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(*Obviously, this is all rampant speculation here, but an amusing way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon. I think the main theme of this is just what an awesome line-up the Big Ten could come up with if they consider rivalries carefully in the likely future stages of the expansion process. This...

LOL, good one. And, hey nice job, kid, with that report. Gives a good idea of Husker fans' feelings.

Good points. Factor in different climates and unequal revenues, and the Big 12 had a feedback loop augmenting the north-south imbalance. An east/west Big Ten+2 split won't be 50-50, but the dynamics would be quite different. Think of any highly-rated recruit from the state of Texas. 1...

Wait a minute. Who says ISU is getting $10 mill from the Big 12? The numbers I've been reading say that Texas is getting about $10 mill from the Big 12, and they have the largest share. Mizzou was only getting about $7 mill, which is why they were/are so interested in the Big Ten. I'd think...

My references to the 1970s are a shorthand for the bygone era on which much of the arguments about historical power and perception rest upon. I guess it could have seemed that I was arguing that people were explicitly using the 70s as their benchmark. I should have been more clear. What I...

Great question. I lived in Omaha/SW Iowa in the 80s and 90s and had to hear a lot of arrogant trash from Husker fans -- including many of my own relatives! :mad: But things have calmed down a bit since the Callahan fiasco, and lately I've been able to have many fine, respectful conversations...

I think the Drum is the best option with its retractable roof. (As long as it doesn't spring a leak! :eek:) If it's merely chilly, but dry open the roof and play the game in classic Big Ten weather. If it's raining, snowing, or sub-zero, then close the roof. I don't think it should be...

Good post, bws. I agree with your untouchables and disposables. I would move Iowa/Wisconsin above the Little Brown Jug and the Illibuck. Both of these "rivalries" are little more than historical curiosities to the schools involved -- especially UM and OSU who have dominated Minny and Illy for...

That's fairly presumptuous, bud. I read the post carefully. I simply disagree with the conclusions that you, Jon and others are drawing from Delaney's comments. I don't mean to blow your mind or anything, but it's possible for different people to read the same thing and come away with...

Iowa State would do just fine as an independent in wrestling. They'd still be able to schedule Iowa, UNI, Nebby, Minny, the Okies, etc. The Big 12 doesn't make any difference for them in wrestling. College basketball -- men's and women's -- is a much more wide-open playing field thanks to the...

If/when ND and Mizzou join, then this entire discussion is moot. Just because we have one division alignment for 12 teams doesn't mean we won't completely reconfigure for 14 or 16. In fact we'd probably have to. If ND and Mizzou join, then I'd like to see Kansas and an eastern rival for PSU...

I hear ya. And I do think most PSU folks respect Iowa. But respect and rivalry are different things, as you know. Like Minnesota is our rival, but we don't respect them. (i.e., stealing their goalposts, not letting them score any points, and having sex in their bathrooms) :D

Chip Brown also "broke the news" that Texas legislators were going to pressure the Pac 10 into taking Baylor instead of Colorado. So he ain't exactly batting 1.000. (A baseball reference, which Texans will be able to understand.) ;) I think Jon's central point here is that Brown's "blame...

It took me well over a minute to read, so I'll give you riding time as well. Which brings you half-way to a major decision!

If we go to nine conference games, then we could still play Penn State 2/3 of the time even if they were in the opposite division. That's only a sliver less frequent than the current schedule pattern we have with them. And they don't really consider Iowa a rival in the same sense as UM and OSU.

The more I think about it, the more I think there is no objective measure for determining competitive balance. Especially when we're talking about predicting competitive balance in the future. Furthermore, what about competitive balance within each division? In the interest of equalizing...

I am firmly in the geographical divisions camp. Many commentators accept as an article of faith that any alignment that puts OSU, PSU, and UM in the same division is doomed to be as lop-sided as the Big 12 was. I think these assumptions are based more on perception and history than on...

And I don't even think it's a conspiracy between the cops and the bars. The main reason PI is not really enforced to the letter of the law, IMO, is I doubt that the ICPD really wants 100 drunk UI students puking all over their jail cells every Friday and Saturday night. (Actually Thursday...

Actually, you just proved your poor understanding of reason with that clumsy straw man argument. I didn't say anything about a conspiracy. I didn't even hint at a conspiracy. It's a lot easier to dismiss people who disagree with you by falsely characterizing their positions than it is to...

I don't care how badly Derby pitches. As long as we have Adrian Clayborn at catcher, nobody will ever get to first base.