OT: BigTen moving to three division format (Hypothetical)

[Knight Owl]

Coastal Elite Division:
Rutgers
Maryland
UCLA
USC
Washington
Oregon

Cornhole Division:
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Northwestern

Rustbelt Division:
Penn State
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan St
Purdue
Wisconsin

This may or may not be true but a House subcommittee is investigating.

 

[Shelby65]

The point of this silly hypothetical that will never happen ?

Besides, who plays in the CC game ?

 

[dconifer]

The point of this silly hypothetical that will never happen ?

Besides, who plays in the CC game ?

Three-sided field...

 

[Knight Owl]

Three-sided field...

Two highest ranked division winners. It’s college football after all so subjectivity needs to be a part of it!

 

[Knight Owl]

My belief is that USC and UCLA will eventually refuse to play the teams in the Cornhole Division due to perceived windy/tornadic weather and culture-shock concerns.

 

[NickRU714]

Three-sided field...

Have you seen OmegaBall?
It's been on ESPN 8.

 

[Doctor Worm]

I doubt it ever happens, but it's not crazy. Obviously RU and UMD get screwed, but would the B1G Old Guard care? It works from a scheduling standpoint for football, 5 games in division, 2 in each of the other divisions.

 

[mdk01]

Any hypothetical that incudes a "Cornhole Division" will remain a hypothetical.

 

[WhiteBus]

In this case the term "Hypothetical" means the OP has been drinking all day accompanied by a some skunky smoke!

 

[Knight Owl]

In this case the term "Hypothetical" means the OP has been drinking all day accompanied by a some skunky smoke!

Just having some fun…
I was working.
You just know those West Coast teams don’t want to play in the corn belt or the rust belt for that matter.

 

[Knight Owl]

Any hypothetical that incudes a "Cornhole Division" will remain a hypothetical.

Beavis approves though!

 

[WhiteBus]

,@

Just having some fun…
I was working.
You just know those West Coast teams don’t want to play in the corn belt or the rust belt for that matter.

Who cares about what they want? Seriously. Besides makes zero sense economically and makes zero sense.
Anyway do you work in a bar?? 😉

 

[Knight Owl]

,@

Who cares about what they want? Seriously. Besides makes zero sense economically and makes zero sense.
Anyway do you work in a bar?? 😉

Just sayin’…USC will begin making demands. Their band played with Fleetwood Mac after all!

 

[WhiteBus]

Just sayin’…USC will begin making demands. Their band played with Fleetwood Mac after all!

And both the school and the band have seen better times. But nice try, I'm guessing some folks would fall for that, I "ain't" that dumb 😆

 

[RUPete]

In this case the term "Hypothetical" means the OP has been drinking all day accompanied by a some skunky smoke!

The skunky smoke should’ve incapacitated him and prevented the hypothetical post.

 

[Knight Owl]

They’ve got the Eye of the Tiger though.

 

[Knight Owl]

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They’ve got the Eye of the Tiger though.

USC fans look formidable…or something.

 

[rrdd2021]

OSU, Michigan, PSU and Wisconsin are probably the top 4 B1G teams over the last decade or so and they'll all be in the Rustbelt Division? Yeah, that's really fair and will fly. Just ridiculous

Compare the Cornhole to the Rustbelt Division and it has the look of the B1G East vs West which I doubt they'll let happen again. If I remember correctly, the West never won a B1G championship game and most were mismatches. That whole scenario was beyond insane and ridiculous

 

[Knight Owl]

OSU, Michigan, PSU and Wisconsin are probably the top 4 B1G teams over the last decade or so and they'll all be in the Rustbelt Division? Yeah, that's really fair and will fly. Just ridiculous

Compare the Cornhole to the Rustbelt Division and it has the look of the B1G East vs West which I doubt they'll let happen again. If I remember correctly, the West never won a B1G championship game and most were mismatches. That whole scenario was beyond insane and ridiculous

Begs the question… Could a two loss third place in the Rustbelt team make the College Football Playoff while the Cornhole champ gets screwed!?

 

[RUnTeX]

Wisconsin and Indiana should be switched for geographic balance and also they'd be the only ones in their respective divisions in a different time zone than the rest of their division (not counting the bi-coastal division, of course).

 

[e5fdny]

Better than pods.

But IMO do it more geographically and it has some merit.

East, Central and West.

Play everyone in your division and do the modified zipper I came up with a few years ago…which is similar to what @Doctor Worm said above.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Better than pods.

But IMO do it more geographically and it has some merit.

East, Central and West.

Play everyone in your division and do the modified zipper I came up with a few years ago…which is similar to what @Doctor Worm said above.

In fairness, the way proposed here does at least have some geographical merit in terms of ease of commercial travel. There are so many airlines and flights to choose from between LA and Seattle and NY/DC.

 

[Brisket and Bourbon]

Better than pods.

But IMO do it more geographically and it has some merit.

East, Central and West.

Play everyone in your division and do the modified zipper I came up with a few years ago…which is similar to what @Doctor Worm said above.

Anything is better than pods