Geography Won't Drive Big 10 Divisions

[Street Novelist]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100817/SPORTS/708179839/940

 

"Delany also strongly suggested Tuesday night that the divisional outcome will not be an exact east-west split. Ahead of geography on the Big Ten's list of important principles, he said, is for divisions to be viewed as equally competitive and for the best rivalry/trophy games to be preserved.

 

“We didn't think there's any way we could achieve principle one and two if we were rigid about geographic contiguity,” Delany said. “We are aware of geography, but we're not going to be driven by it.”

 

"Before Delany was interviewed, Athletic Director Tom Osborne said Nebraska was moving toward creating its own TV network had it stayed in the Big 12, a la Texas, and said, “We probably by 2011 would have had our own network here.”"

[bleedNUred]

Hmmm. So it sounds like the tradition and competitive balance is outweighing the geography of the divisions, wonder what each division will be called?

[billdozer15]

Hmmm. So it sounds like the tradition and competitive balance is outweighing the geography of the divisions, wonder what each division will be called?

Osborne and Devaney?

[bleedNUred]

Hmmm. So it sounds like the tradition and competitive balance is outweighing the geography of the divisions, wonder what each division will be called?

Osborne and Devaney?

I'm all for that!

[CornHOLIO]

"Teams with Red as a school color"

 

"The rest"