(03-31-2013 01:49 PM)ohio1317 Wrote: Problem with divisions as a whole is that aside from Penn State, none of the fanbases really want to be with Rutgers and Maryland (both are fine schools, but there's no tradition between them and most the rest and it's hard to give up 2 games a year to play both of them).
At that school up north, though, this is a split between the fanbase and the administration, which really likes the increased East Coast exposure. There are a lot of their alumni in both NYC and DC.
They used to be conflicted about whether to split "The Game" between divisions or have it in-division, but ever since the MD/Rutgers move was announced, their AD seems to be talking up the benefits of having "The Game" in-division.
Which is fine with me ... I started cheering for the Buckeyes as a teenager when my mom was going to OSU during the Ten Year War. I grew up used to The Game being two big dogs fighting over one bone. Now that a regular season game to decide the conference championship is off the table, an end of regular season in-division game to either punch the Buckeyes ticket to the CCG, deny that team up north a trip that same ticket, or both, is as close as its possible to come to that.
It kind of sucks to have both newbies plus Indiana, but the Buckeyes have been playing Indiana for quite a long time, and we may as well keep playing them to find out whether it gets to 100 games or 10 Indiana wins first.
(03-31-2013 02:09 PM)etsuandpurdue3 Wrote: All I want is Purdue,Indiana,and Illinois in the same divison.
Looks like you won't get what you want. I'd happily rearrange the divisions so the Buckeyes have the Michigan and Illinois schools and only got one of the newbies, but that's not going to happen either.