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Big Ten Conference Divisions

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bukIpower;2330415; said:
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OSU, PSU, MSU, Michigan, Neb, and Wisc are all teams that can really represent the conference well potentially and the way things are set right now you are going to get a lot less of our league in big games due to eliminating each other and you'll have other teams that shouldn't be in higher bowl games embarressed because they benefited from a poor conference slate
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Disagree with this, PSU is only going to continue to tank over the next couple years so it's not going to be THAT unbalanced. (Michigan will probably take back some of the ground they lost to sparty under Lloyd/Rich Rod too, meaning sparty wont be as much of a contender)

I'd be willing to bet that by the time PSU is back to being relevant that we'll have expanded to 16 and done this whole division alignment will have to be done again anyway.
 
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Like it or not, if OSU and Michigan stay in separate divisions, sooner or later, The Game will be in Mid October. You can say that will never happen all you want. Sooner or later if Michigan and OSU are not in the same division it will happen.
 
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Here's some numbers...

These are based on conference play over the last 11 years (as far as ESPN website provides).

Nebraska has a .750 winning percentage. Ohio State has a .818 winning percentage. Slight edge to the East.

Wisconsin (.614), Iowa (.591), Michigan (.636) and Penn State (.602) have all won between 52 and 56 conference games over the last 11 years. Even.

Michigan State (.500) and Northwestern (.466) are substantially similar. Michigan State has won 3 more games over 11 years. Even.

Illinois (.261) and Indiana both suck (.170). Indiana's more vociferous sucking evens out Nebraska and Ohio State's slight difference.

That leaves two teams in the west, Purdue (.455) and Minnesota (.341) to match with Rutgers and Maryland. If Maryland and Rutgers are 3-6 and 4-5 most years then these teams will also even out.

The East may have the bigger names. These numbers might trend for the East if we go back 20 years. But if we go back 78 years then Minnesota's dominance competence will start to factor in.
 
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Bucky32;2330783; said:
Wisconsin (.614), Iowa (.591), Michigan (.636) and Penn State (.602) have all won between 52 and 56 conference games over the last 11 years. Even.

The East may have the bigger names. These numbers might trend for the East if we go back 20 years. But if we go back 78 years then Minnesota's dominance competence will start to factor in.
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So you are taking into account that Wisconsin has had one of the greatest runs in its history over the past few years while Michigan has had perhaps its worst run in the history of its program?
 
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What I figured out from all this is that, apart from the protected crossover game between Purdue and Indiana (which are in opposite divisions), there will be no inter-division rival for any team. Is my understanding correct?
 
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