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Don't know these guys. Don't live in Columbus anymore. The way I see it is that most of this stuff from the "opinion" sports radio guys is an attempt to follow some sort of formula to be controversial. The louder the better. If your job is to be a personality, instead of breaking down and understanding the game of football, this is what you get. Not going to defend them and I'll only speak for myself...I am looking forward to Nebraska's entry into the Big Ten. The whole idea of losing our stranglehold on the conference is moot. The conference has to be good or who cares if you win it every year. Nebraska makes the conference better. Once M*ch*g*n figures out what the heck they want to do up there, and PSU goes through it's inevitable coaching change and gets back to being consistently good year in and year out, the Big Ten will be a conference producing some serious title contending champions. If that means we (TOSU) only win it every 4th or 5th year, then that's how it is. The years you win it will be years that you know were extraordinary. Add in Iowa and Wiscy hopefully continuing their upswing and you've got a recipe for some truly great teams and competition. Don't let 2 radio guys get under your skin. Look at how Tressel runs a program. That's who speaks for the Buckeye family, not some radio personality...

Excellent game! Congrats.

This is exactly how I look at it. There is a lot of luck involved. But what you can do is be consistently good enough to give yourself the opportunity. No one thought TOSU could beat Miami in 2002. We got lucky that year that Oklahoma lost one somewhere along the line or we wouldn't have even had the chance to play in that game. Oklahoma's BCS ranking was higher all year until they lost. The year we played LSU, we completely backed into the Nat'l Championship game because all the schools ahead of us lost in the last couple weeks. But we were consistently good enough that we got the opportunities. That's the key imo and that's all you can ask for from your coach imo. Wish we would have been better at seizing those opportunities, but that doesn't always happen obviously. Seems to me that if you can stay top 10 most years and get top 5 some of those years, you've always got a shot at that opportunity. And once your in the game, anything can happen. Just food for thought, TOSU started ranked 12 (iirc) the year we won it all. Pretty low I would guess compared to where most champions start the season. I would bet that's an anomaly, but it shows that it can still happen.

That tunnel entrance and big screen in your stadium is awesome! The White Out at PSU still amazes me. It just looks so incredible.

I bet... Harbaugh burnt some bridges didn't he? I think it's pretty obvious at this point he's a very good coach.

Woody Hayes would not even say the word M*ch*g*n. He called them "That state up north" or "that team up north". You'll see a lot of Buckeyes say TSUN or TTUN due to that. But since you guys may not know what that means, we type M*ch*g*n, so we don't actually have to say the word. And plus M*ch*g*n is a vulgar word, and I don't want to offend anyone here. It's also acceptable to call them Meatchicken...

Don't like M*ch*g*n. Never will. But I really hate to see what he's done to a great program. I think he's got just enough rope to hang himself with this year and then he's gone. Then hopefully M*ch*g*n can get back to being the perennial power they are supposed to be. It's really hurting our conference imo. Don't get me wrong. I love that we are beating them in unprecedented fashion lately, but in the long run, it's not good for us or the conference. They need to get back to a "M*ch*g*n Man" coach that they so love to talk about. Rich Rod isn't...

Very nice letter Mr. Perlman. Welcome aboard. We are just as excited about this as you are.

As uneducated as that statement really was... What? You think this is the way conferences are supposed to operate? And I'm the uneducated one? I don't it was directed towards you, but I have no idea what it meant either. Any time we use the koolaid icon, we're happy, so it's all good, even if/when we don't make sense. Gotcha. My apologies...

As uneducated as that statement really was... What? You think this is the way conferences are supposed to operate? And I'm the uneducated one?

I have to say, being an outsider, I never knew how dysfunctional the Big 12 really was. I'm surprised the conference has lasted as long as it has.

After reading the other thread about A&M's fans and donors, where's the option for "less than 24 hours"?

You guys will get sick of the 'THE' in The Ohio State University soon enough. lol. And you will start making fun of us for it. But we aren't changing a #$%$ thing!

I could accept this as well. I've always been under the impression that whom ever joined the league, OSU wasn't going to get them on a year in year out basis. We've already got 2 huge rivalries with UM and PSU and I just never thought they would mess with those games. To me it's PSU that needs another big time rivalry in the league and since UM/MSU is more important to both those schools, PSU was going to get the 'new' big game. Which now would be Nebraska. I think it's better for the conference that way even though I would love Nebraska on the schedule permanently, I don't think it can happen without screwing too much other stuff up. And I really hope the league adds another conference game. We don't need all these cupcakes at the beginning of the year. 2 cupcakes are fine to get outta the gates strong. Then 1 marquee out-of-conference game. Then get rolling in conference.

Yeah the PSU/MSU game always seemed manufactured to me. Kind of a letdown game considering neither team really focused on the other as their big 'rival'. PSU/OSU has turned into a great rivalry, but it's never going to be the season ending climax game because of OSU/UM. PSU/Nebraska, on the other hand, is "must watch" TV even if both teams are having a down year, let alone that most years, it'll be an incredibly important game.

