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Big Ten Conference Divisions

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ESPN. So here's the entire article.

The Big Ten is going strictly with geography for its proposed divisions and division names beginning in the 2014 season.

Pending approval from the league's presidents and chancellors, the Big Ten will scrap Legends and Leaders in favor of the more straightforward "East" and "West" for the new divisions when new members Maryland and Rutgers join the conference, sources have told ESPN colleague Brett McMurphy and myself.

The proposed Big Ten East division includes the six teams located in the Central time zone ? Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern and Wisconsin ? plus Purdue, sources said. The proposed Big Ten East includes Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.

?Just take a ruler and a map [and split the 14 teams],? a source said.

As I reported last month, the only remaining debate with the divisions was whether Purdue or Indiana would go to the West. Purdue's campus is located West of Indiana's, so Purdue will join the six teams in the Central time zone.

The Big Ten presidents and chancellors are expected to vote on the proposed divisions and division names next week. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez told CBSsports.com that they are expected to approve a move to a nine-game conference schedule beginning in the 2016 season.

So Legends and Leaders will remain for 2013, and the eight-game league schedule will remain for three more seasons.

The Big Ten announced in February that it would increase the number of league games. Although 10-game conference schedules were explored, the discussion quickly centered on nine-game models.

If the proposed divisions are approved, Purdue and Indiana will play the only protected crossover game. The current setup features protected crossover games for every team and features major rivalries like Michigan-Ohio State.

We'll have more on the proposed divisions, names and league schedules next week.
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edit: here is the link. http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/75170/b1g-goes-eastwest-for-proposed-divisions
 
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B1G East.

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:lol:
 
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I'm not sure that I really like this split long-term. There is a great demographic and financial imbalance between the divisions that could prove to be a source of problems in the medium to long term.

Then again, it could only be temporary.
 
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Bucky32;2330185; said:
I'm not sure that I really like this split long-term. There is a great demographic and financial imbalance between the divisions that could prove to be a source of problems in the medium to long term.

Then again, it could only be temporary.
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LOL that you don't like it. Puuuuulease. Wiscy will play one game a season (v UNL) to determine who will go to the conference championship.

I would have tossed MSU into the other side and kept IU and Purdue in the East. Mizzou is in the East in the SEC and no one gives two poops about it. The point is you can be be largely geographic without having 100% adherence to it.
 
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OSU_D/;2330189; said:
LOL that you don't like it. Puuuuulease. Wiscy will play one game a season (v UNL) to determine who will go to the conference championship.

I would have tossed MSU into the other side and kept IU and Purdue in the East. Mizzou is in the East in the SEC and no one gives two poops about it. The point is you can be be largely geographic without having 100% adherence to it.
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Yeah, and you don't think all the west is ever gonna hear is "Big 12 North/South all over again!!!!!!!"? It's already started. At the very least, they should have put MSU into the west.
 
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Bucky32;2330195; said:
Yeah, and you don't think all the west is ever gonna hear is "Big 12 North/South all over again!!!!!!!"? It's already started. At the very least, they should have put MSU into the west.
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Why are you bitching? You have the far easier path to the CCG by being in the same division as Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, and Purdue.
 
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Woody1968;2330093; said:
The news was a potential move to a 9 game schedule in 2016:
http://www.freep.com/article/201304...e-nine-game-football-schedule-early-next-week
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This is what stood out to me from the above article.
The Big Ten divisions will switch from Legends and Leaders to East and West starting in 2014, according to ESPN.com ? with Michigan State and Michigan both in the East along with Ohio State, Penn State, Indiana and the new additions to the league starting that season, Maryland and Rutgers.

That means the West will consist of the rest of the current Legends ? Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern ? plus Wisconsin, Illinois and Purdue. The report, citing anonymous league sources, said Big Ten presidents and chancellors are expected to vote on the divisions and names next week.
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This is a TERRIBLE idea. That would mean the leagues are unbalanced with most of the perennial powers being in the East division. I hope that doesn't happen.

edit: And when are the new additions to the big 10 going to be grouped? That's a concern as well.
 
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Bucky32;2330195; said:
Yeah, and you don't think all the west is ever gonna hear is "Big 12 North/South all over again!!!!!!!"? It's already started. At the very least, they should have put MSU into the west.
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You think it's bad now...just wait until Indiana joins the west while Ohio State & TSUN are on TV in NY, DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Charlotte & Boston.
 
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ant80;2330208; said:
That would mean the leagues are unbalanced with most of the perennial powers being in the East division. I hope that doesn't happen.
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Agreed. All Nebraska or Wisconsin would have to do is roll their helmet out onto the field and they would win the west division. Horrible way to realignment if it actually turns out this way.
 
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ant80;2330289; said:
Crap! 11W also reporting East/West divisions. The B1G is going to go to hell. :(
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Eh. I would assume things will change once we add an additional 2 teams. Purdue and MSU will probably move out west, and the two new teams (let's say NC and GT for example) will join the east. That would be pretty balanced IMO (until PSU rebounds in 5-10 years).
 
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