Big Ten Conference Divisions

[DaveyBoy]

VaTech isn't near the academic and Olympic sports program that UVa is

VT would be a great rival for Tennessee

Personally, I think we can do better than UVA. I would prefer Va Tech or North Carolina (though I highly doubt UNC would come)

 

[Saw31]

Personally, I think we can do better than UVA. I would prefer Va Tech or North Carolina (though I highly doubt UNC would come)

 

[VBSJ]

Option 2 on the Big Ten survey for divisions is perfectly balanced (more/less) between Division A and Division B. It also separates schools by geography.

I think that's the one the conference is going to go with as well.

Win Pct. since 1993 (which the B1G is using & using vacated games)
-Overall
1. Ohio State (.796)
2. Nebraska (.755)
3. That Team Up North (.694)
4. Wisconsin (.693)
5. Penn State (.692)
6. Iowa (.568)
7. Michigan State (.551)
8. Purdue (.510)
9. Northwestern (.492)
10. Maryland (.477)
11. Minnesota (.435)
12. Rutgers (.432)
13. Illinois (.389)
14. Indiana (.342)

-Conference
1. Ohio State (.778)
2. Nebraska (.728)
3. That Team Up North (.681)
4. Penn State (.638)
5. Wisconsin (.609)
6. Iowa (.509)
7. Michigan State (.503)
8. Purdue (.459)
9. Northwestern (.438)
10. Maryland (.400)
11. Illinois (.322)
12. Minnesota (.313)
13. Rutgers (.306)
14. Indiana (.225)

 

[Bucknut24]

Eleven Warriors ‏@11W
RT @TeddyGreenstein Chi Trib learns B1G interested in putting Northwestern in East. Cats want to stay West w/rivals #Illini, Iowa, Wis, Neb.

 

[Muck]

Eleven Warriors ‏@11W
RT @TeddyGreenstein Chi Trib learns B1G interested in putting Northwestern in East. Cats want to stay West w/rivals #Illini, Iowa, Wis, Neb.

If that is true then the new divisions are going to be a much bigger shake-up than some are expecting.

 

[Muck]

NU officials excited about shifting structure of Big Ten, college football

.../snip/...

By then the Big Ten will have at least 14 schools, assuming Rutgers can trim the Big East's 27-month notification for departure. Some sources within the Big Ten believe the conference won't stop expanding until it hits 18.

With 14, the conference can start over on divisions and chuck "Legends and Leaders" into the hopper with new Coke and Segways. An East-West divide would be a celebrated departure from those cumbersome monikers.

The Tribune has learned that in preliminary chats, Big Ten officials have inquired as to whether Northwestern would be open to pairing with the Eastern block of schools.

The thinking is Northwestern is a national university with large alumni bases up and down the East Coast. And if Northwestern went east, the western division could be tidy: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue and Wisconsin. That would leave an eastern division of Northwestern, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.

..../cont/...

Maybe the plan is just to make sure that Northwestern will never again win a B1G championship.

 

[Bucky32]

NU officials excited about shifting structure of Big Ten, college football



Maybe the plan is just to make sure that Northwestern will never again win a B1G championship.

As a Wisconsin fan, I have no problem with those divisions. Makes sense geographically and is an obvious improvement over the clusterfuck divisions currently in place.

 

[BuckeyeSoldier]

As a Wisconsin fan, I have no problem with those divisions. Makes sense geographically and is an obvious improvement over the cluster[censored] divisions currently in place.

Well no shit you dont mind them.. it would be you, nebbie and the 5 dwarves

 

[Bucky32]

Well no [Mark May] you dont mind them.. it would be you, nebbie and the 5 dwarves

All I'm saying is geographically it makes sense. Maybe swap out Purdue and Michigan State to balance it out a bit competitively. Just give me anything but the illogical "inner-outer" alignment.

 

[exhawg]

So the big boys get games in prime recruiting areas like NY/NJ, Maryland, and Chicago, while everyone else gets to play in the sticks. Sold.

 

[zincfinger]

All I'm saying is geographically it makes sense. Maybe swap out Purdue and Michigan State to balance it out a bit competitively. Just give me anything but the illogical "inner-outer" alignment.

I don't think it's illogical. It just depends whether you put a higher priority on competitive balance (in which case, inner/outer is superior), or on geography (in which case east/west is superior). Most likely, one of those two factors will have to be sacrificed in favor of the other.

 

[VBSJ]

If you combine football (overall/conference, post-2012 season) and men's basketball (overall/conference, pre-2012-13 season) records:

Using the four variables, ranking the schools (four lists), averaging the rankings:

Combined Standings (since 1993-94)
1. Ohio State
2. Wisconsin
3. Michigan State
T4. TTUN
T4. Purdue
6. Nebraska
7. Maryland
T8. Penn State
T8. Illinois
10. Iowa
11. Minnesota
12. Indiana
13. Northwestern
14. Rutgers

But they won't use basketball for anything.

 

[Muck]

Interesting numbers but you're right about basketball, there's still no need to use the divisions for anything but FB.

 

[Reggin2802]

New teams joinging Big Ten

How do you think the divisions will go with Rutgers and Maryland being added?

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

I think you're going to see the Red Wine Division and the Beer division.