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Topic: Talk of Eliminating Divisions

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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #84 on: December 10, 2018, 05:15:45 PM »
I only liked the current ones because OSU drew Nebraska, I suppose. 

If we can't have them, then I'd prefer to simply put the illibuck back on the annual.

 The names out of a hat thing is just dumb.
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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #85 on: December 10, 2018, 05:16:10 PM »
just make the divisions large enough that there's no need for any cross overs

9-team divisions would be great.  Round robin playing the other 8 teams, send the champ to the CCG
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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #86 on: December 10, 2018, 05:25:54 PM »
just make the divisions large enough that there's no need for any cross overs

9-team divisions would be great.  Round robin playing the other 8 teams, send the champ to the CCG
I keep saying two 10 team divisions.  One division of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, MSU, Minnesota, Northwestern, OSU, Purdue and Wisconsin; and one of Arizona, ASU, Cal, Oregon, OSU, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington and WSU.  Then they could play their conference championship on New Years Day in Pasadena.
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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #87 on: December 10, 2018, 05:37:21 PM »
I'd like that with a 10-team conference from Texas to Nebraska
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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #88 on: December 10, 2018, 05:56:09 PM »
Only if Pacific, Long Beach and Fulerton can come back from the dead. 
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LittlePig

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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #89 on: December 10, 2018, 05:56:50 PM »
They shoulda gave PSU to Iowa.
Things are always changing but I would set up round 2 of the fixed crossovers like this:
OSU-Wisc (best teams in each division)
MSU-Iowa  ( because NW got MSU last time)
PSU-Neb (brcause they are traditional powers)
Mich-NW ( because NW got MSU last time)
MD-ILL  (because ILL got Rutgers last time)
Rut-Minn (because ILL got Rut last time and Minn has slid below NW and Iowa in the pecking order)
Indy-Pur (because they have to play each other)

Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #90 on: December 10, 2018, 06:19:03 PM »
Northwestern has Rutgers, not MSU. Illinois has MSU, not Rutgers. 
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LittlePig

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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #91 on: December 10, 2018, 11:49:24 PM »
Northwestern has Rutgers, not MSU. Illinois has MSU, not Rutgers.
Is that what you are proposing for fixed rivals????

Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #92 on: December 10, 2018, 11:52:00 PM »
Is that what you are proposing for fixed rivals????
No. Those are the current fixed rivals. 
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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #93 on: December 11, 2018, 06:23:54 AM »
I don't think I mentioned this in my previous post, but I'm not in favor of getting rid of the divisions.

The rich would just continue to get rich while the bottom tier teams would continue to stay at the bottom.

Terrible recipe for college football. It's bad enough we have a playoff system that favors the rich getting richer.

Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #94 on: December 11, 2018, 06:40:47 AM »
Everybody gets a trophy! 
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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #95 on: December 11, 2018, 09:54:05 AM »
I think a large portion of husker fans would have liked to have seen PSU instead of Michigan... due to having a history with that program.  

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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #96 on: December 11, 2018, 10:00:00 AM »
OK.  There are now 14 teams in the B1G.  So you drop the divisions, move to a 13-game conference schedule, and play a full roundrobin.  That solves all the problems doesn't it?

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Re: Talk of Eliminating Divisions
« Reply #97 on: December 11, 2018, 11:15:47 AM »
Everybody gets a trophy!
I take it you were talking about my post?
Because it's only the rich that would care to keep it that way.

 

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