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Let' take a closer look at the MAJOR advantages and disadvantages of geographical divisional alignments. This is one of the Delany 3 fold criteria for creating divisions. The other two being competitive fairness and maintenance of rivalries. Advantages - Natural border war and in-state...

I think the reason the Bigten will at least 2 divisions for football is so the conference can have a championship game = $$$. Both Jon's and the Black/Blue divisional alignments look great for Iowa. I personally prefer the Black/Blue.

Michigan will return to their glory days 3-4 years after they exorcise RichRod. Until then, they pay the price for their coaching hire. No way they rate above OSU until they prove they can beat them at least every once in a while. IMHO, I think RichRod is doing more to destabilize Michigan...

Isn't that a cool thing. That makes for a great conference. Nebraska fits in perfectly. They don't drag down the conference, nor do they dominate.

I think it stays at 8 conference games. Nebraska will begin play in the 2011 season. Most Bigten teams already have OOC teams contracted for 2011. It would be pretty easy to swap the current 8 Bigten games around anyway the conference wants. These 8 games dates already exist within each teams...

Can't really disagree with moving Michigan up one spot but I do think they are one team that is fun to "Kick" when their down (same true for Illini). Take away RichRod, and they are a strong #2 with consideration for #1. I cannot agree with Iowa above Nebraska. Except for a couple of years in...

I was ranking teams based on recent & traditional power for use in dividing teams into divisions, not predicting the rank of teams for the 2010 campaign. For the record, I agree Iowa is the better team in 2010.

On the recently aired "Bigten Expansion" special, Gerry DiNardo listed his favored two division prediction. He stated he preferred equity of strength over geographical divisions. In the next segment of the same show, Commish Delany was asked his view on divisions. He stated he agreed with...

Righto! bwsmoney I work for UW (hawk fan 100%) and still missed that one. It would have cost me my job if I had posted it on a Badger site. I now see why Jon aligned the divisions as he did, with UW and Minnesota in the same division and the "Axe" protected. All of this is fun but I think...

This is based on the 12 teams we have now. I like Jon's original picks with on adjustment. Exchange Wisconsin and Illinois to equalize divisional strength. Here is how it looks: Division 1 OSU Michigan Wisconsin MSU Purdue Indiana Division 2 PSU Nebraska Iowa Northwestern...

Well we have not heard much new in the past week. Recent contact with the ticket office has indicated applicants files listing "season tickets" and callers being told "the process would be completed in mid-June" and "if you have not been denied yet, it looks good". This leads me to believe...

I have purchased many things on ebay and I have never been burnt. For Hawk tickets this year, I would look somewhere else but that is just me. Anyone that does not think that they will have Hawk tickets this season and really wants them, should probably try to get tickets earlier than later as...

As Jon posted earlier, Michigan's O seems to be more difficult for Iowa to defend. If UM's O improves like he is predicting, UM will be a difficult away game. OSU is a better team than UM but their style of play is a better match up for Iowa. The home field makes this game winnable. I agree...

I would pay that amount only if I had boat loads of $$. Some people do, I don't. I would watch it for free in HD in my home. Notre Dame has an interesting way to distribute some of it's tickets. It has a lottery open to ND grads that require only a $100-$200 donation to be eligible to have a...

No, I didn't ask about when I would receive "official" notification". I should have but my guess is, he would not have been able to tell me anything definite. My sense was he could not talk specifics about anyone who had not been contacted as yet. Just my guess from his wording and tone. I...

I don't think so. Michigan doesn't do it and they certainly could if they wanted. I am not certain but UM must have a waiting list for season football tickets. I believe that Iowa has chosen to go a route that will allow fans to purchase tickets, in non preferred areas (meaning other than...

for the OPPORTUNITY to APPLY to purchase season football tickets? That is what you must do at Ohio State. You must make a a minimum $1500 donation just to gain the ability to apply for a season ticket. The actual season ticket costs another $450. Total = $1950. At Wisconsin, you must donate...

i called the ticket office this morning to verify my point status. I was told that they had credited my grad points and that they were almost completely done with the ticketing process. They should be done today. I asked if a decision had been made on my season ticket request and was told...

Igothawked, I do believe that we "10 pointers" will get season tickets IF the ticket office gives us our 10 points. This is based 50% on hope and 50% on what I have been hearing here and on other boards. My memory is that most if not all of those with 10 & 10+ points are either getting 2...

Thanks for the information. I am really glad to hear that 10 points are getting people season tickets. I have 10 points and have not heard anything. I think I will call tomorrow and verify my point status. The ticket office seems to be having some difficulty getting everyone's points...