NotIThatLives Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, rico said: From everything I have seen and read, Warren has set no fixed number that the B1G will stop at. 32. Works for the nfl. I just have no clue why you wouldn't go after A&M and a Florida school. Edited August 26, 2022 by NotIThatLives 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 16 hours ago, dgambill said: Maybe this round? But if I’m Washington or USC etc am i willing to accept less then Northwestern or Purdue….or heck even IU? To me it sets us up down the road to put us all in tiers and we are right back where we started. Imo we better get our football act together fast. "get our football act together fast"... Now that's a good one! 😂😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 I could kind of see this- But from a football perspective, my personal view is that once you get past the point where every school can play one another in football every year or at least most years — something that’s already hard once you’ve expanded to 16 teams — I don’t know that there are any particularly bright dividing lines. For instance, expanding to 24 schools — say, by adding everyone in Tiers 1, 2 and 3 — might even work better than 20, since you could split them into four fairly geographically balanced divisions: Pacific: Cal, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington Great Plains: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin Great Lakes: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Purdue Atlantic: Florida State, Maryland, Miami, Rutgers, North Carolina, Penn State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Reacher said: I could kind of see this- But from a football perspective, my personal view is that once you get past the point where every school can play one another in football every year or at least most years — something that’s already hard once you’ve expanded to 16 teams — I don’t know that there are any particularly bright dividing lines. For instance, expanding to 24 schools — say, by adding everyone in Tiers 1, 2 and 3 — might even work better than 20, since you could split them into four fairly geographically balanced divisions: Pacific: Cal, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington Great Plains: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin Great Lakes: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Purdue Atlantic: Florida State, Maryland, Miami, Rutgers, North Carolina, Penn State That Great Lakes division would be a bear in football, and no cakewalk in basketball... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 25 minutes ago, IUFLA said: That Great Lakes division would be a bear in football, and no cakewalk in basketball... I would like to think that basketball would be different as far as divisions go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 39 minutes ago, IUFLA said: That Great Lakes division would be a bear in football, and no cakewalk in basketball... IU could go years without more than 1 divisional win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_iu_bb Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 13 minutes ago, 5fouls said: IU could go years without more than 1 divisional win. As opposed to now? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 38 minutes ago, rico said: I would like to think that basketball would be different as far as divisions go? Sure...Uneven but Bluebloods UCLA North Carolina Indiana Michigan State Won it Once Cal Oregon Stanford Wisconsin Ohio State Maryland Michigan Wannabes Illinois Purdue Miami Notre Dame Northwestern (based on their 1931 Helms Banner...Hey, gotta be fair, right?) Florida State Iowa Never Were's USC Washington Minnesota Nebraska Rutgers Penn St Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 3 hours ago, 5fouls said: IU could go many more years without more than 1 divisional win. fixed it for you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/washington-latest-pac-12-school-to-meet-with-big-ten 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaHoosierFan Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) On 8/26/2022 at 10:48 AM, Reacher said: I could kind of see this- But from a football perspective, my personal view is that once you get past the point where every school can play one another in football every year or at least most years — something that’s already hard once you’ve expanded to 16 teams — I don’t know that there are any particularly bright dividing lines. For instance, expanding to 24 schools — say, by adding everyone in Tiers 1, 2 and 3 — might even work better than 20, since you could split them into four fairly geographically balanced divisions: Pacific: Cal, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington Great Plains: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin Great Lakes: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Purdue Atlantic: Florida State, Maryland, Miami, Rutgers, North Carolina, Penn State Swap Illinois and Indiana since they touch Lake Michigan. Both schools are subpar in Football anyways so it wouldn't really affect anything other than screwing Illinoise more and putting IU in a better Division.. But wouldn't this also then require a 4 team playoff system for Conference Champ? Edited September 2, 2022 by IowaHoosierFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 1 hour ago, IowaHoosierFan said: But wouldn't this also then require a 4 team playoff system for Conference Champ? It wouldn't have to but it will be interesting to see how some of this conference realignment stuff affects crowning a conference champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaHoosierFan Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 23 minutes ago, rico said: It wouldn't have to but it will be interesting to see how some of this conference realignment stuff affects crowning a conference champion. how would you then crown your champion from the 4 division? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Just now, IowaHoosierFan said: how would you then crown your champion from the 4 division? 2 highest ranked teams go to the championship game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaHoosierFan Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 1 hour ago, rico said: 2 highest ranked teams go to the championship game. As in Highest ranked AP, not how they finish in the Division? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 1 hour ago, IowaHoosierFan said: how would you then crown your champion from the 4 division? A four team playoff every year between OSU, ND, MI and USC. Regardless of outcome, all four automatically advance to the 12 team national championship playoffs against 8 auto qualifiers from the SEC. Then PSU, UCLA, WI, IA, MSU and FSU get auto bids every year to a NY's day bowl game. The remaining team among the others with the best record gets a bid to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 4 hours ago, IowaHoosierFan said: As in Highest ranked AP, not how they finish in the Division? 2 highest ranked teams amongst the 4 division winners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 On 8/26/2022 at 1:13 PM, IUFLA said: Sure...Uneven but Bluebloods UCLA North Carolina Indiana Michigan State Won it Once Cal Oregon Stanford Wisconsin Ohio State Maryland Michigan Wannabes Illinois Purdue Miami Notre Dame Northwestern (based on their 1931 Helms Banner...Hey, gotta be fair, right?) Florida State Iowa Never Were's USC Washington Minnesota Nebraska Rutgers Penn St Rutgers did make a final four. Should count for something. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 Amazon Prime enters the picture. UCLA "back" to the Pac-12? https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/conference-realignment-amazon-interest-may-affect-big-ten-big-12-pac-12-composition-as-talks-continue/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/2/2022 at 1:15 PM, IowaHoosierFan said: how would you then crown your champion from the 4 division? If we go on recent history of B1G, it's OSU and the next best record. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 Another expansion read. SIAP https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/pac-12-in-danger-of-eventual-collapse-as-big-ten-considers-further-expansion-big-12-interest-looms/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 Bill Walton disagrees with the move. Shocking. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/34926568/ucla-hoops-legend-bill-walton-opposes-bruins-move-big-ten 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUaic Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 10 hours ago, 5fouls said: Bill Walton disagrees with the move. Shocking. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/34926568/ucla-hoops-legend-bill-walton-opposes-bruins-move-big-ten Wow, just wow! Ever wonder why people hate the state of California? Exhibit A. "I don't believe that joining the Big 10 is in the best interest of UCLA, its students, its athletes, its alumni, its fans, the rest of the UC system, the State of California, or the world at large." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, IUaic said: Wow, just wow! Ever wonder why people hate the state of California? Exhibit A. "I don't believe that joining the Big 10 is in the best interest of UCLA, its students, its athletes, its alumni, its fans, the rest of the UC system, the State of California, or the world at large." That is exactly the phrase that stood out to me when I read it. Some people view Walton as a harmless goofball. I've always considered him to be an arrogant jerk. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 24 minutes ago, 5fouls said: That is exactly the phrase that stood out to me when I read it. Some people view Walton as a harmless goofball. I've always considered him to be an arrogant jerk. The college basketball world would be better off if Bill just faded away. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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