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Here's the filtered list for P5 confs

http://imgur.com/PzI18HN

You need to re-order the list by wealth for the actual rankings

Since the B1G apparently has nothing to play for anymore, I will call this season a success if Indiana beats Missouri and exposes the SEC poll myth. That is, if an SEC teams beats another SEC team, you move up 10+ spots. The losing SEC only drops a couple because they just lost to a highly ranked SEC team. They just flip flop with each other in the polls.

Eh - you need to remember that the committee voting doesn't happen until end of Oct and will not refer to the AP & Coaches polls. I wouldn't worry about this until at least the initial poll comes out in 6 weeks.

At first I thought the entire tourney wasn't going to be on TV but it looks like it's just some of the early games that will miss TV. Not sure why they decided to skip those though.

Wednesday, May 21 6 PM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Seed 1 vs. Seed 8 Omaha, NE

Wednesday, May 21 10 PM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Seed 4 vs. Seed 5 Omaha, NE

Thursday, May 22 6 PM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner Omaha, NE

Thursday, May 22 10 PM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner Omaha, NE

Friday, May 23 4 PM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Game 5 Winner vs. Game 7 Loser Omaha, NE

Friday, May 23 8 PM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Game 6 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser Omaha, NE

Saturday, May 24 10 AM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Game 7 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner Omaha, NE

Saturday, May 24 2 PM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner Omaha, NE

Saturday, May 24 6 PM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Game 13 (if necessary) Omaha, NE

Saturday, May 24 10 PM Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Game 14 (if necessary) Omaha, NE

Sunday, May 25 2 PM Big Ten Tournament Championship Game Omaha, NE

If I am not mistaken, student-athletes with lesser means can still apply for Pell grants to cover the additional $3,422.

Given the amount of money the schools are pulling in, they are (and should) be able to supply living expenses to the kids without asking them to turn to federal aid. That they're unable to do so right now is a pretty frustrating situation for the schools.

I was actually pleasantly surprised by this year's draft - Big Ten has some of the youngest teams across the entire nation so I I was expecting to be closer to the mid-20s range this year in terms of total draftees. Hopefully that means an even better showing next year!

I have a hard time thinking that MSU's D will be as dominant as last year considering that they are replacing pretty much their entire D. Michigan's probably still a year away unfortunately...so it's probably OSU's to lose, as much as I hate to admit.

Thought some of you guys would be interested - rumor is that they're trying to court UCLA's OC but it's not looking likely to happen.

It'll be a bit better starting next year once the playoffs start - still just one non-major bowl (the yet to be formally announced Detroit Lions bowl) but the bowl ordering will be better so that we're not matching up lower picks than the opposing team as often.

The fact that the conference will have more of a say in who goes to which bowl will play a factor as well.

Wow, 9 of the Top 20 are in the SEC, and this is before the SEC Network has even launched.

 

9 SEC

5 Big1G

3 Pac

2 Big12

1 IND (ND)

#21 and 22 were Big Ten teams - Iowa and MSU. More interesting that zero ACC teams are on this list.

Either Michigan's O-line got a lot better over the past 2 weeks or OSU's defensive front 7 is pretty mediocre.

Good game though - tough loss but I loved the way the team played after a pretty disappointing season. Played 7 one possession games this year and went 3-4. Hoping for a strong bowl outing and improvement next year.

I'm sorry guys - I didn't realize the Michigan O-line was contagious.

Lost in the trenches - we're at least a year away from being able to play a completely physical game.

Unngh. Going into the season I was expecting Michigan's Over/Under to be 8.5 wins. Looks like Im going to be right.

I dunno man - it's hard to fault Wisconsin after what happened there :| The end result is still unfavorable, I suppose.

I may end up eating crow depending on how the next 2 weeks go but so far I think the Big Ten looks stronger overall than it has the past few years -maybe the best since 2009?

Bloomberg donated $315M to Johns Hopkins a year or so back, that's the single biggest donation. If you add up multiple donations over time from the same people there are a few with larger sums than Ross's $300M but it's definitely in the Top 10 - possibly Top 5.

I'm not sure why but until I saw the MWC logo on the uniforms I thought Wyoming was an FCS team :|

So WMU has a better offense than than MSU? Completely bailed out by the defense here.

Is it possible that their offense is even worse than last year?

He's talking about another conference kicking a school out...probably trying to stir up sh*t about Miami and ACC.

For comparison...