Well right now the way it works is that there are 2 "protected" rivalries for each team. They play every year no exceptions. I'll do TOSU since that's what I know. For us we play PSU and UM every year. The UM game ending the season. For the rest of the league, 2 teams drop off the schedule for 2 years and then back on for 6 (I think). We do not play Purdue or MSU this coming season. I am not a scheduling genius so bare with me. I believe provisions were made to teams like Indiana that they would get at least 1 of the 'big 3' every year at home for the big payday (fill the stadium and good TV slot). I could be completely wrong there though. But, as conservative a league as we're viewed as around the country, the Big Ten is actually an innovator. Instant replay, the BTN, etc. Don't be surprised if the league figures out a way to get a CCG without going to divisions (get an exception to the NCAA rule) as it's always been very important to the Big Ten presidents and AD's to play everyone else as much as possible. That's what made the conference strong. Maybe we add another league game and continue the ways it's gone. Another 'protected' rivalry so you have 3 teams you see every year. I don't know and I'm not doing the stuff in my head. You guys that love to figure out scheduling stuff like this amaze me. It frys my brain trying to figure this stuff out. lol

Yeah, gonna be hard for us to catch M*ch*g*n attendance wise. I think we've stuffed as many seats in the Horseshoe as humanly possible without tearing it down and starting over. And that's not happening. lol

Sounds to me like they are thinking hard about getting PSU/Nebraska going as a year in year out game. Yes PSU/TOSU and PSU/UM have been great rivalries, but I think PSU fans have been looking for something of their own since they joined. TOSU/UM game is still what the 2 fan bases live for. That has nothing to do with how great PSU is. It just is what it is. Putting PSU/Nebraska as the other huge match up sounds like a great idea to me. And it gives both PSU and Nebraska the marquee game they both deserve that doesn't get overshadowed at all by TOSU/UM game. PSU fans will have to weigh in if I'm completely off base about my impressions.

Oh you'll hear the same derisive comments you've heard in the past. "Just a football factory" (from TOSU perspective), but these are all world class Universities and frankly I don't care what the average football fan thinks of the Big Ten. We know what we are and we know we are changing the world with what we do off the field.

"The CIC helped procure $6.5 billion in federal research grant dollars last year. " Yeah, makes that TV money look small don't it.

We like flowers in the Big Ten. But we don't give these flowers away. You gotta earn these ones. I know your last one didn't go so well, but now you have the opportunity to write new history in the greatest bowl game of them all.

I absolutely love pics of these stadiums. Of course I am biased, but the Horseshoe is a very impressive structure. It's like a cavern. The front entrance way (The Rotunda) is like a cathedral to college football. Here's thumbnails because these pics are big.

Here's the thing that interests me. So Texas starts their own network. I will assume it will be based on the Big Ten's model which has proven to be successful. The rest of the Big 12 schools are going to have some problems. Is Texas going to start demanding the rights to games taking place in places other than in Texas? Will someone in Kansas have to buy the Texas network to watch their own Jayhawks? Even home games? I think the answer is pretty obvious. If Texas is already demanding, and is obviously capable of securing, what it does from the other members, do you really think it stops with just these exit penalties and the already uneven revenue sharing in place now? Does the future bring a scenario where Texas and their network demands the TV rights to the other members' product? Does the Texas network become a de facto Big 12 network, but with all revenue headed to Austin? These networks need 'product' to show. 1 University alone would be hard pressed to have enough 'product' to fill the network. Where are they going to get the programming from if not from the other members? Very interesting possibility in my opinion.

Hi Huskers. Wanted to stop by and welcome you to your new home, The Big Ten(+2 now)! Ok, we may not be expert mathematicians over here, but we know how to make great additions! The history and lore of Nebraska! The loyalty and support that a great fan base has for their University. The class of Coach Osbourne. I've obviously been rooting for Coach Pelini as well, who is from just down the road from where I sit. How exciting. The perfect Big Ten program in my opinion and a perfect fit. I have to be honest, I don't get to see much Nebraska football in Ohio. But as a fan of college football, I always caught your thanksgiving games, and as many other national games they decided to show in my area. Nebraska has always been a program I had to see, if I could, to see how the rest of the country's top programs were performing. Unfortunately you guys will probably be in a different division than my Buckeyes, but hopefully we'll see you on the field more often than not. Maybe some epic Big Ten championship match ups are in our future. What college football fan wouldn't love to see a game like that broadcast in black and white, with that NFL films guy doing play by play!! Leather helmets. Goal posts in the middle of the end zones! The whole deal. An historic game that would represent so much of college football's past as well as college football's new future. Hopefully a healthy rivalry with Iowa will help make this change for you Husker fans much easier. I know how important tradition is in college football and it always amazed me how they blew up your Oklahoma game considering it was always such an important national match up. The Penn State angle is sooo great too. Can we get those '94 teams back together and find out who was better? Maybe kick off your entry into the Big Ten with a '94 Huskers vs. '94 Lions flag football game? Those guys would be about my age so flag football is probably the safest. Maybe redo the final play of the '05 Huskers/Wolverines bowl game? I bet there's a few UM fans that would want that. From what I've found, Huskers vs. Buckeyes hasn't happened since 1956. Correct me if I'm wrong. If that's the case, I hope we get first dibs for a national night game. Nebraska's Big Ten opener vs The Ohio State University Buckeyes, early September under the lights!! Great stuff. Well I'm sure you're thinking, "when's this guy going to shut up?". That's ok. Just wanted to make sure you guys know that you are absolutely welcomed to our conference. I haven't seen a Big Ten fan say otherwise unless it's about 'change' in general. Change is difficult for some so I understand. I wouldn't have wanted anything less than a program the stature of Nebraska's either. So, again, Welcome! and I hope you guys feel the same.