[NU Sports] Big Ten Divisional Alignments due out today?

[NEONRye at aol.com]

I agree with Mike.  I am so happy (relieved) that we are not in same  
division as Ohio State, that alone is a big plus for me.  It would have  been 
fantastic to be with Indiana and Illinois, as we could almost by default  
expect to be ahead of them every year in football, and thus would move into  
"first division" by finishing ahead of only one more team.  I don't feel  nearly 
as confident of the same result looking at MSU and Minnesota, which  figure 
to be the "bottom-feeders" in "our" division.  However, for the time  
being, with the Wolverines being in a weakened state, things look pretty good  
for us overall.  One huge imponderable is what will happen to Penn State  when 
Joe Pa finally hangs it up.  Do they remain as one of the 3 presumed  
football "power" schools in "their" division (with OSU and Wisky), or do they  
fall back into the pack.  And, on the other side of that coin, does  Michigan 
resume what it regards as its rightful place in the universe if, as and  
when RichRod is sent packing?  'Cause, at the moment, given Michigan's  recent 
(current?) woes, "our" division would only have Iowa and Nebraska  (assuming 
it picks up in BT where it leaves off in B-XII) as present "powers"  
(unless Fitz, Persa, et. al. can stake a claim to that category this  year).
 
In terms of basketball, it probably doesn't matter where we are placed,  
unless and until we make the "dance", so that we make ourselves relevant in 
that  sphere.  
 
Paul Levinson