Way to go Buckeyes!

So Ohio St, Nebraska, Iowa, and ....?

What a clown show

(08-19-2020 07:38 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Way to go Buckeyes!

So Ohio St, Nebraska, Iowa, and ....?

Michigan. Harbaugh has been pushing to play.

It can’t be Michigan State after sending everyone home 5 days after collecting tuition and room/board payments.

(08-19-2020 07:46 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  What a clown show

Sure is.. and this was supposed to be one of the most stable conferences. Dan Beebe to the rescue?

(08-19-2020 07:52 AM)Thiefery Wrote:  

(08-19-2020 07:46 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  What a clown show

Sure is.. and this was supposed to be one of the most stable conferences. Dan Beebe to the rescue?

Jim Delany out of retirement.

(08-19-2020 07:47 AM)utpotts Wrote:  

(08-19-2020 07:38 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Way to go Buckeyes!

So Ohio St, Nebraska, Iowa, and ....?

Michigan. Harbaugh has been pushing to play.

It can’t be Michigan State after sending everyone home 5 days after collecting tuition and room/board payments.

Penn State likely.

B1G 6:

Iowa
UN
PSU
OSU
UM
Wisconsin/Minn/MSU???

Just play every B-10 team that is available once and schedule the rest of the games OOC to get to 10 games. And yes the B-10 is turning into a side show with the rebellion at hand. Do you think this commissioner is going to last?

If this comes to fruition, you will probably have a champions only final four with no or limited fans. I think the Pac12 won't be able to react in time, in addition to the politics, preventing those schools from competing. OSU vs Clemson/ND, Bama/UGA vs OU. Some likely combination of the four champs is the best possibility we can hope for.

Rebellion LOL! #WeWantToPlay

Big 10 thought others would cave. They didn't now they must backtrack

(08-19-2020 09:24 AM)RUScarlets Wrote:  B1G 6:

Iowa
UN
PSU
OSU
UM
Wisconsin/Minn/MSU???

I would think Michigan St but another poster said likely not them. What if the above 8 schools played? Talk about a fun season:

Iowa, Michigan, Michigan St, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio St, Penn St, Wisconsin

Leaving out Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Northwestern, Purdue, and Rutgers may be the best path into the future for those 8.

(08-19-2020 07:47 AM)utpotts Wrote:  

(08-19-2020 07:38 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Way to go Buckeyes!

So Ohio St, Nebraska, Iowa, and ....?

Michigan. Harbaugh has been pushing to play.

It can’t be Michigan State after sending everyone home 5 days after collecting tuition and room/board payments.

Not Michigan. Their president was a big proponent of the shutdown.

None of this happens if the B1G leadership had been transparent and allowed individual schools to make their own decisions regarding whether or not to play. A few schools felt the risk was too high to play and did not want to pursue a season (which is totally fine). However, to avoid individual backlash and criticism, they also wanted the league to make a universal decision instead and make everyone cancel to avoid being blamed. That is incredibly poor leadership and management of one of the strongest and most prestigious conferences in the country.

Now, there will be long-term and sustained acrimony and hostility between the programs that wanted everything shut down and those that wanted to proceed under the guidelines. The B1G may very well be fractured for years to come, and it all comes down to the B1G leadership failing to accurately and transparently represent each of its individual member schools.

(08-19-2020 07:38 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Way to go Buckeyes!

So Ohio St, Nebraska, Iowa, and ....?

Swofford stays; ACC plays

Delaney leaves; Big 10 caves

(08-19-2020 10:08 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  None of this happens if the B1G leadership had been transparent and allowed individual schools to make their own decisions regarding whether or not to play. A few schools felt the risk was too high to play and did not want to pursue a season (which is totally fine). However, to avoid individual backlash and criticism, they also wanted the league to make a universal decision instead and make everyone cancel to avoid being blamed. That is incredibly poor leadership and management of one of the strongest and most prestigious conferences in the country.

Now, there will be long-term and sustained acrimony and hostility between the programs that wanted everything shut down and those that wanted to proceed under the guidelines. The B1G may very well be fractured for years to come, and it all comes down to the B1G leadership failing to accurately and transparently represent each of its individual member schools.

I agree with everything you’re saying. The Commissioner is weak and not the diplomat that Delany was. He clearly made an opinion, took a side, and acted unilaterally on a decision that needed to have a formal vote without taking into consideration the desires of some very influential members of the conference.

The six schools are easy to determine.....

Ohio State
Indiana
Purdue
Iowa
Nebraska
Maryland

(08-19-2020 10:31 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  The six schools are easy to determine.....

Ohio State
Indiana
Purdue
Iowa
Nebraska
Maryland

Why Indiana, Purdue, and Maryland?

It is very difficult to respond to this thread with a nonpolitical answer.