POLL: Which Teams Should the Big Ten Add?

[DaddyBigBucks]

There is a dictionary definition of “rival”

There is a definition of “rival” that almost everyone on BP has agreed to.

I would say someone doesn’t know how colloquial English works, but it’s probably more accurate to say that someone is being obtuse.

 

[Jaxbuck]

And if you believe the world is flat then the polite thing to say is that we just disagree on the nature of reality.

Ahh yes. There it is. Your opinion is fact and any disagreement is a sign of stupidity.

Not enough of that in the world these days. Thanks for keeping the rest of us informed.

 

[jwinslow]

It doesn’t matter if Buckeye fans insist that PSU isn’t a rival.

Their dearth of rivalries has led to a catch phrase of being unrivaled.

When they admit that they hate losing to PSU almost as much as they hate losing to Michigan, they’re admitting that PSU is OSU’s second biggest rival.

Because PSU actually beats OSU infrequently. If Michigan hadn't taken a 15 year break from competent football, you wouldn't have this schtick.

After Michigan, Penn State is the most important game on OSU’s regular season schedule.

When Sparty has declined from a run where they actually were on similar footing, unlike PSU.
When OSU does not play anyone great out of conference.
When they get to host OSU.
When Purdue isn't there.

The Bucks also have rivalries outside the conference. The one consistent one is Notre Dame which is a cold rivalry because they rarely play. But their fans know and live and work with and hate each other.

Thank you for the clinching argument.

PSU longs to be despised and regarded the way that OSU regards ND.

- They play once every 1-6 decades
- ND has not beaten OSU since 1935

Yet there is more animosity than PSU fans could dream of securing.

I don’t want to see OSU succeed by beating weak competition every year. I want to see them be a great team and see them succeed by beating other great teams. If you want to see the rest of the conference be weak and you want to celebrate pushing them around then you’re just a bully. There’s no sportsmanship in that. I’d like to see OSU beat great Big Ten teams then watch those teams go kick the asses of other teams in their bowl games (which are, unfortunately, soon to be a thing of the past).

Exactly how many OSU losses are you offering up to prop up these teams?

 

[NorthCoastKid]

Why do you guys constantly engage this douche?

 

[cincibuck]

I enjoyed the late sixties and seventies because of the frequency with which the whole year did come down to one final game. The tension built each week and a loss by either took an edge off of the rest of the season for me. I guess that's why I loved 2006 so much. It felt like Bo and Woody all over again.

I also loved the 50s and early 60s because while Ohio State won or shared 3 titles, 8 other teams also won or shared. That meant that, except for Indiana, every game was with a team that could play with the bucks. I enjoyed the notion that the whole conference was strong and that to win it was quite an accomplishment. Still, it was always special to beat Michigan.

Like Hetuck, I consider all Big ten teams to be rivals, but Michigan is clearly the buck's biggest rival.

I don't want to see the day when Big Ten fans chant "Big Ten, Big Ten," but I also don't like to see any Big Ten team get beat by an ooc foe, especially in bowl games and that goes triple if the ooc opponent is a team based in South Bend.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

I’d like to see OSU beat great Big Ten teams then watch those teams go kick the asses of other teams in their bowl games (which are, unfortunately, soon to be a thing of the past).

I can hear it now inside Lucas Oil Stadium.

B1G, B1G, B1G

or is it

BIG TEN, BIG TEN, BIG TEN

Edit: In no way do I ever want this to happen.

 

[ShowMeBuck]

Add 2

ND and Ga Tech

Both are solid academic schools and I’d love greater access to the fertile grounds of GA for recruiting

2 divisions of 8, you play all 7 in your division and 2 from the other side so that’s a 9 game Conf schedule.

Move Purdue to the East and put ND and Ga Tech in the west which helps balance out each side a little more since the Domers are a solid squad……yeah I know Ga Tech isn’t really west, but so what.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Add 2

ND and Ga Tech

Both are solid academic schools and I’d love greater access to the fertile grounds of GA for recruiting

2 divisions of 8, you play all 7 in your division and 2 from the other side so that’s a 9 game Conf schedule.

Move Purdue to the East and put ND and Ga Tech in the west which helps balance out each side a little more since the Domers are a solid squad……yeah I know Ga Tech isn’t really west, but so what.

Yeah, taking 2 schools from the ACC would sure kick the ACC, B1G, PAC-12 Alliance in the balls (not that it would actually bother me though).....

 

[kujirakira]

Well, we're right back to where we are - all the eggs in the Big Ten East basket and jelly beans in the West. Much as I admire Uncle Billy, he was second fiddle at 3 stars to Grant's 4, the general to CIC, a fighter for sure, but always answering to Number 1.

Sherman conducted several operations with total independence. Grant gets credit from pulling him out of the politically exiled heap*, but Sherman was legit in his own right.
I'd add Sheridan also.

*Sherman was right, the political appointment Generals were wrong... saw similar pattern in WWII. Took a minute to force the incompetent dinosaurs out for the real talent like Patton and Ridgeway

 

[Beano Cook]

Looks like UTSA should be given consideration. If Washington wins at Michigan then add Montana to the list as well.

 

[CincyInterloper]

The B1G should add all the teams not in the SEC, then tell the SEC to go play with itself.

 

[TampaBuckeyes]

The B1G should add all the teams not in the SEC, then tell the SEC to go play with itself.

 

[ScriptOhio]

"I think we are seeing some major shifts in college athletics from this summer,” Warren said during the broadcast of Friday night’s game between Iowa and Wisconsin. “I see it as an opportunity for us to get stronger. But you know, things are still moving around. It is a great time to be in college athletics and especially in college football. We had meetings these last two weeks on a college football playoff expansion standpoint. I believe in college football expansion but I think we have to be very methodical in the thought process."

 

[Steve19]

This is a typical corporate-speak guy who spouts sentences devoid of intent or explicit meaning, while accomplishing absolutely nothing.

 

[Don Muenz]

It is called “plausible unreliability” = Kevin.