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The men's basketball teams from Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten have paired off against each other on an annual basis since 1999. The meetings have occurred at campus venues for the most part. This arrangement livens up the non-conference schedules as well as helps settle the question about which conference is superior. After 20 years, fans in both conferences deserve the same arrangement for their football teams.
The following list proposes some contests. Some of these games have an appeal due to teams being located in bordering states. Others include matchups that have never occurred for the football programs. Finally, some are resumptions of series that ended due to conference realignment. This exercise also ignores some familiar pairings (such as Pittsburgh vs. Penn State).
Wake Forest vs. Minnesota
Promotional Slogan: Struggle for Relevance
Series history: Minnesota leads 1-0
Wake Forest vs. Big Ten: 4-10
Minnesota vs. ACC: 3-4
These two programs have shared difficulties in drawing fans and keeping their attention, though for different reasons. Wake Forest suffers from the status as a “little fish in a huge pond”. Minnesota experienced plenty of success until it had to compete with a professional team for fans.
Wake Forest has the smallest enrollment of any of the members of the Power 5 conferences. Also, a severe lack of success (only two conference titles in its history) gives anyone with no connection to the university no reason to become fans of the Demon Deacons. Additionally, plenty of other football teams exist in the same state: six other FBS programs plus an NFL franchise located less than 100 miles away.
Minnesota has a highly successful past, one that includes ten Big Ten titles (third most in the conference's history). The Gophers have won four national titles during the era of the national polls, including the first awarded by the Associated Press. However, they have not won any titles since 1967.
The beginning of their decline coincided with the creation of the Vikings in 1960. The presence of an NFL team within the same media market has siphoned away much focus. Minimal success by the Gophers during this century, nine losing seasons with at least seven defeats per year and only one season with 10 or more victories also have squashed local interest.
The Demon Deacons have only played games against four other teams from the Big Ten. They have faced only two current members, Northwestern and Purdue, more than twice. All of those contests occurred during the regular season.
In contrast, the Gophers' previous meeting with Wake Forest in 1968 was their first versus an ACC opponent. It was the only time that Minnesota has ever faced an ACC team during the regular season. Since then, the Gophers have squared off with six other ACC members, none more than once, in bowl games.
https://athlonsports.com/college-fo...acc-big-ten-football-challenge-look-like-2019
Go Gophers!!
The men's basketball teams from Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten have paired off against each other on an annual basis since 1999. The meetings have occurred at campus venues for the most part. This arrangement livens up the non-conference schedules as well as helps settle the question about which conference is superior. After 20 years, fans in both conferences deserve the same arrangement for their football teams.
The following list proposes some contests. Some of these games have an appeal due to teams being located in bordering states. Others include matchups that have never occurred for the football programs. Finally, some are resumptions of series that ended due to conference realignment. This exercise also ignores some familiar pairings (such as Pittsburgh vs. Penn State).
Wake Forest vs. Minnesota
Promotional Slogan: Struggle for Relevance
Series history: Minnesota leads 1-0
Wake Forest vs. Big Ten: 4-10
Minnesota vs. ACC: 3-4
These two programs have shared difficulties in drawing fans and keeping their attention, though for different reasons. Wake Forest suffers from the status as a “little fish in a huge pond”. Minnesota experienced plenty of success until it had to compete with a professional team for fans.
Wake Forest has the smallest enrollment of any of the members of the Power 5 conferences. Also, a severe lack of success (only two conference titles in its history) gives anyone with no connection to the university no reason to become fans of the Demon Deacons. Additionally, plenty of other football teams exist in the same state: six other FBS programs plus an NFL franchise located less than 100 miles away.
Minnesota has a highly successful past, one that includes ten Big Ten titles (third most in the conference's history). The Gophers have won four national titles during the era of the national polls, including the first awarded by the Associated Press. However, they have not won any titles since 1967.
The beginning of their decline coincided with the creation of the Vikings in 1960. The presence of an NFL team within the same media market has siphoned away much focus. Minimal success by the Gophers during this century, nine losing seasons with at least seven defeats per year and only one season with 10 or more victories also have squashed local interest.
The Demon Deacons have only played games against four other teams from the Big Ten. They have faced only two current members, Northwestern and Purdue, more than twice. All of those contests occurred during the regular season.
In contrast, the Gophers' previous meeting with Wake Forest in 1968 was their first versus an ACC opponent. It was the only time that Minnesota has ever faced an ACC team during the regular season. Since then, the Gophers have squared off with six other ACC members, none more than once, in bowl games.
https://athlonsports.com/college-fo...acc-big-ten-football-challenge-look-like-2019
Go Gophers!!
