The end of Big Ten Divisions and how to buy an NC

[Tommaker]

two interesting articles,

Big Ten considering the elimination of divisions amid College Football Playoff expansion talks

The Big Ten has only won two national championships since 1998

www.cbssports.com

 

[Bullwhip Griffith]

What will IU fans whine about and claim that is unfair when they go 1-7 in conference play with no East division.

What’s sickening is they’ll play 4 cupcakes and just need 2 in conference wins to go to bowl games

 

[Hausta01]

What will IU fans whine about and claim that is unfair when they go 1-7 in conference play with no East division.

What’s sickening is they’ll play 4 cupcakes and just need 2 in conference wins to go to bowl games

Even more sickening when they still don't get to 6 wins... I mean funny lol

 

[FirstDownB]

What's interesting to me is the dynamics of the few programs competing for a national championship versus the many programs competing for bowl games. I don't think whether the Big Ten wins one national championship or 10 makes much of difference to programs like Purdue or Indinia. But having a path to 8 or 9 wins in a good season is very important. For a school like Ohio St they need the Big Ten to be strong nationally to position themselves in the CFP even with a loss. For schools like Purdue and Indinia, it is simply more important that the revenues continue to roll in. I don't see the Big Ten hurting for revenue even with the struggles in CFP.

 

[YouSayPotato]

Gotta think they'll lock in a couple of rivalry games for each team, e.g. Penn St-Rut-UMD; Minn-Neb-Iowa, But it will be interesting to see how this gets set up.

 

[BCfanatic2020]

Are these proposed changes or are they happening

 

[ImRonBurgandy?]

Interesting

 

[DAG10]

Gotta think they'll lock in a couple of rivalry games for each team, e.g. Penn St-Rut-UMD; Minn-Neb-Iowa, But it will be interesting to see how this gets set up.

3 annual "rivalry" games...assume that in Purdue's case that would be Indinia and Iowa...Illinois or Northwestern as the 3rd.

The basis of the move is to keep all of the East powers from having to play each other, but, Michigan is going to play OSU and MSU...OSU is going to play UM and Penn St. likely...MSU is going to have Michigan and Penn St. likely...if so, that means Penn St. still gets OSU and MSU...so, I guess each of them avoid playing one of them with the new arrangement.

Not sure if UM playing OSU in back-to-back weeks would enhance that rivalry or detract from it, as, it could happen with some regularity.

 

[DAG10]

What will IU fans whine about and claim that is unfair when they go 1-7 in conference play with no East division.

What’s sickening is they’ll play 4 cupcakes and just need 2 in conference wins to go to bowl games

I thought the basis of the alliance was for more non-conference games with the PAC-12 and ACC...

Maybe they do a B1G/ACC weekend and a B1G/PAC-12 weekend...that would be 10 games on the schedule and leave 2 true non-conference games.

That said, the whole premise here is to make it easier (and virtually certain) to have at least 1 B1G team assured of being in the CFP, potentially 2...so, that would stand to reason that they would not want to make the non-conference games more competitive or subject them to losing (and, you would have to think that the PAC-12 and ACC are thinking the same thing).

 

[YouSayPotato]

3 annual "rivalry" games...assume that in Purdue's case that would be Indinia and Iowa...Illinois or Northwestern as the 3rd.

There is no reason that each team would have the same number of annual rivals. As an example, Michigan could have two - OSU and MSU - while Illinois could have three - NW, Purdue and IU.

 

[YouSayPotato]

Here is one proposal for a Big Ten without divisions: Rivalries without divisions

Here's another one: Big Ten Rivals?

 

[BCfanatic2020]

Here is one proposal for a Big Ten without divisions: Rivalries without divisions

Here's another one: Big Ten Rivals?

In these proposals.. are the powers that be aware that according to Nebraska fans, they have no rival in the little 10?

 

[DAG10]

There is no reason that each team would have the same number of annual rivals. As an example, Michigan could have two - OSU and MSU - while Illinois could have three - NW, Purdue and IU.

That was something the conference had proposed for consideration...not me...I don't disagree with you on the matter, but, the conference was considering that...with 5 other conference games...so, you would play 5 of the remaining 10 teams for two years...then the other 5 for two years.

 

[IUHDog]

What will IU fans whine about and claim that is unfair when they go 1-7 in conference play with no East division.

What’s sickening is they’ll play 4 cupcakes and just need 2 in conference wins to go to bowl games

Oh, don't worry, we'll find something to whine about. I just wish we could play six cupcakes.