How about Slackers and Scholars? It would require a little rejiggering of the conferences, but I would line it up like this to reflect the academically strong schools in the B10 and the others:
Scholars:
Northwestern
Michigan
Wisconsin
PSU
Purdue
Illinois
Slackers:
Michigan State
Ohio State
Iowa
Indiana
Nebraska
Minnesota
I think it gives good balance for FB and men's BB as well as roughly appropriately grouping the schools on academic terms.
It's a delicate issue when you take into account that geographic names are almost impossible to apply to every school correctly, hence the names "Legends," and "Leaders," were created so as to represent every school without neglecting academic standards and historical importance. By that same token, Agriculture and Industry would be names that would be misrepresenting teams like Northwestern and Wisconsin.
The point attempting to be made is that these names, Legends and Leaders aren't perfect, however, given the divisions what they are, descriptive names may be the only direction to go while adequately showcasing each school.
The following are a couple suggestions found to meet these criteria;
- Hammer and Steel
- Tradition and Prestige
Dammit IAKawkFan. You got to a few before I did...oh well
Have you seen the news recently?Not bad.
I like Lawyers and Pharmacists division
Lawyers = the known cheaters, thugs, back stabbers, rogue programs.
(Nebraska, Minnesota, Ohio State, Illinois, Michigan for starters)
Pharmacist = upstanding, integrity, clean-as-a-whistle programs.
(Iowa, Indiana, PSU, Purdue for starters)
Have you seen the news recently?
I'm pretty sure that its IAHawkFan not IAKawkFan. Two completely different things.
American Division and National Division (or United States Division)
Red, White and Blue Division and Stars and Stripes Division
Bronze Division and Brass Division
Lakes and Plains
The official name for the Big Ten until 1987 was the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives. The conference used to be widely known as the Western Conference. Is there someway they could add these into the equation to keep some of that tradition intact?
Dammit IAKawkFan. You got to a few before I did...oh well
I'm pretty sure that its IAHawkFan not IAKawkFan. Two completely different things.