Comments on: Nebraska in the Big Ten by Friday? Notre Dame Says Not So Fast! http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/nebraska-big-ten/ College football analysis and opinion with a heavy Ohio State bias Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Annapolisbuckeye http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/nebraska-big-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-88654 Annapolisbuckeye Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:39:21 +0000 http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/?p=1162#comment-88654 That's an interesting point. I wonder how much academics comes into play when it comes to Big Ten expansion. Academic concerns were expressed in the <a href="http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/big-10-pac-10-expansion/" rel="nofollow">Gordon Gee emails</a> obtained by the Columbus Dispatch. Does it matter to the James Cancer Center who's in the Big Ten? I ask that as a serious question, not facetiously. We tend to think in terms of football only when we talk expansion. That’s an interesting point. I wonder how much academics comes into play when it comes to Big Ten expansion. Academic concerns were expressed in the Gordon Gee emails obtained by the Columbus Dispatch.

Does it matter to the James Cancer Center who’s in the Big Ten? I ask that as a serious question, not facetiously.

We tend to think in terms of football only when we talk expansion.

]]> By: Buckeye96 http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/nebraska-big-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-88650 Buckeye96 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:11:50 +0000 http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/?p=1162#comment-88650 Notre Dame is not a good fit for the Big 10 academically. They aren't a hard science/research school and I am afraid to break it to you, but the billions of research money dolled out every year makes the athletics money look like chump change. Good fits for the Big 10 would be Nebraska, Missouri and Pitt. Notre Dame is not a good fit for the Big 10 academically. They aren’t a hard science/research school and I am afraid to break it to you, but the billions of research money dolled out every year makes the athletics money look like chump change.

Good fits for the Big 10 would be Nebraska, Missouri and Pitt.

]]> By: Annapolisbuckeye http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/nebraska-big-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-88546 Annapolisbuckeye Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:33:38 +0000 http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/?p=1162#comment-88546 I couldn't agree more Jack (that is you isn't it?). No matter how you slice it, if you expand the Big Ten, something will be lost with the Ohio State/Michigan game. If you place them in the same division, then the game becomes the second to last game of the year and it's only for the playoff. If you place them in separate divisions, then there's a good chance they won't meet. There is nothing like an Ohio State/Michigan game with a bowl game at stake. Even better, step back to 2006 when you've got a national championship game on the line. Playing for the chance to play in the Big 10 championship just isn't the same. At this point, I don't think there's any turning back. From the perspective of rivalries, Notre Dame/Michigan would want to preserve their game. That would potentially place Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan in the same conference. If you can keep it to 12, you could still possibly maintain rivalry games in the same way that we do now. No question, you've got to protect the rivalries and I'm not sure how you do that with conference expansion. I couldn’t agree more Jack (that is you isn’t it?). No matter how you slice it, if you expand the Big Ten, something will be lost with the Ohio State/Michigan game.

If you place them in the same division, then the game becomes the second to last game of the year and it’s only for the playoff. If you place them in separate divisions, then there’s a good chance they won’t meet.

There is nothing like an Ohio State/Michigan game with a bowl game at stake. Even better, step back to 2006 when you’ve got a national championship game on the line. Playing for the chance to play in the Big 10 championship just isn’t the same.

At this point, I don’t think there’s any turning back. From the perspective of rivalries, Notre Dame/Michigan would want to preserve their game. That would potentially place Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan in the same conference.

If you can keep it to 12, you could still possibly maintain rivalry games in the same way that we do now.

No question, you’ve got to protect the rivalries and I’m not sure how you do that with conference expansion.

]]> By: Former Ohio State Golfer http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/nebraska-big-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-88544 Former Ohio State Golfer Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:10:10 +0000 http://www.thebuckeyeblog.com/?p=1162#comment-88544 One of the often overlooked side effects of expanding the Big Ten is the reduced importance that it would place on the annual Michigan v. Ohio State game that for many Buckeye and Wolverine fans is currently (and has long been) the most anticipated weekend of the sports calendar. Of course UM and OSU would still play each other annually but the stakes wouldn't be the same because geographically they'd almost certainly be in the same division (Big Ten North?) in an expanded conference and at best the winner of the Buckeye/Wolverines game would just go on to play the winner of the Big Ten South. Personally, I like my rivalries the way they are. Even talk of Missouri changing conferences makes me lament losing the MU/KU rivalry and there are surely numerous other time honored traditions that stand to be shaken up in pursuit of the all mighty dollar by chancellors. One of the often overlooked side effects of expanding the Big Ten is the reduced importance that it would place on the annual Michigan v. Ohio State game that for many Buckeye and Wolverine fans is currently (and has long been) the most anticipated weekend of the sports calendar.

Of course UM and OSU would still play each other annually but the stakes wouldn’t be the same because geographically they’d almost certainly be in the same division (Big Ten North?) in an expanded conference and at best the winner of the Buckeye/Wolverines game would just go on to play the winner of the Big Ten South.

Personally, I like my rivalries the way they are. Even talk of Missouri changing conferences makes me lament losing the MU/KU rivalry and there are surely numerous other time honored traditions that stand to be shaken up in pursuit of the all mighty dollar by chancellors.

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