Unverified Voracity Can't Do That

catch-22 reference! nice.

The big house looks pretty sweet from the field with the new press boxes in the one video.

That taller guy is definitely Je'Ron Stokes. When Rich Rod makes that comment in the "Hold The Rope" video about "commitment", Je'Ron throws his head back and laughs, because of course, at the time Je'Ron was the only one in the room who hadn't committed.

I think they should add 2 games, not 1. That way, everyone plays everyone. No more avoiding Michigan and OSU.

Big 10 teams then would only have to worry about scheduling 2 non-conference games, though that likely means they lose out on revenue earned from playing a cupcake (because one game would be home, the other would be away). Thus, this is unlikely to ever happen as teams with fiscally irresponsible athletic departments like OSU depend on having 8 home games to avoid losses (of games and money).

It would also mean teams would be less likely to schedule Notre Dame. Big 10 teams would also be less likely to schedule an inter-conference game against a BCS opponent - like OSU vs. Texas or USC. But since I'm of the opinion that no one cares or remembers who you played out of conference in August or September, I personally would be ok with it.

About effing time we started talking about Indiana Univeristy football around here!!

Go Big Red! Bring on the MAC!

Isnt the white guy in the vids the younger Boren? If so, two things: 1) When was this vid taken? I assume recently bc of Stokes and Gallon, which would be LONG after the Boren/UMICH fallout. Bizarre. 2) I need to scale back on following recruiting bc I should not be recognizing someone that obscure. Of course, Im probably completely wrong and thats not a recruit whose family basically ostracized themselves from the progrum.

Barwis has so much energy, I have no idea how he ever falls asleep. Or, does he sleep? Geesh.

I don't think I've ever been this turned on by push-ups in my entire life!

And yeah, that includes the boobies variety.

Coach Rod knows his NCAA recruiting rules. Imagining a run up the tunnel, completely legal (and kind of hilarious in its own way) and not the Lane Kiffin package of secondary violations.

The Pittsburgh Panthers would leave the Big East for the Big Ten in a heartbeat.

Notre Dame will never ever join.

Pitt slides nicely into the Big Ten, with strong football tradition in-state and along the Eastern region, an age-old Penn State hatred which OSU and UM fans can appreciate, and improved basketball program. Plus Michigan hasn't played Pitt, since the Eisenhower administration.

The Big 10+2 can pull a mitosis maneuver, divide into two 6 team divisions, North and South, and have at it, like the Big 12 does. You can retain the intra-league rivalries easy enough (i.e. UM vs. OSU) every year.

And then there's the Big Ten championship game and....
Mo'Money! Mo'money! Mo'money!

Simply put, Pittsburgh might not be a viable option because its within the current geographic footprint of the conference. Take a look at all the recent major conference expansions--they're looking at adding territory, and ultimately, increase any potential television coverage.

Obviously, Notre Dame is clearly within the footprint, but IRT football, they're clearly seen differently in terms of television coverage, i.e. they bring their own network with them and they're incredibly popular. On a side note though, ND isn't a member of the Association of American Universities, whereas Pitt is a member.

If the conference went to a round robin, then all the schools would be looking at five home conference games, five away conference games and two non-conference games.

The first problem with that scenario is it takes away the possibility of scheduling eight home games--a big revenue generator for most any B10 program. The most anyone could do in one season is seven.

Secondly, you have to look at who is going to be scheduled for the non-conference slots. Do teams play a couple of lower-tier teams? Do they play a single higher-tier team in a home-and-home and a lower-tier team? If you do the latter, you're looking at alternate seasons of six, then seven home games.

What happens IRT tie breakers? Head-to-head competition seems logical, but what happens if there are multiple one-loss teams? Do you look at overall record--in which case, the non-conference games now come into play? Or do you go with the team that's rated higher in the polls/BCS?

Given current economic conditions, I have to imagine that the number of bowl games will contract. That said, I suspect most ADs will be wary of a true round robin because it may reduce the number of bowl eligible teams from the conference as well.

In the early '80s, Ohio State one year played only seven conference games, and finished 6-1, including a win over Michigan. It was in 1982.

But Michigan played eight conference games, losing only to Ohio State in the finale, 24-14.

So Michigan finished 7-1, Ohio State 6-1 in the Big Ten.

Ohio State beat UM but Michigan went to the Rose Bowl, only because Ohio State and some other lame-butt conference team didn't play each other that year. Nice for us, not for Bucks. And almost no one remembers it.

Who wants that again?

Nine conf games a year is RIFE with other awful issues. Not the least of which is how, with an odd numbers of teams (11), do you ensure there is a fair alernating of home-road conference schedules for all teams (5-4 one year, 4-5 the next, and so on)? My head hurts just thinking about it all.

Keep it the way it is. It's the only solution.

Twelve teams in Big Ten is NOT the solution -- unless someone can satisfactorily answer how UM-OSU does NOT get reduced to either Texas-Oklahoma (big annual game between division rivals played early in the year), or Nebraska-Oklahoma (former big rivals now in different divisions, who play only occasionally mid-season and rarely in conf title game).

Your solution to bringing a ninth game to the Big Ten is to, uh, create a miniature BCS Championship situation?

THAT CAN'T GO WRONG AT ALL, EVER! WHERE DO I SIGN UP?????

Go back to ten teams, play a round-robin schedule, with 3 non-conference games. Let NW join the MAC.

9 conference games is the worst idea ever.

You either do 8, or you do 10 and play everyone. 5 home, 5 away, and have 2 OOC games.

We'd have to alternate between 6 & 7 home games every year assuming we keep the home & home with ND, so I doubt that happens as the Athletic Department basically needs 7 home games a year for the financial side of things to work.

But seriously, 9 games is a terrible idea. They just need to make it so teams don't miss Michigan and OSU in the same year. That's ridiculous. Pair OSU with Indiana and Michigan with Minnesota or something.