2011 Schedule for the Big Ten

[brooks1957]

Most schools in the conference had their schedules for 2011 in place prior to the announcement that Nebraska would be joining the conference. Has anyone heard how the schedules will be revised to give Nebraska the required number of league games so they are eligible for postseason play (conference title game)?

Surely, one would think that this subject had to have been discussed BEFORE the invitation was extended...........

[mjp28]

Aug. 14, 2010

SEATTLE - Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany stepped out of the fourth floor ballroom at the Seattle Westin on Saturday and waved his hands, saying he didn’t want to talk about the University of Michigan’s hearing with the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Other topics? No problem.

Delany, in the process of transitioning the Big Ten Conference from 11 teams to 12 teams starting in 2011 with the addition of Nebraska, said the league athletic directors are about a month from settling on two divisions for the revamped league culminating in a football championship game.

“They agree on the principle that we’re going to try and achieve a very high level of competitive equality between the divisions,” Delany said before heading down an escalator during a lunch break. “Number two, we’re going to try and protect as many rivalries as we can in important games.
“And number three, try to do it with some eye toward geography, but that’s not the number one situation. Once you sort of agree on principles, you can put all the data together and start having discussions.”

The plan is similar for the football championship game. While the league announced Indianapolis would play host to the first title game in 2011, no long-term site has been decided.

Delany said league officials would consider packaging the Big Ten’s three major championships - football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball - for one city as a possible option.

“We have great venues in great cities in our area of the country, probably more than anyone else does,” Delany said. “We’ve been to Chicago, we’ve been to Indianapolis, and we have to think about whether we want to go beyond that. And if we do, we have to go out and visit and look and evaluate it.”

Among the cities initially considered for the football title game were Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit, Minneapolis, Green Bay and Cleveland.

[Nate]

I'm still a little worried about how they are going to split the divisions up.  They said it won't be exclusively based on geographic location which I don't particularly like the sound of.

[tnangler]

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere.  I am new to the site and trying to locate a Buckeyes Football Helmet schedule for this season. Can anyone assist?

[mjp28]

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere.  I am new to the site and trying to locate a Buckeyes Football Helmet schedule for this season. Can anyone assist?

Hi, welcome to BUCKEYES 24/7!

I've always started with hangonsloopy.com or ohiostatebuckeyes.com for stuff I've bought before.

If you can't get it there try googling up helmet schedules.....mjp

[ColoradoBuckeye]

I created the community page on FB http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protect-The-Game/141264599242663 for all Buckeye fans to show their support against the Big Ten eliminating The Game! If we can get enough support this could spread on Facebook and maybe those decision makers will take notice. Let's show the roar of the Buckeye Nation!