August 28th, 2010 at 5:42 PM ^
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/4,9,2,5,1,10|3,7,12,11,8,6
A+ rivalries, A+ geography, A- competitiveness
August 28th, 2010 at 6:07 PM ^
The other division is wayyyyyy weaker. But they say you gotta beat the best to be the best.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:17 PM ^
It's not that much weaker in the short term (Iowa and Wisconsin are both contenders this year, Nebraska probably would be if they were in the Big Ten). Long term, you might as well use a Magic 8-Ball; nobody knows who's going to be good with any certainty five years out, much less 20.
That was actually my second crack at it (before reading anything here); first was swapping Purdue and Illinois (slightly worse on rivalries, which surprised me seeing as it keeps all the biggest rivalries, and somewhat worse on competitive balance, but perfect on geography).
August 28th, 2010 at 6:11 PM ^
You never hear people mention breaking this rivalry up. I know it lacks the passion and nationally branded teams of most other Big Ten teams, so the national media probably doesn't care enough about it to even mention that it is breaking up.
August 28th, 2010 at 5:49 PM ^
This might be the best score you can get...overall score that is
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/4,9,10,5,1,2|7,12,3,6,11,8
edit: it appears we have the same divisions... lol
August 28th, 2010 at 5:52 PM ^
Wow, you two win the game I guess. I made one based strictly off geography, and I gotta saw, it doesn't look that bad:
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/4,5,10,9,2,11|7,12,3,6,8,1
August 28th, 2010 at 5:57 PM ^
i just went straight geography. seems to be the best way.
August 28th, 2010 at 6:00 PM ^
I did one strictly off of 20-year competitive balance and it gave me a B for competitiveness.
August 28th, 2010 at 6:08 PM ^
whats funny is that i had a score of 90 which is my highest then i broke up osu and M and received a 68.
SEE DELANY THAT IS PROOF THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER CHANGE THE GAME
The internet does not lie
August 28th, 2010 at 6:13 PM ^
If I was Delany and got to make the divisions it'd look something like this:
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/4,5,10,12,6,2|9,1,3,7,8,11
August 28th, 2010 at 7:11 PM ^
My faith in the Big 10 administration leads me to conclude that this will be the final divisions.
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/4,10,7,12,3,11|8,2,5,9,6,1
August 28th, 2010 at 7:26 PM ^
Here's a worse score, but this would never happen.
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/8,5,2,1,10,6|12,7,4,9,3,11
Also, this is one that I like a lot.
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/9,10,4,5,11,2%7C12,3,7,6,1,8
August 28th, 2010 at 7:52 PM ^
The site should allow for a protected cross-division rivalry before it purports to rate you on keeping rivalries intact.
August 28th, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
With one cross-division protected rivalry per team, you could really keep a whole lot intact.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:22 PM ^
Rivalries in divisions matter more. Cross-division protected games become secondary because you aren't directly competing against each other in the standings.
August 29th, 2010 at 2:29 AM ^
Based purely on how I think the divisions will be set up, given what we already know:
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/4,7,12,5,2,1|9,10,3,6,11,8
My preferred alignment with Michigan and OSU in one division:
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/7,10,5,3,6,12|4,9,1,8,2,11
And my preferred alignment if we're not:
http://theorynine.com/blog/?p=51#/4,10,8,2,12,5|9,7,3,1,11,6