Hawknick
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I was listening to the HN realignment podcast, and I was thinking about another potential alternative to the old Big 10 division model. I am not sure I would support either plan, but I just throwing this out there for discussion.
The division Iowa would be in would be based around the old Wiufu conference. So it would start with all the original members; Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. Add to that instate rivals Iowa State and Kansas State. Then grow to the north and west by adding Minnesota, Colorado, and Wyoming.
This would mean a division with 9 members. That works great for the schedule especially in football. Play all 8 teams and have 4 non conference games each year. That offers great flexibility. In basketball play each team twice for 16 games, and that's a good number too.
The state legislature requires ISU to be on the schedule so might as well have them be in the same division. The only member that I really don't like to have in there is Missouri because of the unsportsmanlike conduct of their team and fans the last times the teams played regular season games, however I hope that this can be resolved. I think the west match ups would be fun ones.
I have been getting frustrated with the Big 10 for sometime now. So maybe it would be a good idea to have another option on the table. What are your thoughts?
The division Iowa would be in would be based around the old Wiufu conference. So it would start with all the original members; Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. Add to that instate rivals Iowa State and Kansas State. Then grow to the north and west by adding Minnesota, Colorado, and Wyoming.
This would mean a division with 9 members. That works great for the schedule especially in football. Play all 8 teams and have 4 non conference games each year. That offers great flexibility. In basketball play each team twice for 16 games, and that's a good number too.
The state legislature requires ISU to be on the schedule so might as well have them be in the same division. The only member that I really don't like to have in there is Missouri because of the unsportsmanlike conduct of their team and fans the last times the teams played regular season games, however I hope that this can be resolved. I think the west match ups would be fun ones.
I have been getting frustrated with the Big 10 for sometime now. So maybe it would be a good idea to have another option on the table. What are your thoughts?
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