I'm not sure if this has been posted, and I'm sorry if it has, but when the conference goes to a 9 game season in 2015...why not have 2 protected rivalry games?
If we go with the final division alignment that Jon is predicting:
Division A
OSU
PSU
MINN
WISC
IU
PU
Division B
IOWA
MICH
MSU
NEB
NW
ILL
Then why can't we have Iowa play MINN and WISC every year. Iowa would play all 5 Division B teams, MINN and WISC every year, and then rotate any combo of OSU/PSU/IU/PU every 2 years. We could then play OSU/PU in '15 and '16 (home and home) and then play PSU/IU in '17 and '18 (home and home) and rotate after that. This is basically what we are doing now anyways. Why wouldn't this work. Maybe I'm missing something?
If we go with the final division alignment that Jon is predicting:
Division A
OSU
PSU
MINN
WISC
IU
PU
Division B
IOWA
MICH
MSU
NEB
NW
ILL
Then why can't we have Iowa play MINN and WISC every year. Iowa would play all 5 Division B teams, MINN and WISC every year, and then rotate any combo of OSU/PSU/IU/PU every 2 years. We could then play OSU/PU in '15 and '16 (home and home) and then play PSU/IU in '17 and '18 (home and home) and rotate after that. This is basically what we are doing now anyways. Why wouldn't this work. Maybe I'm missing something?