Posted on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 : 2:30 p.m.
Big Ten can look to Big 12 for title game blueprint
By AnnArbor.com Staff
As the leaders of the Big Ten ponder how to conduct their conference title games in future football seasons, it's worth their time to review the past successes and mistakes the Big 12 made while conducting its championship.
Tom Barfknecht of the Omaha World-Herald says there's a lot of similarities between the conversations taking place now to the ones Big 12 officials had 15 years ago.
Bottom line: "The Big Ten, which touts its collegiality and cooperation, will need all the patience it can muster while creating a title game framework," Barfknecht writes.
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jameslucas
Thu, Jul 29, 2010 : 2:21 p.m.
I know I have said this before, The Big Ten Championship game is not as important as the rivalries. Of course every other year you should have your last regular season game at your home stadium. I would like to see locked in division rival games, to end the regular season every year, spread out over three days of the four day thanksgiving weekend, so all the games would be televised, without any game competing against any other games broadcast time slot. A lot of fans have a long thanksgiving weekend; this would allow fans to watch every game live on television. Scheduling the games this way would also allow you to travel to as many as three of the six games. It would do what no other conference can, put together six sold out games in the same week. I think this would create a buzz that can help with bowl invitations to the ten teams that can not play in the Big Ten Championship game. This is Thanksgiving Weekend for Big Ten Rivalries. Eastern Time Zone Division Games 3rd Day The Game Michigan Ohio State 2nd Day The Land Grant Game Pen State Michigan State 1st Day The Old Oaken Bucket Game Purdue Indiana Central Time Zone Division Games 3rd Day The Polka Game Nebraska Iowa 2nd Day The Slab of Bacon Game Minnesota Wisconsin 1st Day The Land of Lincoln Game Northwestern Illinois