[NU Sports] Is the Big Ten overrated? (fwd)

[Jeff Beamsley]

I grew up in Nebraska during the annual Nebraska/Oklahoma rivalries and I
can honestly say (living now in SE Michigan) that the Michigan OSU rivalry
is WAY more intense.  I think that there would have been that potential in
the Nebraska Oklahoma rivalry too, if both states annexed their half of
Kansas.

The fact that the schools are so close together and their states border one
another has fueled a rivalry that is very similar to the Cubs and White Sox
in Chicago.  You can't be a fan of both and if they aren't playing your
team, you are always rooting for whomever they are playing against.  You
hate everything that rival fans love about their team and they feel the same
way about your team.  It is a demi-religion.

Jeff



-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Mike Nolan
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:15 PM
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Is the Big Ten overrated? (fwd)

> If divisional playoff also means the end to the annual OSU/Mich game, 
> it won't ever happen.

Yeah, that's what they said for years about Oklahoma/Nebraska, but for OU
the more important annual game was Texas, even when it was a non-conference
game.

Unless Notre Dame changes its mind, I don't see the Big 10 actively seeking
a 12th team.  (Missouri has come up a few times, it fits into the academic
model of the Big 10 better than some other possible candidates.)

And if the stupid '2 team' rule for the BCS is dropped, as it SHOULD have
been to include Wisconsin, who needs a conference championship game?
--
Mike Nolan

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