Your Nominations for FB Division Names

[gohawkz]

I think whatever happens will be temporary. There'll be more teams in a year or two.

At least I think so, I certainly hope all this hoopla wasn't to get Nebraska. Perhaps they were after Notre Dame and got the door slammed in their face but I think it's still gonna grow. Ferentz even said he thought it'd go to 16 and I think he knows more then me.

And I know football is the cash cow but if we do add schools I hope they are decent at basketball too. I love both sports and with just adding Nebraska we've made the Big Ten weaker in basketball.

 

[Palpatine]

I think whatever happens will be temporary. There'll be more teams in a year or two.

You're right. We might as well come up with names for the 4x4 pod system that was discussed awhile back.

 

[SwirlinLingerie]

Plains and Lakes is a great suggestion - although it feels odd not to have Minnesota in a Lakes division.

Seems like a division should be named after Ed Hightower. I remember my dad talking about him during Iowa basketball games in the mid-80s. Hightower looks exactly the same today. Pillar of the conference - even if he is a basketball ref.

Or maybe, like ESPN, the BTN will expand to two channels. They could call the divisions Big Ten Network Channel 1 and Big Ten Network Channel 2.

 

[Hawkeye2929]

Barbasol, Rotel.

Omg + 10000

 

[eyekwah]

Stagg & Yost

Thanks for adding Yost. If the division were to follow and east/west pattern Stagg could be the west and Yost the east.

 

[lightning1]

CORN division:
Iowa
Nebraska
MINN
WIS
ILL
NU

CRIME division:
MICH
MSU
PSU
OSU
PUR
IND

 

[bws258]

Thanks for adding Yost. If the division were to follow and east/west pattern Stagg could be the west and Yost the east.

Agreed

though it'd be weird honoring a guy who's school left the conference 60 years ago and a guy who's coaching tenure included the years when his school left the conference and then returned. Though I think all of Yost's national titles occurred while Michigan was in the conference.

 

[homes]

Peace and Love
Ying and Yang
Abbott and Costello
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Sticks and Stones
Fire and Rain

I've got more.

 

[lightning1]

is there anything to actually back that up (like has it been suggested by conference insiders they will break those 3 up?) or is it the feeling of many hawk fans (not wanting to be the new big XII north) that I stated above?

There is no way your proposed WEST division will resemble the B12 north and here is why:
Program stability.
Iowa, Wisconsin, Neb and even Northwestern have stability in their coaching staffs.

 

[billdozer15]

How about Osborne & Devaney........

 

[EastLosRandy]

However things shake out, I think Iowa and Ohio State will be in opposite divisions, so I propose the (Nile) Kinnick Division and the (Jesse) Owens Division. Michigan fans may not like being in a division named after a Buckeye, but Jesse Owens is basically a national hero. If you're going to name divisions after people, you should go WAAAAY back and pick people who are still legends after decades have come and gone.

I think Fielding Yost, legendary football pioneer though he was, was the #1 person who fought to keep Notre Dame out back when the Domers wanted to be in the Big Ten. Many Irish fans believe anti-Catholic prejudice was a part of this. Since the Big Ten still seems to be trying to land Notre Dame, naming a division after Yost may not be a wise move.

Berwanger is a good suggestion. Or Stagg. I like the idea of giving UC a shout-out as a former BT (and current CIC) member. Other WAAAAY-back guys who would be good are Red Grange from Illinois and Bronko Nagurski from Minnesota.