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Big Ten announcing alignment tonight

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 1:57pm | Bob Asmussen

The Big Ten will announce its 2011 football alignment tonight. The Big Ten Network will air the decision at 6 p.m.

Here's how I think it will look:

Division A

Illinois

Iowa

Michigan

Michigan State

Nebraska

Purdue

Division B

Indiana

Minnesota

Ohio State

Northwestern

Penn State

Wisconsin

 

Here's what ESPN is reporting:

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

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

 

 

 

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toddalan1975 wrote on September 01, 2010 at 11:09 am

I just think it would be dumb not to have actual east- west divisions. I know putting penn st, ohio st, and michigan in one division would be tough but wisconsin, nebraska and iowa would be in the other so i dont see what the difference would be?

cjcohen wrote on September 01, 2010 at 1:09 pm

If this is the way it shakes out, several rivalry games will probably not be played annually anymore: Iowa-MN (Floyd of Rosedale), MN-Michigan (Little Brown Jug), a couple of others. And that would be a shame, because the rivalry games are the cream of the college football crop.

TheGallopingGhost77 wrote on September 01, 2010 at 1:09 pm

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

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

ptevonian wrote on September 01, 2010 at 2:09 pm

There's no way possible to keep all, or even most of the rivalry games. As Guenther said, schools need to pick their prime rivalry and preserve that.

Would the division breakdown affect any sports besides Football? Or is that purely for the gridiron? Would you, for example, always play your division rivals home-away in Basketball, and the two one-game-only teams would be chosen from the other division?