Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade (Post 6955700)

Why are you getting so bent out of shape about a long shot hypothetical? You should know college football isn't about how any one group of teams is at any particular time. College Football is about politics and ratings and there is no way on God's Green Turf that Georgia and LSU have the same kind of political clout and national appeal that Notre Dame and USC do. If you had Notre Dame vs a military academy and Georgia vs a military academy, I will guarantee you the Notre Dame game will pull in a higher rating. Same thing for USC and LSU. To pretend its close is to ignore a national appeal versus a regional one. Florida and Alabama have it, LSU and Georgia don't. In fact, those two schools are dropping faster with each passing year as anyone who has mild interest in the SEC could tell you. They are fine football schools that bring a lot of respect to the SEC as a whole, but they are not national schools. The closest one not on a national scale in the hypothetical is OU, but even their appeal is broader the Georgia and LSU. I'm not talking about how good any one team is "right now". Networks don't think that way. They think over a long term, which schools will be bring me constantly good ratings. If the SEC went to 16 teams, I'm sure they would get an extra at large as well. But, under the hypothetical, I have little doubt the merits would even be seriously questioned.

Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 6955676)

Shut yo mouth! ISU has our frigging number every year no matter how good we are supposed to be and how shitty they are.
With Wegher so freaked out by knocking up his girlfriend that he can't practice or come to class the curse of Iowa being ranked top 10 preseason has already started.

Originally Posted by BWillie007 (Post 6956198)

Meh. To ISU fans I like to talk, but I really think the game is probably within two scores w/ Iowa pulling away in the 4th quarter. Sooner or later ISU has to score a TD, but remember last years game in AMES was 35-3. I always remembering Iowa having problems w/ ISU in Ames, but this is at Kinnick.

Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 6956311)

Those bastards can give us trouble at home too. We are their superbowl. They are a perenially shitty team that wears red and gold and since they never play anywhere post season they treat our match up like their bowl game.
ISU, that is.

Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 6956037)

LSU is a strange one. I see a Kansas State type drop coming for them in the next few years.

Originally Posted by Laz (Post 6969451)

Report: Big Ten to Split Into Two Six-Team Divisions

by Nick Coman on Sep 1, 2010 2:06:36 PM

The Big Ten of tomorrow is about to look a lot like the Big 12 of today.

In 2011-12, when powerhouse Nebraska leaves the Big 12 for the Big Ten, the conference will begin its new format that will see the Cornhuskers aligned with Michigan while Ohio State will get the Penn State Nittany Lions, reports ESPN.com.

The league is also expected to introduce a title game in 2011-12.

The complete alignments are as follows:

Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern and Minnesota.

Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana and Illinois.

The alignments do have an East-West geographic alignment.

Cross-division rivalries such as Michigan-Ohio State will be preserved in the non-divisional portion of the schedule.

In basketball, teams will play home-and-home against divisional opponents, and one game against non-divisional opponents -- just as the SEC is scheduled.

The Pac-10, soon to be Pac-12, will adopt a similar format while the Big 12, soon to have just ten members once Colorado bolts west, will adopt a traditional home-and-home format.

Originally Posted by BWillie007 (Post 6969728)

Haha yes...Hopefully Michigan keeps Dick Rod around forever.

It says cross division rivalries will be preserved? Well what other rivalries are they talking about? Does Iowa still get to play Wisconsin every year? I doubt it.

Originally Posted by Hoover (Post 6969879)

I don't know how they can keep the rivalries and keep a fair schedule.

I think the division are fair, but if Ohio State has to play Michigan Every year and they say the Hawkeyes don't, is that really fair? As a Hawkeye fan, I could care less about who Ohio State has to play, but still.

Originally Posted by RustShack (Post 6969884)

Of course Nebraska is in the cupcake division again.

Originally Posted by RustShack (Post 6969884)

Of course Nebraska is in the cupcake division again.