With Bielema leaving divisions are an even bigger issue now

I doubt they will change the divisions based on a coaching change.  But I agree that the divisions are out of whack, and this further makes them out of whack unless Wisconsin ponies up the dough and hires a big time coach.  

With that said, I think the B16 will have 16 teams by 2014, making it necessary to re-do the divisions.  And if you think about it, a 16 team conference would have to drop protected crossovers due to scheduling issues, thereby forcing them to put OSU and UM in the same division.

Basically its big 2 little 12 now.

Put UM and OSU in the same division and pretty much ensure that one goes to the B10 CG evey year(those two basically give the rest of their division 2 losses every year).

The loser will still porobably go to a BCS bowl too. Win win for the Big 10 as both schools are in the spot light come bowl season.

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If Paul Chryst comes back to Wisconsin they will be just as good if not better.

I honestly like Michigan and Ohio in the same division. I hate the idea of playing them the last game of the season, then replaying them one week later in the Conference Championship. That'll just be stupid, and you know it'll happen soon, and regularly if we stay in opposite divisions. I'll trade you Ohio for Nebraska

People are giving Bielema too much credit.

when I first heard the news today, I hope they get a good to decent coach to keep ohio from dominating too much while PSU recovers from their sanctions, however long that may take.

And even though we've only had 2 B1G Championships in the last 10 years 2003 and 2004, I feel like Hoke will lead us to many more opportunities in the next few years if not longer. People have to remember that a big reason for the lack of 'Ships is the waning Lloyd years and the RR era, a good half decade of struggles, the future is bright.

If Bret Bielema leaving for Arkansas is going to cause the B1G to rethink its divisional alignment, then Jim Delany needs his head examined.

The divisions will be aligned based on some combination of geography, media exposure to the east coast, maximizing value for the Big Ten Network, etc.  The departure of one coach isn't going to challenge any one of those factors at all.

Besides, we don't know his replacement, how that individual will do with the Badgers, etc.  

the divisions need to be redone. until psu gets back on its feet, which won't be for another 5-6 years due to the scholarship reductions, there will be literally no one in that division to challenge ohio. by the same token, with the way we're recruiting, it could be the same story for us for the foreseeable future. fuck it: put um and ohio in their own division, and everyone else in the other division.

I think that Wisconsin will be fine. Beilema is great at building a program, and Wisconsin will be an appealing coaching spot for someone with a strong running philosophy. Everything's already in place. If they find the right guy, Wisconsin will be what they normally are (8-9 win team).

Too bad James Franklin got a contract extension with Vanderbilt, he would've been a good fit at Wisconsin.

I was thinking the other day ... what if the current system was in place in 2006? We could have played Ohio three times in a row. Last game of the season, Conference Championship, the National Championship.

Was screaming this since they were announced and this is the final straw. osu already had a two team concern but one (PSU) just got nuked for a decade and while the other wasn't a huge worry (Wizzy) it was their yearly best chance at a division loss because those after the 3 are the absolute bottom of the conference. We (Michigan) got the new Nebraska (a national traditional power), an msu team that is essentially Wizzy, Iowa which is that team that can beat you any Saturday if you play poorly and also in the msu/Wizzy mold, NW is now officially a team you cannot overlook like they used to be as long as Fitz is there. We have one absolute scrub team and osu has 3 BEFORE the PSU crap. This year proved that Meyer can field just about anyone and get to 9 wins a year over there. If we're going to be on opposite sides, either Neb or msu along with our scrub needs to be traded for 2 of their scrubs. I don't care which 2. I really don't know how they were so uneven before all of the shit went down. When announced, I genuinely thought it was a joke until ESPN ran it. Now it is just necessary. Change the teams and names up and do it for 2014 (would prefer next year with arraingments for the newcomers in place but can't happen) or osu will literally be in the B10CG every year and it won't even be hard.