Not true. You need 12 or more teams. The Big 12 is trying to challenge this, which shows how much conference championships are motivated by money, not fairness. The Big 12 has the best system right now (10 teams, 9 conference games, each team plays each other once).I think the deal is that under current NCAA rules a conference must have two divisions in order to play a championship game. It's why the Big 12 doesn't play one.
NCAA rule 17.9.5.2 © states “a conference championship game between division champions of a member conference of 12 or more institutions that is divided into two divisions (of six or more institutions each), each of which conducts round-robin, regular-season competition among the members of that division.”
No, no, no. You must not be listing to the Big XII's talking points. They are happy just how they are without their conference championship game. Just ask them. They'll tell you.Not true. You need 12 or more teams. The Big 12 is trying to challenge this, which shows how much conference championships are motivated by money, not fairness. The Big 12 has the best system right now (10 teams, 9 conference games, each team plays each other once).
The length of the trip to Columbus is about the same as our longest trip in the Texas conference.Close geographic proximity has not been a huge concern for over 20 years. And never was for the PAC or ACC. Oregon to Arizona and Boston to Florida. Even Lincoln to Texas, or Boulder to Texas was not exactly a short trip.I really can't stand this new conference. Oh yes I know there are so many great things about it and academics and such. But... no. College football was built around the concept of conferences as small groups of schools within a close geographic proximity that played each other every year.
Now we play Michigan, what, every five years? And we're somehow in the same conference with teams in New Jersey and Maryland? Just a short 18 hour drive to catch the game.
Youre correct. There was a deal done when we joined the conference. I wish I could find it. I went to Googlemaps and found the distances from Lincoln (I know that dont cover all fans or even most fans, but it was the central point I used) to all Big 12 cities and all Big 10 cities. On some years, the Big 10 traveling was even less total and average miles depending on the schedule. I should find it and redo it with Rutgers and Maryland in the conference. But all in all, the longer distances were not as drastic. It just seems so cuz we added a super long on to Happy valley, and lost our backyard games in Manhatten and Lawrence.The length of the trip to Columbus is about the same as our longest trip in the Texas conference.Close geographic proximity has not been a huge concern for over 20 years. And never was for the PAC or ACC. Oregon to Arizona and Boston to Florida. Even Lincoln to Texas, or Boulder to Texas was not exactly a short trip.I really can't stand this new conference. Oh yes I know there are so many great things about it and academics and such. But... no. College football was built around the concept of conferences as small groups of schools within a close geographic proximity that played each other every year.
Now we play Michigan, what, every five years? And we're somehow in the same conference with teams in New Jersey and Maryland? Just a short 18 hour drive to catch the game.
I think Nebraska has a great chance next season, not just to win the division, but the Big Ten outright.
We will lose to Fresno St or Miami, plus Michigan State and Wisconsin. We won't lose to Rutgers and we get revenge on Iowa. If we drop a "should-win" it will be Minnesota or Northwestern.Florida Atlantic - W
McNeese State - W
Fresno State - W
Miami FL - W
Illinois - W
Michigan State - W
Northwestern - W
Rutgers - L
Purdue - W
Wisconsin - L
Minnesota - W
Iowa - L
9-3 overall 5-3 in conference, Rutgers is our annual loss to an unranked team.
We will lose to Fresno St or Miami, plus Michigan State and Wisconsin. We won't lose to Rutgers and we get revenge on Iowa. If we drop a "should-win" it will be Minnesota or Northwestern.Florida Atlantic - W
McNeese State - W
Fresno State - W
Miami FL - W
Illinois - W
Michigan State - W
Northwestern - W
Rutgers - L
Purdue - W
Wisconsin - L
Minnesota - W
Iowa - L
9-3 overall 5-3 in conference, Rutgers is our annual loss to an unranked team.
I'm dumb and don't keep up with things but who is MSU losing? See you guys picking that as a win and Wisconsin or Rutgers as a loss kind of puzzles me. I'm of the thinking that:Florida Atlantic - WMcNeese State - W
Fresno State - W
Miami FL - W
Illinois - W
Michigan State - W
Northwestern - W
Rutgers - L
Purdue - W
Wisconsin - L
Minnesota - W
Iowa - L
9-3 overall 5-3 in conference, Rutgers is our annual loss to an unranked team.
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