There were a lot of topics on the table of discussion in last week's Big 10 meetings. First and foremost, is the rapid move towards a four team playoff in college football, which could get here in a couple years. I asked Northwestern Athletic Director Jim Phillips what his biggest takeaways were from the meetings. "Couple things – tremendous collaboration between all 12 … [Read more...] about Big Ten conference bigger player in national football power structure
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Big Ten Realizes Division Names are Terrible, Considering Changes
After angering the entire Midwest, Big 10 commissioner Jim Delany will reconsider the division names Legends and Leaders for the Big 10 Conference. The conference was divided after it expanded to 12 teams this past summer. The division names were revealed earlier this week. But for starters, the new logo looked as if Delany made it during his free trial of Photoshop, and … [Read more...] about Big Ten Realizes Division Names are Terrible, Considering Changes
An Unorthodox way to Form Big 10 Divisions
As Conference Commissioner Jim Delany noted at Media Day, BIG changes are on the way in the Big Ten. There will be a conference championship game in 2011, a nine game conference schedule will be here soon, and we'll need to split into two divisions in order to make that happen. So how will be go about forming these two divisions? By Paul M. Banks … [Read more...] about An Unorthodox way to Form Big 10 Divisions
Big Ten Media Day 1 Wrap Up – Bigwig Edition
While the coaches were guilty of a lot of your typical coach-speak -- interjected with humor and frivolity too, though -- the heavy hitters at the first day of Media Day were certainly Bill Carollo (the Big Ten Coordinator of Officials), Mark Silverman (The Big Ten Network President) and Jim Delany (the Big Ten Conference commissioner). Carollo and Silverman were two of the … [Read more...] about Big Ten Media Day 1 Wrap Up – Bigwig Edition