In my opinion I think that Iowa's mock division makes our division look like the tougher division but I think the Ohio's mock division is probably the more realistic one geographically and I hope it comes out looking like the one that Ohio is perdicting. Whatever the divisions look like it turns it it'll diffidently have Ohio State/Michigan in one division and Nebraska/Penn State in the other division.
Both of them don't make any sense cause Penn St isn't geographically close while the rest are. Switch Wisconsin with Penn St and then it makes sense.
hate doesn't know geography. i want nebraska and penn state to play in november. each year, EVERY YEAR.
The reason why they won't do it that way from everything I've read is that there are 4 teams in the Big 10 that have over 800 wins which are Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska, and Penn State. Having 4 teams with over 800 wins they want to separate those teams into two different divisions and there is no way they'll separate the Ohio State/Michigan rivalry so they kept that and assigned Nebraska and Penn State in the same division.
I'm sorry but I don't want Texas heading to the Big 10 because they've already screwed over two conferences and I don't want them screwing up another especially a conference with Nebraska in it.
Yeah, I respect that side of things, and many of us on BuckeyePlanet have started to sour on our infatuation with Texas. Their manipulation and power plays are better suited in a weak pac-10 conference (in terms of visibility & major revenue sports). The flipside of it is that many OSU fans have a soft side for Texas, as we came to respect their fans and program during our 3 recent games (particularly the year long interactions before the September clashes). Many of us adopted them as a second team to root for casually.
Most of those Penn St. wins are from before they joined the Big Ten conference. Penn St. has only won the conference 3 times in 20 years and in that same span of time Iowa and Wisconsin have won it the same amount or more. Lately though Iowa has had Penn St. number.
Ok so one time tarnishes it? Now if it becomes routine now when we play them ok that's different.
It doesn't matter if those wins come before joining the Big 10 Penn State still has over 800 wins....you could say the same thing with Nebraska then. We've earned over 800 wins majority of it in the Big 8 and then some in the Big 12 and now we're moving to a new conference. Nebraska was sitting in the same boat as Penn State with conference championships where we only have 2 Big 12 Titles and were were North Division Champs four times. We've only won the Big 12 Championship twice in 14 years.
They were an independent until joining the Big 10 and unless they were playing a Notre Dame schedule who says they weren't scheduling cream puffs? The difference with us we were in a conference and even though may not have been the best but the Big 8 was a valid conference to voters. Take another former ind. school, Florida St. They join the ACC and pretty much own it throughout the 90's. Now it sounds to me Florida State was playing good teams to come into a conference and dominate it while Penn State struggles in the Big 10. Now you could say the ACC sucked and may have but just sounds like Penn State wasn't playing the same competition that Florida State was.
