Rumor flying about here in Huskerland

[BigD]

Could go to a system like the NFL with more than 2 divisions. Could do 4 divisions of 5 pretty easy with 20 teams. The only thing would be that there isn't as much parity as the NFL (the best and worst NFL teams are ridiculously close in talent) so you'd have to be pretty careful how you divided it up.

I was thinking this same set up. Four divisions with five teams, and a two game in conference B!G playoff. With as big as the B1G is getting all four division winners should be invited to the National Championship Tournament. Just have to be really smart on how the divisions would be divided so that there is a strong balance in each division.

 

[BigD]

What I am wondering is how will USC and UCLA will do when they get the crap kicked out of them every week? Not that they will lose every week like Nebby did, but I mean physically getting beat up. Nebby was used to dealing with two teams {Texas and Oklahoma} and average to weak teams after that. So will USC and UCLA have a similar awakening?

Lol, remember the snide comments by all the Nebby fans on how they were going to come in a take over the conference and dominate. Well, I guess they were right they seem right at home holding down the basement.

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

What I am wondering is how will USC and UCLA will do when they get the crap kicked out of them every week? Not that they will lose every week like Nebby did, but I mean physically getting beat up. Nebby was used to dealing with two teams {Texas and Oklahoma} and average to weak teams after that. So will USC and UCLA have a similar awakening?

Lol, remember the snide comments by all the Nebby fans on how they were going to come in a take over the conference and dominate. Well, I guess they were right they seem right at home holding down the basement.

Honestly, it seems entirely possible. USC is lucky they got the coaching upgrade when they did. They’re in a much worse state today (at least USC football was, whether their turnaround lasts is yet to be seen) than Nebraska was when they joined the conference. Maybe UCLA can get Bo Pelini to show them the ropes, then they can do the “9 wins is not enough!” dance.

 

[hawkinn3]

How can we even compete in a conference of that size?

 

[Fryowa]

How can we even compete in a conference of that size?

We’ve never legitimately competed in the conference when it was 14 to be honest. This is OSU’s to lose for the foreseeable future.

When they expand the CFP is when we’ll get to compete.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Honestly, it seems entirely possible. USC is lucky they got the coaching upgrade when they did. They’re in a much worse state today (at least USC football was, whether their turnaround lasts is yet to be seen) than Nebraska was when they joined the conference. Maybe UCLA can get Bo Pelini to show them the ropes, then they can do the “9 wins is not enough!” dance.

Without even seeing the teams, I would probably bet on a 6-4 Wisconsin or Iowa team to beat a 9-1 or 10-0 USC team in a game in Camp Randall or Kinnick in the penultimate week of the season. I do not think the USC folks understand this element of Big Ten football. "Our offense averages 38 points per game and we just lost 10-9. HOW THE HELL DOES THAT HAPPEN?"

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

Without even seeing the teams, I would probably bet on a 6-4 Wisconsin or Iowa team to beat a 9-1 or 10-0 USC team in a game in Camp Randall or Kinnick in the penultimate week of the season. I do not think the USC folks understand this element of Big Ten football. "Our offense averages 38 points per game and we just lost 10-9. HOW THE HELL DOES THAT HAPPEN?"

Just like the brilliant idea of bringing in Scott Frost and an AAC squad where one guy had B1G experience. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[CP87]

Eff it, let's go big as long as we are going down this route. Add Stanford, Cal, Oregon, and Washington. Angle for a future absorption of ND, Duke, UNC, and FSU.

4 divisions of 6 teams each.

Pacific: USC, UCLA, UW, OU, Cal, and Stanford.
Plains: Nebraska, Iowa, MN, WI, Ill, ND (sorry NW, we need a blue blood here, and you get penalized for being a fancy-pants private school)
Lakes: OSU, Mich, MSU, Purdue, Indiana, NW (geographically could probably switch WI for Indiana, but hurts the power balance)
Atlantic: Rutgers, Maryland, UNC, Duke, FSU, PSU

10 game conference schedule. Five within division, and then some sort of a random rotation for 3 or 4 games. I liked the devised matchups they used at the end of 2020, something like that could occupy the last 1 or 2 weeks, followed by some form of conference championship (depends on what CFP looks like).