Big Ten Championship Game

[Tonyank]

5 years....

 

[Buckeye Nut]

Was announced today that B1G title game would be played in Indy

can't find an article, just saw it on twitter from ESPN_BigTen

here's some quotes from Delany tweeted from ESPN_BigTen

Was it just speculation that the Big Ten title game was going to be Indy? I thought we had known for months that Indy was the location?

 

[ScriptOhio]

Was it just speculation that the Big Ten title game was going to be Indy? I thought we had known for months that Indy was the location?

We did, see date of this article. I think the new news is just the 5 year agreement.

Indianapolis to host first Big Ten title game in 2011

CBSSports.com wire reports
Aug. 5, 2010
ANDERSON, Ind. -- The Big Ten Conference has chosen Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis as the site for its first football championship game in 2011.
The Big Ten announced Thursday that the conference and the Indiana Sports Corp. will spend the next 30 days working out details of the one-year deal. After that, the Big Ten will conduct thorough research to determine future locations.

Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...apolis-to-host-big-ten-title-game-in-2011/rss

 

[Bucknut24]

We did, see date of this article. I think the new news is just the 5 year agreement.

Indianapolis to host first Big Ten title game in 2011

CBSSports.com wire reports
Aug. 5, 2010
ANDERSON, Ind. -- The Big Ten Conference has chosen Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis as the site for its first football championship game in 2011.
The Big Ten announced Thursday that the conference and the Indiana Sports Corp. will spend the next 30 days working out details of the one-year deal. After that, the Big Ten will conduct thorough research to determine future locations.

Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...apolis-to-host-big-ten-title-game-in-2011/rss

yea, Indy was chosen for the very first game, but was voted on last week for the next 5 years which Indy won as well over Chicago

 

[jwinslow]

Tickets sold out in two hours

General Public Tickets for Big Ten Football Championship Game Sell Out Within Two Hours
Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Stadium host inaugural event December 3
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General public tickets for the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game went on sale at 10 a.m. ET this morning and were completely sold out within two hours. An additional
15,000 tickets will be made available to each institution once participating teams are determined.

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The 2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game will begin at 8:17 p.m. ET on Saturday, December 3 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will be televised by FOX Sports. Those
individuals who purchased tickets through Ticketmaster or the Lucas Oil Stadium ticket office for the 2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game will have the opportunity at a later date to purchase tickets in a comparable location for the 2012 game. In addition,
every Big Ten Football Championship Game ticket includes a ticket to Big Ten Fan Fest, to be held at the Indiana Convention Center from 10 a.m. ET until kickoff.
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The Big Ten Football Championship Game will feature the champion of the Legends Division facing the champion of the Leaders Division, with the winner earning the Big Ten Championship
and a chance to play in either the Rose Bowl Game or Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game.

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The Big Ten Conference and Indiana Sports Corporation have entered into an agreement to host Big Ten Football Championship Games at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis through
2015. FOX Sports will serve as the official broadcast partner of the Big Ten Football Championship Games through 2016.
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The Big Ten Conference is an association of world-class universities whose member institutions
share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. Founded in 1896, the Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics in student-athletes?
lives and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness. The broad-based athletic programs of the 12 Big Ten institutions sponsor 298 teams competing for championships in 25 official conference sports, 12 for men and 13 for women. Big Ten
universities provide in excess of $120 million in athletic scholarship aid to more than 9,500 men and women student-athletes. For more information, visit www.bigten.org.
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Indiana Sports Corp is the amateur sports champion, stimulating economic growth, inspiring healthy
kids and creating vibrant communities throughout Indiana. Indiana Sports Corp was founded in 1979 as the nation?s first sports commission. Our schedule of events includes NCAA Men?s and Women?s Final Fours, Super Bowl XLVI in 2012, the inaugural Big Ten Football
Championship Game in 2011, Big Ten Basketball Tournaments, and much more. For more information, visit www.IndianaSportsCorp.com.

 

[Gatorubet]

You don't need home field advantage to increase the chance that your best team gets into the NC game, just inform the refs of who should win like the SEC does. And hell, why limit it to the CCG, do it the entire season like our friends down south as well.

Yeah. Those tricksy refs made sure that third ranked, reigning National Champion LSU lost to the Poodles in 2005's SECCG. Mike Slive thought, "Really, who wants to play in another BCSNCG when we can get our most highly ranked team in the Peach Bowl against Miami?"

 

[knapplc]

Tickets sold out in two hours

I wonder how many were bought by brokers and how many were bought by fans.

 

[scarletmike]

I understand there are sometimes groups of friends that may need to purchase a block of 8 tickets or other similar large-ish individual group of tickets, but I think bumping the ticket limit down to 4 would be a pretty logical number.

Totally forgot they were going on sale this morning, or else I likely would have grabbed 2. Not looking forward to the secondary market prices.

 

[jwinslow]

Yeah. Those tricksy refs made sure that third ranked, reigning National Champion LSU lost to the Poodles in 2005's SECCG. Mike Slive thought, "Really, who wants to play in another BCSNCG when we can get our most highly ranked team in the Peach Bowl against Miami?"

well that ends that. Who can argue with one obscure reference to a team with absolutely no shot at a nc berth not being helped by refs to secure one?

It is really hard to figure your profession.

