Comments on: Big Ten agrees to go at least nine conference games

By: deadeye

deadeye — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:53:27 +0000

This is a prelude to UVA joining the BIG10.

By: drummerhoff

drummerhoff — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:10:33 +0000

@spreadthecheese, irishdodger:

I am not a B1G guy … I’m just looking at the big picture. Delany is hell-bent on scheduling-alliances and more conference games.
The Big12, Pac12 already have 9 conference games and the Big12 is a discussing scheduling-alliances just like the B1G (re)announced yesterday. If this is the new direction, ND will have a very hard time maintaining any strength of schedule needed to receive a bid to the 4 team playoff … and if the SEC partners with the Big12, B1G or Pac12, the ACC is in the same boat as ND.

This tactic employeed by Delany reminds me of the way law firms get rid of attorneys. They don’t fire them, they just stop giving them a workload. After awhile, the handwriting is on the wall and the guy/gal leave the firm.

By: swede700

swede700 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:30:06 +0000

9 is the only logical number.

By: spreadthecheese

spreadthecheese — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:01:22 +0000

@drummerhoff

The Big Ten schedule isn’t making it harder for ND to make schedules — it’s only making it harder for Notre Dame to schedule Big Ten opponents.

This is actually an instance where Notre Dame’s independence helps. While the Big Ten is choosing to play more within its conference, the elite talent of players comes from the South. That’s why ND chose to align itself with the ACC, so it can have more games in places like Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

Not sure if you knew this, but there are conferences outside of the Big Ten. And they’re playing better football, too.

By: irishdodger

irishdodger — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:18:51 +0000

ND will join the ACC for football at some point. Too much bad blood between the blue bloods of the B1G & ND.

By: drummerhoff

drummerhoff — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:09:49 +0000

It’s getting harder and harder for ND to put together a schedule worthy of playoff inclusion. … And that’s Delanys intent (make them join).

By: spreadthecheese

spreadthecheese — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:12:15 +0000

Oh, the Big Ten lowers its number of out of conference games. Why not really play hard ball with the rest of the country and add Temple and Western Michigan in addition to Rutgers and Maryland. My, how powerful the Big Ten is becoming. Maybe next year they’ll have a conference champion with only five losses instead of six! The sky is the limit!

Your move, SEC.

By: wustlumdnj

wustlumdnj — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:27:00 +0000

10 conference games would be just about as(much as)(i)nine

couldn’t resist

By: beardown2489

beardown2489 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:42:22 +0000

10 conference games would be just asinine

By: irishdodger

irishdodger — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:41:05 +0000

Every conference should follow suit. I liked when the PAC-12 was only ten teams & they played every team in their conference. IMO, it’s a better way to decide who the best team is in a given conference. I’d love for the conference championship games to go away. They were devised for one reason….money. Just my opinion, but they’ve done more harm than good. Unfortunately, the genie is out of the bottle so we will see more conference championship games.

By: dietrich43

dietrich43 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:22:20 +0000

This way, they only have 2 or 3 out of conference games to embarass themselves in.

By: polegojim

polegojim — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:08:21 +0000

I buy this… as long as the other games aren’t just cream puffs.

I want to see mixed division games against POWERHOUSES… BEFORE the supposed National Title Game… which frankly still… IS NOT.

B1G, SEC, PACwhatever, BigTexas, ACC – if you CLAIM to have the balls, then be willing to put those bad boys on the line DURING the season.

If they get cut off early… then you know what you have, and the NAT game means more down the line.

By: hardballtalkusername

hardballtalkusername — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:54:07 +0000

Your turn SEC.