[NU Sports] Big Ten Divisions appear to be firming up

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I like playing Wisconsin every year.
As rivalry games go this scenario damages Paul Bunyan's axe.
My personal ranking of rivalry games goes -- UofM-tOSU, Floyd, Axe, Bucket, UofM-MSU, and Sweet Sioux.  The encompasses each of the the original 10 teams with Minnesota and Michigan repeated.
I want to be in the other division as tOSU.  We still have not overcome the tOSU hump and I expect that to continue.  For the foreseeable future they will have nfl talent and a good coach.  That is almost impossible to overcome given our academics.  We need our most talented opponents to have coaches that make mistakes and tressel does not make mistakes.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Big Ten Divisions appear to be firming up
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:32:24 -0700 (PDT)

I'd be alright with this arrangement. I think Wisconsin and Penn State are the 
two I'd most like to keep on a permanent basis. 

Go Cats!
Jim




----- Original Message ----
From: Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Sent: Thu, August 26, 2010 2:26:22 AM
Subject: [NU Sports] Big Ten Divisions appear to be firming up

Based on various stories circulating and a report on ESPN, it looks like the
Big Ten's divisional structure is pretty close to set.  If so, it may 
leak out soon.

So far it looks like Michigan and Ohio State will be in opposite divisions.
That suggests that Nebraska and Penn State will also be in opposite divisions,
because those are the top 4 teams over the last 20-30 years.

ESPN is reporting that Iowa and Wisconsin will be in different divisions, too.
That news appears to have been confirmed by Barry Alvarez, along with a strong
hint that Northwestern and Illinois will be in opposite divisions.  Alvarez also
said that the Big Ten will go to a nine-game conference schedule in 2015.  

I think it is a virtual certainty that Nebraska and Iowa will be in the
same division.  

Here's my latest guess of how the teams will split up 
based on these reports.

  Division X              Division Y

  Michigan                Ohio State
*  Nebraska                Penn State
  Iowa                    Wisconsin
  Purdue                  Indiana
  llinois                 Northwestern    
*  Minnesota               Michigan State

The two lines marked with asterisks are ones that I think could go 
either way, but if one flips then I suspect the other one will too.
--
Mike Nolan

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