Big Ten realignment has big-time flaws
You have to be patient with protests when the Big Ten does something radical.
And that's because it's happened before and life went on.
Lots of traditionalists thought the world was ending 35 years ago when the conference decided -- thanks mostly to Michigan's Don Canham -- to end its Dark Ages policy of sending only one Big Ten team to a bowl game.
A decade later there were dire forecasts (Bo Schembechler was a prime critic) when the NCAA decided college football teams needed to be held to 85 scholarships.
And then the Big Ten got really wild in 1990. Penn State was rushed through as a member and some of us -- guilty plea here -- thought it was stupid to add an 11th team to a conference that had enough trouble competing without taking on one more heavyweight in a family whose teams already were on the ropes.
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In fact, count on there being a horrible howl just as soon as the Wolverines and Buckeyes, atop their respective divisions, meet that third weekend of November to decide something epic:
Which team will be favored to win their next game when it kicks off 168 hours later?
It makes no sense to willingly invite bad scenarios into the Big Ten's new two-division world.
And yet that's the result of trying to have it both ways: making the Big Ten's two new divisions competitive, while bowing to the U-M and OSU masses who want their regular November date preserved.
As all of this was being hashed out the past few months, a common-sense approach to gerrymandering the Big Ten seemed to be this:
You have to be patient with protests when the Big Ten does something radical.
And that's because it's happened before and life went on.
Lots of traditionalists thought the world was ending 35 years ago when the conference decided -- thanks mostly to Michigan's Don Canham -- to end its Dark Ages policy of sending only one Big Ten team to a bowl game.
A decade later there were dire forecasts (Bo Schembechler was a prime critic) when the NCAA decided college football teams needed to be held to 85 scholarships.
And then the Big Ten got really wild in 1990. Penn State was rushed through as a member and some of us -- guilty plea here -- thought it was stupid to add an 11th team to a conference that had enough trouble competing without taking on one more heavyweight in a family whose teams already were on the ropes.
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But it's hard to imagine today that the Big Ten won't regret the decision to split Michigan and Ohio State and leave their regular season-ending game in place.. Fashion accessories are decorative items that supplement one's garment, such as fashion jewellery,wholesale jewellery.. Fashion accessories are decorative items that supplement one's garment, such as fashion jewellery, gloves and tights.Jewellery for sale here,we aupply womens accessories,jewellery rings,gold jewell
In fact, count on there being a horrible howl just as soon as the Wolverines and Buckeyes, atop their respective divisions, meet that third weekend of November to decide something epic:
Which team will be favored to win their next game when it kicks off 168 hours later?
It makes no sense to willingly invite bad scenarios into the Big Ten's new two-division world.
And yet that's the result of trying to have it both ways: making the Big Ten's two new divisions competitive, while bowing to the U-M and OSU masses who want their regular November date preserved.
As all of this was being hashed out the past few months, a common-sense approach to gerrymandering the Big Ten seemed to be this:
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