The Blue Board

Big 10 N would be a bloodbath Wisky is being handed a play-off berth year after year, and in the next 5-8 years, the Big 10 East winner could be 6-6.

Man, I hate realignment.

Yea, it just feels weird though. CFB is/was a very regional sport, with each conference being ID'd by certain characteristics. Now it's all about TV markets.

Oh well, it is what it is. Looking forward to those Maryland - Indiana tilts, along with Rutgers - Minnesota.

THIS ABSOLUTELY SUCKS BALLS!

I want my big ten back. Delany has his head so far up OSU's rear end it's pathetic. Lobby for them to play in a bowl, allwo Urban to have two staffs, now put two powerhouses on that side and send Illinois here. Wisconsin, declining- PSU, buhbye as far as being good. maryland and rutgers? comefrickenon!

OSU is in the championship game every year starting in 2014. Delany is happy as hell.

Sorry Michigan, you're screwed too. Not screwed, but we'll be beating each others brains out with Nebraska, plus you get to hit up OSU each year. Not right.

I hate Delany

I have no idea where this thinking is coming from. Have the presidents so defered their powers and moral judgement to sports that we will be run by Jim Delany.

Woodson, despite your message board moniker, I know you're a big basketball guy. I don't think Syracuse would leave the Big East. It's a beast for basketball, despite how good the big ten is this year. UNC leaving Duke? No way.

But whatever the leaving/joining machinations are, I can't believe the power Delany has over the presidents. This is nuts. Bo schembechler warned everyone of this back in the 70's. He was right. It's all about the money, and it's all BS. I'm listening to the fan today and the under armor guy just sold 56 million dollars worth of stock friday. Funny, but Maryland's buyout from the ACC is 50 million. Is that a coincidence?

Go ahead you guys that are saying we shouldn't pay these kids anymore then their scholarships. I wont' even argue with you anymore, because if you can't see this is all t.v. and revenue, without giving a crap about travel or academics you're blind. Screw this I hate it.

I wish I wasn't addicted to college football, I'd give it up today. But I can't. I hate that fact too.

At least we get NJ and MD recruiting now. I wonder what Jabrill Peppers thinks now that we will be playing in his home state.

You must have slept through the past 12-18 months. Syracuse announced it was leaving the Big East over a year ago. And of course UNC doesn't want to leave the ACC. The problem is the ACC is leaving them, one team at a time. As I said, I expect us to end up with UVA as #16 but it could be any of about half a dozen schools (see my list). You don't have to like conference realignment. But sticking your head in the sand is not going to stop it. It is going to happen.

You're exactly right. I either need to get rid of my football jones somehow or lick delany's balls like everyone else.

I think you should go with Delany's balls.

I think you need to give up guaranteed crossover games. It messes everything up. With no guaranteed crossover games, you can have "two years on and two years off" against every team outside your division. It also keeps the SOS more balanced. IMO there are only a few "must play every year" rivalries (e.g. UM/OSU, UM/MSU, UW/MINN) and those teams can be put in the same divisions. Beyond that, align the schools by geography and what just makes the most sense. It's simpler and cleaner.

B10 East: PSU, RUT, UMD, UVA
B10 North: OSU, UM, MSU, SYR
B10 South: UNL, IOWA, PUR, IU
B10 West: UW, ILL, NW, MN

Sign me up for the old man club.

I don't know how good or bad this will be, but I haven't liked one thing I've read about it.

This has the same feel to me as when NHL moved Canadian teams to warm weather states. Traded in tradition for ugly azz uniforms and stupid Disneyfied mascots. I stopped watching the NHL shortly after.

I want it back, but I realize that the landscape has changed. This is what we have now. I will watch no matter what. Michigan will still play tOSU and MSU every year. I will watch them no matter who they play, PSU, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Air Force, UMass, Alabama... It doesn't matter, I love football.

I like the pod set up, but I’m not sure how I feel about a B1G playoff. I would much rather just take the two best team’s regardless of division or pod put them in the B1GCG.

I know I’m kind of late but I like the addition of UMD. People have really forgotten how good that basketball program used to be. Not everything has to be about Football, and they now have the resources to be at least meh at that. I don’t love the addition of Rutgers’s but I understand it, I would have preferred Cuse over them though. Since it looks like 16 team conference in inevitable, I’d like GT and Miami.