[NU Sports] classic Delany quote re: "Legends"

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

As usual, excellent column by NU alumn Mandel (except he COULD have mentioned that the Cats at least held their own!:) ) - but we weren't favored in any, aren't playing 6-6 East Carolina ... and did still look bad.

It's too bad Delaney's being so out-of-touch clueless on the divisions debacle - each quote just makes him look more laughable - because the rest of his interview was pretty smart. You play the best to get better and the Big Ten/ACC challenge is good for hoops ... so why not a Big Ten/Pac 10 football challenge, Mr. Commissioner? Let's pick a weekend - second Saturday in September, say - and match up our 12 on their 12 for some AWESOME games over a weekend ... or maybe over 2-3 weekends to spread it out and keep the media attention, especially over the SEC, who usually schedules creampuffs out of league. 

Let's say ...

First weekend ...
* Stanford @ Northwestern
* Illinois @ California
* Ohio State @ USC
* UCLA @ Michigan

Second weekend ...
* Minnesota @ Utah
* Colorado @ Iowa
* Michigan State @ Oregon
* Oregon State @ Penn State

Third weekend ...
* Arizona State @ Purdue
* Indiana @ Washington State
* Arizona @ Penn State
* Wisconsin @ Washington

Tell me THAT wouldn't be a fun three weeks of football for fans and great for both leagues!

PS - Not on the Big Ten, but also in Stewart's column, the Edsall move does seem a bit puzzling - he was certainly king of a weak Big East for at least another year until TCU moved in, and HAD to have better offers than Maryland ... seems like O'Brien's move from BC to NC State a few years back ... just kind of head scratching. Oh well. :)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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--- On Mon, 1/3/11, Weinbaum, Willie <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com> wrote:

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