Hello: Kevin Warren, new B1G Commissioner
I realize there was an earlier speculative thread, but now it's official: Minnesota Vikings exec Kevin Warren to succeed Chuckles Delany; transition begins in September.
My wish list for the new commish:
1. Remove Rutgers from the conference
2. Realign conference divisions in some fashion whereby we get three home games in a row against MSU (aka right the wrong +50%)
3. Eliminate in-game instant replay
A fan can dream!
4. Nuke Ohio
Give trump time they turned back into a blue state during the midterms.
Your need to interject politics where it doesn't belong says something bad about you.
Many people in your life feel this way as well, but they like you too much to mention it. I don’t.
I don't give two shits who the president is, nuking Ohio is sound domestic policy.
Would it be domestic policy, or do they need to be kicked out of the union first, thereby making it foreign policy? Also, would West Virginia be included?
I ask that the commissioner just nuke southern Ohio, sparing my house but leaving a smoldering crater where Columbus was, and inflicting collateral damage on West Virginia and Kentucky.
So, Take Back Toledo??? We keep the UP, sorry.
Why not both?
Politics does not belong here and is against the board rules. In fact it’s nice to have a place to go to be away from it.
It only doesn't belong here when it goes against Brian's political views. Any other time, all good.
I love the no politics rule, I hated when Brian broke his own rule.
Ohio is a humanitarian crisis, not a political take.
DESPERATE VENEZUELAN: Help!!!! My family hasn't eaten in 5 days!!
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF WORKER: We can get you refugee status in Ohio!
DESPERATE VENEZUELAN: Uh, no thanks, we're good.
Ohio is the definition of a national emergency
Actually, no. New Jersey is.
If we really have to bring up Trump maybe he could build his wall on the Michigan/Ohio border.
Give trump time they turned back into a blue state during the midterms.Not wading into the political discussion other than to say that, as an Ohio resident, this statement is patently false on its face.
Rutgers can stay as long as they compete in every sport. Not just one, but every one.
I believe they do complete in every sport.
The results say otherwise.
rutger is not competitive in football.
Which sport do they compete in?
They have the best jersey parties at Sizzlers steakhouses.
Fire Warren!
There, I said it first. ;)
Dang it!
Know it doesn't matter and it was a while back - but on the face of it, really strange that he had a hoops scholarship to Penn, an Ivy League school, but then transferred back home to Grand Canyon University to finish undergrad.
Obviously no dummy - ASU MBA, Notre Dame law degree. I will skip the Domer jokes though it hurts.
Hope he makes some real changes. Delaney (aka Dilberts Boss) sucked ass...
Penn doesn't offer athletic scholarships and Warren was near the end of the bench. He transferred back home where he could be a star at a lower level. I don't see anything strange in that.
Thanks, Miggle. Can't argue with that logic. And doesn't appear that his lack of an Ivy League degree hurt his career prospects...
Shorten commercial breaks by doing live ads reads by the announcers and having sponsored box scores and scrolls. Your welcome new guy.
At the very least MSU and Ohio should alternate home games. I'd like to see some accountability for refs and officials and/or better pay and training. Finally, setting a minimum standard of medical care and visitor locker rooms would be welcomed.
The wide hashmarks improve the college game by having legitimate near side and wide sides of the field. The NFL may as well just center the ball after every play.
And, I've never understood why you'd want coaches challenges. "Hey, coach, should we get this call right?" "Naah, go ahead and mess this one up. I'll ask you to get one right later."
Booting the O'Neill crew would be a good start.
Some around here knew some backstory(s) and had some pretty compelling arguments for why Delaney may have not been a fan of or did not do his best to help out U of M. Curious if anyone has anything on this cat that would be comparable or is the fresh blood pretty even keeled (or at least hopefully)?!
He has a law degree from Notre Dame. I'm confident that we will find plenty of reasons to believe he hates Michigan. :)
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
Are you saying Kevin Warren is also a "local masturbator"?
The technical term is "comedian".
My #1 issue is accountability in the officiating of games. The money is there to make it better.
I don’t know why so many Michigan fans have a fixation with Rutgers. It’s kinda pathetic, especially since they beat us less than 5 years ago.
Ya... Let's beat Ohio State first.
Replay is a necessary evil. If it can clean up a couple of bad calls a game, it's worth it, they just need to streamline the process. This should be the golden rule of instant replay:
IF YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SAME REPLAY MORE THAN ONCE, THE CALL STANDS.
Done.
I agree with the "one look"rule. But, disagree replay is a necessary evil. Some bad calls before it was instituted and bad calls after.
Go back in time to when Pitt, Syracuse and MIzzou were available, and add them to the conference instead of Rutgers and Maryland. And then go get Notre Dame. Full membership, no half-ass ACC bullshit. I’m Kevin Warren, your university sits in the geographical center of my conference, and you are joining it.”
I now have this indelible image of every Big Ten press conference ending with "I'm Kevin Warren, and that's news to me."
Notre Dame made a big point of not wanting to be stuck playing in the midwest. I'd much rather just have stuck with 12 teams than add Pitt and Syracuse.
Disappointed in all of you. Although it was referenced, this far into a thread re B1G commish and no one has yet posted comedian / masturbator pic.
People love to hate Rutgers for being new to the conference and bad at sports. Meanwhile, Alabama will play Western Carolina University in late November.
I have no idea why people wish our schedule was even more difficult every year.
It's a boring game, but ffs the "we're too good for you" elitist mindset is gross.