Let me say this first: I am excited about the appropriating changes to the Big Ten conference. In fact, I was thrilled to see Nebraska entering the league next season. It not only brings one of the best schools into one of the finest leagues, but it gives the Big Ten that long-sought after conference [...]
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Expansion
As part of the new division schedules, each team has been assigned one guaranteed cross-division rival.These teams will play each year. Illinois-Northwestern Indiana-Michigan State Ohio State-Michigan Penn State-Nebraska Purdue-Iowa Wisconsin-Minnesota As part of the new schedule, each team will NOT play three non-division rivals beginning next season. My understanding is that these will be the [...]
Penn State’s 2011/2012 schedules have been completely revised thanks to realignment. For next season, the Nittany Lions will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Purdue and visit Indiana, Northwestern, Ohio State and Wisconsin. In 2012, Penn State will host Indiana, Northwestern, Ohio State and Wisconsin in Beaver Stadium. The most significant change is [...]
Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference office announced football division alignments beginning with the 2011 season as recommended by conference directors of athletics and reviewed and supported by the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors. Nebraska will officially begin conference competition in 2011, giving the Big Ten 12 football programs for the first time [...]
Penn State paired with Ohio State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana and Illinois The Big Ten will announce its much-anticipated setup of two six-team divisions for the 2011-12 season later Wednesday, with traditional football powers Ohio State and Michigan in opposing divisions and new member Nebraska aligned with the Wolverines. Multiple sources told ESPN.com that the two [...]
While we get ready for the first week of play in the 2010 season, our natural curiosity turns to 2011 and beyond. Obviously, with Nebraska joining the league next season, big changes are coming. While Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany promises to announce division alignment sometime in the next few weeks, we are left to [...]
From USA Today: The expansion of the Big Ten to 12 teams will create two significant changes for the league. There is expected to be a conference championship game in 2011 and the schools will eventually have a nine-game league schedule to maintain existing rivalries. Commissioner Jim Delany said he is unsure where a title [...]
Don’t get me wrong, I am thrilled that the Cornhuskers have joined us in the Big Ten. Despite the fact that Tom Osborne and Company stole the 1994 championship from us, notwithstanding, the Cornhuskers give the Big Ten a twelfth team and another place for us PSU fans to visit as part of a normal [...]
With Nebraska’s entry into the Big Ten beginning in 2011, it is now time to speculate what this will mean for conference schedules and if, as expected, the conference is divided into two separate parts to create a season-ending championship game. Here are my projections: Big Ten “West” Illinois Iowa Minnesota Michigan Nebraska Northwestern Big [...]
The press release: Park Ridge, Ill.– The Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors (COP/C) announced unanimous approval today for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) to join the Big Ten Conference effective July 1, 2011, with competition to begin in all sports for the 2011-12 academic year. UNL will also seek admission into the Committee on Institutional [...]