SEC

Bowl Tier 1

Sugar : vs. Big 12

Bowl Tier 2

Orange vs. ACC (SEC will send a team to Orange a minimum of 3 times)

Bowl Tier 3

Capital One: vs. Big Ten

Bowl Tier 4

Outback: vs. Big Ten

Music City: vs. ACC/Big Ten

Gator: vs. ACC/Big Ten

Liberty: vs. Big 12

Texas: vs. Big 12

Belk: vs. ACC

Advocare: vs ACC

Conditional (if teams are eligible)

BBVA Compass vs. AAC/ACC

Note the large set of Tier 4 bowls - the rep for each bowls will be decided by match ups rather than ranking.

Big 12

• Sugar Bowl (vs. SEC)
  
• Alamo Bowl (vs. Pac-12)
  
• Russell Athletic Bowl (vs. ACC)
  
• Texas (vs. SEC)
  
• Liberty Bowl (vs. SEC)
  
• Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (vs. Pac-12)
  
• Heart of Dallas Bowl (vs. C-USA)
  

No tiering, so selection order is set

ACC

Bowl Tier 1

Orange vs. SEC/ND/Big Ten / Capital One vs. SEC

Bowl Tier 2

Russell Athletic Bowl vs. Big 12

Bowl Tier 3

Sun vs. Pac 12

Belk vs. SEC

Pinstripe vs. Big Ten

Music City/Gator vs. SEC

Detroit vs. Big Ten

Military vs. AAC

Advocare vs. SEC

Conditional (if teams are eligible)

Beef O' Brady vs AAC

BBVA Compass vs. SEC/AAC

Looks like we're more or less finalized - looks like we'll have zero tie-ins with the Big12 going forward, which is a bit surprising. Makes sense to have the lowest bowl being vs C-USA though.

Bowl Tier 1

Rose : vs. Pac-12

Bowl Tier 2

Capital One: vs. SEC / Orange vs. ACC

Outback: vs.SEC

Holiday: vs. Pac-12

Bowl Tier 3

Gator/Music City (rotating tie-in): Likely vs. SEC

Kraft Fight Hunger: vs. Pac-12

Pinstripe: vs. ACC

Bowl Tier 4

New Detroit Bowl: Likely vs. ACC

Heart of Dallas/Armed Forces (rotating tie-in): vs. C-USA

3 vs Pac -12

3 vs SEC

3 vs ACC

1 vs C-USA

Systematically the top 4 bowls are pretty challenging but the rest look more favorable than the current setup. Like the mix overall!

http://blogs.mercury...ing/#more-31778 Looks like both bowls will be pretty high up on the Pac-12's bowl order : Rose - B1G Alamo - B12 Holiday - B1G Kraft - B1G Sun - ACC With the Big Ten getting 3 of Pac12's Top 4 teams, a Big Ten team's pretty much guaranteed an annual game against Oregon or USC every year.

 

Looks like we're almost finalized on the bowl setup :

 

http://espn.go.com/b...1gs-next-lineup

 

Capital One: Likely vs. SEC

Outback: Likely vs. SEC

Holiday: vs. Pac-12

Gator/Music City (rotating tie-in): Likely vs. SEC

Kraft Fight Hunger: vs. Pac-12

Pinstripe: vs. ACC

Heart of Dallas/Armed Forces: Opponents TBA

New Detroit Bowl: Likely vs. ACC

 

I'm assuming a Big Ten vs Big 12/MWC match up for Heart of Dallas/Armed Forces.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2013/06/26/actionreaction-ncaa-rules-on-oregon-pac-12-bowl-lineup-cal-hires-secor-and-pac-12-football-recruiting/#more-31778 Looks like both bowls will be pretty high up on the Pac-12's bowl order : Rose - B1G Alamo - B12 Holiday - B1G Kraft - B1G Sun - ACC With the Big Ten getting 3 of Pac12's Top 4 teams, a Big Ten team's pretty much guaranteed an annual game against Oregon or USC every year.

Looks like we're almost finalized on the bowl setup :

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/80139/two-dallas-area-bowls-in-b1gs-next-lineup

Capital One: Likely vs. SEC

Outback: Likely vs. SEC

Holiday: vs. Pac-12

Gator/Music City (rotating tie-in): Likely vs. SEC

Kraft Fight Hunger: vs. Pac-12

Pinstripe: vs. ACC

Heart of Dallas/Armed Forces: Opponents TBA

New Detroit Bowl: Likely vs. ACC

I'm assuming a Big Ten vs Big 12/MWC match up for Heart of Dallas/Armed Forces.

We're essentially getting at the same thing - that's why the full rotations for parity teams are shorter than the non-parity teams.

I think where you're getting tripped up is that there will be 3 cross-over games every year, not 4, since each divisions will have 7 teams starting 2014. That means that only 1(and occasionally 2) of the crossover games will be against another parity team.