New B10 Divisions

[MoHawk]

What say you folks? Other than our "protected rivalry" being with fucking Purdue, I'm pretty happy. Here's the list:

Division 1 Division 2
Iowa Ohio State
Michigan Wisconsin
Michigan St. Penn State
Nebraska Purdue
Minnesota Illinois
just Northwestern Indiana

And here's the schedules for the next two years:

www.bigtennetwork.com/dpp/sports/football/big-ten-football-schedules-for-2011-2012-20100901

What say you boys?

[hawkeyedug]

We get one guaranteed loss each year in Northwestern.

[NotMyKid]

I think it's lame that Purdue is our protected rival but am fine with it because it gives us an easier route to the title game.

Nebraska- PSU
Mich- OSU

Iowa- PURDUE
Wisc- MINNY

At least until they go to a 9 game BT schedule Iowa and Wisc got a hell of a lot better deals then the "big four"

Nebraska doesn't have a shot at hell in winning our division with that schedule next year, Holy shit did Delaney bend them over:

at Wisconsin
Ohio State
at Minnesota
Michigan State
Northwestern
at Penn State
at Michigan
Iowa

[MoHawk]

I agree. Nebraska's entry into conference play does them no favors; but here's me complaining about that.

I really am beginning to get excited about Nebraska being in the Big 10. The conference seems to be on the upswing, and I think Nebraska, who is now resurgent, will only add to it.

[lpcalihawk]

The Purdue protected seemed stupid at first, but when you see who the other team's in the West have for protected rivals, it makes more sense. I do think our rivalry with Penn State over the last 15 years deserved some consideration for making them our protected rivals.