Besides, if anything, giving uga the auto berth was a better move for the conference, as LSU would still have a shot at an at large berth, and at worst would be the same bowl revenue as an lsu champion scenario.

big games have often been called in favor is the higher ranked SEC team. Ask nutri about Bama, or just look at bama and their absurdly low number of holding calls, let alone the blatant ones like the fourth qtr vs LSU a few years ago.

 

[jwinslow]

2009 was a banner year:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abuCLF7hJ6s"]‪LSU gets screwed by Refs against Alabama (2009)‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-qccCuL4nQ"]‪A.J. Green Touchdown vs. LSU 2009‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN3Xq9BXu8c"]‪arkansas vs florida 2009 - Bad Personal Foul Call. AR gets screwed.‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4v1o-ZhzI"]‪Arkansas gets screwed by Refs against florida (Pass Interference)‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

can't find video for Miss St recovering UF fumble in the endzone.

Nothing can top 2008 though

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Z-kAmbZCc"]‪Referee takes down South Carolina quarterback Garcia‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Gatorubet]

You don't need home field advantage to increase the chance that your best team gets into the NC game, just inform the refs of who should win like the SEC does. And hell, why limit it to the CCG, do it the entire season like our friends down south as well.

well that ends that. Who can argue with one obscure reference to a team with absolutely no shot at a nc berth not being helped by refs to secure one?

Reading comprehension.

86 said that in the SEC the refs are informed who should win the SECCG, and referenced the SEC refs doing that "to increase the chance that your best team gets into the NC game..."

You respond with a comment about an "obscure reference". The proposition was that the SEC refs will make sure the higher ranked team will win. There have only been 12 SECCG's since the BCS started. Referring to the SECCG results when the SECCG was the subject of the post may be obscure to you, but not other readers. 2005's SECCG involved the loss of a #3 LSU. 2001 involved the loss of a #2 ranked Tennessee. Call that one obscure too. I went with the more recent year.

Lastly, your response to my referencing #3 LSU is to call them "a team with absolutely no shot at a nc berth." Cool Brah! Except the subject matter of the post I responded to was not "a (sure) shot at a NC berth", but 86's verbiage, to "increase the chance that your best team gets into the NC game." Last I checked, winning as a #3 (or winning as UT's #2) will increase the chance the SEC's best team gets into the NC game. Them losing, not so much. Hence the reference to a highly ranked team losing to a lower ranked team in the SECCG.

And your response to the absurd claim that the evil SEC (to the exception of all the other conferences who have a CG and might want the higher ranked team to go to the BCSCG, but who don't "tell the refs" I guess) is fixing its Championship game is to ask a freaking LSU fan to agree with you that Bama sucks and gets the good calls??

Wow Josh, getting an LSU fan to trash Bama should be the end of the discussion all right. <insert incredulous slappy smiley here>

 

[jwinslow]

86 said that in the SEC the refs are informed who should win the SECCG, and referenced the SEC refs doing that "to increase the chance that your best team gets into the NC game..."

No, he didn't isolate the SECCG, he said win the league, and went on to make it clear that he believes they do it all year long.

That's why Bill responded with the WVU Pitt blatant reffing.

Lastly, your response to my referencing #3 LSU is to call them "a team with absolutely no shot at a nc berth." Cool Brah! Except the subject matter of the post I responded to was not "a (sure) shot at a NC berth", but 86's verbiage, to "increase the chance that your best team gets into the NC game." Last I checked, winning as a #3 (or winning as UT's #2) will increase the chance the SEC's best team gets into the NC game. Them losing, not so much. Hence the reference to a highly ranked team losing to a lower ranked team in the SECCG.

How exactly does one increase the odds of something that is impossible?

By the time the SECCG kicked off, it was clear LSU had no shot at a berth. Texas & USC played earlier in the day in their final games.

And your response to the absurd claim that the evil SEC (to the exception of all the other conferences who have a CG and might want the higher ranked team to go to the BCSCG, but who don't "tell the refs" I guess) is fixing its Championship game is to ask a freaking LSU fan to agree with you that Bama sucks and gets the good calls??

Are you arguing that top teams do often get the calls, but that the SEC isn't the only ones doing it?

As for them specifically, the reffing was so bad in 09 that they suspended their crew.

Whether it's a coincidence that it's almost always the top ranked team, or just a suspicious coincidence that isn't intentional is a matter of discussion. There was definitely a trend recently, especially in 09.

 

[Pheasant]

I hate the SEC, but their football games aren't fixed anymore than any other college or professional league in any team sport.
Citing examples of bad calls doesn't really support the claim, it just shows that bad calls happen.

 

[jwinslow]

I thought 09 was pretty blatant. Other years there have been isolated examples, but not enough to warrant discussion or suggest a pattern.

I'm just trying to clarify what Gator thought was crazy:

That the reffing was protecting the top ranked squads a bit too often

or

The audacity to call out one conference for homer reffing (in favor of top ranked squad), since everyone is doing it

 

[BUCKYLE]

I hate the SEC, but their football games aren't fixed anymore than any other college or professional league in any team sport.
Citing examples of bad calls doesn't really support the claim, it just shows that bad calls happen.

Show me one other CFB ref tackling a player and I'll concede.