Divisional names

[GBRrodney]

Looks like they are going to keep the original Divisional names, which I hate. So I will rename them so I can remeber them. I just used the first letter of the teams and came up with a name for each.

 

 

NIM, short for the Nimrod that named them Legends.

Iowa

Mich

M State

Minn

Nebraska

Northwestern

 

 

WOPI, for whoopee you are the Leaders or whoopie pie.

Illinois

Indiana

Ohio State

Penn State

Purdue

Wisconsin

[adam1994]

Haha this is funny. I don't like them too. They sound tacky and its like a 3rd grader picked the names.

[Excel]

I still want East/West. If not that at least name them after Bo and Woody or something. The current names are pe-tarded

[IvabigN]

give them 10 years-these names will grow to make north/south seem pedestrian.

 

In terms of forsight, unity, and innovation the BIG is the best league in the nation- and if we played by the same rules as the SEC, the BIG teams would be dominating in football too

[B.B. Hemingway]

I still want East/West. If not that at least name them after Bo and Woody or something. The current names are pe-tarded

 

Thats kind of you, but I dont Pelini has earned it yet....

[krc1995]

I love NIM and WOPI.

 

The current names sound like a bar.

[Excel]

I still want East/West. If not that at least name them after Bo and Woody or something. The current names are pe-tarded

 

Thats kind of you, but I dont Pelini has earned it yet....

 

You'd have to go through a couple of "Bo's" who have had more impact on Big Ten athletics before you got to Pelini.

[B.B. Hemingway]

I still want East/West. If not that at least name them after Bo and Woody or something. The current names are pe-tarded

 

Thats kind of you, but I dont Pelini has earned it yet....

 

You'd have to go through a couple of "Bo's" who have had more impact on Big Ten athletics before you got to Pelini.

 

Ah Sarcasm....

 

 

[Hoosker]

Great Lakes Division

 

Michigan Wolverines………………………….11-3 (6-2)

Michigan State Spartans……………………..11-2 (7-1)

Minnesota Golden Gophers………………….3-9 (2-6)

Northwestern Wildcats………………………..6-7 (3-5)

Purdue Boilermakers…………………………..7-6 (4-4)

Wisconsin Badgers…………………………….11-3 (6-2)

 

Great Plains Division

 

Illinois Fighting Illini…………………………….7-6 (2-6)

Iowa Hawkeyes…………………………………7-6 (4-4)

Indiana Hoosiers………………………………..1-11 (0-8)

Nebraska Cornhuskers…………………………9-4 (5-3)

Penn State Nittany Lions……………………….9-4 (6-2)

Ohio State Buckeyes……………………………6-7 (3-5)

 

Crossover Games

 

Michigan -- Ohio State

Michigan State -- Penn State

Minnesota -- Iowa

Northwestern -- Illinois

Purdue -- Indiana

Wisconsin -- Nebraska

[tschu]

I think we should have just trolled everyone and named them "Pacific" and "Atlantic"

[Excel]

I think we should have just trolled everyone and named them "Pacific" and "Atlantic"

I fully support this proposal

[Count 'Bility]

I didnt like them to begin with because I just did not understand the meaning. What is a Leader? Then I saw a commercial with the Big 10's slogan "Honoring Legends, building Leaders" and then it made sense to me and actually appears to be quite clever. I agree with a previous poster that though they sound rather cheesy now, time will allow these names to grow into a household name.

[zoogs]

I'll just come out and say it: I was wrong about them.

 

I thought they'd be completely loony-sounding and terrible.

 

Instead, they work fine, and they are a bit of a unique touch to the Big Ten conference. I couldn't imagine now switching to a "East" and "West" configuration.

 

Big, big bravo to the B1G for how they handled this - the selection, the "we'll review after a field test", and now the decision to keep it. They had the foresight of not only choosing cool, meaningful names that had value to the conference and its brand, but also that the initial ??? reaction would blow over once it got a full season of use.