebraska fared pretty well, although I really wanted to play Wisconsin annually. But then again, we’ll get a couple years to kick in Michigan’s teeth while they’re still down, so I guess I’ll get over it.

is kind of pissed off….. maybe that’s redundant, I don’t know.

Then Nebraska’s schedule could look something maybe kind of roughly like this (I picked the conference home and away and non-protected cross division games arbitrarily):

2011:
Nonconf: Fresno St., Washington, @Wyoming
Conf: @Iowa, Mich, @MSU, Minn, @NW, PSU, @OSU, Wis

2012:
Nonconf: Southern Miss, @UCLA
Conf: Iowa, @Mich, MSU, @Minn, NW, @PSU, Ill, @Ind

2013:
Nonconf: Wyoming, @Southern Miss, UCLA
Conf: @Iowa, Mich, @MSU, Minn, @NW, PSU, @Pur, OSU

2014:
Nonconf: @Fresno St., Miami
Conf: Iowa, @Mich, MSU, @Minn, NW, @PSU, Ind, @Wis

Other wise, this is no good!

I still am not sure why geographically wouldn’t have worked. Everyone is just assuming Michigan and tOSU will play twice a year. I see it happening every now and then, but I don’t think on a consistent basis if there are 2 other teams that have traditional success and recent success.

1) I’m not 100% sold on Katz’s source. I don’t see Whiskey getting that screwed over.

2) No cross-division rivalry game can be played the last week of the regular season. Just to prevent the same game ever being played in back-to-back weeks.

at this….
http://media.bigtennetwork.com//photo/2010/08/30/BigTen-Divisions-512-by-355_20100830164628_640_480.JPG

will be announcing the 2011-2012 schedules as well…..

from the Penn State site – cross-division games at the end of the season won’t count toward standings…. does that make sense?

here we go.

don’t have names yet…… X and O …

ESPN had it right…..

one permanent crossover game.

against teams in the other divisions, rotating…..

keep the Michigan – Ohio State at the end of the season, where’s its been since 1935.

IOWA @ NEBRASKA 11/26/11!!!! I’M SO THERE!!!!

10/08/11 OSU @ Nebraska, sweet…

This entire damn thing is going to be awesome!

is against Wisconsin….

Kind of weird getting it piecemeal.

It’s here…

@Penn State
@Michigan
Iowa.

tough…..

still pretty amazing, isn’t it????

just wow. Michigan every year. Iowa every year. Penn State every year. What a mind-blowing change……

2011
vs Iowa 11/26

2012
@ Iowa 11/24

20
10/1 @Wisconsin
10/8 vs. Ohio State
10/15 bye
10/22 @Minnesota
10/29 Michigan State
11/5 vs Northwestern
11/12 @ Penn State
11/19 @ Michigan
11/26 vs Iowa

2012
9/29 vs Wisconsin
10/6 @ Ohio State
10/13 Bye
10/20 @ Northwestern
10/27 vs Michigan
11/3 @ Michigan State
11/10 vs Penn State
11/17 vs Minnesota
11/24 @ Iowa

but I may need a place to crash Thanksgiving next.

all those years of dominating the Big Eight, and playing in a weaker Big 12 North division will be over…..

guess it’ll be time to find out how good we really are in another year or two.

up next on BTN

Those first two years are going to be tough, but fun. We play Michigan, OSU, PSU, Iowa and Wisconsin.

I heard a rumor about only in-division games counting towards determining division champions. Did they mention any of that?

about these divisions – Nebraska gets Michigan when they’re trying to turn things around. We’ll get a series lead on them, just like Texas did on us.

Okay, maybe not best, but it’s up there.

avoided the question about cross-divisional rivalry games counting towards standings…. (I’m behind on the DVR)

games will count in standings… according to OSU writer

http://twitter.com/JeffSvoboda/statuses/22752655267

the best thing for NU!

Wow, welcome to the Big Ten, eh fellas?! Looks like you get trial by fire, while they give us in Blue a bit of a break during the down years. In 2013 though, you can expect our schedule difficulty to flip-flop a little, when you play Purdue and Indiana/Illinois, and we probably get PSU and Wisconsin. By then, the brass will have decided that you’ve been properly introduced, and that they’ve given Michigan enough time to get better.

Sounds like fun! See you at the Big House in November. (Maize > Corn)

The Big XII North schedule did not exactly hold the national spotlight. Arguably the top teams (NU, OU, UT) of the Big XII, over the course of its existence, was probably better than the top of the Big Ten (OSU, UM, PSU) over the same period. But It seems to me its the next tier that makes the schedule intriguing. Could the Big XII have provided a schedule that matches up with OSU, Iowa, Wisconsin, PSU, UM (someday)? Maybe its my Husker pride, but the remaking of the Big Ten may be just what was needed to bring SEC like attention to the Conference. Its not just the Huskers schedule . . . all the Big Ten schedules look good (imho).

Let me just say that my fellow Badgers and I are looking forward to hosting you in your first Big Ten game. It should be an awesome game. Welcome to the Big Ten!

Big Ten . . . 2011 . . . next year. This is behind us. Can you believe that we have spent time online discussing this since 12:32? Yada, yada, yada. Just another example how we have become so obsessed with every tidbit of information we can get hold of. Isn’t there something more important out there to concern ourselves with than what division Nebraska is in and what the schedule for 2011 and beyond is going to be? Let’s get real! How about we focus on important stuff, like obsessing over who Coach Pelini is going to start on Saturday! Oh wait. . . why is it any of our business? Are we all on a “need to know basis?” Geez, and we wonder why America has lost its compass. I long for the days when I didn’t have all of this technology and when I wasn’t a slave to it. The simple joy of waking up in the morning, opening the paper, and reading about the previous day’s game on Sunday morning. If I owned this damn computer I’d throw it through the wall right now! And after that, my cell phone. By the way Jon, I’m out of Makers and I am coming your way this weekend!