mannysBETTER3434 1 Report post Posted December 15, 2009 What are people's thoughts on this B10 expansion? I'm torn on it honestly. Maybe someone can persuade me to one side or the other. I can understand the positives of it, but at the same time I don't want to add a 12th team just for the heck of it. It can't be someone like Cincy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timothy1997 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2009 What are people's thoughts on this B10 expansion? I'm torn on it honestly. Maybe someone can persuade me to one side or the other. I can understand the positives of it, but at the same time I don't want to add a 12th team just for the heck of it. It can't be someone like Cincy. cincy doesn't have the academics for the Big Ten. The Big Ten needs to have a conference championship solely on the fact that the conference is missing out. The Big Ten conference is a joke around the nation. I think they need a school like Pittsburgh to come on board. Make a good rivalry between Penn State and Pitt. Problem I see is where do you draw the divison line. Like this East Pitt Penn State Ohio State Michigan Michigan State Northwestern West Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Illinois Indiana Purdue or this North Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Michigan State Ohio State Illinois South Pittsburgh Penn State Indiana Purdue Northwestern Iowa You tell me how you would break the conference up in divisons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mannysBETTER3434 1 Report post Posted December 15, 2009 cincy doesn't have the academics for the Big Ten. The Big Ten needs to have a conference championship solely on the fact that the conference is missing out. The Big Ten conference is a joke around the nation. I think they need a school like Pittsburgh to come on board. Make a good rivalry between Penn State and Pitt. Problem I see is where do you draw the divison line. Like this East Pitt Penn State Ohio State Michigan Michigan State Northwestern West Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Illinois Indiana Purdue or this North Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Michigan State Ohio State Illinois South Pittsburgh Penn State Indiana Purdue Northwestern Iowa You tell me how you would break the conference up in divisons. I agree on Pitt. I read Mizzo will listen if they are called too. I think your 2nd theory on divisions would probably be right on. The potential problem I don't like is if one division is loaded and the other weak (B12 has this right now, and so does your first idea). I don't want that. If your first theory would happen that west division would be beating each other up majority of the time, while the east looks like boring football most the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mannysBETTER3434 1 Report post Posted December 17, 2009 Whoa!! This would be bold (or stupid). I don't know!! http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/colle...0,3820862.story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites