B1G CCG: Nebraska -2.5 vs Wiscy at Indy (ov/un 48.5) Sat 8:15 Fox

[BB73]

Nebraska, with no help from the schedule makers, goes for a B1G Title in their second year in the league.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

If Wisconsin wins, their title should come with an astersik the size of Jupiter...

 

[LitlBuck]

Great fan support for this game

Having a five-loss Wisconsin team in the Big Ten championship game apparently isn’t good for ticket sales. Nebraska had sold just 7,800 of its 15,000-ticket allotment for Saturday night’s game at Indianapolis when it stopped selling them Wednesday. Wisconsin had moved just 5,500 of its 15,000 tickets by Monday and a UW official told ESPN.com that the school has reurned 8,000 tickets. It is the Badgers’ second straight appearance in the title game.

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[BlufftonBuckeye]

Great fan support for this game
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The B1G needs tOSU and scUM so badly. Way more than the schools need the B1G.

This is truly the worst possible matchup for the B1G to have. Nebraska is nice to have, but Wisky? Ouch. A Nebraska/IU or even Nebraska/Purdue would have been preferable, with the game at Lucas Oil. It's bad enough that two programs with huge, traveling fanbases (Ped State/Ohio State) were ineligible, but to add a terrible Wisky team to the mix? Ouch, again.

I, for one, hope to see Nebraska win by 40.

 

[Jake]

If Wisconsin wins, their title should come with an astersik the size of Jupiter...

It's not their fault PoSU and the Buckeyes are ineligible.

It will look odd, however, if they win the B1G after we won the division.

 

[BlufftonBuckeye]

It's not their fault PoSU and the Buckeyes are ineligible.

It will look odd, however, if they win the B1G after we won the division.

An asterisk has nothing to do with "punishment", rather, it's indicating that things were not "standard".

I'm in favor of an asterisk. Hell, anywhere that they haven't scrubbed the 2010 season has one.

Anytime a 5 loss team that was 0-2 H2H against the top 2 teams in the division goes to the title game anyway, you should note why. And then relentlessly mock that school.

Another thought: Does Bullimia get a bonus for getting into the CCG? If so, I'd think the admins would be furious (Guy getting a "performance bonus" even though he didn't perform)

 

[VBSJ]

Just thinking aloud, but if you think the attendance is bad now, what if a school has the possibility of having to play three neutral site games during the holidays starting in 2014?

I imagine some will just take the chance and go to a national semifinal rather than the conference championship.

 

[Onebuckfan]

If it wasn't for the $ they should call Nebraska Big 10 Champ and move on..which is why I don't understand how PSU and tOSU were allowed to play for the Div title,

 

[Bucky32]

The B1G needs tOSU and scUM so badly. Way more than the schools need the B1G.

This is truly the worst possible matchup for the B1G to have. Nebraska is nice to have, but Wisky? Ouch. A Nebraska/IU or even Nebraska/Purdue would have been preferable, with the game at Lucas Oil. It's bad enough that two programs with huge, traveling fanbases (Ped State/Ohio State) were ineligible, but to add a terrible Wisky team to the mix? Ouch, again.

I, for one, hope to see Nebraska win by 40.

IU and Purdue is wishful thinking. It's easy to say they'd theoretically travel in droves, but who knows.

The perception out there prior to this year was that Nebraska, one of the so-called "kings", would easily sell out their allotment once they reached the CCG. That's been shot. You can blame it on a poor opponent or whatever you want. The fact is they have to be disappointed with the sales.

Ultimately, it's all about money. That goes for OSU, that goes for Michigan, that goes for anyone in the conference. For most fans, you have to decide whether or not you're going to the CCG or a bowl game (likely the Rose Bowl, one of, if not the most expensive bowl game). The middle-class fans (read: most of them) simply can't afford to go to both, especially for multiple years in a row.

I should add I'm not really a proponent of the CCG either. If you're going to have it, make it the two best teams in the conference regardless of division.

 

[muffler dragon]

The B1G needs tOSU and scUM so badly. Way more than the schools need the B1G.

I don't know if I see the correlation between fan support and needing the Big 2 in this situation. I would bet that if the game were played in Lincoln (better team's home field), then you would see a much greater amount of tickets sold. This neutral field bull shit has its negative ramifications.

 

[Buckeyevsworld]

I don't know if I see the correlation between fan support and needing the Big 2 in this situation. I would bet that if the game were played in Lincoln (better team's home field), then you would see a much greater amount of tickets sold. This neutral field bull shit has its negative ramifications.

Even on a neutral site this game is sold out if tOSU is playing in the game.

I refuse to watch this abomination. :/

 

[muffler dragon]

Even on a neutral site this game is sold out if tOSU is playing in the game.

That is quite possibly true. However, on the rare occasion that the Buckeyes don't play for the BTC and the Wolverines frequently don't, THEN the best option for multiple reasons is that the game is played on the field of the team with the best record.

 

[Bucky32]

That is quite possibly true. However, on the rare occasion that the Buckeyes don't play for the BTC and the Wolverines frequently don't, THEN the best option for multiple reasons is that the game is played on the field of the team with the best record.

I agree. How great would it be to have an outdoor conference championship game on December 1st with some adverse elements possibly mixed in? Sure as hell beats the sterile, impersonal feel of Lucas Oil.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

That is quite possibly true. However, on the rare occasion that the Buckeyes don't play for the BTC and the Wolverines frequently don't, THEN the best option for multiple reasons is that the game is played on the field of the team with the best record.

You don't change the venue from neutral to best-record just based on who's playing. You have one or the other and keep it consistent...

 

[BlufftonBuckeye]

IU and Purdue is wishful thinking. It's easy to say they'd theoretically travel in droves, but who knows.

The perception out there prior to this year was that Nebraska, one of the so-called "kings", would easily sell out their allotment once they reached the CCG. That's been shot. You can blame it on a poor opponent or whatever you want. The fact is they have to be disappointed with the sales.

Ultimately, it's all about money. That goes for OSU, that goes for Michigan, that goes for anyone in the conference. For most fans, you have to decide whether or not you're going to the CCG or a bowl game (likely the Rose Bowl, one of, if not the most expensive bowl game). The middle-class fans (read: most of them) simply can't afford to go to both, especially for multiple years in a row.

1. IU and Purdue absolutely take over Indianapolis for the B1G Mens Basketball tourney. Games involving either are impossible to get into. Indy is such an easy trip for both schools, you can be sure they'd out-perform Wisky and Nebraska this year.

2. I would absolutely blame it on a poor opponent. Wisconsin sucks. 5 losses. That's tough, if not impossible, ticket to sell.

3. I understand the money argument, but believe me, tOSU in the CCG will fill it up, regardless of opponent. Same likely goes for scUM. As far as going to both, Buckeyes travel incredibly well, it won't be an issue.

Ultimately, this is a horrific matchup, not interesting at all. Wisconsin doesn't deserve to be there, and everyone knows it. It's been hard to drum up any interest in this, as worst case Wisky knocks of Nebraska and the great embarrassment of the B1G gets to lose another Rose Bowl.