Delany links Penn State and Nebraska?

[Husker_x]

If Iowa is in our division it won't matter how hard you push anything else, they are going to be our rival. No two fan bases completely unrelated to each other in any respect have this much natural hatred towards one another.

 

[sd'sker]

i think they are a little too worried about the championship game and the potential match-ups that way, rather than balanced, competitive, and compelling divisions.

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

If PSU is a protected rival, count me out. I dont want any part of having to play MU, PSU, OSU, Iowa and/or Wisc all in the same season. That would just be brutal.

I see the divisions breaking down like this:

East

OSU, PSU, Wisc, Minn, Ind, Purdue

West

MU, MSU, NU, Iowa, NW, ILL

Protected Rivals

MU/OSU, PSU/MSU, Wisc/NU, Iowa/Minn, Ind/NW, Purdue/ILL

Rivalry Weekend Matchups

MU/MSU, PSU/OSU, Iowa/NU, Minn/Wisc, Ind/Purdue, NW/ILL

I think matching us up with PSU as our protected rival could potentially be to our detriment depending on how the schedule will fall. We could have a gauntlet, let MSU and Wisc deal with that.

Wow. You just hit upon the ultimate gauntlet as Wisc is the only team you could avoid. Is it balance with eOSU, M and PSU? It seems everyone would play two powers and then the 3rd in the title game if necessary.