BleedGopher
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per Joe:
The Big Ten will move from an eight-game conference schedule to nine games in 2016, and to that I say, how about 10? It’s a sprawling 14-team conference now that stretches 1,300 miles west to east from Nebraska to Rutgers.
Ten conference games would bridge the gaps more quickly. Gophers fans, for example, will feel very little connection to Rutgers and Maryland until those newcomers finally hit their football schedule in 2016. Ten conference games would balance the home/road equation that will be a sore spot with the nine-game schedule.
Ten conference games could also help remove the likes of Eastern Illinois and Florida Atlantic from future Big Ten schedules. A stronger conference-wide strength of schedule would help come College Football Playoff selection time.
The Big Ten is still struggling with its national perception. Its 6-11 record this year against teams from other Power Five conferences and Notre Dame didn’t help. But within its own walls, the conference has a good thing going. And it should only get better with Big Ten Network beaming its content into 19 of the nation’s 20 biggest media markets. That can’t hurt recruiting.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/284112501.html
Go Gophers!!
The Big Ten will move from an eight-game conference schedule to nine games in 2016, and to that I say, how about 10? It’s a sprawling 14-team conference now that stretches 1,300 miles west to east from Nebraska to Rutgers.
Ten conference games would bridge the gaps more quickly. Gophers fans, for example, will feel very little connection to Rutgers and Maryland until those newcomers finally hit their football schedule in 2016. Ten conference games would balance the home/road equation that will be a sore spot with the nine-game schedule.
Ten conference games could also help remove the likes of Eastern Illinois and Florida Atlantic from future Big Ten schedules. A stronger conference-wide strength of schedule would help come College Football Playoff selection time.
The Big Ten is still struggling with its national perception. Its 6-11 record this year against teams from other Power Five conferences and Notre Dame didn’t help. But within its own walls, the conference has a good thing going. And it should only get better with Big Ten Network beaming its content into 19 of the nation’s 20 biggest media markets. That can’t hurt recruiting.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/284112501.html
Go Gophers!!
